Space Station Live: Satellites on the Station

NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs and interviews Stephen Volz, Associate Director for Flight Programs. Numerous free-flying satellites orbit Earth and map our planet for various areas of research. Now a new payload has been installed on the International Space Station to give a different perspective. Rapidscat is an instrument that will measure ocean wind speed and direction which will begin a new series of mounted satellites on the station for weather monitoring.