Delta II launches Suomi NPP

10/28/11 ~ 2:48 a.m.

A Delta II rocket lifts off from SLC-2W at Vandenberg AFB, California (VAFB) with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP; renamed the Suomi National Polar-orbiting

Partnership, or Suomi NPP) climate & weather satellite for NASA & NOAA.