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good afternoon everyone this is the

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pre-launch news conference for nasa's

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iris mission iris to be launched aboard

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an orbital sciences

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and here to talk about the launch and

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is jeffrey yoder the deputy associate

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administrator for programs for the

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science mission directorate at nasa

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tim dunn the nasa launch director from

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the kennedy space center in florida for

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brian baldwin the pegasus launch vehicle

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program director for orbital sciences

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gary kushner the iris project manager

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from the lockheed martin solar and

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astrophysics laboratory in palo alto

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and first lieutenant jennifer kelly the

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launch weather officer

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from the u.s air force 30th operations

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support squadron at vandenberg air force

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and we'll begin first with jeffrey yoder

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thank you george

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so iris and you'll hear a lot more about

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the science aspects of it later but it's

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the next mission on the next satellite

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to launch in our nasa small explorers

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program of course the small explorers

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program is a

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innovative way

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to produce world-class science

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with with collaboration

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and it won't talk about the science

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aspects of it but

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iris especially when you look at the

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partnerships that have been involved

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that we have

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with uh to achieve this great science

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it involves government private industry

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academia and international partners so

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i'd like to just take a little time to

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uh to thank the the various partners

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that uh and members of the team

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first the nasa explorers program office

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at goddard who oversees the explorers

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activities for us

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uh within the heliophysics division

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second the principal investigator

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is low institution is the lockheed

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in palo alto and you'll hear more about

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that later

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the nasa ames research

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is responsible for the ground commanding

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and data telemetry the nasa launch

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services program at ksc

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for the launch vehicle selection

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and uh the

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additional activities that you'll hear

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here later on today

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the smithsonian aerospace observatory in

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cambridge massachusetts for the

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for the design of the telescope for the

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spectrograph

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montana state university for the design

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of the spectrograph itself

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the norwegian space space center and

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nasa's uh near earth network provide the

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and orbital sciences corporation for

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providing the l-1011 as well as the

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pegasus will launch this vehicle as you

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can see we have a dynamic diverse team

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that i couldn't be more proud of

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so with that george i'll turn it back to

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you all right thank you very much and

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now to tim dunn our nasa launch director

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from the kennedy space center for the

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iris launch tim thank you george i'm

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proud to be here today representing the

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men and women of nasa's launch services

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program and i'm thrilled to be the

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launch director for the iris mission

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the solar science that iris uncovers

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will advance our understanding of our

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working alongside our orbital sciences

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corporation colleagues

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the engineers and analysts of nasa lsp

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take great pride in launching the iris

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nasa has a terrific record flying on the

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we have launched 18 missions on this

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unique launch system

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iris will be the 19th nasa mission on

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pegasus and the 42nd overall pegasus

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dropped from the belly of the venerable

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i'd like now to show a video of the

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and the mated iris spacecraft here at

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and there's all three stages great shot

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the iris spacecraft you'll see the

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this is coming onto the airfield here

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trailer and we're going to finish up a

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beautiful shot from the front side of

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the irish launch campaign has gone very

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well over the past week the pegasus team

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will assess the entire readiness of the

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excited to launch this important science

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back to you george thank you tim and now

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to brian baldwin the pegasus launch

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vehicle program director from orbital

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sciences corporation brian thank you

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corporation and the pegasus program

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we want to know how pleased we are to be

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here at this point in the mission it's

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we'll show you a short video in a moment

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turn off our telemetry transmitters

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about 840 seconds which is about 14

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minutes into the flight and we have a

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couple of other things to do prior to

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completing our particular mission

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we will perform a collision

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and contamination avoidance maneuver

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will back away

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uh from the spacecraft because because

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both the spacecraft and the third stage

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will be orbital at that point

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uh we'll back away to

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verify make sure that we have uh

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you know clean separation between the

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spacecraft then we'll about uh

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1300 1400 seconds into the mission we'll

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go ahead and

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vent our tanks rcs tanks and we'll be

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done at that point so we look forward to

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a great mission

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uh and a great science coming out of

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this effort so back to you george thank

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you brian

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and now to gary kushner the iris project

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manager from the lockheed martin solar

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and astrophysics laboratory in palo alto

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gary

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thank you george i'm very proud to be

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here representing the entire irish

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project team

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we're also excited to be here and

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prepare for launch

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the first graphic i thought i'd show you

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is uh you saw in

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tim's picture the

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fairing this is what's actually inside

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the fairing this is the observatory with

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sol rays deployed the observatory is

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about seven feet long

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and about four feet wide at the base the

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spacecraft with the sole rays deployed

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it's 12 feet wide

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uh next picture

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um the

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the the we will be in a sun synchronous

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orbit will be sun pointing the entire

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time a 97 degree inclination and we pass

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over the same point on earth about every

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97 minutes

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we're a small satellite we're about 400

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pounds and we consume about 350 watts

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the next oh i'm sorry but the in this

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picture you can see the instrument in

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the spacecraft the instrument consists

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of the telescope assembly which is in

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green and the spectrograph which is in

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light blue and the spacecraft itself is

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in orange

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next slide

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this is the instrument assembly here you

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can see from the left of the white

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collar is the telescope assembly

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and to the right is a spectrograph and

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i'll have a graphic showing the

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breakdown of that and the next one is a

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graphic of the instrument assembly and

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in the next image

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you'll see a cutaway

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let's see did we get the next next image

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there we go you'll see a cutaway you can

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see some of the optics inside and then

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the next image you'll see the light

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paths so the sun would be to your right

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the light would enter that front door

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hit the telescope on the left the orange

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rays represent the telescope section and

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then the left side is a spectrograph the

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four different colors represent the four

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different spectroscopic channels we have

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supporting that next image

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we have the spacecraft which i mentioned

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is four foot diameter about 16 inches

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high it's a full complete spacecraft the

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only thing we don't have is we do not

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have any propulsion

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uh and the next image will show the

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expanded view of the various components

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inside it's a it's an aluminum bus with

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eight bays and in each bay we have

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several components we have the

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flight computer we have the power system

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we have acs components including

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star trackers magnetometers reaction

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wheels and we also have the battery

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so it's a like i said it's a complete

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spacecraft

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next image

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this is how the observatory will look

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fully stowed and that is how it looks

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inside the fairing

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and that's with the sole raise folded up

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i think that's all i have for the

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graphics and then next we'll show a

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video now

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and the video will show us arriving at

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vandenberg this was on april 16th of

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this year after finishing all the

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testing at lockheed martin all the

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environmental testing this is obviously

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us unloading from a truck on a special

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transportation

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frame we're wrapped in protective

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material we're contamination sensitive

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so we have to maintain a clean

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environment until we're placed in the

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clean tent which you'll see in a short

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moment

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this is the team preparing to transfer

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from the transportation fixture over to

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well it'll be the handling fixture this

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is the team while they're doing the

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transfer while we're at vandenberg we

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after we ship we do what are called

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functional tests we make sure that the

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observatory survived at shipment we

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exercise all the mechanisms we check out

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all the systems we also do tests with

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the mission operations center back at

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aims so we can connect through the

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internet and do mission simulations we

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call them

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and then we also do as we get ready to

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mate with the rocket which you can see

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in the background there this is us going

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into the tent we do what are called

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integration integrated verification

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tests where we connect electrically with

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the rocket and do tests to make sure we

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both communicate well and then we after

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we mate we do more

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detailed tests called flight simulations

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and here you can see the team getting

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ready to move the observatory over to

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the rocket and they will mate to the

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third stage

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even though we're in a clean tent we

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still keep some protective covering on

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it

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and there's the front of the third stage

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and the rocket being and the observatory

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being mated

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there is the first half of the fairing

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being installed that's a great shot of

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the observatory the last shot you'll see

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the observatory before they put on the

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and that that is pretty much the end of

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the video

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and um

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the next graphic will show the timeline

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once we launch as brian noted uh we

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about

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see

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two minutes later after launch we'll

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separate and then as brian mentioned 13

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minutes later we will i'm sorry we will

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separate the fairing after two minutes

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we will separate from the third stage

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after 13 minutes

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three minutes after that we'll deploy

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our solar rays and uh the third stage

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will do it's a walk away from us

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and then we are supposed to be

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connecting with tdrs but if we don't we

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will our first ground station contact

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will be at 28 minutes

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so we will be able to monitor these

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critical events either through tdrs or

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we'll get our first acquisition in 28

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minutes and then about an hour and 13

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minutes after launch will be pointed at

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the sun in what we call course mode

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where we'll actually be on station power

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positive solar rays will be receiving

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their energy and we'll be the telescope

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will be facing the sun

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on the next graphic

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what we do after that we then power on

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the instrument on the second day and for

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the first 21 days we are doing checkouts

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we're doing like those functional tests

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we do on the ground we're spinning

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wheels we're checking out we're doing

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various calibrations and we open the

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telescope door on the 21st day we do we

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don't do it until then to protect it

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from contamination

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after the 21st day we have nine more

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days of engineering checkouts and then

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we hand over to the science team they

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begin their calibrations testing their

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timelines and then we begin the full

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science program which is scheduled for

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two years

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if

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then that is pretty much what i had to

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discuss back to you george all right

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thank you gary

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and now for a look at the weather

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forecast for thursday first lieutenant

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jennifer kelly our launch weather

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officer from the u.s air force 30th

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operations support squadron thank you

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sir good afternoon

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june is the transition from spring into

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summer for vandenberg air force base

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marked by fog and temperatures in the

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mid 60s

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currently we have a low pressure system

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west of british columbia producing

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significant clouds and precipitation

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along the coast

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the clouds associated with this low

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pressure system will be pushed back to

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the northwest tonight and tomorrow as

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the ridge builds from the east this will

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provide improving conditions and clear

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skies by tomorrow afternoon

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looking at the satellite image

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you can see cloud cover associated with

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the low pressure system along the coast

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to our north while to our south you see

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clearing associated with that high

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residual moisture will produce a layer

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of stratus clouds thursday with high

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pressure compressing that stratus layer

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and generating warmer temperatures at

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the surface

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models are agreeing that our primary

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concern for launch will be ceilings and

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visibilities decreasing as evening

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approaches

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forecasts for june 27th will see

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improving conditions compared to today

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as that ridge builds in

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this will result in lingering stratus

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clouds between 500 and 1000 feet and

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visibility reduced to 3 miles

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winds remaining out of the northwest at

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8 to 12 knots and temperatures in the

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low 60s

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along the flight path and in the drop

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zone we'll see clear skies and little to

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no turbulence

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this will produce an overall probability

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of violation for t 0 of 20 percent with

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an area of concern for ceilings and

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visibilities thank you back to you sir

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all right thank you lieutenant kelly and

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we're ready now to

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take questions please give your name and

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affiliation when the microphone comes to

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you we'll start here in the front with

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nora wallace santa barbara news press mr

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dunn could you go into a greater

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explanation about the power outage and

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the effect on the

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mission any details about who was out at

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uh the site when the outage occurred and

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just

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a greater explanation i can give an

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overview of of the situation i don't

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want to go into too many details it's

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certainly range equipment and uh someone

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from the uh the base or the 30th space

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wing should address the specifics of

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that and actually i think we may have

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someone in the off

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of the audience that can do that but in

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general there was an event if you were

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on the central california coast sunday

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night you were aware that we were

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without power for

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the period of a couple of hours

569
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affecting the entire region including

570
00:21:12,870 --> 00:21:09,840
obviously vandenberg

571
00:21:14,470 --> 00:21:12,880
related to that there were some as power

572
00:21:16,789 --> 00:21:14,480
was restored

573
00:21:18,470 --> 00:21:16,799
on the base it appears that there was an

574
00:21:20,710 --> 00:21:18,480
issue with uh

575
00:21:24,070 --> 00:21:20,720
equipment that feeds a transformer into

576
00:21:26,549 --> 00:21:24,080
the critical range facilities uh that

577
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:26,559
took power down for that entire critical

578
00:21:29,270 --> 00:21:27,760
complex

579
00:21:31,909 --> 00:21:29,280
um so

580
00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:31,919
the air force and the wing have been

581
00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:34,080
working uh very feverishly as you can

582
00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:37,520
imagine since uh early yesterday morning

583
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:39,360
we just finished up a meeting right

584
00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:41,280
before this press conference

585
00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:43,200
on the go forward plan

586
00:21:46,710 --> 00:21:44,400
putting in place

587
00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:46,720
all the necessary activities to support

588
00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:49,280
a thursday evening launch

589
00:21:53,510 --> 00:21:51,360
that's probably the extent of what i

590
00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:53,520
could share with you

591
00:21:59,029 --> 00:21:56,720
i do see colonel uh burton catledge he

592
00:22:02,149 --> 00:21:59,039
is the second range operations squadron

593
00:22:03,909 --> 00:22:02,159
commander um colonel catlej anything to

594
00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:03,919
add uh do we have a microphone that we

595
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:05,360
could

596
00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:07,919
i'm going to put you on the spot

597
00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:09,360
i'm lieutenant colonel burton cottage

598
00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:11,039
i'm the second range operations squadron

599
00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:13,440
commander what tim said is correct

600
00:22:16,630 --> 00:22:15,120
we had a fire in one of our electrical

601
00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:16,640
switching boxes

602
00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:19,760
and it feeds about five transformers

603
00:22:22,870 --> 00:22:22,000
there's a particular piece a copper bus

604
00:22:25,830 --> 00:22:22,880
bar

605
00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:25,840
to be specific that has to be fabricated

606
00:22:30,070 --> 00:22:27,600
and reinstalled

607
00:22:33,029 --> 00:22:30,080
before we can apply power back to these

608
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:33,039
buildings that flow our telemetry

609
00:22:38,870 --> 00:22:35,120
and

610
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:38,880
information back from the range sensors

611
00:22:42,549 --> 00:22:40,960
so obviously this is a more of a safety

612
00:22:44,390 --> 00:22:42,559
hazard than anything else and so we want

613
00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:44,400
to make sure that the the piece that we

614
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:45,200
have

615
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:47,919
is uh is correct it's fabricated correct

616
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:51,039
which we're estimated to be back in

617
00:22:56,390 --> 00:22:53,520
vandenberg this evening once that piece

618
00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:56,400
is uh installed and we've tested it and

619
00:22:59,029 --> 00:22:57,919
we brought up all the range equipments

620
00:23:01,270 --> 00:22:59,039
and we've gone through the extensive

621
00:23:02,390 --> 00:23:01,280
testing and rehearsing that we need to

622
00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:02,400
do

623
00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:04,159
we feel confident that we'd be able to

624
00:23:07,669 --> 00:23:05,360
support a

625
00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:07,679
thursday evening launch so

626
00:23:10,870 --> 00:23:09,200
everything is going nominally we believe

627
00:23:12,470 --> 00:23:10,880
that we're uh once these pieces come

628
00:23:15,909 --> 00:23:12,480
that we'll be able to support that but

629
00:23:16,789 --> 00:23:15,919
once again safety is important and uh we

630
00:23:18,470 --> 00:23:16,799
we're gonna wait until we have those

631
00:23:21,590 --> 00:23:18,480
pieces in place and the range configured

632
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,870
there's forward questions

633
00:23:32,710 --> 00:23:27,830
any other questions from the media for

634
00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:34,470
all right if not

635
00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:36,640
thank you colonel catledge and uh we'll

636
00:23:39,350 --> 00:23:38,080
go on to other

637
00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:39,360
questions

638
00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:41,520
justin

639
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,440
spaceflightnow.com both for

640
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:47,520
uh tim and for brian could you talk a

641
00:23:51,350 --> 00:23:48,720
little bit about

642
00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:51,360
the future prospects for pegasus beyond

643
00:23:54,630 --> 00:23:52,880
this launch

644
00:23:56,789 --> 00:23:54,640
and do you view this as a sentimental

645
00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:56,799
launch of potentially being the final

646
00:24:01,029 --> 00:23:59,520
pegasus i guess brian i can make a just

647
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:01,039
a brief comment and then turn it over to

648
00:24:08,149 --> 00:24:05,120
you obviously uh so uh iris is the last

649
00:24:09,909 --> 00:24:08,159
manifested mission on the pegasus launch

650
00:24:12,789 --> 00:24:09,919
vehicle a launch vehicle that's been

651
00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:12,799
very good to nasa and we certainly hope

652
00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:15,120
it's not the last

653
00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:17,039
brian okay

654
00:24:20,149 --> 00:24:18,960
yeah we hope it's not the last as well

655
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:20,159
by the way

656
00:24:23,990 --> 00:24:22,320
but there there are uh currently a

657
00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:24,000
couple of opportunities that we will

658
00:24:28,549 --> 00:24:26,400
have the uh opportunity i believe to

659
00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:28,559
propose on so we certainly don't think

660
00:24:35,350 --> 00:24:30,720
this is the end and uh look forward to

661
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:39,510
all right any uh further questions

662
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,390
all right janine

663
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:46,070
janine scully santa maria times the long

664
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:48,960
poke record are there any more pegasus

665
00:24:53,590 --> 00:24:49,840
um

666
00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:53,600
vehicles or in parts uh built and ready

667
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:55,600
to be used or would you have to restart

668
00:24:59,269 --> 00:24:58,400
the manufacturing line

669
00:25:01,590 --> 00:24:59,279
well

670
00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:01,600
uh we don't have a set of motors

671
00:25:05,990 --> 00:25:03,760
currently so so we would you know have

672
00:25:07,430 --> 00:25:06,000
to order another set of motors from atk

673
00:25:10,149 --> 00:25:07,440
there are a few

674
00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:10,159
um primary parts that i that i have

675
00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:13,760
additional uh backups on but

676
00:25:17,029 --> 00:25:15,200
you know it's not like restarting the

677
00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:17,039
production line we build these on a one

678
00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:19,600
by one or two at a time so

679
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:21,120
we have a lot of common hardware with

680
00:25:29,510 --> 00:25:22,720
our other launch vehicles so that we

681
00:25:32,710 --> 00:25:31,190
nora follow up

682
00:25:35,029 --> 00:25:32,720
follow up on that so

683
00:25:36,470 --> 00:25:35,039
uh typically in the history of uh space

684
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:36,480
flight there's something special put on

685
00:25:40,070 --> 00:25:38,640
a rocket if it's a last one or um some

686
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:40,080
special ceremony can you explain if

687
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:41,440
anything like that happened with this

688
00:25:45,029 --> 00:25:43,279
one well we don't consider it the last

689
00:25:49,350 --> 00:25:45,039
one so there's nothing special on this

690
00:25:55,510 --> 00:25:51,750
all right any uh other questions here in

691
00:25:58,470 --> 00:25:57,029
just another

692
00:26:00,549 --> 00:25:58,480
question on the range what's the

693
00:26:02,710 --> 00:26:00,559
availability on the range beyond

694
00:26:04,870 --> 00:26:02,720
thursday if the issue isn't resolved or

695
00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:04,880
you have another scrub or something

696
00:26:10,310 --> 00:26:07,600
so we had two dates scheduled on the

697
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,320
range wednesday and thursday obviously

698
00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:12,559
we'll not be using wednesday

699
00:26:17,669 --> 00:26:15,279
we'll go to our backup date there are

700
00:26:20,710 --> 00:26:17,679
other customers on the western range

701
00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:20,720
that have scheduled tests booked on

702
00:26:26,149 --> 00:26:24,000
friday and actually through the weekend

703
00:26:27,350 --> 00:26:26,159
obviously if we are not able to get off

704
00:26:29,029 --> 00:26:27,360
on

705
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:29,039
thursday we would

706
00:26:33,190 --> 00:26:31,200
hope to get another opportunity while we

707
00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:33,200
have the entire team assembled here and

708
00:26:36,630 --> 00:26:34,720
ready to go

709
00:26:39,269 --> 00:26:36,640
we have begun discussions with other

710
00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:39,279
range customers and colonel catletch's

711
00:26:41,909 --> 00:26:40,080
uh

712
00:26:43,110 --> 00:26:41,919
personnel working through range

713
00:26:45,669 --> 00:26:43,120
scheduling

714
00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:45,679
they're aware of our our intent

715
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:48,960
so we'll let that process play out and

716
00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:51,120
see where we are and hopefully we get a

717
00:26:57,190 --> 00:26:52,960
solid launch on thursday night we don't

718
00:27:00,789 --> 00:26:59,269
all right i think we have a question on

719
00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:00,799
the phone from lisa krieger from the

720
00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:02,960
mercury news

721
00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:28,789
all right looks like we will continue

722
00:27:33,269 --> 00:27:30,640
that one

723
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:33,279
is not at hand at any rate

724
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:35,360
jennifer have you got any questions from

725
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:36,640
online

726
00:27:42,630 --> 00:27:38,000
we have

727
00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:44,710
this question is for gary can you talk

728
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:46,640
about any of the the engineering

729
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:50,080
challenges faced by the iris team

730
00:27:55,669 --> 00:27:52,080
preparing for launch

731
00:27:59,590 --> 00:27:57,750
you know irises these are one-off

732
00:28:08,789 --> 00:27:59,600
scientific instruments

733
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:10,230
we had

734
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:13,440
let's see i'm trying to think of a few

735
00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:15,120
early in the build you know with the

736
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:17,200
spectrograph is a very complicated

737
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:19,120
engine we have 18 optics in there so we

738
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:22,080
did an early prototype of that and

739
00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:25,120
did vibration testing of all the optics

740
00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:26,559
that one took us a little time to get

741
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:29,840
together and calibrated when we had the

742
00:28:33,669 --> 00:28:31,120
spacecraft you know there are a few

743
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:33,679
components that took a little extra

744
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:36,399
effort some our comm units required some

745
00:28:41,029 --> 00:28:37,760
extra work

746
00:28:43,909 --> 00:28:42,549
those are kind of the main ones i'm

747
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:43,919
trying to think

748
00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:53,350
just the general you know build flow

749
00:28:57,430 --> 00:28:55,909
that's all i think right now

750
00:28:59,590 --> 00:28:57,440
all right we're going to take another

751
00:29:01,909 --> 00:28:59,600
attempt at the phone in question there's

752
00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:01,919
about a three second delay uh lisa

753
00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:03,919
krieger from the mercury news want to

754
00:29:12,470 --> 00:29:10,070
thank you wonder if you could explain

755
00:29:14,470 --> 00:29:12,480
for the layperson how iris will advance

756
00:29:17,669 --> 00:29:14,480
our understanding of the sun what what

757
00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:17,679
types of mysteries do you hope to solve

758
00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:19,760
um we're gonna have a science briefing

759
00:29:22,789 --> 00:29:20,960
and the scientists will be up wouldn't

760
00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:22,799
that well will you be able to stay on

761
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:25,120
for that

762
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:26,399
yeah we do have a science briefing

763
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:28,080
coming up right after this one that'll

764
00:29:31,990 --> 00:29:29,520
go into more of that

765
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:32,000
background yeah i'd much rather have dr

766
00:29:44,310 --> 00:29:40,789
all right have we any other questions

767
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:46,789
all right in that event we're going to

768
00:29:51,669 --> 00:29:48,880
pause long enough to change the

769
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,679
participants on the dyas and then we'll

770
00:29:55,269 --> 00:29:53,200
be right back with the mission science

771
00:29:57,669 --> 00:29:55,279
briefing that will cover answer just the

772
00:29:59,909 --> 00:29:57,679
question that she had

773
00:30:02,549 --> 00:29:59,919
and that will conclude our pre-launch

774
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:02,559
news conference stand by next for

775
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:04,960
our mission science briefing thank you