NPP Launch

"The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) mission is scheduled to launch on Friday October 28 at 2:48 a.m. PDT/ 5:48 a.m. EDT from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., is managing NPP for the Earth Science Division in NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

NPP will extend and improve upon the Earth system data records established by NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) fleet of satellites that have provided critical insights into the dynamics of the entire Earth system: clouds, oceans, vegetation, ice, solid Earth and atmosphere."

You can watch it live on NASA TV or in person if you are in CA close to Vandenberg Air Force Base! Learn more about this mission here.

Reference:
[1] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/main/index.html