Climate Monitoring Satellite, LOFTID Experiment Launched by ULA

A climate monitoring satellite for NOAA and NASA, along with NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID), lifted off from California's Vandenberg AFB in the early morning hours Thursday. The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission and LOFTID experiment were carried into orbit by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V r…