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hi i'm amit sen

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i'm at vandenberg air force base at the

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mission director center where we just

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launched aquarius sac d and we had a

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fantastic launch

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we have ignition

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and liftoff of aquarius and the sacd

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observatory on an international mission

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to study earth's salty seas

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so we were ecstatic we had a successful

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launch and we got into orbit just like

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clockwork and we have separation command

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the rocket took us

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all the way around the world

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past antarctica and right over africa

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the rocket released the spacecraft

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we have separation

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good spacecraft separation aquarius is

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now flying on its own

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it send us signals down telling us it is

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alive it is well

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and then the video that was captured by

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the rocket that told us the solar panel

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had been deployed and it was on its own

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charging its own batteries

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and that gave us the positive

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confirmation that we are healthy we're

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well and we are good to go i'm ahmed sen

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this is the final update and thank you