English subtitles for clip: File:Launch of NOAA-M aboard Titan II rocket.webm

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On June 24, 2002,

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a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration spacecraft, named NOAA-M,

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lifted off from Vandenberg 
Air Force Base, California,

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on an Air Force-launched Titan II rocket.

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NOAA-M was renamed NOAA-17
after achieving orbit.

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NOAA-17 is the third in a series of five

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Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellites.

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The satellite's focus
is to improve weather forecasting

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and monitor environmental events,

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such as droughts, fires,
and floods, all around the world.

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Like other NOAA satellites,
NOAA-17 collects meteorological data

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and transmits the information
to users around the world.

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In the United States,

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the data is used primarily
by NOAA's National Weather Service

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for its long-range weather
and climate forecasts.