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good afternoon everyone these are the

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pre-launch briefings for

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our taurus xl glory and alana missions

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and we'll be having three briefings

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today our first briefing will be the

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pre-launch news conference

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we'll follow that with a glory mission

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science briefing

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and then

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we'll conclude with a briefing on alana

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so we'll start now with our pre-launch

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news briefing on the taurus xl glory

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launch coming up on wednesday morning

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we'll begin first with joy brett hauer

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the glory program executive

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from nasa headquarters in washington

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then we will hear from

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omar baez the nasa launch director for

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this mission from the kennedy space

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we'll hear next from

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john brentweiler the taurus program

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director from orbital sciences

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brian faffel the glory project manager

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and first lieutenant benjamin warr the

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launch weather officer from the 30th

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and we'll begin first with

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our program executive joy brett howard

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joy thank you george um i'd like to have

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the first graphic posted please

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now i'll start by talking about why

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glory is important to us

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the graphic can be coming up as i'm

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glory is the next launch in the

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president's climate initiative to

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address key climate problems and is

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nasa's next earth observing

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science research mission that will join

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13 other earth science missions that are

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currently orbiting and operating

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glory will improve our understanding of

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and tiny particles called aerosols

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the scientific knowledge obtained from

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glory will enable researchers to better

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understand the effects of aerosols and

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accurately predict the future of earth's

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climate changes

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as global climate and weather affect our

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natural resources and impact our lives

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this understanding is also essential for

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making scientifically based policy

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decisions that are related to

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nasa's rigorous standards processes

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practices and testing have prepared both

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the observatory and the launch vehicle

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for the upcoming glory mission

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our panel here represents the combined

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efforts of people all across our nation

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supporting the glory mission

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through the dedicated teamwork of

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government industry and academia we are

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on track for launching glory

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as glory's program executive for the

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earth science division i am responsible

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for the overall technical

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the glory mission for nasa headquarters

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project management for the gla for the

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glory mission is provided by nasa's

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later today in a separate science

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briefing we'll have the glory mission

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scientists further explain the mission

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program at kennedy space center

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the orbital sciences corporation is both

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the spacecraft integrator and the launch

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after the taurus xl rocket launches the

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it's going to go into an earth observing

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orbit where it will then ascend into the

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afternoon constellation and become what

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what is also known as the a train

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the glory observatory's design supports

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the low earth orbit a train

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constellation consists of multiple

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is the first ever super observatory to

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i'd like to have the next graphic posted

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that's coming up the glory mission

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responds to the intergovernmental panel

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on climate change by continuing and

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improving nasa's earth science research

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or in solar radiance can lead to global

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the glory mission has two science

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one objective is to use glory's highly

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the second objective is to use the first

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and with that i'll turn it back over to

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george all right thank you joy and now

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thank you george

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good afternoon everyone and thank you

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for attending today's brief

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i'm very fortunate to be here

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representing scores of men and women

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a little video we have for you

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the taurus

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back to you george all right thank you

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the oco mission um it didn't turn out

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very well um

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i mean it was quite a disappointment for

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all of us the science community uh nasa

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orbital and and many individuals that

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that worked on that mission

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so what's been happening over the last

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two years in fact immediately after the

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failure nasa and orbital and as a team

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uh formed

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an investigation team

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we went through uh the data from the

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flight

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determined what the problem was and and

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this this is a long process uh we ended

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up

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then uh coming to a

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pretty robust system uh for the fairing

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deployment and that was the that was the

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issue that that failed the mission for

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oco

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as a result of all the engineering work

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um

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retests testing

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every subsystem of this fairing

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we arrive here today with a a proven

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flight proven in fact the same system

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that we're flying

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in 37 hours

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has flown three times already on another

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orbital vehicle that's the minotaur iv

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so we know that the basic design works

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very well

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now that wasn't the only thing we ended

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up doing both kennedy and orbital not

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only looked at the fairing which was a

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problem but the entire vehicle

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we wanted to make sure we didn't miss

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anything else uh and looked stemmed to

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stern

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and and fixed all that we could

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uh it was quite an effort and um

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from that i think we have great

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confidence uh going into the launch uh

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event

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now if you want to if you could uh pull

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up the the first image and i'll tell you

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a little bit more about the taurus and

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you can kind of visualize some of these

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elements now omar he talked and showed

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you a video about how the assembly of

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the vehicle happens there's really three

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major components

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uh on your left there is the stage zero

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as omar indicated that's put on the

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stand first at the launch site

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and then the the picture in the center

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there is the the upper three stages

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which are put together and tested

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uh inside a building here on vandenberg

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uh by orbital

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and then probably the most uh

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well one of a lot of interest is is the

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image on the right that's the fairing so

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uh the fairing that you see there we

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deliver to a clean facility called the

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payload processing facility at

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vandenberg and what that does is it puts

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it in a clean room

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and meets the spacecraft there

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so if you could put the next image up

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please

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on the right you can see where the glory

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spacecraft has been mated to the top of

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the uh taurus structure

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with the half of the fairing around it

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now what that does we'll add the other

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half of the fairing within that clean

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environment

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and that provides

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humidity temperature contamination

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control for the spacecraft

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and you do that in a clean area because

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as you've seen so far of this pad

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uh when it goes down to the site uh you

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get wind rain uh

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dry air wet air uh

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we've only had one rattlesnake

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rattlesnake sighting uh this time last

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time i think we had a couple of frogs

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and a rattlesnake so there are some

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things to avoid and and this by

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encapsulating the payload uh it keeps

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that safe now we have another uh

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passenger with us uh the alana and you

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can see that on the lower left

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uh it's it's sort of in a curious spot

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your typical satellite rides at the top

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of the rocket nose cap comes off and

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then the satellite's out front well

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that's the case for glory

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uh but the elana spacecraft

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assembly if you will it's actually a

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carrier called a pea pod with three

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small cubesats which you'll hear a lot

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more about

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at a later briefing following

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i think a couple more briefings here

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it's the last one today

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but it's behind it it actually faces aft

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during flight and it's next to our stage

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3 nozzle so you can kind of see that

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nozzle in the picture

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and

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well i'll just continue a little bit

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more it's kind of interesting we

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actually put a thermal protection system

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around this peapod canister for the

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ilana

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mission

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to protect against uh any heating that

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may occur from the stage three nozzle

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and all kinds of again lots of analysis

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we we have gone over every aspect of the

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vehicle every aspect of the mission

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uh if you get show up the next slide

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please

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so this is the way it's going to look uh

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probably later today and certainly

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tomorrow for day of launch

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nice clean pad

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we've taken off all the protective

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covers

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and

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omar described

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and once we get to t zero

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um

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be sure to listen there's there's a few

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key events you're gonna hear uh lift off

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and then uh depending on where you are

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if you're local here you'll actually

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there'll be quite a bit of a delay

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before you actually feel the rumble of

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the stage zero engine so don't be

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alarmed if you see the flame but it's

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you know where's the sound it's coming

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don't worry

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if you're listening to the countdown

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you'll also hear call outs of

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stage 0 burnout stage 1

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stage 0 1 separation stage 1 ignition as

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we drop these stages away because we

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burn the propellant get rid of the

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weight and then on to the next stage

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there's probably a key event that's

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happening that certainly i'm going to be

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listening for and that is about three

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minutes into the mission

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and you'll hear a confirmation of

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fairing separation so that's certainly

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i'm going to be listening for that i

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know a lot of others are too

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13 minutes later

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the glory spacecraft will reach orbit at

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the end of our rocket and we will

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gently push it away

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and then 10 seconds after that um the

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alana peapod canister will open and then

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the the three peapods come out and then

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our mission is done so uh you know we're

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we're about two days away from the end

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of this story

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at least my story and uh and then the

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beginning of of the spacecraft so

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back to you george all right thanks john

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and for that spacecraft story we go to

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brian feyfel the glory project manager

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from nasa's goddard space flight center

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brian thank you george i'd like to thank

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everybody for being here today and tell

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you how excited we are for the

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launch of glory

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i'm happy to report that we finished all

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our processing here at vandenberg and

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gloria is ready for its launch early

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wednesday morning if you could start the

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first animation i'd like to talk a

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little bit more about the mission itself

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as joy mentioned glory is a key part of

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nasa's climate research program

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and it will

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join

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other five other satellites in the

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afternoon constellation that are earth

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observing glory is a unique satellite

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and that is really two very different

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scientific missions in one

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it contains a sun pointing instrument

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that will continue a uh that will

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measure solar energy and an earth

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pointing instrument that will uh study

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aerosols

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the total radiance monitor was built by

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the university of colorado's laboratory

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for atmospheric and space physics in

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boulder colorado and it will continue an

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uninterrupted 32-year spaceborne data

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record

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of the total solar radiance measurement

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while the aerosol polarimetry sensor

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built by raytheon space and airborne

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systems in el segundo california

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will help scientists better understand

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the role of both man-made and naturally

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occurring aerosols in the atmosphere

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the aps instrument is also supported by

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two cloud cameras which were built by

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ball aerospace and technology

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corporation also in boulder colorado

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which will assist aps science in cloud

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clearing activities

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supporting the instrument suite is the

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glory spacecraft

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nasa program

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that was terminated many years ago

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it's been extensively modified and

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refurbished

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that work was completed by orbital

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sciences corporation in dulles virginia

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the same folks that will be flying

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orbital as we uh after we launch for the

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operations phase of this mission

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um if we could go to the next graph our

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next video

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i'd like to talk a little bit about the

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processing that we had here at

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vandenberg and tell you what to expect

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after we separate from the taurus

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vehicle itself we arrived at vandenberg

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on january 11th after a three-day

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journey across the country

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after a very quick inspection of the

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hardware and the ground support

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equipment we

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unpacked glory moved it to the its

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temporary home and began the process of

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configuring for launch

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over the next couple weeks

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we spent time

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visually inspecting the instruments the

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spacecraft the solar arrays we put the

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observatory through a full battery of

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electrical tests

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the fueling of the spacecraft marked a

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major milestone for me personally as it

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represented

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glory's last standalone activity by

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itself

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from that point on the program going

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forward we were going to meet up with

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the taurus and we'd work together to get

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us to the launch

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and i must say that the glory processing

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has gone and

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glory and the spacecraft and the launch

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vehicle processing has gone very well

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uh as john mentioned in his presentation

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gloria is buckled atop the taurus right

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now and we're ready for its ride to

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get the space

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once we separate from the launch vehicle

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the spacecraft will start a planned

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series of events that will ultimately

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result in solar array deployment

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depending upon the insertion orbits

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initial conditions

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solar ray deployment is expected about

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21 minutes after the separation event

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all the way out to about an hour and 15

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minutes after the event

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we'll be using nasa's tracking and data

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relay satellite to monitor space

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spacecraft activities for about 12 hours

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after we launch but we will be

574
00:21:26,149 --> 00:21:23,679
commanding the spacecraft through our

575
00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:26,159
ground station contacts

576
00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:27,840
during this first several ground station

577
00:21:30,549 --> 00:21:29,120
contacts

578
00:21:33,270 --> 00:21:30,559
we're going to be performing some key

579
00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:33,280
operations for the spacecraft

580
00:21:37,909 --> 00:21:35,360
we will verify its state of health we're

581
00:21:39,190 --> 00:21:37,919
going to open up a propulsion system

582
00:21:41,350 --> 00:21:39,200
latch valve

583
00:21:44,230 --> 00:21:41,360
we have to take the minus x solar array

584
00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:44,240
rotated 180 degrees towards the sun and

585
00:21:48,149 --> 00:21:46,559
then we'll adjust the beta angle offset

586
00:21:49,669 --> 00:21:48,159
of those arrays to maximize our

587
00:21:51,909 --> 00:21:49,679
electrical power

588
00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:51,919
over the next several days after that we

589
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:52,799
will

590
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:55,679
be bringing on other spacecraft systems

591
00:21:59,909 --> 00:21:58,480
and in about seven days after the launch

592
00:22:01,590 --> 00:21:59,919
the spacecraft should be completely

593
00:22:03,350 --> 00:22:01,600
checked out

594
00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:03,360
after that we're going to move into the

595
00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:05,120
next 20 days which are very critical

596
00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:09,120
days in that we will perform a series of

597
00:22:12,950 --> 00:22:11,200
propulsion maneuvers to raise our

598
00:22:14,549 --> 00:22:12,960
altitude and enter into the afternoon

599
00:22:17,029 --> 00:22:14,559
constellation

600
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:17,039
that'll put us at about 29 days after

601
00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:18,640
after we launched

602
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:20,320
and then we will spend

603
00:22:24,470 --> 00:22:22,559
the next days all the way out to 40 to

604
00:22:26,789 --> 00:22:24,480
the 45th day commissioning the

605
00:22:28,789 --> 00:22:26,799
instruments and once that's complete

606
00:22:31,190 --> 00:22:28,799
glory will be configured fully for

607
00:22:32,710 --> 00:22:31,200
science operations and then my job will

608
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:32,720
be complete

609
00:22:37,029 --> 00:22:35,280
before we move on to hear the weather

610
00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:37,039
briefing which is very important for

611
00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:39,360
tomorrow night

612
00:22:44,390 --> 00:22:42,000
i want to just tell you once again how

613
00:22:46,549 --> 00:22:44,400
excited and pleased my team is to be at

614
00:22:48,630 --> 00:22:46,559
this point in the program um we've

615
00:22:50,789 --> 00:22:48,640
worked very hard to get glory configured

616
00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:50,799
for launch and i want to ensure you that

617
00:22:55,029 --> 00:22:52,720
gloria is ready to go to work

618
00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:55,039
and that's it thank you brian

619
00:22:59,590 --> 00:22:57,360
and now for the weather forecast first

620
00:23:01,110 --> 00:22:59,600
lieutenant benjamin jay wawer the launch

621
00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:01,120
weather officer for tomorrow night's

622
00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:03,360
launch from the 30th weather squadron

623
00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:05,280
here at vandenberg air force base

624
00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:07,440
lieutenant weir thank you george good

625
00:23:11,029 --> 00:23:09,200
afternoon ladies and gentlemen

626
00:23:13,430 --> 00:23:11,039
february is the most atmospherically

627
00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:13,440
dynamic month for the central california

628
00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:16,000
coast marked by alternate alternating

629
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:17,520
patterns of high and low pressure

630
00:23:22,070 --> 00:23:19,919
systems moving through the area this

631
00:23:24,149 --> 00:23:22,080
past week we saw a rather intense low

632
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:24,159
pressure system move through vandenberg

633
00:23:27,909 --> 00:23:25,760
which produced heavy rainfall

634
00:23:29,830 --> 00:23:27,919
thunderstorms and strong winds

635
00:23:31,830 --> 00:23:29,840
the pattern remains unsettled as a

636
00:23:33,510 --> 00:23:31,840
cutoff low will dive down from the

637
00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:33,520
pacific coast

638
00:23:38,310 --> 00:23:36,640
the gulf of alaska and linger off the

639
00:23:40,149 --> 00:23:38,320
california coast

640
00:23:43,269 --> 00:23:40,159
cutoff flows develop as low pressure

641
00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:43,279
systems loosen lose upper level jet

642
00:23:48,390 --> 00:23:46,240
support they are literally cut off from

643
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:48,400
the flow and can remain stationary for

644
00:23:56,149 --> 00:23:53,750
this is our main forecast challenge

645
00:23:58,549 --> 00:23:56,159
because the nature of flow makes them

646
00:24:02,230 --> 00:23:58,559
difficult for weather models to predict

647
00:24:05,990 --> 00:24:04,630
currently skies are generally clear over

648
00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:06,000
vandenberg

649
00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:07,760
as the majority of the clouds associ

650
00:24:12,149 --> 00:24:10,080
associated with cutoff low are to the

651
00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:12,159
northwest off the north northern

652
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:14,240
california coast

653
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:15,840
the low is forecast to remain to the

654
00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:18,000
west of vandenberg air force base and

655
00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:20,400
move to the south of central california

656
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:22,720
through today and tomorrow

657
00:24:27,190 --> 00:24:24,960
the main concern we have at this time is

658
00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:27,200
that the proximity of the cutoff low

659
00:24:30,630 --> 00:24:29,360
could produce cumulus clouds overhead of

660
00:24:33,750 --> 00:24:30,640
the launch pad

661
00:24:36,230 --> 00:24:33,760
or a vehicle flight path

662
00:24:39,909 --> 00:24:36,240
this would violate a range safety launch

663
00:24:41,990 --> 00:24:39,919
commitment criterion for cumulus clouds

664
00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:42,000
that being said the models and

665
00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:44,240
observations are beginning to agree

666
00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:45,360
that the weather conditions for the

667
00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:48,320
launch window will remain favorable

668
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:50,400
the forecast for the launch window of

669
00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:53,200
208 to 211 local on february 23rd will

670
00:24:58,789 --> 00:24:55,279
be cumulus clouds

671
00:25:02,230 --> 00:24:58,799
of 1 8 coverage from 3 000 to 5000 feet

672
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:02,240
cirrus clouds 3 8 coverage from 22 to 25

673
00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:04,559
000 feet unrestricted visibility with

674
00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:06,880
winds out of the southeast at 12 to 18

675
00:25:09,269 --> 00:25:07,760
knots

676
00:25:11,750 --> 00:25:09,279
temperatures will be in the mid to low

677
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:11,760
40s with an overall probability of

678
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:14,480
violating t0 of 10

679
00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:16,480
for those cumulus clouds

680
00:25:21,029 --> 00:25:19,360
and finally the 24-hour scrub forecast

681
00:25:23,110 --> 00:25:21,039
for february 24th will see an

682
00:25:25,430 --> 00:25:23,120
improvement in conditions as the cutoff

683
00:25:27,669 --> 00:25:25,440
low moves out of the area and high

684
00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:27,679
pressure begins to take hold we're still

685
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:29,039
going to see some of those high level

686
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:31,440
cirrus clouds linger around

687
00:25:36,549 --> 00:25:33,919
from 22 to 25 000 feet

688
00:25:38,549 --> 00:25:36,559
visib visibility will remain unpredicted

689
00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:38,559
winds will switch from the northwest at

690
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:41,760
12 to 18 knots and temperatures will be

691
00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:43,520
in the mid-40s

692
00:25:48,710 --> 00:25:45,760
that gives us a probability of violation

693
00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,720
for our 24-hour scrub forecast

694
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:50,640
of zero percent

695
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:52,240
and that's all i have george back to you

696
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:54,640
all right thank you lieutenant wow

697
00:25:58,950 --> 00:25:56,799
and now we'll take questions we'll start

698
00:26:00,870 --> 00:25:58,960
first here at vandenberg then we'll go

699
00:26:02,789 --> 00:26:00,880
to the kennedy space center where we

700
00:26:04,789 --> 00:26:02,799
understand there are some questions and

701
00:26:06,630 --> 00:26:04,799
then come back here for

702
00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:06,640
any final questions

703
00:26:11,190 --> 00:26:09,360
so we'll start here at vandenberg here

704
00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:11,200
with nora wallace please give your name

705
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:12,799
and affiliation when mike comes to you

706
00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:15,200
hi nora wallace santa barbara news press

707
00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:17,440
um john you spoke a little bit about

708
00:26:21,590 --> 00:26:19,600
looking at the vehicle from us i think

709
00:26:23,190 --> 00:26:21,600
you said stem to stern and you said we

710
00:26:24,789 --> 00:26:23,200
fixed all that we could could you

711
00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:24,799
elaborate a little bit on that and tell

712
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:27,200
us you know maybe what else might have

713
00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:29,120
been found on the rocket and um is it

714
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:31,440
kind of the new improved doris sure sure

715
00:26:36,950 --> 00:26:34,159
right uh well obviously the the fairing

716
00:26:39,590 --> 00:26:36,960
was the focus and and we we put more

717
00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:39,600
energy into that because it did we were

718
00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:41,840
able to identify the cause

719
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:44,320
probably within six to eight months it

720
00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:46,400
sort of these this discovery sort of

721
00:26:49,590 --> 00:26:48,159
comes out over time

722
00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:49,600
uh and then we started it on the

723
00:26:54,630 --> 00:26:52,640
redesign process for the fairing itself

724
00:26:55,590 --> 00:26:54,640
but we didn't want to stop there

725
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:55,600
so we

726
00:26:58,390 --> 00:26:56,880
we held

727
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:58,400
what we call um

728
00:27:03,430 --> 00:27:00,480
an independent review where we have

729
00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:03,440
engineering staff from both kennedy and

730
00:27:07,029 --> 00:27:04,960
orbital that aren't associated

731
00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:07,039
necessarily with taurus

732
00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:08,799
look at

733
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:10,880
both the design aspect

734
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:11,840
uh

735
00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:13,600
all the processes that we go through to

736
00:27:17,590 --> 00:27:15,360
make sure that that for example our

737
00:27:21,430 --> 00:27:17,600
analysis for

738
00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:21,440
pick an example structure strength say

739
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:23,200
that had nothing to do with the fairing

740
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:24,480
deployment

741
00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:26,480
uh that that analysis was performed

742
00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:28,559
correctly uh

743
00:27:33,909 --> 00:27:32,080
that the electrical systems uh were done

744
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:33,919
the guidance navigation and control

745
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:35,360
systems

746
00:27:38,630 --> 00:27:37,039
all of the assumptions were correct in

747
00:27:42,630 --> 00:27:38,640
the models i mean it just it's an

748
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:45,350
but we left no stone unturned

749
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:48,159
we did make some modest hardware

750
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:50,399
improvements uh we changed uh for

751
00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:52,559
example to a later

752
00:27:57,269 --> 00:27:54,640
ordinance devices okay you can't test

753
00:27:58,549 --> 00:27:57,279
them because then then they're done so

754
00:28:01,990 --> 00:27:58,559
we we moved

755
00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:02,000
to some newer uh lots that had a better

756
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:03,520
test history

757
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:05,520
for example that again didn't have

758
00:28:09,669 --> 00:28:07,279
anything to do with the fairing

759
00:28:11,750 --> 00:28:09,679
deployment but nonetheless will will

760
00:28:13,269 --> 00:28:11,760
improve the overall reliability of the

761
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:13,279
vehicle so those are some of the things

762
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:20,389
janine

763
00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:25,039
times long poke record omar um from nasa

764
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:26,320
standpoint what's your level of

765
00:28:30,470 --> 00:28:28,240
confidence in taurus

766
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:30,480
going forward and wednesday

767
00:28:35,350 --> 00:28:33,120
sure um

768
00:28:37,430 --> 00:28:35,360
you know it's it's kind of like

769
00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:37,440
there's that cold pool and you gotta dip

770
00:28:42,230 --> 00:28:39,120
your toe in it

771
00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:42,240
um we've done everything we can

772
00:28:46,950 --> 00:28:44,640
we've looked at that vehicle

773
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:46,960
from a systems level down to the piece

774
00:28:51,750 --> 00:28:49,279
parts level

775
00:28:53,269 --> 00:28:51,760
there's we've checked everything

776
00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:53,279
we're as comfortable as we're going to

777
00:28:58,950 --> 00:28:55,200
get

778
00:29:01,669 --> 00:28:58,960
be successful

779
00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:01,679
and i think the whole team

780
00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:03,600
has done some soul searching and looked

781
00:29:08,549 --> 00:29:06,080
deep at everything we've done i i don't

782
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:08,559
think we can uncover anything else

783
00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:10,720
and with that that gives me a lot of

784
00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:12,720
comfort

785
00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:15,039
yeah i will be crossing my

786
00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:16,640
fingers

787
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:20,080
but that's just my superstitious side

788
00:29:28,789 --> 00:29:26,710
all right we're going to go to kennedy

789
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:28,799
and take a question or two from there

790
00:29:31,909 --> 00:29:30,240
and then we'll come back and take uh

791
00:29:34,789 --> 00:29:31,919
some follow-up and additional questions

792
00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:34,799
here at vandenberg so we could

793
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:37,440
go to kennedy for the questions

794
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:39,279
hi thanks for taking my question um

795
00:29:44,389 --> 00:29:41,200
denise childspace.com

796
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:44,399
with the question for joy brettauer

797
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:45,919
just wondering what the cost of the

798
00:29:51,110 --> 00:29:48,320
glory mission is and

799
00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:51,120
how if at all the glory mission and its

800
00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:54,320
future is affected by the proposed fy 12

801
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:57,830
um

802
00:30:02,750 --> 00:30:00,480
starting off with the question of cost

803
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:02,760
the glory mission costs about

804
00:30:06,870 --> 00:30:05,279
424.1 million dollars

805
00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:06,880
and that's the cost of the mission

806
00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:09,840
including beyond orbit operations

807
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:12,000
um the second part of that question

808
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:13,279
could you repeat that because i could

809
00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:16,000
barely hear you

810
00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:18,799
yeah sorry um just how the glory mission

811
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:19,840
feature

812
00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:21,760
if at all is going to be affected by the

813
00:30:26,549 --> 00:30:24,240
proposed fy 12 budget

814
00:30:28,389 --> 00:30:26,559
the best of my knowledge right now

815
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:28,399
the glory budget i mean there's been a

816
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:30,720
commitment to support the glory mission

817
00:30:35,269 --> 00:30:33,440
and as far as i know we are confident

818
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:35,279
that that is unaffected at this point in

819
00:30:38,549 --> 00:30:36,880
time

820
00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:38,559
again that's one of the most important

821
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:40,880
initiatives in the earth science

822
00:30:45,029 --> 00:30:43,440
portfolio right now and unless that

823
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:45,039
changes in the future of course we don't

824
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:46,640
know what the future holds but right now

825
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:49,440
the commitment is firm it's there and we

826
00:30:54,870 --> 00:30:51,120
will be going forward to support the

827
00:30:54,880 --> 00:31:00,470
further questions of kennedy

828
00:31:04,310 --> 00:31:02,310
all right that's all from kennedy so

829
00:31:05,909 --> 00:31:04,320
we'll come back here um

830
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:05,919
we have any questions in in the back

831
00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:08,480
from anyone back here

832
00:31:11,590 --> 00:31:09,760
all right then we'll come back here to

833
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:11,600
the front nora you can pick up again

834
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:13,440
wallace again santa barbara news press

835
00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:15,760
um joy i can answer this one in terms of

836
00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:18,159
understanding uh global climate change

837
00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:20,640
can you rank gloria's importance in the

838
00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:21,840
a train

839
00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:23,440
to give us a better understanding of how

840
00:31:28,389 --> 00:31:25,440
important it is to have that particular

841
00:31:30,870 --> 00:31:28,399
spacecraft in the constellation

842
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:30,880
well right now i'm going to say that you

843
00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:32,480
could hold your question for the next

844
00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:33,840
science briefing where you'll get the

845
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:36,640
real experts for the science however um

846
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:39,360
i will say that glory in combination

847
00:31:42,870 --> 00:31:40,960
with observations from the other

848
00:31:45,190 --> 00:31:42,880
spacecraft that are currently on orbit

849
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:45,200
with the a train

850
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:47,840
will provide a substantial amount of

851
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:49,919
insight and clarity

852
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:52,159
as i had spoken before about how

853
00:31:58,789 --> 00:31:56,080
aerosols impact our earth's atmosphere

854
00:32:01,110 --> 00:31:58,799
and and it'll also go into looking at

855
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:01,120
how the atmosphere the aerosols and the

856
00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:03,279
atmosphere in combination

857
00:32:08,470 --> 00:32:06,080
with the changes in the solar energy

858
00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:08,480
will impact earth's climate so

859
00:32:12,310 --> 00:32:10,320
i'd recommend holding it for the true

860
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:12,320
experts on the panel a little later but

861
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:14,240
it's very important i mean obviously

862
00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:15,840
global warming

863
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,440
we've heard a lot about global climate

864
00:32:21,190 --> 00:32:19,519
changes i mean this is our planet our

865
00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:21,200
earth i mean we really need to bring it

866
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:22,880
down to brass tacks all you have to do

867
00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:24,960
is step outside and you either have a

868
00:32:29,830 --> 00:32:26,880
hazy day or you have a clear and sunny

869
00:32:32,070 --> 00:32:29,840
day we're looking at supporting the

870
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:32,080
planet for future generations and we

871
00:32:34,789 --> 00:32:33,440
really need to get serious as a

872
00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:34,799
civilization

873
00:32:38,950 --> 00:32:36,399
about truly getting the data that we

874
00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:38,960
need to understand how

875
00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:41,760
in fact we as a community

876
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:44,480
are impacting our own backyard and the

877
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:47,200
air that we breathe so

878
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:49,440
you're welcome

879
00:32:58,470 --> 00:32:55,990
how many days on the range do you have

880
00:33:02,549 --> 00:32:58,480
and are there any impediments in terms

881
00:33:03,669 --> 00:33:02,559
of satellite charging beyond 24 uh 48

882
00:33:05,269 --> 00:33:03,679
hours slip

883
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:05,279
we have um

884
00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:07,120
the 23rd

885
00:33:12,149 --> 00:33:09,200
and the 24th as a backup

886
00:33:14,630 --> 00:33:12,159
there is some other testing on range but