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hello everyone this is the pre-launch

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news conference for the orbiting carbon

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observatory 2.

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to be launched for nasa by united launch

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alliance aboard a

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delta ii rocket on tuesday morning

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we'll begin with

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our opening remarks from betsy edwards

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the oco-2 program executive from nasa

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next we'll hear from tim dunn who's the

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nasa launch manager during the countdown

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from the kennedy space center and the

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vernon thorpe the program manager for

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nasa missions from united launch

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ralph basilio the oco2 project manager

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and lieutenant joseph round the launch

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weather officer from the 30th operation

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support squadron at vandenberg air force

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base

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and we'll begin first with betsy edwards

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our oco2 program executive from nasa

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headquarters betsy

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thank you george

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good afternoon

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the orbiting carbon observatory 2 or

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oco-2 as we call it

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will launch from the vandenberg air

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force base very early tuesday morning

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joining many other 17 specifically other

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earth science missions

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there are currently 17 spacecraft

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studying various elements about the

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earth as a system

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and oco2 will join these in measuring

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the global

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carbon dioxide concentrations carbon

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dioxide being the greenhouse gas that

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drives climate change

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this is an auspicious year for earth

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science as it will see five mission

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launches that together with our existing

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operational missions

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issues facing our planet today

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issues like sea level rise

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extreme weather events

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fresh water resources and of course

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climate change

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facing our generation

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and nasa is uniquely positioned to take

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on the challenge of documenting and

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understanding climate change

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predicting its impacts

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and sharing the information about

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climate change for the benefit of all of

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society

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with the launch of oco2 if we could see

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our next video

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with the launch of this spacecraft

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decision makers and scientists will get

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a much better idea of the role of carbon

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dioxide in climate change

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as oco 2 measures this greenhouse gas

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and provides incredibly new insights

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into where and how carbon dioxide is

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moving into

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the oco2 spacecraft consists of a single

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instrument

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oco-2 will collect hundreds of thousands

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of measurements each day

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and these measurements will provide us

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with a global description of carbon

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with an unprecedented coverage and

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resolution that we've never had before

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because this is our first mission

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dedicated to studying carbon dioxide in

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in our next video we can see how

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oco-2 is in a polar orbit and with this

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orbit it will see locations on the earth

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at the same time of day approximately

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every 16 days and across all the seasons

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providing us more insight into the

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changes in carbon dioxide levels over

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looking at these changes over time will

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give us patterns that are weeks or

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months or years long

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that will help them to unravel

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the mysteries of the carbon cycle

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and the oco-2 mission came into being

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because of the 2009 launch vehicle

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failure of the

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that was carrying the original oco

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but because of the importance of this

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nasa was given permission to rebuild the

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right after the launch failure the

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japanese science team for their

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greenhouse gases observing mission

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the gosat satellite the science team

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reached out to nasa and invited the oco

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science team to participate with them in

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analyzing the gosat data

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we are sharing our information we're

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sharing processes the oco science team

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has really refined their data processing

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algorithms because they've had a chance

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to work with some real data

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and of course this collaboration is only

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anticipating the opportunity

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to merge the oco2 science data with the

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gosat science data and help to

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understand the

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improve their knowledge of the global

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the oco-2 mission will join nasa's very

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robust earth science program consisting

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of both space-based and airborne

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in yielding unprecedented unparalleled

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new knowledge about the earth as a

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we're all anxiously awaiting the launch

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of oco2

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tuesday morning

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as we all wait to see the earth breathe

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back to you george thank you betsy

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and now to tim dunn from the kennedy

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space center who is the nasa launch

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manager during the countdown tim

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thank you george i'm proud to be here

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today representing the men and women of

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nasa's launch services program

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i'm the nasa launch manager for the oco2

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mission and i'm thrilled to serve as

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launch director for a delta ii launched

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spacecraft that will be nasa's first

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earth remote sensing satellite to study

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carbon dioxide in our atmosphere

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my high school chemistry teacher mrs

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after almost three years

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since the last delta ii launch

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i'm here today to tell you that the

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delta ii launch team is back

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oc02 will launch on a delta ii

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affectionately known as slick 2

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the oco 2 mission will be the 367th

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delta rocket to launch since may of 1960

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and slick 2 is proud to have hosted 81

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of those delta launches

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over the past week the delta ii team has

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been busy with many launch preparations

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last tuesday the combined nasa and

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united launch alliance launch team held

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the flight readiness review

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we assessed the preparations of the

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delta ii launch vehicle

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range and facility assets and the

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readiness of the oco-2 spacecraft

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a day later last wednesday we performed

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a successful mission dress rehearsal of

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that same day the ula crew loaded the

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hypergolic propellant of nitrogen

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

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crew building up the delta ii launch

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vehicle that will launch our spacecraft

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from slick 2. please roll the tape

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here we have a view of the first stage

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for oc02 being transported up to slick 2

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and put in the horizontal processing

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this is a nice view of the payload

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fairing that will encapsulate the

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atk in iuca mississippi makes our

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payload fairing its 10-foot diameter

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after it had received horizontal

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you'll see it's being raised up by the

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launch mount and mated that's a nice

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erection sequence oco-2 will have three

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this is a view in the middle of april of

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you see the ula team working there very

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carefully it's a very delicate operation

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and that's a beautiful shot revealing

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the spacecraft was unbagged you see one

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around the vehicle and here you see the

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this activity occurred on the 21st of

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june and then you'll see the launch crew

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doing final inspections of the

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nice view inside the clean room at slick

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2 of the fully mated payload fairing

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this afternoon we held a successful

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launch readiness review where we

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countdown tomorrow night

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at slick 2 today on the rocket we

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perform the range safety and beacon

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checks along with the first and second

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stage engine slewing checkout and the

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tomorrow afternoon we will begin final

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the launch team will arrive on console

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just after 10 pm pacific time monday

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and we will perform final preparations

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at a t-0 of 2 56 and 44 seconds

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in summary the rocket is ready and the

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launch team is prepared and excited to

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be back in business with delta ii and

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poised to launch this important

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spacecraft for our

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nation back to you george thank you tim

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and now to vernon thorpe the program

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manager for nasa missions from united

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launch alliance to discuss the delta 2's

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flight events

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vern

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okay thank you george

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united launch alliance uh our entire

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team is honored once again to be here at

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vandenberg two days before the launch of

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the oco2 satellite

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ula started working with nasa to

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integrate the oco2 spacecraft onto delta

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ii about two years ago in the summer of

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2012.

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we also began building the vehicle for

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this mission in decatur alabama at about

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that same time

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as always our ula team has worked very

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closely with nasa the spacecraft team

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and our other mission partners to get us

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to this day

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and it's been a tremendously successful

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team effort

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we look forward to a great launch on

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tuesday morning

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oco2 will be ula's seventh launch of the

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year

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in addition to being nasa's 51st delta

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ii mission it will also be ula's 84th

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mission over the last seven and a half

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years

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we currently have a very busy manifest

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with 15 missions scheduled in 2014 i

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mentioned that this will be our seventh

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of those 15.

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those 15 include five launches from

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vandenberg air force base and i'd like

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to note that we actually have four

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vehicles on four different launch pads

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right now and we're prepping all those

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vehicles for launch in about a six week

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period uh coming up beginning with oco2

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uh our 15 missions this year include

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three launches for nasa oco2 is the

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second of those three and we've actually

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got a fourth

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launch for nasa planned later this year

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we're going to be launching a delta iv

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heavy out of cape canaveral

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uh in support of nasa's exploration

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program

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the oco2 mission marks delta's 2 return

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to flight after a three three year

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hiatus it's the first of two planned

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delta ii missions scheduled to fly this

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year for nasa the soil solar moisture

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active passive or smap mission will also

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be launching on delta ii this fall

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nasa also selected delta ii at about the

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same time to launch the joint polar

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satellite system satellite and also the

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ice cloud and land elevation satellite

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those missions will be in 2016.

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the specific delta ii we're using for

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oco2 is a 7320 configuration that

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features the first stage booster powered

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by an aerojet rocketdyne rs27a engine

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three alliant tech systems strap-on

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solid rocket motors

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and an aerojet rocketdyne aj10 engine

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will power the second stage

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the payload is protected by the 10 foot

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diameter composite payload fairing as

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you heard tim mentioned

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now i'd like to show a video of the

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launch seek launch sequence for this

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mission and that'll give you a preview

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of what you can expect to see

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during or just after the countdown

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so here's the delta ii on the pad same

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configuration that we'll be using for

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oc02

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and there you see liftoff

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the next major event that you'll see on

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july 1st

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will come

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just after a minute into flight will

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burn out or the solid rocket motors will

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burn out and

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at

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99 seconds in the flight you'll see

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those jettison we'll jettison all three

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and after we jettison those three motors

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which you'll see here in just a second

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that core stage will continue to burn

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we hang on to the solid rocket motors

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for about 30 seconds after they burn out

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for range safety reasons so they uh

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splash down in a safe spot in the ocean

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so there you see the core uh continuing

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to burn that will burn for a little over

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four minutes from lift off

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at that point we'll shut down the engine

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about eight seconds later the second

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stage will separate and we'll begin the

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first of two engine burns required to

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place the satellite into its required

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orbit

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about 23 seconds into that first burn

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will jettison the payload fairing as you

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just saw

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and that first burn will last about 5

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minutes and 42 seconds we go into a

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40-minute parking orbit then that puts

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us into the proper position for the

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second of the two burns required that's

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a short 12 second burn and five minutes

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later we separate the spacecraft as you

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saw there

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now once we're done uh with the primary

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mission and that takes about an hour

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it's about 56 minutes and 15 seconds

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after liftoff is when we plan to

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separate the satellite

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the delta ii upper stage will actually

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continue on we've got two more burns

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planned after separation those will

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occur over the the following hour and

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that will put the second stage into a

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safe storage orbit where it won't pose a

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so ula is proud to serve a critical role

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in delivering payloads to orbit for all

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of our government and commercial

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customers

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and we're focused on perfect product

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delivery for this and every mission we

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launch and we do that one launch at a

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time

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ula maintains a relentless focus on

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successfully delivering critical

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capabilities to orbit and mission

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success for our customers is what drives

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us

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it's always an honor and it's always

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exciting to be part of these unique nasa

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missions so i'd like to just say thank

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you once again to all of our mission

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partners the entire ula team looks

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forward to a great launch

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starting with the countdown tomorrow

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night and with that i'll turn it back

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over to you george all right thank you

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fern

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now to ralph basilio the oco2 project

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manager from the jet propulsion

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laboratory ralph yeah thank you george

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it's indeed an honor and pleasure to be

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here this afternoon early evening

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nasa's jet propulsion laboratory and

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orbital sciences corporation have been

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very working very hard since march of

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2010

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for the oco2 mission

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we want to be able to deliver on the

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promises that were made on the original

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oco mission basically to obtain carbon

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dioxide measurements from space with the

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precision

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resolution and coverage needed to

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improve our understanding of the carbon

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cycle and the global climate change

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processes

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now the oco-2 observatory is not an

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identical twin of the original

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observatory but sometimes it's referred

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to as a carbon copy now we took

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advantage full advantage of all of the

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existing designs and the documentation

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from the original oco mission to

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mitigate risk with this implementation

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i am proud to say that we fully expect

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to meet our technical our schedule and

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cost commitments that we made to our

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nasa sponsors

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so the observatory itself is made up of

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a standard spacecraft bus that was

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adapted for use on the oco 2 mission

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and we have a single instrument it's a

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three-channel grading spectrometer

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and we subjected the observatory to a

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series a comprehensive series of ground

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tests

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observatory to the simulated

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environments of space

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so the cold and hot temperatures

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extremes as well as the vacuum of space

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we also simulated the environments that

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the observatory would expect during

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launch operations now after we completed

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all of our observatory testing at the

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orbital facility we shipped here to

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vandenberg air force base and you can

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see footage here of the shipping

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container lid being moved away from the

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observatory

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and the unbagging process the bag is

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there basically to protect the

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observatory from any contaminants as

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well as to provide some humidity and

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temperature control

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now technicians here are now preparing

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the observatory for what we call mating

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operations with the payload stack

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and the mating operations

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was completed after we fueled the

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observatory and this is a a nice image

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of the observatory being lowered and you

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can see the compression springs that

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will actually push the observatory off

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of the launch vehicle at the designated

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time and the payload stack includes what

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we call a soft ride vibration isolation

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system due to relatively low mass of the

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observatory we basically need a shock

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absorber if you will

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to make sure that the loads are at the

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required or

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required states and you can see here the

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technicians are now preparing what we

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call the

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container or the can the can is used to

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protect the observatory

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from the outside environment so

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temperature humidity contaminants

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you can see here that the completed can

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is now being hoisted above the

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observatory and being moved over to the

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proper location and then gently lowered

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and that process took a little bit more

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than about half a day to complete and

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you can see the can itself now being

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lowered into place and bolted into

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position

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and after the can was fully assembled

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the technicians in the clean room move

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the completed observatory located inside

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the can over to the transportation cart

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and the payload processing facility is

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located only about two miles

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from what we call slick ii or space

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launch complex ii

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and the transportation took place in the

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early morning hours with the low wind

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conditions we wanted to make sure we

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didn't have any kind of a situation to

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contend with and it was actually a

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perfect

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transportation with no issues you can

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see here the observatory now mated

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with the rest of the launch vehicle this

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is the clean room inside of the mobile

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service tower

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now i'd like to go ahead and speak to

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you a little bit about what to expect

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after the 2 56 a.m launch on tuesday the

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1st of july so let's go ahead and roll

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the next video clip it's actually an

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animation

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and i want to direct your attention here

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so about five minutes after the launch

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itself the payload fairing which

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protects the observatory will separate

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and be jettisoned away exposing the

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observatory to the cold

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vacuum of space

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now after a relatively long unpowered

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flight the observatory will separate

569
00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:42,720
from the

570
00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:45,200
launch vehicle second stage

571
00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:46,880
and we hope to be able to capture this

572
00:22:51,190 --> 00:22:49,280
separation event with a forward-facing

573
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:51,200
camera that's mounted on the launch

574
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:53,520
vehicle second stage so about three

575
00:22:58,710 --> 00:22:56,080
minutes after the separation event the

576
00:23:00,390 --> 00:22:58,720
observatory will begin a series of what

577
00:23:03,029 --> 00:23:00,400
we call autonomous commands or

578
00:23:05,110 --> 00:23:03,039
pre-programmed commands and one of the

579
00:23:07,190 --> 00:23:05,120
most important commands is to begin the

580
00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:07,200
solar ray deployment sequence so again

581
00:23:10,870 --> 00:23:09,440
about three minutes after separation

582
00:23:12,549 --> 00:23:10,880
this 10-minute

583
00:23:13,830 --> 00:23:12,559
solar array deployment sequence will

584
00:23:18,710 --> 00:23:13,840
begin

585
00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:18,720
power that's needed to operate all of

586
00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:20,880
the spacecraft components that are on at

587
00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:23,440
that time and we'll be making our first

588
00:23:28,630 --> 00:23:26,080
first health status check about two and

589
00:23:31,350 --> 00:23:28,640
a half hours after launch so about 5 30

590
00:23:34,870 --> 00:23:31,360
a.m pacific daylight time

591
00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:34,880
so after we complete the health checkout

592
00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:37,200
we will begin to go ahead and configure

593
00:23:41,269 --> 00:23:39,120
the spacecraft bus

594
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:41,279
for in-flight operations now that's

595
00:23:46,070 --> 00:23:43,600
going to take on the order about one to

596
00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:46,080
two weeks we want to be diligent we want

597
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:48,880
to make sure that everything is good and

598
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:51,440
let's bring up the still

599
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:53,840
and this is a artist rendition of what

600
00:23:58,230 --> 00:23:55,200
we call the

601
00:24:00,390 --> 00:23:58,240
a train or afternoon constellation

602
00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:00,400
it's a series of earth observing

603
00:24:05,830 --> 00:24:02,799
satellites that are actually flying

604
00:24:07,590 --> 00:24:05,840
in loose formation above the earth

605
00:24:09,350 --> 00:24:07,600
now after the spacecraft checkout

606
00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:09,360
that'll take on the order about one to

607
00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:11,360
two weeks we'll begin a series of

608
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:13,760
propulsive maneuvers to raise the

609
00:24:19,110 --> 00:24:15,840
altitude of the observatory to the

610
00:24:21,350 --> 00:24:19,120
requisite 705 kilometers and that's

611
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:21,360
where the oco-2 observatory will take

612
00:24:26,630 --> 00:24:24,240
its rightful place as the lead satellite

613
00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:26,640
in this a-train constellation

614
00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:28,640
so this constellation is actually there

615
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:30,880
because it provides a very useful

616
00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:33,200
virtual platform in space there are a

617
00:24:37,669 --> 00:24:35,760
number of different science instruments

618
00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:37,679
on each of those satellites and

619
00:24:41,909 --> 00:24:39,520
collectively they're going to create a

620
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:41,919
superset of information we will have

621
00:24:45,430 --> 00:24:44,159
basically a set of scientific

622
00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:45,440
information

623
00:24:50,870 --> 00:24:47,760
that complement one another by allowing

624
00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:50,880
the oco2 observatory to be operating

625
00:24:54,230 --> 00:24:52,799
excuse me as part of the a train

626
00:24:56,710 --> 00:24:54,240
constellation

627
00:24:57,990 --> 00:24:56,720
so once we're in the right orbit and fly

628
00:24:59,909 --> 00:24:58,000
in formation

629
00:25:01,830 --> 00:24:59,919
we will take on the order about another

630
00:25:02,789 --> 00:25:01,840
week or two to fully check out the

631
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:02,799
instrument

632
00:25:06,549 --> 00:25:04,320
we're going to take a very slow

633
00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:06,559
systematic methodical approach to make

634
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:08,960
sure that the instrument behaves in

635
00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:11,120
space as it did on the ground with our

636
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:13,600
comprehensive ground validation

637
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:15,600
test program as well as the calibration

638
00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:18,240
activities that we completed here

639
00:25:22,149 --> 00:25:20,400
on earth and as far as nominal

640
00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:22,159
operations go

641
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:24,320
every 16 days the

642
00:25:29,269 --> 00:25:26,320
observatory is going to transition from

643
00:25:31,190 --> 00:25:29,279
what we call nader mode operations

644
00:25:33,510 --> 00:25:31,200
so nader mode is basically where the

645
00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:33,520
instrument is just pointed straight down

646
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:35,600
towards the earth and we'll do that for

647
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:38,480
16 days but on the 17th day we will

648
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:40,720
transition to what we call glint mode

649
00:25:46,390 --> 00:25:43,760
operations in order to get meaningful

650
00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:46,400
scientific measurements over the oceans

651
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:48,480
we have to look at the sun's glint spot

652
00:25:53,269 --> 00:25:50,559
on the globe so we'll do that for the

653
00:25:55,669 --> 00:25:53,279
next 16 days and then we'll repeat that

654
00:25:57,510 --> 00:25:55,679
process we'll alternate between the

655
00:26:00,630 --> 00:25:57,520
nader mode operations and glint mode

656
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:00,640
operations now on top of that every day

657
00:26:05,909 --> 00:26:03,840
we will look at one target on the planet

658
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:05,919
earth this these targets that we're

659
00:26:10,549 --> 00:26:08,320
looking at are what we call our

660
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,559
observing network

661
00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:12,559
so there are target sites for example in

662
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:14,960
lamont oklahoma or maybe even in darwin

663
00:26:17,990 --> 00:26:16,080
australia

664
00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:18,000
those sites will provide us the ground

665
00:26:22,390 --> 00:26:20,159
truth data so that we can do a data

666
00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:22,400
comparison and make sure that the

667
00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:24,400
scientific information that we receive

668
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:28,240
from space is truly accurate as can be

669
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:30,000
now i wanted to go ahead and close here

670
00:26:34,549 --> 00:26:31,600
by saying that

671
00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:34,559
the loss of the original oco mission

672
00:26:38,470 --> 00:26:36,320
was a tremendous heartbreak for all of

673
00:26:41,190 --> 00:26:38,480
us it was truly devastating

674
00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:41,200
it was a true sense of loss

675
00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:43,360
but as a member of that original oco

676
00:26:47,110 --> 00:26:45,279
team i want to speak on behalf of

677
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:47,120
everyone that contributed there that we

678
00:26:51,669 --> 00:26:48,799
are excited

679
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:51,679
about this golden opportunity to be able

680
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:53,760
to finally complete some unfinished

681
00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:56,000
business and this launch

682
00:27:01,110 --> 00:26:58,320
doesn't signal the end of a road but

683
00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:01,120
it's the next step to a very important

684
00:27:03,190 --> 00:27:02,240
mission

685
00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:03,200
thank you

686
00:27:09,430 --> 00:27:07,120
and now for a look at tuesday morning's

687
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:09,440
weather forecast with lieutenant joseph

688
00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:11,520
round the launch weather officer from

689
00:27:15,830 --> 00:27:14,000
the 30th operation support squadron at

690
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:15,840
vandenberg air force base lieutenant

691
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:16,799
round

692
00:27:19,909 --> 00:27:18,320
thank you george

693
00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:19,919
late june early july on the central

694
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:22,000
california coast is marked by pacific

695
00:27:25,430 --> 00:27:23,679
high pressure with low level moisture

696
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:25,440
trapped beneath the high in a pronounced

697
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:26,880
marine layer

698
00:27:30,389 --> 00:27:28,640
currently california is under the

699
00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:30,399
dominance of this high pressure while an

700
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:31,840
upper level perturbation that passed

701
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:33,840
through yesterday has helped to break up

702
00:27:39,029 --> 00:27:36,000
the typical marine layer

703
00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:39,039
looking at the satellite

704
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:40,799
you can see clear skies over the range

705
00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:42,320
with some evidence of the marine layer

706
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:44,320
to the south there's also a frontal

707
00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:46,000
system well off to the northwest that

708
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:47,600
will ride over the high pressure ridge

709
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:49,440
and will not impact vandenberg through

710
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:50,880
the launch window

711
00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:52,559
as the high moves back over the region

712
00:27:56,549 --> 00:27:54,320
the marine layer will re-establish

713
00:27:58,470 --> 00:27:56,559
itself over the western coast causing

714
00:28:00,310 --> 00:27:58,480
some lower visibilities and clouds

715
00:28:01,909 --> 00:28:00,320
through the launch window

716
00:28:04,789 --> 00:28:01,919
moving on to the day of launch forecast

717
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:06,470
high pressure will continue to dominate

718
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:08,799
tuesday evening with a weak upper level

719
00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:10,799
feature helping to destabilize the

720
00:28:14,630 --> 00:28:12,320
typical marine layer

721
00:28:16,389 --> 00:28:14,640
for t minus zero patchy fog and stratus

722
00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:16,399
are forecast along with thin cirrus

723
00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:17,760
associated with the weak upper level

724
00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:18,880
feature

725
00:28:22,710 --> 00:28:20,799
visibility will drop to one to two miles

726
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:22,720
in fog and surface winds will be from

727
00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:25,039
the northwest at five to eight knots

728
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:26,720
temperatures will drop to the lower 50s

729
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:29,039
at t minus zero for the t minus zero

730
00:28:34,389 --> 00:28:31,120
forecast the probability of violation is

731
00:28:37,830 --> 00:28:34,399
zero percent with no areas of concern

732
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:37,840
moving on to the scrub forecast

733
00:28:41,110 --> 00:28:39,200
a weakening of the high will cause the

734
00:28:43,269 --> 00:28:41,120
marine layer to slightly lift tuesday

735
00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:43,279
evening through wednesday morning the

736
00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:45,520
resulting fog and stratus will be

737
00:28:49,590 --> 00:28:47,440
elevated and thicker creating some light

738
00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:49,600
drizzle over the range visibility will

739
00:28:53,110 --> 00:28:51,520
increase to two to three miles in fog

740
00:28:55,190 --> 00:28:53,120
and surface winds will increase to six

741
00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:55,200
to 12 knots from the northwest

742
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:56,880
temperatures will remain steady with the

743
00:29:00,549 --> 00:28:58,480
probability of violation for the scrub

744
00:29:02,789 --> 00:29:00,559
forecast at zero percent

745
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:02,799
with no areas of concern

746
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:04,720
and that is all for weather back to you

747
00:29:08,389 --> 00:29:06,240
george

748
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:08,399
thank you and we're ready now to take

749
00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:11,120
questions we'll start first

750
00:29:17,110 --> 00:29:15,039
here in the audience and also media can

751
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:17,120
post questions via twitter by using the

752
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:19,840
hashtag poundastnasa during the

753
00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:21,840
briefings and while we're doing the

754
00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:24,080
questions and answers uh here at

755
00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:27,039
vandenberg so we'll start uh here in the

756
00:29:31,389 --> 00:29:29,840
front with justin

757
00:29:34,389 --> 00:29:31,399
thanks justin wright with

758
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:34,399
spaceflightnow.com for tim dunn with the

759
00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:37,120
delta ii back what does it represent to

760
00:29:41,590 --> 00:29:37,919
you

761
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:41,600
uh as a launch vehicle thanks

762
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:43,600
well justin uh you know i have a little

763
00:29:48,710 --> 00:29:45,919
bit of a history with delta ii i do

764
00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:48,720
dearly love this rocket so uh when it

765
00:29:53,350 --> 00:29:50,960
appeared uh three years ago that we had

766
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:53,360
flown our final manifested mission with

767
00:29:58,950 --> 00:29:55,760
mpp from vandenberg here in the fall of

768
00:30:00,870 --> 00:29:58,960
2011 it was a bit of a sad time for me

769
00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:00,880
but i did know that ula had five

770
00:30:05,669 --> 00:30:03,760
whitetails uh delta twos that they had

771
00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:05,679
manufactured and i knew there was some

772
00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:08,399
hope for the future so

773
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:10,799
we our agency did take advantage of

774
00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:14,080
those whitetails and have since procured

775
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:16,880
four of them and so knowing that we now

776
00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:19,760
have four delta ii launches ahead of us

777
00:30:22,389 --> 00:30:21,600
i'm thrilled

778
00:30:23,510 --> 00:30:22,399
i've

779
00:30:25,350 --> 00:30:23,520
worked this

780
00:30:28,470 --> 00:30:25,360
particular rocket

781
00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:28,480
since the mid 1990s and i've worked on

782
00:30:33,909 --> 00:30:31,039
both sides i've worked on both the

783
00:30:36,549 --> 00:30:33,919
the business side of it from

784
00:30:38,389 --> 00:30:36,559
the ula previous ula side which was

785
00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:38,399
mcdonald douglas and now i'm for the

786
00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:40,000
last 13 and a half years i've been with

787
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:41,120
the government

788
00:30:45,029 --> 00:30:42,480
so i've worked

789
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:45,039
various aspects and it's a wonderful

790
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:46,880
program

791
00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:50,720
what lsp is able to bring to delta ii

792
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:54,480
is an amazing amount of skilled analysts

793
00:31:00,630 --> 00:30:58,000
and engineers with just an incredible

794
00:31:01,509 --> 00:31:00,640
amount of delta ii knowledge

795
00:31:03,430 --> 00:31:01,519
so

796
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:03,440
as a program i know i speak for our

797
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:05,679
program manager amanda mitscavic when i

798
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:07,600
say we couldn't be happier to be back in

799
00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:12,389
okay janine

800
00:31:15,509 --> 00:31:14,720
janine scullynewshawk.com

801
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:15,519
what

802
00:31:19,509 --> 00:31:16,640
exactly

803
00:31:23,190 --> 00:31:19,519
how long after launch do you expect to

804
00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:23,200
put oco2 into operations

805
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:24,880
okay so

806
00:31:27,430 --> 00:31:26,720
we have to again complete what we call

807
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:27,440
the

808
00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:29,440
in orbit checkout phase that's going to

809
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:31,679
take on the order about six to seven

810
00:31:36,470 --> 00:31:34,720
weeks so the first phase or sub phase

811
00:31:38,710 --> 00:31:36,480
would be basically to check out the

812
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:38,720
spacecraft and configure the spacecraft

813
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:40,960
for in-flight operations and then we'll

814
00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:42,640
take on the order about three weeks to

815
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:44,399
go ahead and complete those series of

816
00:31:49,190 --> 00:31:46,480
maneuvers that are needed to get the

817
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:49,200
observatory up into the operational

818
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:52,159
a-train altitude and then finally we'll

819
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:53,760
take on the order about seven to ten

820
00:31:58,310 --> 00:31:55,760
days to complete the checkout of the

821
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:58,320
instrument so if you add all up those

822
00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:00,159
times we're looking at about six to

823
00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:03,120
seven weeks nominally in order for us to

824
00:32:07,990 --> 00:32:06,080
begin the science data taking portion of

825
00:32:10,070 --> 00:32:08,000
the mission now we still have to go

826
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:10,080
through an intensive period of making

827
00:32:14,950 --> 00:32:12,840
sure that the science data meet our

828
00:32:16,710 --> 00:32:14,960
requirements and

829
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:16,720
we'll be doing our best to try to go

830
00:32:20,549 --> 00:32:19,519
ahead and expedite that process we are

831
00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:20,559
committed

832
00:32:24,549 --> 00:32:23,120
to going ahead and producing data that

833
00:32:27,029 --> 00:32:24,559
anybody throughout the world will be

834
00:32:32,149 --> 00:32:27,039
able to get from the oco2 mission in

835
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:34,230
yes right here

836
00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:37,120
eva blaisdell representing express

837
00:32:40,789 --> 00:32:38,080
veteran

838
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:40,799
poland central eastern europe

839
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:43,200
first of all congratulations to the

840
00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:44,640
entire team

841
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:47,440
as a citizen of earth citizen of the

842
00:32:50,389 --> 00:32:49,440
united states

843
00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:50,399
and

844
00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:54,720
in a joy

845
00:32:58,230 --> 00:32:56,480
to see the effort

846
00:32:59,909 --> 00:32:58,240
and the results

847
00:33:02,149 --> 00:32:59,919
and also

848
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:02,159
i am delighted to see nasa

849
00:33:06,950 --> 00:33:04,159
leading an effort our

850
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readers and viewers

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would be very much interested in

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hearing something that you just

853
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concluded your

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answer with which is how will you use

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rich data

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and you mentioned that a lot of people

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can access oco2 data but specifically

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could you share with our readers

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00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:28,640
how could people all over the world

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benefit and support you also

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in in your efforts

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00:33:36,950 --> 00:33:35,200
well maybe i can start and then betsy as

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a representative of the nasa

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00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:39,360
headquarters can go ahead and follow up

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here so we are first and foremost a

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scientific mission

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our number one priority is to make sure

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that we complete our objectives here and

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that's to get the carbon dioxide

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measurements with the precision

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resolution and coverage needed in order

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00:34:02,070 --> 00:33:59,120
to better understand the global carbon

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00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:02,080
cycle process as well as the climate

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00:34:05,590 --> 00:34:03,760
change processes

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00:34:07,830 --> 00:34:05,600
as i stated earlier the data is

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available to anyone will be freely

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00:34:11,909 --> 00:34:11,040
available to anyone and we are working

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with

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00:34:16,310 --> 00:34:14,320
potential users out there through what

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we call a series of science data

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application workshops we want to reach

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00:34:22,550 --> 00:34:20,560
out to the greater community because in

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the end we want to be able to provide

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data so that people can make better

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00:34:29,990 --> 00:34:27,679
informed decisions we're not targeting a

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00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,000
specific set of people but we want to

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maximize this investment that the

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american people have made with the oco-2

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00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:35,679
mission

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so corporations for example can access

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also the data in order to

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help understand

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00:34:45,430 --> 00:34:44,240
our good or bad behavior

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00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:45,440
on earth

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the the data will be freely available it

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uh will be stored at the goddard space

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00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:53,839
flight center and as i mentioned uh

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we're looking to not meet but hopefully

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be able to beat our schedule of being

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able to start producing data so that

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people can take the data from the

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archive

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in early calendar 2015.

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do you want to add to that i just would

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00:35:12,550 --> 00:35:11,839
like to add that after after this panel

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00:35:13,829 --> 00:35:12,560
of

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00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:13,839
folks are done

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00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:15,440
we will have our scientists up here to

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also talk about some of the scientific

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00:35:23,430 --> 00:35:19,280
advances that they're looking forward to

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00:35:26,470 --> 00:35:24,870
all right

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00:35:28,950 --> 00:35:26,480
steve cole from headquarters has been

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00:35:30,390 --> 00:35:28,960
monitoring the twitter feed so he think

914
00:35:32,069 --> 00:35:30,400
he may have some questions right george

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00:35:34,310 --> 00:35:32,079
we've got one question from twitter at

916
00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:34,320
this point uh how large is the carbon

917
00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:36,960
footprint for the oco-2 launch and in

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00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:38,560
your view is the mission worth this

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00:35:43,510 --> 00:35:40,640
additional carbon burden on the

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00:35:48,069 --> 00:35:45,589
well it's a two-part question maybe my

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00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:48,079
colleagues on the right can answer the

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00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:50,480
investment because that really is

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an investment

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00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:53,680
we need to take a look at

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00:35:57,430 --> 00:35:55,440
anything that we do always comes with

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00:36:00,150 --> 00:35:57,440
the price but we also need to take a

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00:36:02,230 --> 00:36:00,160
look at the maximum benefit of that

928
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:02,240
investment so i don't have any specific

929
00:36:08,150 --> 00:36:04,480
numbers about what it takes to get a

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satellite up into orbit so maybe vernon

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00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:10,160
or maybe tim can ask address that

932
00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:13,040
question but from an oco-2 project

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00:36:16,870 --> 00:36:14,480
perspective

934
00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:16,880
we feel that a price like that is a

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small one to pay

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00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:21,119
for the wealth of information that we

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00:36:25,910 --> 00:36:24,160
expect from this mission we hope right

938
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now it's a two-year mission and we hope

939
00:36:29,109 --> 00:36:27,040
we're going to be able to get an

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00:36:30,710 --> 00:36:29,119
opportunity to fly an extended mission

941
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again maximize the benefit to the

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00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:34,870
all right

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00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:38,240
steve any other questions on twitter

944
00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:40,960
not not at the moment george all right

945
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:43,040
well in that event that's going to wrap

946
00:36:47,109 --> 00:36:45,040
up this briefing we'll pause uh just

947
00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:47,119
long enough to change our participants

948
00:36:51,829 --> 00:36:49,760
on the dies so that we can now talk

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00:36:54,310 --> 00:36:51,839
more directly about the science that