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good afternoon everyone this is the

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pre-launch news conference for aquarius

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aquarius sacd will be launched on a

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united launch alliance delta ii rocket

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on

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thursday morning at 7 20 a.m

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and here to talk now about the status of

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our launch preparations

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and a little bit about the mission

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itself

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is eric eihansen the aquarius program

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executive from nasa headquarters

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thanks george omar baez the nasa launch

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director from the kennedy space center

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vernon thorpe the nasa program manager

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for nasa missions from the united launch

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ahmed sen the aquarius project manager

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from the jet propulsion laboratory in

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and captain sean hannah the launch

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weather officer from the 30th weather

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and now we'll begin with eric ianson our

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aquarius program executive from nasa

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headquarters eric thanks george sorry

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for stepping over you on the first time

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in just two short days

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the aquarius tactics satellite will be

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launched into orbit and those of us on

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the mission team could not be more

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excited

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this important earth science mission is

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nasa's first attempt to measure ocean

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surface salinity from space

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is key to our better understanding of

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climate and the earth's water cycle

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in just a little bit there'll be a

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science briefing that will provide a lot

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more detail on uh salinity and

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the science of aquarius

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when aquarius sacd reaches orbit it will

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join 13 other nasa earth science

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satellites many of which are also making

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oceanographic measurements of parameters

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helps create a more complete picture of

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another important aspect of the mission

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is nasa's continued partnership with the

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argentina space agency konai

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nasa frequently collaborates with other

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space agencies on its missions

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nasa and kona have successfully worked

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together on satellite missions over the

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last 15 years

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aquarius sac d represents a great leap

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for the two agencies and our

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collaborations

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for one it is by far

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the most complex and challenging mission

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ever attempted through a partnership

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between the united states and argentina

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and it's as capable as any earth science

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mission that nasa has flown

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the contributions of each agency are of

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wherein nasa is providing

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the primary instrument aquarius

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and the launch vehicle

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and kona is providing the

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and the mission operations and ground

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system now we think about space missions

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the technical challenges with developing

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in the case of aquarius sac d the

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logistics of the mission were as

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challenging as the technical aspects due

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i'd like to take a few minutes to walk

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mission took to get to the launch pad so

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the aquarius instrument is comprised of

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a radiometer built at the nasa goddard

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space flight center in greenbelt

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once both major components of the

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instrument were completed the radiometer

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following successful completion of

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testing of the fully integrated aquarius

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instrument it was placed in a shipping

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container and airlifted by the u s air

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designated as the primary were

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following the success the successful

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following the successful integration and

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utilizing the brazilian space agency in

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pays state-of-the-art facilities

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aquarius sacd was subjected to a battery

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after all these tests were successfully

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completed the observatory had a last

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transcontinental journey to make this

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time using two c-17 us air air force

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transports from two different air force

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california where it now awaits one last

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back to you george all right thank you

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and now to our nasa launch director omar

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thank you george and good afternoon

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everyone and thank you for attending

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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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these folks have been dedicated to

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if you could roll our

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i'll talk to you about how this

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last thursday we completed our flight

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and back to you george all right thank

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gass and the 3 700 men and women of

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that we're very proud to be supporting

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nasa and the launch of the aquarius sac

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the observatory our team has worked hard

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with nasa and konai over the last few

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years to get to this point and we're

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ready to launch this unique mission

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we're honored to play a role in

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supporting nasa's science missions and

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i'd like to thank him for this

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for those of you who like statistics i

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have a few here associated with this

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launch this will be ula's sixth launch

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the 40th delta ii from vandenberg air

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it will also be the 51st launch that ula

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this launch also kicks off a very busy

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aquarius will launch on a 7320-10

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configuration of delta ii that means

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it'll have three solid rocket boosters

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and a 10-foot composite fairing the

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first stage is powered by a pratt

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whitney rocketdyne rs 27a main engine

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and the second stage has an aerojet

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aj-10 engine

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and

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uh when we launch the delta ii vehicle

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will place the satellite into a sun

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synchronous orbit with an altitude of

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about 650 kilometers about 400 miles

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i have a short video clip that

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summarizes the launch sequence that

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we'll see on thursday if we could roll

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okay we'll lift off at 7 20. 36 seconds

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after lik liftoff will go supersonic the

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srbs will continue to burn for about a

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minute they'll shut down in a minute and

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four seconds we'll jettison them about

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35 seconds later once we're in a safe

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region

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and the

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main engine will continue to burn for

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four minutes and 24 seconds total at

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that time the propellants will be

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depleted we'll separate the first stage

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from the second stage and do the first

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of two upper stage engine firings

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the first engine firing will

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last about six minutes during that

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firing will jettison the payload fairing

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since we're out of the atmosphere then

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we'll enter a 41 minute parking orbit

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coast

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we'll do some thermal control rolls

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to keep all the temperatures within

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limits and then we'll do a second burn

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that second burn will only last about 12

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seconds that'll put us in the final

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orbit that we need to be

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we'll turn to the separation attitude

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send the separation signals

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and at about 56 minutes 42 seconds after

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liftoff will separate from the

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spacecraft and then the upper stage will

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continue to do some post separation

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maneuvering to make sure we put

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ourselves into a different orbit and

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this mission represents

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the culmination of years of hard work by

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teams at nasa konai and ula

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and we anticipate that our delta ii

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vehicle will perform well and we hope to

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accurately place the spacecraft into its

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planned orbit to allow

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aquarius to offer scientists

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uh the first space-based global

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observations of ocean surface salinity

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so once again thanks to all of our

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mission partners for helping us get to

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this point and george i'll turn it back

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to you all right thank you vern

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now to ahmet sen the aquarius project

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manager from the jet propulsion

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laboratory in pasadena ahmet

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what vern showed you is how we got the

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spacecraft into orbit and from now on i

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will tell you how

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we are at orbit and what we're going to

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do for the first few hours to go

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and

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thereafter

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i'm going to take you a little in a

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backward journey back in time

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over the last three years what we have

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done speed it up

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in the

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take you in about two minutes to run the

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whole three years

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we are now in space

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and uh vern's wonderful rocket put us up

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at 408 miles above the earth

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going around

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well

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it doesn't exactly look like this we

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have the

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gold reflector that you see that is the

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antenna for aquarius it still remains

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stowed or put together the way it was in

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launch

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at about

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an hour after separation from the launch

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vehicle

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the solar array gets deployed

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and

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we starting start to get telemetry or

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information back from the spacecraft

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to the ground stations on the ground

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we are now over africa

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and the stations over africa starts

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telling us the health of the satellite

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the energy that's being collected over

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the solar panels very exciting time

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and over the next few hours we'll cross

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over many ground stations over nasa

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ground stations and konai ground

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stations to basically see

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what and how the spacecraft is

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performing so that in a nutshell over

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the la over the next day after orbit

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that's what's going to be

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now i will take you a little bit further

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just because we have a spacecraft in

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orbit we do not take immediately

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salinity data

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it takes about 25 days to check out how

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the spacecraft behaves in orbit right

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the attitude the power and all the

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thermal controls so once we are

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satisfied then comes the commissioning

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of the instrument so the aquarius

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instrument commissions at about 25 days

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after launch a period to wait but it's

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worth the wait to check it out

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completely

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now

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take you back and do a time roll back to

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the past

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back to 2008 and then i'll run you

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forward back in time again to the day we

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are

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so let's uh go to the next slide

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the next slide basically gives you an

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idea how we came about putting this

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instrument together

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you know when you put together an

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experiment you always think about a

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theory and to prove the theory you build

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an experiment so we built an experiment

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about in the mid to late 90s at jpl

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we're producing a pond we put salt water

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and detected how we could detect

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salinity right if we were to prove the

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theory and we did

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the scientists then took one measure

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to take this equipment onto an airplane

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validate it as if it would be an

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airborne instrument and we proved it it

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was right

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then that undaunting task came about

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give the scientists now giving it to the

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engineers saying build us something that

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we will go to space and look at the

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world globally

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quickly and all around so there comes

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the next piece of the puzzle next

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picture please

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on the next picture you see a radiometer

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in its flight hardware as we call it in

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boxes many pieces of the radiometer put

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together it got it as eric mentioned to

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us that these the radiometer was built

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at goddard and once it was assembled and

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tested was moved to jet propulsion lab

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in pasadena california all the way

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trucking itself about 3 500 miles so

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let's go to the next page

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this what you see

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is a picture of a completed aquarius

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instrument as it sits

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just days before it was going to get

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shipped to argentina

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as you see the antenna or the reflector

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is remains stowed in a transport

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condition so that we can

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safely transport it across

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the the continents across the hemisphere

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to argentina so what i'm going to do is

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a lapse photography that takes you how

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we build the equipment at jpl and move

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it forward let's roll the video at this

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so the video takes us to pasadena's jet

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propulsion laboratory here as you see

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the instrument is being constructed

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not very quickly but it's been a time

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lapse video of months that took us to

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put the sequence together

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once we have and you will recognize the

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features we will place the instrument on

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its shipping container as you see now

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close the lid and take it away

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to its transport journey through an

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airplane all the way to argentina you

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are now in argentina and that same

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container is now being taken apart the

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instrument taken out

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and carried off to the spacecraft where

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it's sitting

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in a clean room being put together

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so the instrument is now on top of the

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spacecraft in argentina

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they work as fast as we do too

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so

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we now take it back to brazil

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to do environmental testing this test

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will make sure that everything will work

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in space in the space environment

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we then brought the whole instrument and

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the spacecraft back to vandenberg that's

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where we sit and we see the airplane

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coming into a stop and we move into a

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payload processing facility where we

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check out the spacecraft after it's all

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of its journey

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it's time to now move on to go into the

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rocket

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we button it up into a canister to make

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a journey

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for about 20 miles around the coastline

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to slick to where we're going to be

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launching the rocket

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it's a night move and we move it up to

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the gantry and we just keep on slowly

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lifting it and putting it on top of the

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rocket

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we are now ready to put it on top of the

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rocket

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bolting it very carefully

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and cleanly so that we maintain a proper

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environment for the spacecraft

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once the spacecraft was put on top of

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the rocket we did test it again to make

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sure everything remains alive and

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healthy

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once it's done

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as vern showed

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you the picture of the fairing and omar

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showed you the fairing that's where it

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stands

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and then let's go to the next picture

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this is the fairing closed completely

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with a small little access hole remain

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open for the last check and that's

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what's going to happen in the next few

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days

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so this is where we stand today a very

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very important moment for you to get

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ready

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in two days from now let's go to the

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next picture

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so i leave you now with the picture that

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it will look like

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on june 9th

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where we're going to be sitting on the

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launch pad getting ready to deploy up

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into space

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george

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thank you ahmed

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we'll look now at the weather forecast

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for thursday with captain sean hanna

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from the 30th weather squadron captain

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hannah

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good afternoon

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june is a very stable month for the

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central coast

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marked by the marine layer rolling in in

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the late afternoon in apartment by the

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mid morning

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the sea breeze kicks in during the

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afternoon hours providing winds

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15 to 20 knots

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this past week we've seen a rather

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unseasonable weather pattern persist

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as a low system moves through the

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vandenberg area which is

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more typical of a february time frame

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as this apartment system moves eastward

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our normal june weather will be

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reassert itself once again with the rain

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layer and fog

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looking at satellite

571
00:21:29,190 --> 00:21:27,760
high pressure is dominating the eastern

572
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,200
part of the pacific and the central

573
00:21:34,549 --> 00:21:31,840
coast and there's a lot of low clouds

574
00:21:36,549 --> 00:21:34,559
along the ocean and the

575
00:21:38,390 --> 00:21:36,559
coastal region

576
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:38,400
another weak system is pushing out of

577
00:21:42,710 --> 00:21:40,080
canada into the northwestern part of the

578
00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:42,720
u.s and that will be around our area for

579
00:21:52,070 --> 00:21:45,520
launch day

580
00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:52,080
9th

581
00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:53,600
that marine layer will reassert itself

582
00:21:58,149 --> 00:21:55,440
like i said before and we've seen

583
00:22:00,789 --> 00:21:58,159
ceilings from 200 1200 foot with

584
00:22:03,510 --> 00:22:00,799
visibility one to two miles in fog

585
00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:03,520
temperatures be mid-40s to low 50s

586
00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:07,039
with winds northwesterly 10 to 15 knots

587
00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:08,960
next slide

588
00:22:13,029 --> 00:22:10,720
that gives us a probability of violation

589
00:22:15,990 --> 00:22:13,039
of zero percent with no weather

590
00:22:17,590 --> 00:22:16,000
constraints of concerns

591
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,600
next slide

592
00:22:21,669 --> 00:22:19,520
if by chance we do go into a 24-hour

593
00:22:23,190 --> 00:22:21,679
scrub on friday morning

594
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:23,200
the marine layer and the fog will be

595
00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:24,559
back in the area

596
00:22:28,470 --> 00:22:26,880
we'll see the stratus persist again

597
00:22:30,870 --> 00:22:28,480
200 to 800 foot

598
00:22:32,390 --> 00:22:30,880
two to four miles visibility with fog

599
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:32,400
temperatures still the same

600
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:35,120
mid 40s low 50s and as northwesterly

601
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:37,360
winds 8 to 12 knots

602
00:22:41,830 --> 00:22:39,039
and overall probability violation of

603
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:41,840
zero percent again

604
00:22:46,070 --> 00:22:43,520
back to you george all right thank you

605
00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:46,080
captain hannah now we're ready now to

606
00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:47,840
take questions we'll take some questions

607
00:22:52,230 --> 00:22:49,600
here then we have some questions from a

608
00:22:55,190 --> 00:22:52,240
couple of our other nasa field centers

609
00:23:00,789 --> 00:22:55,200
but let's start over here if we got uh

610
00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:03,029
nora wallace santa barbara news press

611
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:04,480
eric you talked a little bit you said

612
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:06,480
that this is by far the most complex and

613
00:23:10,549 --> 00:23:08,559
challenging mission and we've seen the

614
00:23:12,630 --> 00:23:10,559
slides seeing where the the satellite

615
00:23:14,630 --> 00:23:12,640
has gone all over the world um can you

616
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:14,640
talk a little bit more about that in in

617
00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:16,080
terms of like the number of people

618
00:23:20,070 --> 00:23:18,159
involved and if there are other elements

619
00:23:22,149 --> 00:23:20,080
that made it so complex rather than just

620
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:22,159
the distance

621
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:25,280
a lot of it is is uh the number of

622
00:23:30,149 --> 00:23:28,320
players involved as i mentioned um

623
00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:30,159
in addition to the primary uh

624
00:23:34,950 --> 00:23:31,919
relationship between the united states

625
00:23:37,909 --> 00:23:34,960
and argentina and nasa and konai

626
00:23:39,029 --> 00:23:37,919
you've also have uh contributions from

627
00:23:41,269 --> 00:23:39,039
three other

628
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:41,279
countries uh canada

629
00:23:44,789 --> 00:23:43,039
um france and italy providing

630
00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:44,799
instruments

631
00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:46,320
and also the

632
00:23:49,430 --> 00:23:47,760
environmental testing was done in brazil

633
00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:49,440
so you know the transport was was

634
00:23:54,870 --> 00:23:51,840
definitely a big factor

635
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:54,880
but this is a quite a large observatory

636
00:23:58,710 --> 00:23:57,760
you know 1400 kilograms approximately

637
00:24:00,070 --> 00:23:58,720
and

638
00:24:02,870 --> 00:24:00,080
we have

639
00:24:05,350 --> 00:24:02,880
eight a total of eight instruments on it

640
00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:05,360
you know that's much larger than much

641
00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:06,640
more complex than anything we've ever

642
00:24:09,350 --> 00:24:08,480
attempted you know in a mission like

643
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:09,360
this

644
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:11,120
um you know we've got aquarius is

645
00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:12,480
definitely the primary instrument it's

646
00:24:15,669 --> 00:24:14,640
the largest um but you've got all these

647
00:24:16,950 --> 00:24:15,679
other instruments and we need to make

648
00:24:18,070 --> 00:24:16,960
sure that they're all working that the

649
00:24:20,630 --> 00:24:18,080
observatory is going to be able to

650
00:24:23,110 --> 00:24:20,640
support all of those so it's it's been a

651
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:23,120
a challenge from a technical standpoint

652
00:24:25,909 --> 00:24:24,240
it's been a challenge from a

653
00:24:27,110 --> 00:24:25,919
coordination standpoint it's been a

654
00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:27,120
challenge from a transportation

655
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:33,029
janine scully san maria times long poke

656
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:35,360
record is there any uh if if you do slip

657
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:37,600
does the weather change at all or um i

658
00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:39,279
mean not the weather the window change

659
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:43,600
it all or does it remain 720 to 725

660
00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:45,919
for the next attempt it's approximately

661
00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:47,840
in that time period it still stays in

662
00:24:54,230 --> 00:24:52,789
any further questions over here at the

663
00:24:56,630 --> 00:24:54,240
moment

664
00:24:58,470 --> 00:24:56,640
all right let's uh go to jeff propulsion

665
00:25:13,269 --> 00:24:58,480
laboratory in pasadena there's a

666
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:14,870
uh having observed

667
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:16,400
the launch of the urban carbon

668
00:25:20,230 --> 00:25:18,320
observatory

669
00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:20,240
which went awry and i guess glory did

670
00:25:23,110 --> 00:25:21,200
too

671
00:25:25,669 --> 00:25:23,120
can you talk a little about

672
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:25,679
how you ensure that this mission will

673
00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:29,360
succeed is it connected to a different

674
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:34,710
i i think i'll take that if if i

675
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:35,760
understood you're right you were

676
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:37,760
referring that to our

677
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:40,480
previous two launches on the taurus xl

678
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:42,880
system which uh failed to separate the

679
00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:44,960
fairing this is uh

680
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:47,200
obviously it is a quite it is a

681
00:25:51,669 --> 00:25:49,760
different system this is uh the delta ii

682
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:51,679
this is not the taurus

683
00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:53,679
uh there's a lot more redundancy in this

684
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:55,760
vehicle than than the

685
00:26:00,470 --> 00:25:58,240
taurus has it's a different

686
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:00,480
price class vehicle too

687
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:03,120
it has flown a heck of a lot more and as

688
00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:06,080
i said earlier this mission has

689
00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:07,679
with this particular

690
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:10,640
fairing type has separated and placed

691
00:26:16,549 --> 00:26:13,600
satellites in orbits 57 times before

692
00:26:22,789 --> 00:26:18,789
we have checked to make sure there's no

693
00:26:25,430 --> 00:26:22,799
crossovers between the hardware used

694
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:25,440
on this vehicle to separate the fairing

695
00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:26,320
um

696
00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:29,520
to the uh taurus xl's system

697
00:26:33,669 --> 00:26:32,960
uh we don't see any intersects um

698
00:26:34,950 --> 00:26:33,679
so

699
00:26:37,909 --> 00:26:34,960
uh

700
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:37,919
at the end of the game this is a rocket

701
00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:40,640
everything has to function correctly and

702
00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:42,240
it's not just the fairing we're worried

703
00:26:46,310 --> 00:26:44,400
about every every little system on the

704
00:26:47,590 --> 00:26:46,320
rocket has to work together and work

705
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:47,600
right so

706
00:26:54,149 --> 00:26:50,640
um we we feel confident into going into

707
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:54,159
this but again it is a rocket

708
00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:55,760
would you like to add any comments to

709
00:26:59,590 --> 00:26:57,440
that i

710
00:27:02,149 --> 00:26:59,600
would second everything that omar said

711
00:27:04,470 --> 00:27:02,159
and i can tell you that after

712
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:04,480
the first of those two incidents we did

713
00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:06,960
a thorough evaluation to check for any

714
00:27:12,789 --> 00:27:10,480
crossover concerns and we at ula and

715
00:27:14,789 --> 00:27:12,799
nasa both did independent evaluations

716
00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:14,799
and we both concluded that we were safe

717
00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:16,640
to launch and after the first incident

718
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:18,559
we continued to launch several times i

719
00:27:22,549 --> 00:27:20,480
think we had another three or four adult

720
00:27:24,149 --> 00:27:22,559
two missions that year

721
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:24,159
when glory

722
00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:26,080
failed we did the same thing we didn't

723
00:27:29,909 --> 00:27:28,000
just rely on the crossover analysis we

724
00:27:32,310 --> 00:27:29,919
did before we went back took a second

725
00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:32,320
look very detailed look to see if the

726
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:34,240
delta vehicle might be susceptible to

727
00:27:39,029 --> 00:27:36,640
the same type of problem and again nasa

728
00:27:40,710 --> 00:27:39,039
and ula each did independent assessments

729
00:27:42,549 --> 00:27:40,720
and we again concluded that we're safe

730
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:42,559
to fly

731
00:27:46,549 --> 00:27:44,480
okay we do have another follow-up from

732
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:46,559
jpl so jpl go ahead with your next

733
00:27:51,909 --> 00:27:49,440
question

734
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:51,919
thank you very much you mentioned that a

735
00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:54,000
different cost structure could you talk

736
00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:56,320
a little about the cost of the launch

737
00:28:02,070 --> 00:27:59,360
and just to one last question

738
00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:02,080
was the decision made to fly with this

739
00:28:09,669 --> 00:28:03,520
launch system

740
00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:11,990
no the the

741
00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:14,480
the decision to fly this mission on this

742
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:16,880
type of vehicle was done years ago

743
00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:17,679
um

744
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,520
the the glory and

745
00:28:24,070 --> 00:28:21,440
the glory launch was a couple of months

746
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:24,080
ago and obviously you've heard here that

747
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:25,120
this

748
00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:28,000
years

749
00:28:33,590 --> 00:28:31,039
for this type of mission as far as

750
00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:33,600
mission cost

751
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:36,159
i'm not i'm not free to talk to you

752
00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:37,919
about what the vehicle cost but i can

753
00:28:43,029 --> 00:28:40,640
tell you it was significantly more

754
00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:43,039
than a tourist class vehicle

755
00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:44,559
um

756
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:47,440
and uh but uh under the foia you're

757
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:49,120
welcome to ask that question and we can

758
00:28:54,789 --> 00:28:52,240
get you uh those numbers for you

759
00:28:56,710 --> 00:28:54,799
eric i think you want to add on this

760
00:28:59,669 --> 00:28:56,720
programmatically yeah i think the only

761
00:29:03,110 --> 00:28:59,679
other thing i would say is that the um

762
00:29:05,269 --> 00:29:03,120
the driver for the use of a delta ii is

763
00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:05,279
primarily the the mass and and volume

764
00:29:09,909 --> 00:29:08,320
requirements of of the mission um

765
00:29:13,029 --> 00:29:09,919
this mission would not have would not

766
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:13,039
have flown on a taurus xl but it does

767
00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:16,320
fit on a delta ii and you know given the

768
00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:18,880
superb history of this launch vehicle

769
00:29:21,990 --> 00:29:20,960
we're excited about how it's going to

770
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:22,000
work

771
00:29:26,310 --> 00:29:24,320
i just want to add in that the decision

772
00:29:28,389 --> 00:29:26,320
to use the launch vehicle was about

773
00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:28,399
eight to nine years ago so it has

774
00:29:33,190 --> 00:29:30,159
nothing to do with

775
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:33,200
the recent launches so it was all

776
00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:35,360
built in the spacecraft was built in for

777
00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:40,870
all right we'll come back here and take

778
00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:47,909
delta has been such a workhorse for um

779
00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:51,200
nasa is there any future to continue the

780
00:29:55,990 --> 00:29:53,039
program and this would be for both vern

781
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:56,000
and omar um since there are just three

782
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:00,549
go ahead

783
00:30:05,990 --> 00:30:03,039
okay you're right there are three delta

784
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:06,000
twos left on our nasa contract right now

785
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:07,120
we have

786
00:30:11,669 --> 00:30:09,520
five left in inventory and we're talking

787
00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:11,679
to a number of potential customers nasa

788
00:30:14,870 --> 00:30:13,360
included about the possible use of those

789
00:30:17,269 --> 00:30:14,880
in the future

790
00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:17,279
and uh from ula's perspective it's our

791
00:30:20,710 --> 00:30:18,799
intention to continue to serve the

792
00:30:22,710 --> 00:30:20,720
medium-class market in which delta ii

793
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:22,720
has served for years

794
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:24,399
that market does not have a whole lot of

795
00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:26,720
opportunities right now

796
00:30:30,310 --> 00:30:28,880
so we see the five delta twos that we

797
00:30:32,470 --> 00:30:30,320
have remaining in inventory as

798
00:30:33,830 --> 00:30:32,480
sufficient for the near term to satisfy

799
00:30:36,149 --> 00:30:33,840
that market

800
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:36,159
so we're focusing on that right now and

801
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:38,080
uh we'll keep our options open for the

802
00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:39,520
future as we continue to serve that

803
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:41,120
market

804
00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:44,320
omar anything to add on that uh no i i

805
00:30:48,789 --> 00:30:46,559
think vern covered it there is the uh

806
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:48,799
the two remaining after aquarius for for

807
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:50,799
nasa grail on the

808
00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:52,960
east coast and npp later on this year

809
00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:53,760
here

810
00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:55,440
we currently don't have a vehicle to be

811
00:30:59,110 --> 00:30:56,720
able to

812
00:31:00,149 --> 00:30:59,120
buy the delta ii but there is an on-ramp

813
00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:00,159
coming up

814
00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:03,360
during the summer where we'll be able to

815
00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:07,360
if our customer desires to to buy some

816
00:31:12,389 --> 00:31:09,120
delta twos they'll have the opportunity

817
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:14,950
any further questions

818
00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:17,519
no other questions over here

819
00:31:20,549 --> 00:31:18,960
all right in that event that will

820
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:20,559
conclude oh we have a question back

821
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:23,679
there okay very good

822
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:25,760
hello my name is victoria i'm with kcoy

823
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:27,760
in santa maria what is the the

824
00:31:32,149 --> 00:31:30,080
significance of of being able to test

825
00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:32,159
the solidity of the ocean and if it's

826
00:31:35,509 --> 00:31:33,840
going to take 25 days what kind of

827
00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:35,519
information are you expecting to get

828
00:31:40,230 --> 00:31:37,440
after that time period

829
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:40,240
i can take that um eric

830
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:41,760
as you know this is this mission is

831
00:31:45,669 --> 00:31:44,159
about measuring how salty the ocean is

832
00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:45,679
from space

833
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:47,519
and it's one of the key missing

834
00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:49,919
parameters that we haven't studied about

835
00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:51,279
this world

836
00:31:56,470 --> 00:31:53,039
we look at oceans and we know they're

837
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:56,480
salty and we know that salt is a mineral

838
00:32:00,710 --> 00:31:58,720
content that moves heat

839
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:00,720
around the world

840
00:32:05,669 --> 00:32:03,279
so by measuring the density

841
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,679
of salt in the ocean and its movement

842
00:32:09,990 --> 00:32:07,200
and circular and the water cycle and

843
00:32:12,149 --> 00:32:10,000
circulation will be knowing more about

844
00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:12,159
how climate is linked with this

845
00:32:15,190 --> 00:32:13,760
circulation

846
00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:15,200
so in effect

847
00:32:20,789 --> 00:32:18,320
what would do is it would teach us the

848
00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:20,799
understanding of climate and what

849
00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:24,080
effects it has such as el nino la nina

850
00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:26,080
any any other new phenomena that we

851
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:28,000
might be able to discover this is an

852
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:30,000
exploration mission and that's what we

853
00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:35,750
yes question over here on the right

854
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:38,000
hello my name is melissa

855
00:32:42,549 --> 00:32:40,720
with the news agency of argentina

856
00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:42,559
i would like to know your comments uh

857
00:32:46,149 --> 00:32:44,480
about this joint experience with

858
00:32:47,509 --> 00:32:46,159
argentina if

859
00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:47,519
someone of you can make the comments

860
00:32:52,230 --> 00:32:50,000
please i'll take the question um

861
00:32:55,269 --> 00:32:52,240
yeah i think it has been a

862
00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:55,279
rewarding experience for both

863
00:32:57,990 --> 00:32:57,120
nasa and konai

864
00:33:01,269 --> 00:32:58,000
we've

865
00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:01,279
had a great working relationship

866
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:02,240
we

867
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:03,519
have

868
00:33:07,590 --> 00:33:05,600
experienced

869
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:07,600
as i mentioned it's a complex mission

870
00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:10,000
it's taken a lot of coordination and

871
00:33:13,190 --> 00:33:12,240
really working closely both agencies

872
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:13,200
together

873
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:15,039
and i think

874
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:16,880
both agencies are better off for having

875
00:33:21,350 --> 00:33:19,440
partnered together on this mission

876
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:21,360
you want to comment on the further

877
00:33:24,789 --> 00:33:23,679
obviously i will and

878
00:33:26,950 --> 00:33:24,799
i have

879
00:33:28,950 --> 00:33:26,960
intimately dealt with

880
00:33:31,029 --> 00:33:28,960
our south american partners not only

881
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:31,039
argentines but also brazilians and our

882
00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:32,799
european counterparts

883
00:33:38,230 --> 00:33:34,720
and i could not

884
00:33:41,029 --> 00:33:38,240
believe another group that is so caring

885
00:33:44,149 --> 00:33:41,039
so dedicated that this group that i have

886
00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:44,159
been working with the last 10 years

887
00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:46,960
they do not let go things if things are

888
00:33:51,909 --> 00:33:49,360
left behind they pick it up and together

889
00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:51,919
with us make it successful that's what

890
00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:54,480
it counts and the proof is today that we

891
00:33:58,389 --> 00:33:56,399
stand on a launch pad getting ready to

892
00:34:01,029 --> 00:33:58,399
get launched so you have exceptionally

893
00:34:04,789 --> 00:34:01,039
talented people down in argentina and

894
00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:07,269
an additional questions in the

895
00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:10,000
back over here

896
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:13,200
all right that will conclude our

897
00:34:16,629 --> 00:34:14,639
pre-launch news conference we're going

898
00:34:18,470 --> 00:34:16,639
to pause just long enough to change the

899
00:34:20,069 --> 00:34:18,480
participants on the diocese and then

900
00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:20,079
we'll be right back with the aquarius