[Launch Alert] Delta II Launch Delayed

[Launch Alert]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
From: 30th Space Wing Public Affairs, www.vandenberg.af.mil

Delta II Launch delayed

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The launch of a United Launch Alliance
Delta II rocket carrying the NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 satellite from Space Launch
Complex-2 here, has been delayed in order to replace a faulty battery on the
Delta II booster. 

Launch of the JPSS-1 mission is scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday, Nov.
14, 2017.

The vehicle and spacecraft remain stable. 

For more information about NASA's Earth science activities in 2017, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow