NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 Spacecraft

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA has awarded a delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract to Orbital ATK (formerly Orbital Sciences Corporation) of Dulles, Virginia, for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 spacecraft. The JPSS-2 spacecraft will provide operational continuity of satellite-based observations to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…