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good afternoon everyone this is the

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pre-launch news conference for npp to be

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launched aboard

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a delta ii rocket from nasa space launch

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complex 2 on friday morning our first

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briefing will discuss the countdown and

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the flight of the delta ii

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and then we will have a second briefing

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that will discuss the objectives of the

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npp spacecraft that will immediately be

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followed by briefing on our cubesat

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participating in our briefing today will

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be first

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andrew carson the npp pro program

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executive from nasa headquarters in

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washington

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tim dunn the nasa launch director from

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vernon thorpe program manager for nasa

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missions for united launch alliance in

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denver

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ken schwer the npp project manager from

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the goddard space flight center in

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greenbelt maryland

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and lieutenant lisa cochran the launch

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weather officer from the 30th operation

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support squadron at vandenberg

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and we'll begin first with andrew carson

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our npp program executive andrew thank

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you george

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we're very excited about the upcoming

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launch of mpp mpp is a bridge the next

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generation of earth observing satellites

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and will provide measurements that are

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critical to nasa's earth science

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research

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mpp will help us understand what

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tomorrow will bring

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whether by tomorrow we mean tomorrow's

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forecast or whether we mean years or

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decades down the road

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could i have the first video please

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nasa is currently operating 14 earth

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observing missions including a series of

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satellites known as the earth observing

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system or eos

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these satellites terra aqua and ara

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provide key measurements about our land

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oceans and atmosphere

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npp will continue these measurements

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which are critical for understanding the

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health of our planet now as well as how

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nasa is taking what we learned with the

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eos program and mpp

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and helping noaa create the next

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generation of satellites to extend these

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measurements into the future

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and that program is called the joint

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polar satellite system or jpss

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can i have the next video please

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npp will lay the groundwork for the jpss

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system by proving out the capabilities

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and technologies of both the instruments

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and the ground system

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the mpp data will also be incorporated

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into operational weather forecast models

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providing higher resolution data and

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improving our weather forecast

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so npp is a critical first step in

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creating a climate capable operational

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this mission was developed

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in collaboration with our partners at

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noaa and the department of defense

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as well as our industry partners in ball

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north of grumman raytheon and itt

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so as we finish up the the last launch

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preparations we look forward to the

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launch of mpp we know it'll become a

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significant part of our nation's climate

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george thank you andrew

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and now to tim dunn the nasa launch

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director for flight on friday morning

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tim is from the kennedy space center

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tim

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thank you george

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i'm proud to be here today representing

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the men and women of nasa's launch

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the impose preparatory project or npp is

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my second mission as nasa launch manager

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and i'm thrilled to continue my launch

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director duties with a delta ii launch

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spacecraft that will serve as the first

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step in building the next generation of

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earth observing satellites

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in addition to npp

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this mission

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npp will launch on a delta ii

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npp

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will be the 357th

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slick 2 is proud to have hosted 80 of

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those delta launches to date

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over the past week the delta ii team has

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been busy with launch preparations

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last friday the combined nasa and ula

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launch team held the flight readiness

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review where we assess the preparations

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range and facility assets and the

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on monday we performed performed a

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successful mission dress rehearsal

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and loaded the hypergolic propellants

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now i'd like to show a video of the ula

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vehicle at slick 2. please roll the tape

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here you see the arrival of the first

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air force base back in june of this year

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this is a video showing fairing erection

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launch pad at slick 2.

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this occurred on july 19th

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on the next day we brought the first

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onto the launch mount you see connection

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brought into the mobile service tower

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and then used as a mobile server moving

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crane the mst will then be rolled back

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legs that we precisely set the first

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the spacecraft the mpp was brought out

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extra day due to high winds on the 12th

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of this month but on the 13th it was a

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beautiful day and light winds

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brought the transportation can up into

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and gently lowered it down and made it

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and then this is fairing insulation

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beautiful shot of the satellite there

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and the fairing halves are brought in

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fairing mate last week

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this morning we held a successful launch

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readiness review and received approval

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from senior nasa and ula management as

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well as spacecraft and range agencies to

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countdown beginning tomorrow evening

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at slick 2 today we performed range

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the launch team will arrive on console

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and are looking forward to a successful

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we're going out to vernon thorpe the

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on behalf of michael gass our president

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and ceo and the 3 700 men and women of

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ula i'd like to say that we're proud to

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support nasa and the launch of the npp

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this will be the 50th delta ii that

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this will also be ula's 10th launch this

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in addition this is the fourth of five

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we've worked closely with the npp

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spacecraft team and with our partners in

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ksc's launch services program for

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several years preparing for this launch

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the integration work is complete

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the launch processing is in its final

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this launch will be a critical step in

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it's also worth noting as tim pointed

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those three peapod dispensers we have

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and nine alliant tech system uh solid

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rocket motors an aerojet aj10 engine

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will power the second stage and the

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payload will be protected by a 10-foot

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diameter composite fairing during the

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first few minutes of flight

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tim showed us a video of the processing

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and activities that led us up to where

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we are today i'd like to show you a

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video of what we plan to see on launch

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morning if we could go ahead and roll

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okay when this vehicle lifts off it will

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weigh about 500 000 pounds we'll lift

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off with a thrust of 650 000 pounds and

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the first major event you see will be

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the burnout and jettison of the six

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ground lit srbs

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those will burn out about 65 seconds

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into flight we'll jettison them about 86

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seconds into flight

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before we jettison those we'll light the

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three air lit srbs those again will burn

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for 65 seconds we'll jettison them about

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a

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will continue to burn until we deplete

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all the propellants that will happen

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about four minutes and 20 seconds in the

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flight at that point we'll shut down the

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engines we'll separate from the upper

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stage and we'll begin the first of

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several upper stage engine burns

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the first burn that we see on friday

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morning will last about almost six

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minutes five minutes 47 seconds

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and that will take us into an

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intermediate orbit

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we'll have a

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42 minute coast in between

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and then we'll do the uh

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the second engine burn that will put npp

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into its uh desired orbit for separation

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you saw the payload fairing jettison

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there a few seconds ago that jettison

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will happen shortly after the first

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upper stage engine burn begins

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so the the second burn will complete

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about 52 and a half minutes into flight

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we'll take a few minutes to reorient the

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upper stage

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and then we'll separate

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the npp spacecraft separation is

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nominally scheduled to happen about 58

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minutes and 45 seconds into flight so

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slightly less than an hour after liftoff

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now after

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we complete what we refer to as our

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primary mission uh we then do a second

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or i should say a third engine burn

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and after that third burn that's when

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we'll jettison the uh the p pods the the

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six cubesats that we're carrying in the

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peapod

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deployers

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and that will occur about an hour and 40

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minutes into flight and then finally

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we'll uh do a depletion burn of the

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we're proud to serve

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a critical role in delivering

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one-of-a-kind nasa payloads to orbit in

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support of the global science community

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and uh we're focused ula is focused on

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perfect product delivery that means

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uh for every mission we focus on one

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launch at a time

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and we work on continuous improvement in

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meeting the needs of all of all of our

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customers nasa and our other customers

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npp represents the culmination of years

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of hard work by the nasa and ula launch

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teams and we anticipate that our

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reliable delta ii will safely deliver

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the spacecraft into its desired orbit

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and we look forward to the important

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earth observation data that npp will

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provide

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so once again i'd like to thank all of

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our mission partners who worked with us

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tirelessly to make this launch a success

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and i'll turn it back to you george

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right thank you vern

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and now to ken schwer the npp project

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manager from nasa's goddard space flight

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center ken thank you george

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just a few miles from here sets the npp

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satellite on top of the delta ii launch

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vehicle

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as we complete all our preparations for

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our launch on friday october 28th can i

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once the mpp satellite separates from

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the delta ii launch vehicle

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the satellite starts an automated

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sequence

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where the control system maneuvers the

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satellite for solar ray deployment

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this makes sure we get the proper power

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into the system so we can have the

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health and safety of the satellite where

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we need it

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after deployment the communication

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systems on the satellite is configured

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for ground contact this is when my

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mission operations team has the first

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opportunity to verify and ensure the

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safety and health of the satellite

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this all happens in about 30 minutes

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after separation

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the npp satellite will orbit 512 miles

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above our homes

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and will be controlled from noaa's

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satellite operations facility in

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suitland maryland

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the npp satellite will send down about

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four terabytes of data a day

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to svalbard norway which is an antenna

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site inside the arctic circle

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four terabytes of data is approximately

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this is what makes the aerospace

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industry so exciting

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one day

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a person has a concept to meet our

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nation's needs

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next that concept is put to paper

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where many dedicated people work as a

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team throughout the development

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until one day

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a satellite like npp

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the challenges triumphs and

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relationships

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during npp

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will last a lifetime

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and support and help future endeavors

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during my npp team's journey we

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successfully maintained schedule the

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past two years while completing a

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satellite comprehensive environmental

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program and ensuring the readiness of

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the ground system and the mission

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operations team

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the npp satellite was built by ball

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aerospace in boulder colorado where all

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five instruments were delivered and

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integrated to the spacecraft

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after integration the npp satellite is

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about thirteen and a half feet long and

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weighs about forty five hundred pounds

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it's a pretty nice size suv

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the mvp saddle was shipped from boulder

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colorado and arrived to vandenberg air

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force base on august 30th

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the environmentally controlled shipping

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container

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here you can see the team carefully

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removing npp from the shipping container

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and installing it on our mechanical

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support structure

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because it can elevate and rotate the

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spacecraft to any position so our

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engineers

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can prepare

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mpp for launch

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after we complete all the preparations a

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protective canister is installed over

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npp

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here you can see them building up and

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once they're complete with those

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we carefully and slowly of course

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in the wee hours of the morning when it

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was dark

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take this two-mile trip out to the delta

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this is where tim has showed you

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that the canister is lifted and we're

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finally mated

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to the delta ii which we've been working

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this week

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the npp and delta teams completed all

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readiness reviews and the mission dress

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rehearsal

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which prepares the launch team

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with simulated anomalies

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npp

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is ready for launch

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the nasa goddard space flight center

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role on npp is to manage the entire

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mission for nasa's earth science

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division

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this included acquiring the spacecraft

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two of the five instruments

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working with the kennedy space center

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for the delta ii launch vehicle

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and overall mission systems engineering

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over the past five decades the nasa

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goddard space flight center has managed

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and launched over 260

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successful missions in the space

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npp has touched so many lives already

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and my team is so excited for npp to

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touch the rest of the world

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with climate studies enhanced weather

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forecasting

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and monitoring

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of critical events

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npp's bumper sticker could read

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npp our planet's lifeguard

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thank you back to you george thanks ken

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now the weather forecast for friday

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morning lieutenant lisa cochran the

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launch weather officer from the 30th

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operation support squadron lisa thank

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you george

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the month of october is part of a

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transitional weather season for the

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central coast of california it's marked

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by the disruption of

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the marine layer and the associated fog

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we see with that by low pressure systems

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moving down the coast

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if you'll turn to the current satellite

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loop one of those low pressure systems

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made its way in from the northwest just

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a few days ago and we

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received cold frontal passage this

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morning

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you can see as it continues to push off

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to the east the clouds associated with

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it as it does continue to move off to

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the east high pressure is going to start

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to build back in behind that which is

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going to create an offshore flow for us

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here at vandenberg

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with this wind pattern it will keep that

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marine layer well off the coast

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and it will give us unrestricted

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visibility and favorable sky conditions

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for launch day

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so the forecast for the launch window

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for october 28th you can expect upper

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level clouds few coverage from

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25 000 feet to 27 000 feet with

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unrestricted visibility and no weather

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our winds will be out of the east around

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8 to 12 knots and temperatures will

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range in the upper 40s to low 50s

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and finally for the 24 hour scrub

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forecast on the 29th expect very similar

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conditions as the previous day just

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increasing upper-level clouds around 5 8

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coverage from 24 000 to 28 000 feet

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still unrestricted visibility and no

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significant weather and our winds will

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still be out of the east around 8 to 12

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knots and temperatures still the same as

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well this gives us an over pro overall

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probability of zero percent for both t0

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and for the scrub day as well

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our launch weather team is going to

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continue to monitor the weather up

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through the launch window and it will

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make any updates as needed but it's

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going to look like it's looking to be a

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very favorable weather conditions for

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launch day

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thank you

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and we're ready now to take questions

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please give your name an affiliation

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when the microphone comes to you

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so we can start here in the front and

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all right no

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questions for our media here

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and any questions from the media at the

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other nasa centers

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all right no questions at the other

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centers well we do have a question uh

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from

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justin ray

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i just write with uh spaceflightnow.com

569
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i guess for ken i was wondering if you

570
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could compare mpp to the previous

571
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uh polar orbiter weather satellites and

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so forth how big of a leap npp

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represents from from previous

574
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missions of this sort

575
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um i could address that somewhat i do

576
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encourage you to stick around for the

577
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next briefing where my project scientist

578
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jim gleason could give a more thorough

579
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answer

580
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but one of the things with our

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partnership with noaa that we've had in

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over excess of 40 years on our research

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satellites like earth observing

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satellites

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where we do the research that also gives

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us the opportunity to prove out those

587
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instruments and those capabilities

588
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so on the next generation weather

589
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satellites we can start to factor in

590
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that technology and that resolution

591
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into the weather community

592
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one aspect of npp npp is sending down

593
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about twice as much data as each of our

594
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all right we have one question that's

595
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come in online and steve cole from nasa

596
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headquarters will read that to us thank

597
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you george this is from steve rousseau

598
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at popular mechanics it's for ken

599
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how long will npp be operational

600
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the mpp instruments have a design life

601
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for seven years

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this mission npp was always envisioned

603
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to be

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a risk reduction mission

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for the overall operational system so

606
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the npp spacecraft is a five-year design

607
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spacecraft bus of course like all our

608
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satellites we want them to live as long

609
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as we can

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but during the development of of three

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of the instruments viirs chris and omps

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that was delivered by our partners

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there were significant development

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issues that arose throughout the years

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which leads residual risk in those

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instruments

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the teams did everything they could to

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make sure that as appropriate

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instrumentation for the npp risk

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reduction mission

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the follow-on program jpss has had an

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undertaking to go through all the

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requirements all the lessons learned

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from npp whether it's from a hardware

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design manufacturing sense and

626
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incorporate as much as they can to where

627
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we have a better feeling of those

628
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instruments from a longevity sense

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also the lessons learned from npp

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the noaa and the other scientific and

631
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operational users they get this gives

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them a time to update algorithm and data

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products

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so when the operational system comes on

635
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there's a much better sequence there see

636
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everything about npp is new the

637
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instruments are new the spacecraft's new

638
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the ground system is new so this gives

639
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us an opportunity which i like to call

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clean out the pipes for jpss make sure

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everything is working for when the

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operational system is is comes online

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uh additional questions uh how is npp

644
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going to help predict hurricanes and

645
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other major weather patterns and how

646
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important is this data to that effort

647
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well i i definitely encourage the person

648
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to ask that question is to listen to the

649
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next briefing

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okay great one last question uh this was

651
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directed to andy

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when will jpss the mission that you

653
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mentioned take over for npp and why was

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well the the jpss mission um yeah we can

655
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get you in touch with the jpss

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program

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later on but

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i can tell you right now the jpss

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mission jpss-1 is planned for launch in

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late 2016.

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and

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given the the five-year operational life

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that ken just spoke to that then

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that would that would be picking up

665
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right after the the end of mpp's

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operational life

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so

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all right any other questions from media

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here in the room

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all right in that event we will pause

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just long enough to change our players