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from the NASA mission directors Center

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at Vandenberg Air Force Base in

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California this is Delta launch control

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at t-minus 164 minutes 43 seconds and

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counting we're less than three hours

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away now from the launch of the National

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polar-orbiting operational environmental

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satellite system preparatory project

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known as NPP it is NASA's newest weather

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monitoring and climate observation

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satellite this is the first mission

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designed to collect critical data to

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improve weather forecasts in the short

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term and increase our understanding of

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climate change in the long term npp

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continues a long history of observing

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Earth from space something in NASA has

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pioneered for more than 40 years a

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United Launch Alliance Delta 2 is the

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rocket to loft NASA's NPP satellite into

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a 512 mile high circular polar orbit

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circling the Earth 14 times a day

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between the satellites orbit and the

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Earth's rotation every location on Earth

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can be surveyed twice a day launch

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window this morning extends from 248

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0122 57 11 a.m. pacific time a duration

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of nine minutes and 10 seconds the

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launch countdown terminal countdown

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sequence began here in the mission

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directors Center at about eleven forty

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eight about 15 minutes ago the RP one

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fuel was loaded aboard yesterday

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afternoon starting at around three

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o'clock the RP one fuel is a highly

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refined kerosene that can be loaded

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award ahead of the terminal count if

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desired and that was done yesterday

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afternoon as it was placed onto the

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Delta first stage and right now in the

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countdown that system is being

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we're now at t minus one hundred thirty