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from Vandenberg Air Force Base in

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California this is Taurus launch control

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at t-minus one hour 18 minutes 57

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seconds and counting we are now less

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than an hour and 40 minutes away from

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the launch of the Taurus XL rocket with

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NASA's glory spacecraft the tourists

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will place the spacecraft in a polar

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low-earth sun-synchronous orbit of 438

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nautical miles at an inclination of 98.2

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degrees orbiting the Earth every ninety

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nine minutes the count down here in the

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mission director Center began at

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ten-forty p.m. pacific time for our

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targeted t0 liftoff time of 209 am in

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the last hour the launchpad has been

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cleared of personnel there have been

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initial interface checks with systems on

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the western range and the tourist

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vehicle and avionics systems have been

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turned on also there have been

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communications and data checks with the

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downrange tracking aircraft out over the

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Pacific Ocean liftoff is targeted for 20

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943 a.m. pacific time to be precise the

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launch window this morning is 48 seconds

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in duration at t-minus one hour 16