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in just about 40 minutes this atlas v

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rocket will launch landsat 9 into space

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to show us earth from above and help us

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take better care of our home planet the

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earth observation satellite will add to

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a decades-long portfolio of data on our

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forests farms cities and water

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welcome and thank you for joining us

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here at vandenberg space force base on

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the central coast of california for the

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2000th launch from this military base

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since 1958.

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i'm your host marie lewis socially

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distanced and fully vaccinated against

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coven 19. that is why i am not wearing a

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mask launch is set for 11 12 this

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morning pacific time and that puts us at

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l minus 40 minutes 20 seconds and

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counting the first landsat satellite

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launched in 1972 kicking off an

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uninterrupted stream of data for almost

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50 years and landsat 9 will continue

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that streak today

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right now we are go for launch but we'll

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get an update from launch control in

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just a minute first some key things to

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know about today's mission at least one

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landsat satellite has been in orbit

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continuously since

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two the program holds the record for the

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longest continuous observation of earth

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from space the satellite monitors

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natural and economic resources from

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orbit leaders around the world use

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landsat data to understand climate

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change manage agriculture allocate water

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resources and respond to natural