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 On June 24. 2002. a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spacecraft. 

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 named NOAA-M. lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. California. 

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 on an Air Force-launched Titan II rocket. NOAA-M was renamed NOAA-17 

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 after achieving orbit. 

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 NOAA-17 is the third in a series of five Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental 

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 Satellites. The satellite's focus is to improve weather forecasting and monitor 

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 environmental events. such as droughts. fires. and floods. all around the world. 

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 Like other NOAA satellites. NOAA-17 collects meteorological data and transmits 

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 the information to users around the world. In the United States. the data is used 

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 primarily by NOAA's National Weather Service for its long-range weather 

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 and climate forecasts. 

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