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George Diller, NASA Launch Commentator: This
is Falcon Launch Control, 1 hour, 40 minutes,

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23 seconds into the flight of Jason-3.

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And joining us now on console in the mission
director's center is Parag Vaze,

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the spacecraft mission director for Jason-3
from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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And Parag we'd like to hear from you first-hand
what happened

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after the spacecraft came off of the rocket.

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How did the data look?

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What was the first indications that you had
that things

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were underway as they should be?

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And then what have you just heard moments
ago.

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Parag Vaze, Jason-3 Project Manager: Sure
George.

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First of all, we had a great launch and

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separation from the launch vehicle exactly
as planned.

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We did see video of the separation.

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Unfortunately, we went to eclipse, so the
video was a bit blurry,

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so that we couldn't confirm it.

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However, all of the spacecraft telemetry acquisition
station came online.

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We were able to get a strong signal from the
spacecraft.

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The first indications looked very good.

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All of the communications systems were working
nominally.

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We were able to communicate with the spacecraft's
C telemetry.

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We were then able to observe that the

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solar array deployment had started and that
typically we were

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able to see that with pyrotechnic devices
that are

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firing on both of the solar panels.

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And then, unfortunately we were at the end
of our contacts,

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we had a pause.

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However, we just came up on the next contact
of the spacecraft telemetry.

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It looked very good.

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Again communications were nominal and the
spacecraft was power-positive.

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Tracking and the engineers are, in fact, starting
to send commands.

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And starting to get the satellite ready to

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point to the Earth in a more fine-pointed
mode and stable condition.

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But all of the initial checks look great.

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George Diller, NASA Launch Commentator: So,
at this point,

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I think you're able to say that

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Jason-3 is off to starting its mission.

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Parag Vaze, Jason-3 Project Manager: Jason-3
is off to starting its mission,

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and we've got a

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large group of people, both the engineering
community and the science community,

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that I think have their work cut out.

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But anticipating excellent data and an excellent
start with a great launch.

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And anticipating lots of great science telemetry
to come.

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George Diller: Parag, thanks very much.

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Congratulations and thanks so much for your
help and support

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throughout this campaign and getting

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us to where we are with the launch today and
now a successful spacecraft on orbit.

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Parag: Excellent. Thank you.

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George Diller: Parag Vaze, the spacecraft
mission director, from the Jet Propulsion

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Laboratory.