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Here’s your chance to get a glimpse of space
launch history.

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You’re looking at a Delta II rocket getting
ready for launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base

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in California.

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This is the second to last launch of a Delta
II and the first time it was captured in 360

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video.

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Teams from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch
Services Program know this rocket all too

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well.

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The Delta II – or workhorse of NASA as they
call it – has been the backbone of NASA’s

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science missions for the last three decades,
launching over 50 agency spacecraft during

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its lifetime.

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Today, NASA’s Launch Services Program is
launching JPSS-1, the first satellite in the

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Joint Polar Satellite System – a collaborative
critical weather observation program between

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NOAA and NASA.

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When in orbit, JPSS-1 will cross the equator
14 times a day, bringing us faster updates

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and quicker evacuation warnings for extreme
weather.

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This particular variant of the Delta II has
a first and second stage and nine … count

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‘em … nine solid rocket motors for an
additional punch at liftoff to get its

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payload into polar orbit around the Earth.

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(Range status)
We join the countdown at T-15 seconds.

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(Range status continued)

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Delta II and JPSS-1 are now fully fueled and ready for liftoff.

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Better buckle up … It’s going to get bumpy
around here…

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Go Delta, Go JPSS-1

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(5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Liftoff)

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(T-5, 4, 3, 2, Engine Start, 1, and liftoff
of Delta II and NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite