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sylvia with massive go to television and

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we're here at Cape Canaveral Florida

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this is Air Force Station launch pad 37

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it's very excited we're going all the

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way up to the delta 4 rocket next to the

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fairing and in a few days this rocket is

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going to carry the Gozo satellite into

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its orbit so let's go up and find out a

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little bit more about this launch

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vehicle and what's going on in a few

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days i'm here with charles Maloney he's

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the boeing program manager for the ghost

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NOP mission so where are we now and

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what's happening in a few days for the

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Delta launch complex 37 on the eighth

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floor and we're right next to the space

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craft fairing so the spacecraft is

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tucked safely away in here behind this

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two days from now when we get to launch

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day this whole tower will separate and

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move away from the rocket so it has a

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clear path to launch wise go so

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launching on a delta 4 rocket is there

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anything special about this launch

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vehicle so what's special about this

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rocket is that it puts us into a very

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high orbit which saves fuel for the

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spacecraft that extra fuel savings

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translates directly into extra years of

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life of the spacecraft so the nation

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will be able to use this spacecraft for

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about fifty percent longer than it would

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on most other rockets tell me a little

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bit about the geosynchronous orbit what

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does that mean well the Gozo orbit is

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called a geosynchronous orbit and what's

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special about that is it allows the

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spacecraft to remain stationary over one

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spot of the earth with that stationary

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location it can achieve the most

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accurate pictures of the earth to be

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able to track the severe weather that

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the spacecraft designed to do as a

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program manager you must be very excited

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about the upcoming launch there's really

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a tremendous feeling of excitement and

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anticipation the launch vehicle is ready

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now the spacecraft's ready that just two

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days we're finally going to

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to put it into orbit and be able to

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demonstrate the performance of this

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outstanding spacecraft so the team is

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very excited so next to me is patches on

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its boring systems engineer so Pat what

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is your row on the Gozo project here at

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the launch site I am the spacecraft

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director and some responsible for

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getting the satellite prepared in

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preparation for launch what are some of

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the things that happened behind the

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scenes prior to launch so within the

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last couple of days we have charged the

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batteries to prepare them for their for

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the launch day bringing them up to the

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flight levels of battery charge and then

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yesterday we completed our full up

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launch countdown rehearsal all the way

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through the script so why is the Gozo

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mission important what do people need to

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know about it the ghost mission is

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important for many reasons to the United

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States providing weather forecasting to

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protect lives and property to give us

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advance warning of when inclement

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weather is going to occur such as

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hurricanes and Gozo is only going to

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help improve that so it looks like the

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Gozo mission has a critical role in

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helping predict severe weather and it

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actually saves lives for more

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information about the mission for some