Satellite launch means continued timely information for Alaskans
![A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System civilian polar orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratin lifts of from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Photo by United Launch Alliance Satellite launch means continued timely information for Alaskans](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2022-11-13.jpg)
Thursday’s launch of an environmental satellite aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California might not register as a big thing for Alaskans, but it is. The satellite, once in full operation, will bring timely data about the weather, sea ice, wildfires and much more to Alaskans for the next seven […]