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good morning everyone this is our

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the delta ii with npp

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and here to discuss our

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activities for the launch and the

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is ken schwier the npp project manager

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from nasa's goddard space flight center

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jim gleason the npp project scientist

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michael fralick the director of the

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earth science division at nasa

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chuck gay the acting associate

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administrator of the science mission

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and mary glackin the deputy under

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secretary for operations for noaa the

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national oceanic and atmospheric

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and we'll begin first to talk about the

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uh thank you george

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let me first start off by saying uh

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yesterday evening when the tower rolled

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beautiful sunset lights on her probably

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was a majestic site

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we didn't want to leave

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of course we know she had to leave soon

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but we hung around as long as we could

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shortly after uh we separated

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the solar ray deploy so you could be

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when extremely well a couple minutes

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we can see the batteries charging

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all the telemetry was looking nominal

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we were anxious to have our first

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that went very well

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so my stellar mission operations team

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is doing the great job i knew they would

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talk to a few folks who were at the

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i truly want to thank the ksc and ula

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just an amazing partnership

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couldn't get better

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put us exactly where we wanted to be

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and now the future of npp starts and we

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thank you george

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thank you ken and now to jim gleason the

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goddard space flight center jim thank

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npp project scientist is interacting

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data will start flowing i know we're

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the world who are anxiously waiting to

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ksc and the ula for giving us an

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everyone and thank you george

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thank you jim

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and now to michael fralick the director

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of the earth science division at nasa

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thanks george it's an unadulterated

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now today at the start of the npp

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it occurs to me that npp could actually

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system but national because the

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measurements from npp will be affecting

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saying and i too would like to add

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kudos and recognize the contributions

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cohesive teams in all aspects of npp

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objectives throughout and have delivered

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uh for this mission so we look forward

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mission george thank you michael

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directorate at nasa headquarters chuck

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incredibly talented team that has made

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today with being really thrilled uh it

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these forecasts allow us to warn people

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satellite blazing the way a new

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technology for climate research and

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chamber pressure in the main engine good

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crane for pressure in the three

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corrections two verniers and good

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chamber pressure in all six ground lit