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hello everyone this is the pre-launch

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news conference for jason 3. to be

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launched tomorrow spacex falcon 9 rocket

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on sunday

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january 17th

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and here to discuss the launch the

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countdown and the spacecraft

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we have beginning with our

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program manager from noaa jim silva the

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manager sandra smalley director of the

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science mission directorate joint agency

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tim dunn the nasa launch manager during

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hans koenigsmann the vice president of

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paraguay

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the jason-3 project manager from the

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nasa jet propulsion laboratory in

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and lieutenant joseph rau the launch

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weather officer for the countdown on

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sunday from the 30th operation support

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squadron

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and we'll begin first with jim silva the

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jason 3 program manager from noaa jim

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thank you george

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good afternoon and welcome to the jason

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press briefing i'm jim silva

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program manager for noaa and i'm

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actually very thrilled to be here just

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two days before launch we've been

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waiting for this

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launch for

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well over two years now

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this mission could not be possible

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without the productive collaboration

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noaa and its partners umetsat the french

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noaa provides the launch vehicle

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three instruments on the json-3

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all through a reimbursable agreement

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with nasa

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noaa is also responsible for operating

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the ground stations in alaska

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and virginia

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for routine spacecraft operations

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and for operational data processing data

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archive and distribution

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all of the

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three things that i just mentioned

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are delivered by

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the noaa satellite operations facility

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in suitland maryland

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we also provide user services for our

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partner jpl who are going to be

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monitoring the us instruments on json3

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with our partner overseas umetset the

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european operational processing center

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for json data

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i'd like to go over the mission

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in my opinion

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json3 and its three predecessors

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topics poseidon

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jason 1

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and jason 2

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provide the most accurate measurements

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of global sea surface heights

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think of it a satellite that is orbiting

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the earth more than 1300 kilometers away

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is able to tell us the height of the sea

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with an accuracy of less than two

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inches paraphrase from charlotte's web

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its primary mission

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is to determine ocean circulation

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let me speak about some of the

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operational benefits of this mission

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our colleagues in the national weather

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run a environmental prediction center

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geophysical data records which are the

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safety and that provide for maritime

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the the other centers are the climate

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observations from el nino

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these are this is the group at noaa that

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forecasts the weather three to seven

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the navy also uses significant wave

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our shorelines than we did in the past

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able to do this one kilometer away

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that's a significant advantage over our

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predecessors particularly in providing

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i want to extend my sincere appreciation

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and canes for their support

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noah is ready for launch

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go jason 3.

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thank you jim

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now to sandra smalley director of the

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science mission director joint agency

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excited about this mission and looking

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forward to launch and successful

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operations on sunday i want to commend

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the team congratulate them for the hard

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work and the outstanding job they've

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done to get the team to this point ready

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to launch and operate

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nasa has long used space as a unique

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vantage point to understand and increase

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of our home planet improve our lives and

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we facilitated access to nasa's

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building and launching jason 3 has been

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this is an international cooperation

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what a tremendous cooperation and

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the spacex team and the launch services

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program have worked diligently hand in

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have worked collegially to ensure we

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overcame any obstacle that we were faced

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excited about it go jason 3 go falcon 9.

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thank you sandra

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now to tim dunn from the launch services

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program at kennedy space center and he

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countdown on sunday tim

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thank you george

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i'm proud to be here today representing

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the men and women of nasa's launch

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i'm the nasa launch manager for the

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jason-3 mission and i'm thrilled to

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serve as the launch director for a

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will provide ultra precise sea surface

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after successful launches over the past

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jason 3 is the first nasa lsp mission to

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i'd like to recognize the falcon 9 jason

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last friday the combined launch team

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held the flight readiness review

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we assessed all preparations to date of

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the rocket range and facility assets and

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the readiness of the jason-3 spacecraft

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earlier this week the combined launch

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team performed a successful engine

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ignition and seven second firing of all

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nine of falcon 9's first stage engines

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the team then returned the rocket to its

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hangar where it was joined to the

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spacecraft

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just this morning we held the launch

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readiness review

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where we received approval from senior

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nasa noaa and spacex management as well

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as spacecraft and range agencies to

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continue processing toward countdown

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sunday morning

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at slick4 today we began the process of

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final launch preparations by rolling the

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rocket out to the pad deck

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tomorrow we will erect the falcon 9 to

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its vertical launch position

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just two days from now the launch team

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will arrive on console in the early

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sunday morning hours to perform the

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final preparations of pressurization and

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vehicle checkouts

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the launch team will be polled for

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concurrence to load the rocket

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propellants about 6 30 am

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rp1 kerosene will be loaded into the

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first and second stage fuel tanks

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followed by liquid oxygen loading on

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both stages at about 8 am

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after a series of final launch vehicle

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checks

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we will be ready for launch at 10 42 and

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18 seconds am pacific time with a 30

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second launch window

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i'd like to take a personal note here

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and tell you that one of my biggest

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cheerleaders for space launch in this

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role that i have was my dear aunt

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that we lost from our family this past

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month

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so when i get to this point in a launch

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countdown i always think of her we

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called her nune

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and i loved her dearly

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and some things that i would take for

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granted i would pick up the phone when i

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got home to florida after a launch

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campaign or when i was visiting her in

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alabama and she would go on about what

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an amazing job that that launch team

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must do and how in the world do you do

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all those things and i would try to play

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it play it down that you know it's just

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our job

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but this time when i came out for this

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campaign and i'm sitting here today it

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really is amazing work that we do and if

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i have a message if there's the next

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generation of a launch team that's

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watching us right now

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this is amazing work it's very hard work

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but it's very satisfying it's thrilling

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and you'll never regret if you choose a

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career in space launch

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putting these wonderful spacecraft on

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orbit

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so i'd like to summarize by saying the

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falcon 9 rocket and the jason-3

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spacecraft are ready

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the launch team is prepared and excited

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to be here at vandenberg

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and we're poised to launch this

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important mission for our nation

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back to you george thank you tim

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and now to hans koenigsmann the vice

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president of mission assurance for

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spacex from hawthorne california hans

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good afternoon thank you and um i just

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want to follow on i'm i'm happy to be uh

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back in vandenberg um

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we uh we launched um two and a half

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years ago um the basically first falcon

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1.1 from here we're going to launch

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another run on sunday morning and i'm

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really excited about this partly also

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because this is our first

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nls nasa mission and partly also because

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this is a really big science mission of

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a really amazing

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spacecraft um

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continuous spacecraft measurements

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basically that are that are extremely

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important in science and and uh you know

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for the rest of us too so um

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overall i'm really happy to to continue

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into this launch um

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the uh falcon 9 vehicle is doing very

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very well um we had as tim pointed out

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we had a static fire on

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i think it was monday

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the the days kind of blur into uh into

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run on launch campaigns so it's really

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hard to tell what day you're on but it

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was on monday um we did some data review

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after that we concluded everything is uh

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it's in great shape and the vehicle is

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really ready to go

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we then reviewed again this morning and

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uh came out that we should proceed to

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launch

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uh we um

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and i'm actually i'm coming i'm straight

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from the the launch pad um i took a look

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at the vehicle kicked the tires um off

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the te

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and uh i can say this is a great looking

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vehicle um

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everything is in in working order and

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i'm looking forward to the launch on uh

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on sunday sunday early in the well

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the the launch is an at a good time the

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countdown will start really early in the

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morning of course

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all right

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okay

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thank you hans and now to parag fosei

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the jason-3 project manager from nasa's

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jet propulsion laboratory

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thank you george um just to pick up

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where uh hans left off first i want to i

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want to thank the spacex team for

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building uh such a incredible rocket

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it's

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an amazing vehicle and we're looking to

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uh forward to getting off the ground and

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getting into space it's a it's a long

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time coming

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um we've been working on this project

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personally i've been working on this

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project since 2007

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and so i'm excited and the team has has

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stayed together uh at all four partner

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levels and and working hard to to get

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the rocket and the spacecraft uh in

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orbit and producing data so let me tell

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you a little bit about the background of

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the mission if we can go to the first

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chart

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so

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is the next in a series of highly

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successful ocean surface topography

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measuring

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satellites started by the topex poseidon

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mission in 1992 then jason won jason ii

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and

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up with more creative names

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we didn't but uh

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this was

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to indicate the real strong sense of

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continuity uh and uh in the measurement

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that we're uh we're trying to

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continue on uh and extend past this

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existing 20-year record that we have

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so let me uh

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show you on the next slide a little bit

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about how the measurement is is done

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we've used this graphic now for

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20 years

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since almost topex poseidon so the the

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measurement principle is rather simple

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we have

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a rf

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essentially a radio signal that's

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transmitted from the satellite bounces

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off the surface of the ocean we measure

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how long it takes

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the other thing we need to know is

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very precisely is what's the position of

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the satellite

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once you know those things and you do

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some fancy math you can come up with

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the sea surface height

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sounds easy

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nice cartoon

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to actually build it we really need a

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set of sophisticated instruments

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if as jim mentioned before

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i like to tell people that you know this

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is not your

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your car gps receiver that we're flying

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for example uh we're we're trying to

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take a measurement from 1300 kilometers

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we're flying six kilometers per second

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and we're measuring the sea surface

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height to about four centimeters so

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this is a set of uh requires a set of

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very sophisticated instruments

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um i'll just point out a couple of them

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to you on this beautiful model of the

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satellite i can lift it up because the

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real satellite weighs 500 kilos uh and

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and our babies in the

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attach the rocket so i can't show you

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that today

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but

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this right here is the the main

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instrument uh it's the radar altimeter

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uh we've got the radiometer up here that

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does the correction for

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the radar altimeter signal as it comes

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through the clouds and then we've got a

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couple more instruments

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with the doris and gps instruments in

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the back

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that

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measure the position of the satellite

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extremely accurately

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as we're going around in in the full

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orbit

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so let me show you a little bit about

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how we got here to vandenberg and um how

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everything has progressed uh to date if

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we can roll that

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that footage

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so the the instruments are are developed

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in separate places we send them to

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france we integrate the whole satellite

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and then send it back

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here to vandenberg air force base to

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launch

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of course

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we've got a whole slew of people that

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come out here help unload the satellite

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move it into the payload processing

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facility in a nice clean

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space

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and

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then we go through a very careful

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process

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of of course unpacking the satellite

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and

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happened or or changed in the process of

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transportation between continents that

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we get over here

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we set up the whole satellite do a whole

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series of checkout tests

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very thoroughly carefully it's our last

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chance

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to check the whole satellite its

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operation i can happily say that the

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satellite

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arrived here with no issues we checked

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it here it still has no issues we've

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done the final sets of preparations

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before we've encapsulated into the

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fairing on the rocket

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and everything's

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looking very good

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so

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once we do get into space and separate

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from this beautiful rocket we want to

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start the mission let me show you a

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little bit

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in terms of an animation of what that

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would look like so as soon as we

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separate from

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from the falcon 9

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within about six minutes we'll we'll

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deploy the solar panels that'll be the

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first and most critical operation

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we want to get power onto the onto the

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satellite

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we've been charging the battery here

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continually getting ready for this and

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then we'll start basically checking out

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the whole satellite satellite will be

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stabilized and then moved into a a fine

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pointing mode pointing at the earth and

578
00:23:34,710 --> 00:23:31,039
then we'll start the full operation of

579
00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:34,720
the satellite so just to illustrate that

580
00:23:37,669 --> 00:23:36,480
that operation i have one more uh

581
00:23:40,470 --> 00:23:37,679
animation

582
00:23:42,149 --> 00:23:40,480
and um if we can roll that um i can show

583
00:23:44,789 --> 00:23:42,159
you a little bit um

584
00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:44,799
so this is purely a an animation

585
00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:46,960
notional animation so we're we're doing

586
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:49,600
kind of a strip map of the ocean surface

587
00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:50,400
um

588
00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:52,320
the the red circle going back and forth

589
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:55,279
is the uh is the uh nate is the radar

590
00:24:00,390 --> 00:23:57,760
altimeter that's bouncing a signal off

591
00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:00,400
the off the ocean we're collecting that

592
00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:02,799
and then basically we're orbiting doing

593
00:24:05,590 --> 00:24:04,480
a full set of orbits around the whole

594
00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:05,600
globe

595
00:24:09,269 --> 00:24:08,000
every 10 days and producing

596
00:24:11,990 --> 00:24:09,279
beautiful maps

597
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:12,000
of the ocean weather in a sense in terms

598
00:24:15,669 --> 00:24:14,080
of the ocean circulation and the sea

599
00:24:17,510 --> 00:24:15,679
surface height so

600
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,520
team is excited

601
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:19,360
again thanks to the spacex team for

602
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:21,440
accommodating us at vandenberg we've

603
00:24:25,110 --> 00:24:24,240
worked beautifully with the whole spacex

604
00:24:30,390 --> 00:24:25,120
team

605
00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:30,400
crews from the u.s and france it's

606
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:32,080
worked out beautifully and very

607
00:24:36,870 --> 00:24:34,480
professionally so thank you and we're

608
00:24:38,149 --> 00:24:36,880
ready to go go jason three and go falcon

609
00:24:40,149 --> 00:24:38,159
9.

610
00:24:41,669 --> 00:24:40,159
thank you parag and we'll look now at

611
00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:41,679
the weather forecast for sunday morning

612
00:24:45,029 --> 00:24:43,200
lieutenant joseph rowland our launch

613
00:24:47,029 --> 00:24:45,039
weather officer

614
00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:47,039
thank you george so

615
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:48,640
weather typically in january this time

616
00:24:53,110 --> 00:24:50,799
of year on the central coast california

617
00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:53,120
is noted by a shallow high pressure with

618
00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:55,279
some transiting low pressure systems

619
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:57,039
moving through now this year it's been a

620
00:24:59,909 --> 00:24:58,240
little bit different normally we get one

621
00:25:01,269 --> 00:24:59,919
or two through throughout the season but

622
00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:01,279
of course with the el nino effects has

623
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:03,200
been highly publicized we've had a

624
00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:04,640
couple more frontal systems moving

625
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:08,000
through so uh moving on to the satellite

626
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:09,520
so as you can see we're relatively clear

627
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,799
here today we had a weak system move

628
00:25:14,310 --> 00:25:12,559
through last night the next system is

629
00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:14,320
off to our west we're going to see that

630
00:25:17,830 --> 00:25:16,320
move through this evening into tomorrow

631
00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:17,840
we'll see sporadic rain showers off and

632
00:25:20,870 --> 00:25:19,919
on all day saturday but behind it's high

633
00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:20,880
pressure and we're going to see that

634
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:22,080
build in and we'll see how that plays

635
00:25:25,430 --> 00:25:23,760
out on the forecast

636
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:25,440
so looking at the day of launch forecast

637
00:25:33,110 --> 00:25:30,870
and then here's just a another depiction

638
00:25:35,029 --> 00:25:33,120
of the satellite so looking at the day

639
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:35,039
of launch forecast slide relatively

640
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:36,320
benign conditions we're going to see a

641
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:37,760
little bit of cirrus cloud ahead of the

642
00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:39,679
next system but as i said high pressure

643
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:42,000
is going to be dominating the region in

644
00:25:44,549 --> 00:25:43,279
during that time

645
00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:44,559
visibility is going to be unrestricted

646
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:46,240
temperatures about 56 61 degrees

647
00:25:49,510 --> 00:25:47,520
fahrenheit winds will be pretty light

648
00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:49,520
out of the west and then sea states out

649
00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:51,279
uh for a potential barge landing will be

650
00:25:55,590 --> 00:25:53,440
about 10 to 13 feet the overall

651
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:55,600
probability of violation for the primary

652
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:57,039
attempt is going to be zero percent with

653
00:26:05,430 --> 00:25:59,760
no constraints of concern

654
00:26:08,390 --> 00:26:06,950
as we get to the

655
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:08,400
scrub forecast period we're actually

656
00:26:11,669 --> 00:26:09,679
going to see another funnel system kind

657
00:26:13,669 --> 00:26:11,679
of move into the region and what we're

658
00:26:15,029 --> 00:26:13,679
going to see is uh overnight sunday

659
00:26:16,789 --> 00:26:15,039
night into monday morning we're going to

660
00:26:19,269 --> 00:26:16,799
see increased increased cloud cover to

661
00:26:20,789 --> 00:26:19,279
include cumulus clouds uh as we move

662
00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:20,799
into t 0 we're looking at an overall

663
00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:22,559
probability a violation of 30 percent

664
00:26:25,669 --> 00:26:24,159
for cumulus clouds and again this for

665
00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:25,679
triggered lightning

666
00:26:28,710 --> 00:26:27,200
we're seeing some lesser probabilities

667
00:26:30,549 --> 00:26:28,720
of violation for lightning down at about

668
00:26:32,710 --> 00:26:30,559
10 as well as thick clouds and disturbed

669
00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:32,720
weather also at 10 percent winds will be

670
00:26:37,510 --> 00:26:35,200
pretty light again 230 to 260 degrees at

671
00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:37,520
8 to 10 knots and with the exception of

672
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:39,440
the cumulus clouds and the other

673
00:26:41,909 --> 00:26:40,559
probabilities of violation that we're

674
00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:41,919
looking for

675
00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:44,720
weather is looking uh pretty decent

676
00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:45,600
and

677
00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:47,279
that concludes the weather portion

678
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:48,960
that's all i have back to you george

679
00:26:53,029 --> 00:26:50,640
thank you turn around

680
00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:53,039
we'll take questions now we'll start

681
00:26:58,549 --> 00:26:56,720
here in the in the hangar and then

682
00:27:00,549 --> 00:26:58,559
take questions on the phone and then

683
00:27:03,430 --> 00:27:00,559
social media social media can ask

684
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:03,440
questions by going to

685
00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:05,200
ask nasa

686
00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:14,390
hi stephen clark from space flight now a

687
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:16,880
couple of questions one for hans um if

688
00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:18,320
you could talk about

689
00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:20,960
the drone ship landing attempt uh

690
00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:22,240
why you're going to go for the drone

691
00:27:25,990 --> 00:27:24,000
ship versus landing back on land as you

692
00:27:27,350 --> 00:27:26,000
did last month at the cape

693
00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:27,360
and and

694
00:27:31,510 --> 00:27:28,720
how you feel about the prospects for

695
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:31,520
that and also if someone could give a

696
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:34,399
cost for the jason 3 mission if that's

697
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:37,200
that's doable thanks

698
00:27:41,430 --> 00:27:38,960
should i go first

699
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:41,440
okay so um droneship landing is correct

700
00:27:46,070 --> 00:27:42,320
we

701
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:46,080
just read the instruction

702
00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:48,559
this time for a for landing attempt and

703
00:27:53,269 --> 00:27:51,600
um it is part of a secondary mission

704
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:53,279
um

705
00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:55,760
the reason we don't uh land on land on

706
00:28:00,070 --> 00:27:58,080
the temple land on land like we did for

707
00:28:02,070 --> 00:28:00,080
uh the last mission at the cape

708
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:02,080
is that we do not have environmental

709
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:04,559
approval at this point in time at this

710
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:05,520
range

711
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:07,520
uh that's something that we uh we will

712
00:28:12,470 --> 00:28:10,159
do in the future um future missions will

713
00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:12,480
see uh land landing hopefully

714
00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:13,919
um

715
00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:16,720
and uh currently uh things are looking

716
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:19,520
looking good um the sea stage is uh

717
00:28:24,389 --> 00:28:22,320
it's good for surfing and a little bit a

718
00:28:26,789 --> 00:28:24,399
little bit high for landing but uh we

719
00:28:28,950 --> 00:28:26,799
don't we don't anticipate that that's

720
00:28:31,669 --> 00:28:28,960
gonna be a major problem i'm pretty

721
00:28:33,029 --> 00:28:31,679
hopeful we had a really good landing

722
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:33,039
last time

723
00:28:38,389 --> 00:28:34,960
so things are looking good at this point

724
00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:40,389
so if i could address the question on

725
00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:41,600
the cost

726
00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:43,360
the last numbers i checked were

727
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:46,320
approximately 180 million dollars as

728
00:29:00,549 --> 00:28:57,909
phillips loss with nasa spaceflight.com

729
00:29:02,230 --> 00:29:00,559
i think this is for mr dunn were there

730
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:02,240
any outstanding issues coming out of the

731
00:29:07,110 --> 00:29:03,840
launch readiness review today or are you

732
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:07,120
pretty much clean and ready to go

733
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:08,799
so i'll take that one so the question

734
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:11,120
was are were there any actions or

735
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:13,360
outstanding issues coming out of lrr

736
00:29:16,710 --> 00:29:14,320
today

737
00:29:17,510 --> 00:29:16,720
and the answer there is no

738
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:17,520
we

739
00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:21,840
leading into our flight readiness review

740
00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:24,399
a week ago the team was working those

741
00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:26,480
through flight readiness review we have

742
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:28,480
closed those in the week between fr and

743
00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:31,520
today and we were very happy to have a

744
00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:33,840
incredibly clean spacecraft and launch

745
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:36,960
vehicle at lr this morning

746
00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:38,960
thanks and then a question about the

747
00:29:43,110 --> 00:29:40,880
launch trajectory are you going to have

748
00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:43,120
to do any kind of a dog leg maneuver um

749
00:29:47,430 --> 00:29:45,760
off off a slick four pad um i know for

750
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:47,440
the delta launches that you had to do

751
00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:49,520
that off the slick two pad

752
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:50,960
thanks

753
00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:52,399
we don't we don't

754
00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:54,559
we don't do any dog legs we go straight

755
00:29:59,269 --> 00:29:57,360
into a um and i i apologize i should

756
00:30:01,430 --> 00:29:59,279
have probably um said this earlier too

757
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:01,440
um i was missing the slide

758
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:02,399
um

759
00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:06,720
parking it's a two burn two burn mission

760
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:08,880
for the uh for the main mission so you

761
00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:10,960
will see the standard standard orbit

762
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:13,760
insertion that you we always have into

763
00:30:17,510 --> 00:30:15,520
a fairly

764
00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:17,520
medium perigee and then we have a high

765
00:30:22,870 --> 00:30:20,559
apogee and at the apogee we are circular

766
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:22,880
circularizing the orbit um

767
00:30:32,070 --> 00:30:24,720
to the uh

768
00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:32,080
13 36 right kilometers

769
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:33,120
altitude

770
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:34,799
and um

771
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:36,640
and then the second stage will will

772
00:30:43,190 --> 00:30:39,440
perform at the orbit burn uh later after

773
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:44,950
good afternoon matt cam with cbs los

774
00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:48,720
angeles um so falcon 9 1.1

775
00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:50,320
finishing her story where she started it

776
00:30:55,430 --> 00:30:52,720
here at vandenberg uh can we comment on

777
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:55,440
the uh potential for expanding

778
00:30:58,630 --> 00:30:57,279
uh launch operations from the west coast

779
00:31:01,110 --> 00:30:58,640
now

780
00:31:02,789 --> 00:31:01,120
certainly um so i yeah this is an

781
00:31:06,149 --> 00:31:02,799
interesting observation that

782
00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:06,159
1.1 started and i think it was september

783
00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:07,200
um

784
00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:08,720
two and a half years

785
00:31:13,269 --> 00:31:10,799
two and two and a quarter years ago here

786
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:13,279
from the uh from the west coast and um i

787
00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:15,120
do remember that launch very well

788
00:31:20,149 --> 00:31:18,399
and uh it was a pretty glorious day and

789
00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:20,159
i will be we're going to repeat that on

790
00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:21,840
on on sunday morning

791
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:24,640
and and then of course we we end um the

792
00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:27,600
the 1.1 series here at the um at the

793
00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:30,320
west coast again now i do know um the

794
00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:32,320
the current manifest has more launches

795
00:31:36,470 --> 00:31:34,640
um at the west coast coming up um later

796
00:31:37,669 --> 00:31:36,480
this year um

797
00:31:45,029 --> 00:31:37,679
i

798
00:31:47,669 --> 00:31:45,039
you know

799
00:31:48,710 --> 00:31:47,679
coming up uh later this year in into um

800
00:31:49,509 --> 00:31:48,720
similar

801
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:49,519
um

802
00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:50,640
polar

803
00:31:55,830 --> 00:31:52,960
um or higher inclination and inclination

804
00:31:58,870 --> 00:31:55,840
orbits so um we will pick up our our

805
00:32:04,070 --> 00:31:58,880
launch rate from this uh from this

806
00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:05,990
any further questions here

807
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:08,240
in the audience

808
00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:10,880
okay let's uh go to the phones we have a

809
00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:13,679
question from irene klotz from reuters

810
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:15,919
irene if you're on go ahead

811
00:32:20,630 --> 00:32:18,240
i am thanks very much george i have a

812
00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:20,640
couple questions for hans

813
00:32:25,029 --> 00:32:22,559
first of all the um

814
00:32:27,269 --> 00:32:25,039
you said that the reason why the

815
00:32:30,230 --> 00:32:27,279
falcon win attempt a land landing was

816
00:32:33,350 --> 00:32:30,240
just environmental were there any um

817
00:32:35,509 --> 00:32:33,360
uh were there any limitations on the uh

818
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:35,519
on the orbit and the power of this

819
00:32:38,230 --> 00:32:37,120
particular rocket

820
00:32:40,230 --> 00:32:38,240
as well

821
00:32:43,830 --> 00:32:40,240
and also if you have any update on the

822
00:32:45,830 --> 00:32:43,840
status of the um first stage that was

823
00:32:47,269 --> 00:32:45,840
that you were able to land here at the

824
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:47,279
cape um

825
00:32:51,830 --> 00:32:49,519
back in december that'd be great and i

826
00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:51,840
had one quick follow-up for whoever gave

827
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:54,480
us the program costs for the mission if

828
00:32:59,990 --> 00:32:57,600
that 180 million included launch costs

829
00:33:04,070 --> 00:33:00,000
and how many years of operations is

830
00:33:09,190 --> 00:33:06,549
so um whether we could launch um whether

831
00:33:11,029 --> 00:33:09,200
we could land back on on land um the the

832
00:33:12,549 --> 00:33:11,039
answer is absolutely um

833
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:12,559
we um

834
00:33:16,549 --> 00:33:14,159
we would have enough energy on this

835
00:33:18,950 --> 00:33:16,559
mission to come back to land uh without

836
00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:18,960
without any issues so um it's not um

837
00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:21,279
it's not anything technical um

838
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:24,880
in this case and uh and um regarding uh

839
00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:27,919
the booster we got back um from flight

840
00:33:33,509 --> 00:33:30,480
21 or upcom and at the cape

841
00:33:34,310 --> 00:33:33,519
um that booster is in great shape um we

842
00:33:41,830 --> 00:33:34,320
we

843
00:33:43,669 --> 00:33:41,840
are

844
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:43,679
going into a static fire i'm not sure

845
00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:46,080
what the status exactly is

846
00:33:52,950 --> 00:33:48,720
as of today

847
00:33:55,509 --> 00:33:52,960
just completed okay great um

848
00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:55,519
yeah i was i was focusing on on this

849
00:34:00,870 --> 00:33:57,840
mission for for today and uh tomorrow

850
00:34:07,029 --> 00:34:00,880
and uh and then sunday possibly monday

851
00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:10,550
uh in terms of the the costs uh the 180

852
00:34:15,349 --> 00:34:12,720
million dollars that i quoted earlier

853
00:34:16,950 --> 00:34:15,359
does include five years of mission

854
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:16,960
operations

855
00:34:23,109 --> 00:34:19,359
and uh the cost of the launch vehicle as

856
00:34:27,510 --> 00:34:25,669
sorry any more questions on the phone no

857
00:34:29,909 --> 00:34:27,520
no questions on the phone all right

858
00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:29,919
let's uh take social media now you can

859
00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:32,320
still ask on social media if you like

860
00:34:36,869 --> 00:34:34,720
ask nasa let's go to steve cole i think

861
00:34:39,349 --> 00:34:36,879
we have a couple of questions steve

862
00:34:42,550 --> 00:34:39,359
thanks george how frequently does noah

863
00:34:47,990 --> 00:34:42,560
receive analyze and compile jason 3 data

864
00:34:52,069 --> 00:34:49,349
i'm sorry

865
00:34:54,869 --> 00:34:52,079
how frequently does noah analyze and

866
00:34:59,750 --> 00:34:54,879
compile the json3 data for global or

867
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:04,069
i don't i don't

868
00:35:08,950 --> 00:35:06,470
we collect the data

869
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:08,960
on an orbital basis

870
00:35:15,349 --> 00:35:11,280
and we deliver those products

871
00:35:19,430 --> 00:35:16,630
i think that's just how often that

872
00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:19,440
answers how often

873
00:35:25,710 --> 00:35:21,280
how often do we collect data

874
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:28,230
12.7 orbits per day

875
00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:30,480
so that's how many times we process the

876
00:35:36,069 --> 00:35:33,760
data on a daily basis

877
00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:36,079
okay thank you um

878
00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:38,320
this one has to do with the registration

879
00:35:42,069 --> 00:35:39,760
of the satellite jason 2 was

880
00:35:46,630 --> 00:35:42,079
unregistered by france

881
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:53,270
i don't know the answer to that

882
00:35:57,750 --> 00:35:55,589
okay we'll have to get back to that an

883
00:36:01,030 --> 00:35:57,760
answer back to that question

884
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:01,040
that's what we have for now george

885
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:02,880
all right we'll come back here for any

886
00:36:08,230 --> 00:36:06,079
additional questions here in the hangar

887
00:36:10,390 --> 00:36:08,240
steve

888
00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:10,400
hi just to follow up on the the drone

889
00:36:14,150 --> 00:36:12,640
ship landing attempt um

890
00:36:15,829 --> 00:36:14,160
you know we obviously saw the landing

891
00:36:17,829 --> 00:36:15,839
live at the cape it was right in front

892
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:17,839
of our eyes will we see anything live at

893
00:36:22,550 --> 00:36:19,760
the drone ship or will we just hear

894
00:36:23,750 --> 00:36:22,560
about it uh you know after the fact uh

895
00:36:26,390 --> 00:36:23,760
results of it

896
00:36:28,310 --> 00:36:26,400
we we tried to bring this over life but

897
00:36:29,910 --> 00:36:28,320
um that

898
00:36:31,829 --> 00:36:29,920
it's obviously out there in the ocean

899
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:31,839
and uh it's hard to get connection uh we

900
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:33,760
may not be able to do this we will we

901
00:36:36,470 --> 00:36:34,800
will um

902
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:36,480
we'll do our best

903
00:36:39,910 --> 00:36:38,400
and uh and then likewise um i don't

904
00:36:42,310 --> 00:36:39,920
think you can see it

905
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:42,320
from from the land either it's it's just

906
00:36:51,349 --> 00:36:49,349
yeah i think we'll have another

907
00:36:53,109 --> 00:36:51,359
follow-up on social media right this is

908
00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:53,119
a local question barring weather

909
00:37:01,190 --> 00:36:55,040
concerns will the launch be visible from

910
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:02,950
so it sounds like the question was will

911
00:37:07,349 --> 00:37:04,320
the launch be visible from the

912
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:07,359
vandenberg weather station area so i'm

913
00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:08,560
going to turn that over to lieutenant

914
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:10,640
round because he knows where the weather

915
00:37:13,750 --> 00:37:12,000
station is

916
00:37:15,670 --> 00:37:13,760
uh actually it probably should be

917
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:15,680
visible

918
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:17,680
from our actual compound that we sit in

919
00:37:20,790 --> 00:37:19,280
you can't see the slicks down there you

920
00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:20,800
can see slick 2 really really well i

921
00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:22,720
mean there's a grand sand out there

922
00:37:26,230 --> 00:37:24,240
i don't believe you can actually see the

923
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:26,240
slick so you should see it once it

924
00:37:30,150 --> 00:37:27,760
clears the trees you know a few seconds

925
00:37:31,109 --> 00:37:30,160
after launch but no i don't believe here

926
00:37:35,589 --> 00:37:31,119
you're going to be able to see it

927
00:37:35,599 --> 00:37:39,670
any further questions

928
00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:42,470
all right that will conclude this

929
00:37:46,790 --> 00:37:44,720
briefing just a programming note that

930
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:46,800
our launch coverage on nasa television

931
00:37:50,950 --> 00:37:49,200
on sunday morning begins at 8 a.m