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Hey! I'm NASA Kennedy's Pri Thakrar taking

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you Inside KSC!

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NASA's Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy,
is poised

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for its first launch of 2016: the Jason-3
mission scheduled to

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launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

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Dunn: Jason-3 will launch from Vandenberg

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Air Force Base on the central California coast

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into a polar orbit.

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That's important for the

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mission because Jason-3 in an ocean topography

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mapping mission.

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Flying on a SpaceX Falcon 9,

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the NOAA-sponsored Jason-3 spacecraft will
monitor

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ocean topography around the world and continue
to take

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measurements for analysis of changing global
climate conditions.

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Dunn: NASA's Launch Services Program is very

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excited about the Jason-3 launch campaign.

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and we're looking forward to mission success.