NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency technology demonstration on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ula-successfully-launch-weather-satellite-re-entry-tech-demo