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welcome to vandenberg

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air force base in central california as

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we prepare for tomorrow's launch of the

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joint u.s european effort

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that will launch the next spacecraft to

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continue this legacy

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of monitoring sea surface height i am

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marina jureka from nasa's jet propulsion

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laboratory

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and i am your host today as we share

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details on the launch

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readiness of our satellite and the

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preparations that are being made

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for tomorrow's launch this has been a

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true international collaboration among

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in a first joint earth mission teaming

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nasa and the european space

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agency along with other partners the

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organization for the exploitation of

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meteorological satellites or umetsat

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the national oceanic and atmospheric

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or noaa and the french space agency

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and the european commission this sea

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level scout will collect the most

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accurate data yet on sea level and how

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over time for this news briefing we are

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taking questions from the media via the

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telecom line

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press star one to get into the queue or

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via social media with the hashtag

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seeing the seas as we are social

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distancing i will introduce you

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to some of the people behind the

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sentinel 6 michael freilix satellite

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and those preparing it for launch

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tomorrow on our panel today

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we have nasa's associate administrator

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for the science omission directorate

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thomas zurbukin remarks from the general

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of the european space agency johann

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dietrich

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tim dunn the nasa launch director for

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colonel anthony massilier commander of

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juliana shimon the mission's

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nasa project manager parag vasay

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of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory

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lastly from vandenberg air force base

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weather officer

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captain john ott we will begin with

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thomas zurbukin

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well i'm so excited to be here today and

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uh to really showcase this great

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international mission

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and of course what's on this mission

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because of our european friends is

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the name of our friend michael freilick

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and here's what he said earth system

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science is bigger than any particular

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agency it's bigger than any single

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it's bigger than any single continent

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because humanity requires it that we

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in understanding it with this i'll ask

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graphic and of course tell you that this

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mission just like you say marina

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is an international global in fact

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required to study our planet

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and it because it belongs to all of us

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and this partnership here is very much

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aligned with what mike freilich

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passions mike felix passion has been

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it was ocean sciences both as a

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as a professor and as the director for a

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of the entire earth science program at

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this mission will provide critical

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of the rising seas and it will help us

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weather no no one on the planet is not

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so the earth is an ocean world and

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the blue marble from space we see one

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big ocean world's over two-thirds

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of the planet so studying these oceans

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on the processes that actually you know

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processes that fill them

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is really a follow-up of 30 years

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of uninterrupted measurements that of

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spacecraft that have circled the earth

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so 706 michael fralick and its twin

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to emphasize yet again how

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we do this together earth observations

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as an international community and that

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makes us stronger that makes these

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better and in fact enables a critical

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collaboration by the colleagues

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uh a little bit and that is uh michael

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last launch frankly he was in tears just

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his colleagues had set up the

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opportunity for him to write his name on

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record his last launch and i just want

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how honored i feel and how it still

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moves me today that the name of michael

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on this on this uh spacecraft today

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colleagues and the tremendous

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and friendship that they have brought to

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this and i'm just so excited

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to get ready as we go forward to launch

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this amazing

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investigation again an important perhaps

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one of the most important investigations

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on this planet but equally importantly

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an investigation that honors one of our

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a friend who connected us and because of

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whom we sit here today

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director general of the european space

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sentinel 6 mike freilisch this is a very

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the sea level rise which is a strong

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for the climate change and this will

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help us to understand the climate change

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mike freudish was a space science

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nice uh data from mike fry

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thank you so much mr verner now we will

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thank you marina i'm very happy to be

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and noah and all this collaboration

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is established in the framework of the

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copernicus program of the european union

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and i think sentinel 6 is one of the

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satellites in the copenhagen fleet

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providing

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mission data and products to

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everybody on a free and open basis so

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this is

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i think an important added value for for

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the society

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this slide is like a summary of what

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sentinel 6

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is all about we have been measuring sea

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level from space

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since almost 30 years and this

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enormous amount of measurements and

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processing

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is summarized in this curve this shows

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the

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global sea level increase due to global

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warming we are experiencing

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and measuring so accurately from space

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and and this

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sea level is even accelerating over the

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last five years so

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in average we have like three

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millimeters every year over the last

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five years we reach

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almost five millimeters every year so

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melting of ice

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the the increase of heat content in the

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ocean

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is really the cause of what we measure

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from space

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these measurements started in the past

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from top exposed on followed by the

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jason one two

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and three series jason three is still in

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orbit and sentinel six

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is here to bring continuity to these

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measurements

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so we will launch and rejoin json3 in

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orbit

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to to fly together like 30 seconds apart

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on the same orbit to be able to compare

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the measurement

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and then sentinel 6a or sentinel 6

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microphones

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and finalists will add at least five

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years to this

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data series and then as mentioned before

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we have already a sentinel 6b satellite

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that will

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again be launched and replace sentence

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six in orbit to add

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another five years to the measurement so

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overall we will reach like almost 40

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years data record for

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for this measurement which is so

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essential to demonstrate that

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the earth is warming and sea level is

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rising

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thank you pierreck the mission's nasa

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project manager parag vaze

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of nasa's jet propulsion laboratory will

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thank you marina thank you marina um

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as uh sort of picking up where pirick

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left off with

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the journey of our satellite development

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and now

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arrival and and readiness for launch uh

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it's been a long way

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uh you know the this is a continuity

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mission and an operational mission

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uh so that has been our priority to

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get the satellite developed and and

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launched on time

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the measurement performance of course is

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a

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scientists

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across the world who have contributed

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towards uh

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this satellite development uh is

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is really important uh to be able to uh

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to reach this point today uh that we're

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at uh pirrick mentioned about the

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the main instrument the the altimeter uh

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that's being provided

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by the the european space agency

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on the nasa side we're providing three

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important

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instruments on this satellite the prime

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one

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for ocean altimetry is the advanced

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microwave radiometer

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we call it a dash c stands for climate

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quality

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this is an important enhancement for the

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radiometer

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on this mission our objective is to be

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able to provide

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additional stability and calibration

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throughout the life of the mission and

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to be able to do that very very quick

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so that we can get data out reliable

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data

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that is following that trend uh

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that of sea level rise but also

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providing operational data

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uh to the global user community as fast

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as possible

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we also have an additional uh instrument

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uh if

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you can show the uh the next animation

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uh

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that i have for that's called the

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gnss ro it's a

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an instrument that we're providing as an

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opportunity to really

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have some additional atmospheric data uh

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that's measuring

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satellite signals uh from the gps

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constellation and also

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the glonass constellation and and really

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measuring how

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those bend and change as they traverse

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the atmosphere

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this tells us a lot of important

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information

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about the temperature and humidity

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profiles within the atmosphere and will

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really help

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the weather agencies across the world

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nasa is providing an additional

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instrument called the laser retro

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reflector array

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and this is one of three instruments on

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the satellite

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that will help to determine the position

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of the satellite very clearly if you can

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roll the next

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animation as well so this

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this shows the the satellite moving and

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we have a

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a set of quartz cubes that are

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reflecting ground-based

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low-power laser signals which are being

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received back on the ground and

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helps us determine the position of the

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satellite

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very very precisely and and helps us

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measure

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uh the sea surface height to within a

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few centimeters it's been a long journey

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here

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uh satellite's doing well all the

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instruments are doing well

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and the operations teams now are ready

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to take over

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and uh produce the data uh and

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distribute it out to the global

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community

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back to you marina thank you perag

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next we will hear back from tim dunn who

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is the nasa launch director for this

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mission and then immediately following

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tim

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dunn we will turn it to julianna simon

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who is the spacex program manager

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thank you marina i'm proud to be here

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today

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representing the women and men of nasa's

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launch services program

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i'm nasa's launch director for the

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sentinel 6 michael freilick mission

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and i'm thrilled to be a very small part

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of this

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incredible team launching this critical

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international ocean

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altimetry satellite after being away

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from the vandenberg air force base for a

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couple of years

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the nasa launch team is thrilled to be

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back

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on the beautiful central california

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coast and ready to launch another rocket

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sentinel 6 michael frylick is the third

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nasa lsp

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science mission to launch on a falcon 9

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and it will depart

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earth from vandenberg air force base at

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space launch

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complex 4 the pad we call slick 4.

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i'd like to recognize the falcon 9

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sentinel 6 michael frylick launch team

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it's composed of spacex nasa

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jpl european space agency airbus

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and united states space forces 30th

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space wing

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this assembled group of professionals is

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world class

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and a real joy to work with i'm really

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proud that i can be on the same panel

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with perrag and pirrick juliana is going

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to come up next

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colonel mastalir is going to represent

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the 30th space wing

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and just what an honor it is to have

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this team assembled

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to do this important work here from the

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central coast

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so here we are in the midst of a

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pandemic and we're successfully

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executing a launch campaign

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and that takes a lot of work due to

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covid we've done numerous things

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differently

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on this launch campaign than we would

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typically do

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we've had to quarantine after travel we

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had to reduce our on

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console footprint uh by 50 so we can

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space out and be

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more socially distanced we've

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implemented all the covid protocols of

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temperature checks of our team as they

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enter buildings

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we do frequent sanitizations and

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mandatory mask wear while on console

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so we're all keeping each other safe we

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can't afford to lose a single launch

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team member

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over the past month the falcon 9 team

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has been busy with our final

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launch preparations two weeks ago we

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encapsulated the sentinel six michael

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frilek spacecraft

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in its payload fairing i'm going to show

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you a video in a little bit about that

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then last week we performed the

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successful mission dress rehearsal

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and this past monday the combined launch

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team held the flight readiness review

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as a readiness assessment for a static

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fire event

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a day later on tuesday the launch team

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performed a successful static fire

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and we burned the first stage engines

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for a full duration of seven

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seconds and that uh told us that falcon

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9

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is ready to launch the team then

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returned the rocket to its hangar and

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just

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yesterday we made it that critical

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spacecraft asset the sentinel 6

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microphone spacecraft

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to the falcon 9 rocket now i'd like to

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show a video of the spacex crew

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encapsulating the spacecraft and then

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preparing the falcon 9 launch vehicle

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so here you see some stills in the

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spacex hangers payload

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processing facility shows that beautiful

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payload fairing with that

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gorgeous sentinel 6 decal on the outside

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here we are this is a representation of

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what

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happened this morning at the slick 4

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hangar this is actually

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tess a mission that we launched a few

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years ago from the east coast but it

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shows it moving out of the hangar

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and i'm going to go back a little

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further this is actually our jason 3

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mission here four and a half years ago

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from vandenberg but it shows the falcon

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9

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translating out to the launch pad going

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erect there's the beautiful coast in the

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pacific ocean in the background of

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below slick 4 and this was launch day

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for jason 3 and this is exactly what

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it's going to look like

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tomorrow morning maybe we can do without

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that fog

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but i'm going to let the weather officer

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tell us about that

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coming up a little bit so just this

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morning

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we held both the nasa spacex and the

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30th space wing

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launch readiness reviews where we

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received approval from senior management

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to continue processing toward launch

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countdown tomorrow

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as slick for today we did begin that

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process

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of rolling the rocket out and i can now

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say that we have successfully exited the

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hangar

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and the rocket is at the launch pad

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launch deck

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and we'll be going vertical with it this

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afternoon

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early tomorrow morning the launch team

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will arrive on console to perform final

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pressurization in vehicle checkouts

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the launch team will be polled for

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concurrence to load falcon 9 propellants

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both rp1 kerosene and liquid oxygen

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at about 8 30 a.m pacific time

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so after those propellants are loaded

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and

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we do follow that by follow the rp1

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with the densified cryogenic liquid

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oxygen into both stages

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we'll do a final readiness assessment

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and know that we're ready to launch that

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launch time tomorrow morning

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is going to be 9 17 and 8 seconds

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a.m pacific time so set your clocks

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for tomorrow morning if you're on the

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california coast

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a little bit later in the day if you're

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on the east coast

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we're going to have a single

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instantaneous window we've got

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got one chance to do this tomorrow and

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things look really good for us right now

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so in summary the falcon 9 rocket the

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sentinel

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6 michael friedlich spacecraft are both

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ready

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and the launch team is prepared and

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we're all excited

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to be here at vandenberg poised to

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launch this very

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important mission for scientists

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worldwide

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thank you tim spacex program manager for

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nasa launch

633
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services juliana shyman joins us now

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hello julianna

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hello thank you marina well first i'd

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like to

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start by saying a big thank you to our

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customer nasa

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our partners at esa in the 30th space

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wing

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00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:20,720
for their support ahead of tomorrow's

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mission it's a real honor to be here

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00:24:27,029 --> 00:24:24,640
today with all of you

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00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:27,039
spacex is targeting an instantaneous

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00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:28,080
falcon 9 launch

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tomorrow morning with a liftoff time of

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9

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am pacific for the sentinel 6 michael

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fry like spacecraft

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if needed we're launching tomorrow from

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space launch complex 4 east

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00:24:43,430 --> 00:24:42,159
here at vandenberg air force base in

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california

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00:24:47,269 --> 00:24:45,279
if needed for any reason we have a

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backup launch opportunity the following

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day

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with a different liftoff time of 904 am

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pacific the rocket and the payload are

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00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:55,440
looking healthy and we're counting on

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00:24:57,669 --> 00:24:57,039
the weather officer to provide clear

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00:25:01,510 --> 00:24:57,679
skies

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00:25:03,029 --> 00:25:01,520
no more fog from jason 3.

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00:25:05,029 --> 00:25:03,039
tomorrow morning's countdown will be

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00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:05,039
similar to previous missions

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with propellant loading beginning

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approximately 35 minutes prior to

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liftoff

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00:25:12,789 --> 00:25:10,640
i think i have an image to walk you

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00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:12,799
through the launch sequence

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00:25:16,789 --> 00:25:15,520
thank you um so following liftoff and

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stage separation

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00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:18,720
falcon 9's first stage booster will

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return to land we'll return to earth

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00:25:26,070 --> 00:25:23,520
and land back at space launch complex 4

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00:25:27,909 --> 00:25:26,080
here at vandenberg air force base

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00:25:29,669 --> 00:25:27,919
the landing zone is adjacent to the

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launch pad

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00:25:33,510 --> 00:25:31,279
also following liftoff and stage

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00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:33,520
separation falcon 9's second stage will

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00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:35,679
perform two burns to deploy the sentinel

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00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:37,919
6 mycophyllic spacecraft to its intended

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00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:38,400
orbit

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00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:42,240
approximately one hour after liftoff

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00:25:48,070 --> 00:25:45,279
the payload and the rocket are looking

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00:25:49,830 --> 00:25:48,080
super healthy um and and overall we're

686
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:49,840
really excited about the mission

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00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:52,240
uh it's particularly exciting for me

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00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:53,039
because

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my first launch with spacex was the

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00:25:57,830 --> 00:25:56,159
jason 3 mission

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00:25:59,590 --> 00:25:57,840
and as you've heard from some of the

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00:26:02,390 --> 00:25:59,600
team members on the panel today

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00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:02,400
the sentinel 6 spacecraft mission is a

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content continuity mission from the

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jason 3 and the series of basic missions

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so

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particularly exciting for me um the

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00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:10,320
launch tomorrow will be

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00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:12,480
the first from vandenberg since june of

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00:26:16,549 --> 00:26:13,440
last year

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00:26:19,269 --> 00:26:16,559
successfully completed our

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00:26:20,470 --> 00:26:19,279
second land landing here at vandenberg

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00:26:22,789 --> 00:26:20,480
um so it's been a while

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00:26:24,630 --> 00:26:22,799
but we have this is the start of many

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00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:24,640
exciting things to come at vandenberg

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00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:26,400
we have a suite of very exciting

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00:26:30,710 --> 00:26:28,240
missions so tomorrow

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00:26:32,710 --> 00:26:30,720
is going to be a great day so big thank

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00:26:36,830 --> 00:26:32,720
you to nasa and the rest of our partners

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00:26:41,190 --> 00:26:39,350
tomorrow

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00:26:42,630 --> 00:26:41,200
thank you so much everyone is looking

712
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:42,640
forward to launch tomorrow

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00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:45,520
colonel anthony mastellier commander of

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00:27:02,470 --> 00:26:46,960
the 30th space wing

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00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:05,590
okay thank you very much marina um

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00:27:09,909 --> 00:27:07,760
listen ladies and gentlemen i am

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00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:09,919
absolutely privileged to be part of the

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00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:11,440
fantastic team

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00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:14,880
the lineup that you've seen here today

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00:27:18,710 --> 00:27:17,279
all the hard work that has gone into

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00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:18,720
this culminates

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00:27:23,190 --> 00:27:22,399
uh you know tomorrow morning at 9 17

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00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:23,200
like you heard

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00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:24,799
and i can tell you that all of team

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00:27:30,389 --> 00:27:26,240
vandenberg

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00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:30,399
the 6 000 men and women who represent

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00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:32,480
team vandenberg as well as the 30th

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00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:33,600
space wing we are

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00:27:39,990 --> 00:27:36,799
absolutely thrilled to be part of this

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00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:40,000
very very important mission i can tell

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00:27:45,909 --> 00:27:41,360
you that

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00:27:48,389 --> 00:27:45,919
our customer spacex a partnership that

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00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:48,399
we feel really really good about and

734
00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:50,480
have had a great pass and a promising

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00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:51,279
future

736
00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:53,760
and of course spacex's customer nasa and

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our european partners

738
00:27:59,190 --> 00:27:58,080
all of the mission integration the

739
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:59,200
coordination

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00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:00,880
leading up throughout this launch

741
00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:02,240
campaign

742
00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:05,120
during as you heard from mr tim dunn

743
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:06,480
during a period of

744
00:28:09,909 --> 00:28:08,799
you know global pandemic unprecedented

745
00:28:12,630 --> 00:28:09,919
challenges

746
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:12,640
it's really remarkable i am so impressed

747
00:28:16,230 --> 00:28:13,679
at the continued

748
00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:16,240
strong partnership and working through

749
00:28:20,470 --> 00:28:18,080
these challenges and and making sure

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00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:20,480
that we can get to launch day

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00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:24,000
safely and responsibly i can tell you

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00:28:29,110 --> 00:28:26,559
for our part at the 30th space wing it's

753
00:28:32,149 --> 00:28:29,120
all about providing a green range

754
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:32,159
right um this is an air a place

755
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:34,480
so what so what does that mean from a

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00:28:38,710 --> 00:28:36,399
range perspective

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00:28:41,110 --> 00:28:38,720
for one we're at we're an attractive

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00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:41,120
location geographically

759
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:43,200
as you know you can fly south from

760
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:44,399
vandenberg and

761
00:28:48,389 --> 00:28:46,480
pretty much you don't hit any land until

762
00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:48,399
you fly over antarctica

763
00:28:52,149 --> 00:28:50,640
so it's a very safe corridor for the

764
00:28:54,389 --> 00:28:52,159
polar launches

765
00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:54,399
perfectly suited for the sentinel 6

766
00:28:58,549 --> 00:28:56,480
microphilic mission

767
00:28:59,590 --> 00:28:58,559
and we're really pleased to be part of

768
00:29:01,909 --> 00:28:59,600
it um

769
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:01,919
but as part of the range our

770
00:29:06,789 --> 00:29:04,559
responsibility is also to make sure that

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00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,799
all of the infrastructure is ready to go

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00:29:12,470 --> 00:29:08,640
to support our customers

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00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:12,480
everything from the roads electric

774
00:29:18,149 --> 00:29:15,760
water making sure that necessary

775
00:29:20,950 --> 00:29:18,159
commodities are available

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00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:20,960
so that our customers have everything

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00:29:24,549 --> 00:29:21,360
they

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00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:24,559
need to be successful on launch day

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00:29:27,990 --> 00:29:27,120
of course that starts well before launch

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00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:28,000
day

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00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:30,080
and it involves working very closely

782
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:31,600
with our engineers

783
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:33,520
it involves working very closely with

784
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:35,840
our safety representatives

785
00:29:43,430 --> 00:29:40,559
who look at every single possible

786
00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:43,440
failure mode to ensure that no matter

787
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:45,840
what happens on launch day

788
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:48,880
we can maintain safety public safety

789
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:50,880
here in the central coast

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00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:52,399
and that's one of the primary missions

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00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:54,480
of the range is to ensure

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00:29:58,149 --> 00:29:56,399
that we can provide a safe place to

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00:30:00,230 --> 00:29:58,159
conduct operations

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00:30:01,350 --> 00:30:00,240
and that of course requires a lot of

795
00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:01,360
coordination

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00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:04,159
not just what with other services but

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00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:05,200
with other

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00:30:11,909 --> 00:30:08,960
agencies and and deconflicting airspace

799
00:30:13,430 --> 00:30:11,919
uh area clearance ensuring that we have

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00:30:16,950 --> 00:30:13,440
all the necessary

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00:30:19,590 --> 00:30:16,960
uh evacuations uh in place

802
00:30:20,710 --> 00:30:19,600
so that we can ensure a safe flight for

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00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:20,720
the falcon 9

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00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:24,240
as it climbs into its required orbit

805
00:30:28,470 --> 00:30:26,960
now in addition we do provide a good

806
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:28,480
deal of instrumentation

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00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:31,200
here on the range spacex is a great

808
00:30:33,269 --> 00:30:31,919
partner they

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00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:33,279
they bring a lot of their own

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00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:35,360
instrumentation in fact they have a

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00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:37,679
they have a sizable footprint but we

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00:30:41,430 --> 00:30:40,320
also maintain instrumentation to enable

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00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:41,440
us to do that

814
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:44,080
that emergency response mission if we

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00:30:49,029 --> 00:30:46,080
need to

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00:30:49,990 --> 00:30:49,039
finally uh i'd like to give a shout out

817
00:30:52,630 --> 00:30:50,000
to our local

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00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:52,640
community because we can't do this here

819
00:30:56,789 --> 00:30:54,080
at vandenberg alone

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00:30:59,269 --> 00:30:56,799
and we work very closely with the city

821
00:31:01,509 --> 00:30:59,279
of lompoc with the county santa barbara

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00:31:03,029 --> 00:31:01,519
county and the sheriff's office

823
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:03,039
with the state of california and the

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00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:05,679
california highway patrol

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00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:08,880
in the wheats and months

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00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:11,840
leading up to this this event so that we

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00:31:14,950 --> 00:31:12,960
can make sure that

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00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:14,960
everything is in place and ready to

829
00:31:20,630 --> 00:31:17,440
support this mission

830
00:31:22,389 --> 00:31:20,640
in summary if we do our job right our

831
00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:22,399
customers can worry

832
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:24,720
uh and focus their attention rather on

833
00:31:29,029 --> 00:31:26,320
their important job

834
00:31:29,669 --> 00:31:29,039
which is getting this satellite up into

835
00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:29,679
orbit

836
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:32,080
to performance extremely important

837
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:33,120
mission

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00:31:36,549 --> 00:31:35,120
so we're proud to be part of the team

839
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:36,559
and and

840
00:31:39,909 --> 00:31:38,480
absolutely looking for an outstanding

841
00:31:44,549 --> 00:31:39,919
day tomorrow morning

842
00:31:47,830 --> 00:31:46,549
thank you so much colonel and of course

843
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:47,840
now all eyes

844
00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:50,960
are on the skies as we look for the most

845
00:31:55,350 --> 00:31:53,200
important weather forecast it was a

846
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:55,360
beautiful crystal clear sunny day when

847
00:31:58,070 --> 00:31:56,799
we all woke up this morning here in

848
00:31:59,750 --> 00:31:58,080
central california

849
00:32:01,909 --> 00:31:59,760
but we know that the rocket cares about

850
00:32:04,310 --> 00:32:01,919
what's happening in the upper levels

851
00:32:04,950 --> 00:32:04,320
of the atmosphere so here to give us the

852
00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:04,960
critical

853
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:07,360
weather report is vandenberg air force

854
00:32:12,710 --> 00:32:08,320
base weather

855
00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:12,720
officer captain john ott

856
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:15,120
thank you so weather along the central

857
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:16,640
california coast this time of the year

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00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:18,240
typically involves high pressure with

859
00:32:21,029 --> 00:32:19,600
the occasional cold front

860
00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:21,039
that will bring some gusty winds in the

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00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:22,880
afternoon currently

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00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:25,120
california is experiencing a mix of high

863
00:32:28,230 --> 00:32:26,320
pressure systems both

864
00:32:29,669 --> 00:32:28,240
inland along the great basin as well as

865
00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:29,679
over the pacific ocean

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00:32:33,029 --> 00:32:31,840
which is bringing us pretty much fairly

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00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:33,039
pretty fair weather

868
00:32:36,549 --> 00:32:34,880
however aloft we have the jet stream

869
00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:36,559
going through the state

870
00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:38,880
which is bringing winds strongly out of

871
00:32:44,070 --> 00:32:42,240
the west at 90 to 105 knots

872
00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:44,080
moving over to the satellite image that

873
00:32:46,630 --> 00:32:45,440
we have for the state

874
00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:46,640
we can see that that high pressure is

875
00:32:49,909 --> 00:32:48,320
bringing some high-level cirrus clouds

876
00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:49,919
over the area

877
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:51,679
moving on to our primary forecast day

878
00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:55,909
we can see that high pressure is

879
00:32:59,909 --> 00:32:57,279
dominating the region

880
00:33:01,750 --> 00:32:59,919
visibility at t0 will be unrestricted

881
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:01,760
winds will be out of the north at 8 to

882
00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:03,519
12 knots with maybe the occasional gust

883
00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:04,880
of 16.

884
00:33:09,110 --> 00:33:06,399
temperatures will be in the mid to upper

885
00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:09,120
50s the overall probability of violation

886
00:33:13,509 --> 00:33:11,760
at t 0 will be due to ground winds and

887
00:33:16,389 --> 00:33:13,519
that'll be 20

888
00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:16,399
of launch agency constraints going on to

889
00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:17,039
our scrub

890
00:33:22,389 --> 00:33:20,640
forecast day it is much thick

891
00:33:24,070 --> 00:33:22,399
high pressure will continue to dominate

892
00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:24,080
visibility will remain unrestricted

893
00:33:27,190 --> 00:33:25,600
winds will be out of the north 8 to 12

894
00:33:29,269 --> 00:33:27,200
knots temperatures will be

895
00:33:30,870 --> 00:33:29,279
in the mid to upper 50s and the overall

896
00:33:32,070 --> 00:33:30,880
probability of violation at t0 will

897
00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:32,080
remain at 20

898
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:33,840
due to the launch agency constraint of

899
00:33:43,110 --> 00:33:36,080
ground winds

900
00:33:47,430 --> 00:33:45,430
thank you so much john we are now ready

901
00:33:49,830 --> 00:33:47,440
to take media questions remember to

902
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:49,840
press star one to get put in the queue

903
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:52,240
and please direct your questions to one

904
00:33:54,630 --> 00:33:54,000
of the panelists that are here with us

905
00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:54,640
today

906
00:33:57,990 --> 00:33:56,559
we're also taking questions through the

907
00:34:00,710 --> 00:33:58,000
seeing the seas

908
00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:00,720
hashtag we have our first phone call

909
00:34:04,710 --> 00:34:01,679
that comes from

910
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:04,720
stephen clark at space flight now

911
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:10,710
hi thank you for uh for doing this this

912
00:34:14,629 --> 00:34:12,480
is stephen clark space flight now

913
00:34:15,669 --> 00:34:14,639
i believe my question is for uh colonel

914
00:34:18,470 --> 00:34:15,679
mastellier

915
00:34:20,069 --> 00:34:18,480
this is the first uh orbital launch from

916
00:34:22,869 --> 00:34:20,079
vandenberg in quite some time

917
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:22,879
since last year i believe i just wanted

918
00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:23,760
to

919
00:34:26,950 --> 00:34:25,919
you know get your thoughts on on some of

920
00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:26,960
the activities

921
00:34:30,149 --> 00:34:28,720
uh maybe during this down or quiet

922
00:34:31,589 --> 00:34:30,159
period at least in terms of launches

923
00:34:32,790 --> 00:34:31,599
what's been going on at vandenberg in

924
00:34:34,470 --> 00:34:32,800
terms of

925
00:34:36,389 --> 00:34:34,480
you know attracting new customers or

926
00:34:38,950 --> 00:34:36,399
infrastructure upgrades

927
00:34:39,909 --> 00:34:38,960
and also can you preview uh you know

928
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:39,919
after this mission

929
00:34:43,349 --> 00:34:41,520
i think you have some more launches

930
00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:43,359
later this year early next year

931
00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:45,679
can you just walk me through uh sort of

932
00:34:47,990 --> 00:34:47,679
your manifest and missions coming up for

933
00:34:49,990 --> 00:34:48,000
the next

934
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:50,000
few months and quickly if i could from

935
00:34:53,589 --> 00:34:51,760
tim dunn can you provide the

936
00:34:57,589 --> 00:34:53,599
exact launch time for sunday if

937
00:35:03,349 --> 00:35:00,790
sure i i'll i'll take the first piece

938
00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:03,359
um so as many of you probably know

939
00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:04,240
vandenberg

940
00:35:09,349 --> 00:35:07,280
in terms of our capacity as a range we

941
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:09,359
have many customers not just space

942
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:11,280
launch but of course we also do

943
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:14,480
a lot of testing for global strike

944
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:17,200
the minuteman 3 weapon system tests here

945
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:19,520
at vandenberg air force base

946
00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:21,920
missile defense agencies ground-based

947
00:35:26,950 --> 00:35:23,920
interceptor tests here

948
00:35:29,990 --> 00:35:26,960
so we have been continuing the the tempo

949
00:35:33,990 --> 00:35:30,000
the test tempo has been fairly

950
00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:34,000
regular since our last space launch

951
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:36,240
and that's good because that keeps the

952
00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:37,520
range crews

953
00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:40,960
keeps their expertise honed making sure

954
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:43,119
that they're ready the procedures

955
00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:45,520
although each procedure and set of

956
00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:47,280
procedures is tailored

957
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:50,640
for that particular mission um in

958
00:35:54,310 --> 00:35:53,040
aggregate there's the same skill sets

959
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:54,320
apply across

960
00:35:57,430 --> 00:35:56,160
you know running various functions on

961
00:35:59,670 --> 00:35:57,440
the range

962
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:59,680
so we have been very busy with that and

963
00:36:03,510 --> 00:36:00,560
in addition

964
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:03,520
you alluded to this we are we are

965
00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:05,280
working very closely

966
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:08,400
uh with the state of california and

967
00:36:14,550 --> 00:36:11,680
cal poly university and some non-federal

968
00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:14,560
entities such as reach which is a

969
00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:16,160
regional economic

970
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:19,119
action coalition uh to explore the

971
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:20,480
possibility

972
00:36:27,430 --> 00:36:24,160
of uh creating kind of a commercial zone

973
00:36:29,430 --> 00:36:27,440
here at vandenberg and and we believe

974
00:36:31,510 --> 00:36:29,440
you know of course the federal

975
00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:31,520
government and the department of defense

976
00:36:37,030 --> 00:36:34,880
uh believe strongly that competition um

977
00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:37,040
is very very important in the space

978
00:36:41,589 --> 00:36:38,320
launch industry

979
00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:41,599
um and and that will benefit all of us

980
00:36:45,670 --> 00:36:44,000
uh in the long run so we're doing what

981
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:45,680
we can to facilitate

982
00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:48,800
uh commercial space lift and the

983
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:51,520
growth of commercial space zone here at

984
00:36:55,589 --> 00:36:52,720
miami

985
00:36:57,910 --> 00:36:55,599
um i guess finally in terms of what's

986
00:37:00,950 --> 00:36:57,920
coming up next uh of course we

987
00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:00,960
we have a delta iv heavy on the manifest

988
00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:02,480
um that will become coming up in the

989
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:04,960
next few months um and another

990
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:06,720
commercial company that we have a

991
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:08,320
partnership with

992
00:37:14,069 --> 00:37:12,000
here is firefly and they have a booster

993
00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:14,079
they have flight hardware here

994
00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:16,160
on the installation and are working

995
00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:17,760
toward a launch date hopefully in

996
00:37:22,630 --> 00:37:19,200
january

997
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:22,640
so we continue to talk to new customers

998
00:37:27,109 --> 00:37:25,119
uh all the time about the possibility of

999
00:37:28,470 --> 00:37:27,119
launching at vandenberg and utilizing

1000
00:37:30,310 --> 00:37:28,480
our facilities

1001
00:37:32,069 --> 00:37:30,320
and we're excited about the future of

1002
00:37:34,390 --> 00:37:32,079
commercial space lift

1003
00:37:35,270 --> 00:37:34,400
as well as national security space lift

1004
00:37:37,430 --> 00:37:35,280
it's a

1005
00:37:43,910 --> 00:37:37,440
very promising future here at vandenberg

1006
00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:45,990
all right and i'll take the question

1007
00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:47,520
from stephen about the

1008
00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:50,240
time for our backup day first i want to

1009
00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:50,640
thank

1010
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:53,280
colonel mastelier earlier this week we

1011
00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:55,040
did not have approval for

1012
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:58,160
a backup date for the this mission and

1013
00:38:00,710 --> 00:37:58,640
uh

1014
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:00,720
colonel mastelier and his scheduling

1015
00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:02,960
team worked very well

1016
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:04,320
with our neighbors to the south of

1017
00:38:08,950 --> 00:38:07,280
vandenberg the naval air warfare center

1018
00:38:11,109 --> 00:38:08,960
so our friends in the navy we were able

1019
00:38:13,030 --> 00:38:11,119
to work with them colonel massler your

1020
00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:13,040
team did a great job we're now approved

1021
00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:14,320
for the 22nd of

1022
00:38:19,390 --> 00:38:16,400
november as a backup date should we need

1023
00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:19,400
it and stephen that t0 would be

1024
00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:22,320
904 and 27 seconds am

1025
00:38:31,990 --> 00:38:31,190
thank you for that tim our next question

1026
00:38:35,430 --> 00:38:32,000
comes from

1027
00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:35,440
elizabeth howell at space.com

1028
00:38:39,430 --> 00:38:38,240
good afternoon elizabeth good afternoon

1029
00:38:41,910 --> 00:38:39,440
this one will be for tim

1030
00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:41,920
so you had already alluded to the newer

1031
00:38:44,950 --> 00:38:43,280
procedures that have been put in for

1032
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:44,960
covid and i just wanted to get a sense

1033
00:38:47,349 --> 00:38:45,440
of

1034
00:38:49,030 --> 00:38:47,359
how all the teams are doing you know in

1035
00:38:49,750 --> 00:38:49,040
terms of their uh their workload and

1036
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:49,760
also their

1037
00:38:58,950 --> 00:38:57,430
well that's a that's a very insightful

1038
00:39:01,430 --> 00:38:58,960
question to ask

1039
00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:01,440
so as you can imagine some of our team

1040
00:39:04,950 --> 00:39:03,520
has been here on the central coast uh

1041
00:39:07,589 --> 00:39:04,960
for a while now

1042
00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:07,599
our spacecraft team has been here uh for

1043
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:09,200
a couple of months now

1044
00:39:12,630 --> 00:39:10,880
and there are worse places you can be

1045
00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:12,640
than being trapped on the central coast

1046
00:39:15,829 --> 00:39:13,520
of california

1047
00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:15,839
it's a wonderful area the 30th space

1048
00:39:21,109 --> 00:39:19,040
wing are tremendous hosts to us

1049
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:21,119
so i would say in general the team has

1050
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:22,720
really come together

1051
00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:25,040
uh not everyone has been here two months

1052
00:39:28,710 --> 00:39:26,240
i've been here almost

1053
00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:28,720
a little over three weeks now i do look

1054
00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:30,400
forward to returning home at some

1055
00:39:34,150 --> 00:39:32,320
point in time but it's really nice to

1056
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:34,160
come together with the team

1057
00:39:38,310 --> 00:39:37,520
uh and to know the importance of what

1058
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:38,320
we're doing

1059
00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:40,560
and it really does energize us and give

1060
00:39:44,870 --> 00:39:41,839
us

1061
00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:44,880
the necessary energy to continue to

1062
00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:46,400
press forward

1063
00:39:49,589 --> 00:39:48,320
we put all of those covet protocols in

1064
00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:49,599
place and

1065
00:39:53,430 --> 00:39:52,400
as you can imagine one of them is taking

1066
00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:53,440
out one of the most

1067
00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:56,000
popular things that a deployed launch

1068
00:39:59,910 --> 00:39:57,200
team can do

1069
00:40:01,270 --> 00:39:59,920
and that is frequently dine together

1070
00:40:03,990 --> 00:40:01,280
each evening we know

1071
00:40:05,510 --> 00:40:04,000
we work hard and so we kind of like to

1072
00:40:08,069 --> 00:40:05,520
get together in the evenings

1073
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:08,079
and have a share a meal together and

1074
00:40:12,309 --> 00:40:09,760
we've lost a lot of that

1075
00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:12,319
due to covet but we found other ways for

1076
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:14,000
the team to come together in a safe

1077
00:40:18,069 --> 00:40:14,960
environment

1078
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:18,079
outdoor activities outdoor patios

1079
00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:20,720
gatherings but i would say morale

1080
00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:22,560
especially when we're this close morale

1081
00:40:28,390 --> 00:40:24,960
is really high and i'm so proud

1082
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:28,400
of just the entire team uh perag

1083
00:40:31,589 --> 00:40:30,640
and pirrick and their their spacecraft

1084
00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:31,599
team uh

1085
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:33,680
interfacing with the spacex team and

1086
00:40:37,589 --> 00:40:35,520
watching them do the amazing work in

1087
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:37,599
these challenging circumstances

1088
00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:39,280
i'm really proud of the team and we're

1089
00:40:47,270 --> 00:40:45,750
we are ready thank you so much tim now

1090
00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:47,280
we're going to our social media

1091
00:40:50,710 --> 00:40:48,880
questions if you have a question for our

1092
00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:50,720
panelists make sure that you use the

1093
00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:51,760
hashtag

1094
00:40:56,309 --> 00:40:54,720
seeing the seas our first question comes

1095
00:40:59,109 --> 00:40:56,319
from srini mohana

1096
00:41:00,790 --> 00:40:59,119
on twitter asking how many satellites

1097
00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:00,800
will be launched from nasa

1098
00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:03,520
every year and how many are already

1099
00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:04,000
there

1100
00:41:08,470 --> 00:41:06,319
in space dr z would you like to take

1101
00:41:10,470 --> 00:41:08,480
that oh i'm excited to talk about that

1102
00:41:12,710 --> 00:41:10,480
i'm so glad about this question

1103
00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:12,720
because the answer is really exciting so

1104
00:41:16,390 --> 00:41:14,240
of course the answer it depends on the

1105
00:41:18,069 --> 00:41:16,400
year so this year

1106
00:41:20,550 --> 00:41:18,079
if you paid attention you already know

1107
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:20,560
we already went to space with a mars

1108
00:41:24,069 --> 00:41:22,079
mission it's already

1109
00:41:25,190 --> 00:41:24,079
over halfway to mars and we're going to

1110
00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:25,200
land

1111
00:41:28,390 --> 00:41:27,520
in february there we have this mission

1112
00:41:31,349 --> 00:41:28,400
now

1113
00:41:33,829 --> 00:41:31,359
but next year currently we have eight

1114
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:33,839
different launches uh going into space

1115
00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:34,240
on

1116
00:41:38,470 --> 00:41:37,040
our plan eight different times the eight

1117
00:41:40,069 --> 00:41:38,480
different rockets will go

1118
00:41:42,309 --> 00:41:40,079
lift the earth and you know punch that

1119
00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:42,319
hole in the sky and go up

1120
00:41:46,390 --> 00:41:45,040
and how many are in space right now we

1121
00:41:48,950 --> 00:41:46,400
have close to

1122
00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:48,960
50 spacecraft big spacecraft in space

1123
00:41:53,990 --> 00:41:49,440
and

1124
00:41:56,069 --> 00:41:54,000
in addition to that so

1125
00:41:57,829 --> 00:41:56,079
so those are the spacecraft that all

1126
00:41:59,670 --> 00:41:57,839
have nasa labels on it

1127
00:42:00,870 --> 00:41:59,680
if i asked our european colleagues to

1128
00:42:02,550 --> 00:42:00,880
have their own

1129
00:42:05,349 --> 00:42:02,560
set of missions and then of course the

1130
00:42:07,990 --> 00:42:05,359
japanese other countries as well

1131
00:42:09,190 --> 00:42:08,000
but for nasa it's about that that number

1132
00:42:12,470 --> 00:42:09,200
marina

1133
00:42:15,990 --> 00:42:12,480
thank you dr z carl on facebook

1134
00:42:19,589 --> 00:42:16,000
asks how do you maintain sentinel-6

1135
00:42:21,990 --> 00:42:19,599
orbit so precisely and how do you know

1136
00:42:24,470 --> 00:42:22,000
where you are perag would you like to

1137
00:42:27,910 --> 00:42:26,710
yeah thank you uh really really great

1138
00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:27,920
question um

1139
00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:30,560
so first of all as we're orbiting the

1140
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:31,359
earth uh

1141
00:42:35,109 --> 00:42:32,960
you know we're going about seven

1142
00:42:36,630 --> 00:42:35,119
kilometers per second so we're going

1143
00:42:40,470 --> 00:42:36,640
really really fast

1144
00:42:41,910 --> 00:42:40,480
and a key uh item that we need to know

1145
00:42:44,069 --> 00:42:41,920
in terms of being able to make this

1146
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:44,079
measurement is where the satellite

1147
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:47,200
is precisely to within again

1148
00:42:50,630 --> 00:42:48,880
centimeters that we have and we have

1149
00:42:51,910 --> 00:42:50,640
three sets of instruments on the

1150
00:42:54,790 --> 00:42:51,920
satellite

1151
00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:54,800
that really help us determine our

1152
00:42:59,670 --> 00:42:55,440
position

1153
00:43:00,630 --> 00:42:59,680
very accurately one one system is a gps

1154
00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:00,640
receiver

1155
00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:06,560
uses a similar system like other people

1156
00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:08,240
might have on their phone and other

1157
00:43:11,670 --> 00:43:10,640
equipment but again since we're

1158
00:43:15,030 --> 00:43:11,680
traveling in space

1159
00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:15,040
we need a really high performance system

1160
00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:16,960
to be able to do that and determine our

1161
00:43:21,510 --> 00:43:18,480
position to within

1162
00:43:21,990 --> 00:43:21,520
centimetric kind of accuracies we also

1163
00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:22,000
have

1164
00:43:26,150 --> 00:43:24,160
a another instrument called the doris

1165
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:26,160
instrument which is sort of a

1166
00:43:31,829 --> 00:43:29,440
a set of ground-based beacons providing

1167
00:43:34,150 --> 00:43:31,839
a signal back up to the spacecraft and

1168
00:43:37,589 --> 00:43:34,160
we're using kind of a similar principle

1169
00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:37,599
like gps but helping to

1170
00:43:41,750 --> 00:43:39,760
use those radio signals to figure out

1171
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:41,760
exactly where the satellite is

1172
00:43:45,750 --> 00:43:43,119
and then we have the laser retro

1173
00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:45,760
reflector as well so we really have a

1174
00:43:49,270 --> 00:43:47,520
combination of three systems we have

1175
00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:49,280
three because this is such an

1176
00:43:55,109 --> 00:43:53,280
important measurement to really perform

1177
00:43:56,309 --> 00:43:55,119
the altimetry sea surface height

1178
00:44:00,309 --> 00:43:56,319
measurement

1179
00:44:02,470 --> 00:44:00,319
with that sort of precision and accuracy

1180
00:44:03,750 --> 00:44:02,480
thank you prague and now we turn to the

1181
00:44:07,270 --> 00:44:03,760
phone lines

1182
00:44:09,670 --> 00:44:07,280
irene klotz from aviation week joins us

1183
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:09,680
now good afternoon irene

1184
00:44:13,349 --> 00:44:12,160
good afternoon um i was wondering if

1185
00:44:16,470 --> 00:44:13,359
somebody has a

1186
00:44:20,309 --> 00:44:16,480
mission cost and what the

1187
00:44:23,109 --> 00:44:20,319
share was between nasa and european

1188
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:23,119
not including launch costs and then i

1189
00:44:31,190 --> 00:44:24,640
have a follow-up question about the

1190
00:44:35,109 --> 00:44:32,950
thomas would you like to take that i'm

1191
00:44:40,630 --> 00:44:35,119
happy to answer that

1192
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:40,640
the total cost of the nasa contribution

1193
00:44:43,670 --> 00:44:42,720
uh for both spacecraft remember we

1194
00:44:45,990 --> 00:44:43,680
talked about uh

1195
00:44:47,030 --> 00:44:46,000
sentinel 6 michael freilick and sentinel

1196
00:44:49,190 --> 00:44:47,040
6p

1197
00:44:50,870 --> 00:44:49,200
is of the order half a billion dollars

1198
00:44:53,589 --> 00:44:50,880
and i'm told

1199
00:44:55,750 --> 00:44:53,599
in a previous uh presentation by my

1200
00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:55,760
european colleague who uh

1201
00:44:59,750 --> 00:44:57,520
works at the european space agency my

1202
00:45:01,190 --> 00:44:59,760
good friend jose flashbacher

1203
00:45:03,270 --> 00:45:01,200
that the contribution from europe is

1204
00:45:04,870 --> 00:45:03,280
about approximately the same number just

1205
00:45:07,430 --> 00:45:04,880
as an order of magnitude those are the

1206
00:45:11,589 --> 00:45:10,950
and um when the uh nasa lawn services

1207
00:45:14,069 --> 00:45:11,599
program

1208
00:45:14,870 --> 00:45:14,079
awarded the flight contract to spacex i

1209
00:45:19,270 --> 00:45:14,880
believe it was

1210
00:45:22,069 --> 00:45:19,280
for 97 97 million and just wondered if

1211
00:45:22,550 --> 00:45:22,079
that number is still good or has that

1212
00:45:25,430 --> 00:45:22,560
gone

1213
00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:25,440
up or down sometimes i know they go down

1214
00:45:32,069 --> 00:45:26,960
with booster reuse

1215
00:45:35,670 --> 00:45:32,079
thank you

1216
00:45:38,230 --> 00:45:35,680
irene so i can tell you that

1217
00:45:39,349 --> 00:45:38,240
when we awarded the sentinel 6 michael

1218
00:45:41,910 --> 00:45:39,359
freilich mission

1219
00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:41,920
we were scheduled to launch on the 15th

1220
00:45:46,309 --> 00:45:42,880
of november

1221
00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:46,319
of 2020 and here we are about to launch

1222
00:45:50,630 --> 00:45:48,800
on the 1st of november 20 so there has

1223
00:45:52,550 --> 00:45:50,640
not been any significant

1224
00:45:54,790 --> 00:45:52,560
delays that would have driven up any of

1225
00:45:58,150 --> 00:45:54,800
our launch service costs

1226
00:46:01,030 --> 00:45:58,160
so that 97 million dollar full launch

1227
00:46:01,990 --> 00:46:01,040
service price that we acquired the

1228
00:46:03,829 --> 00:46:02,000
falcon 9

1229
00:46:06,150 --> 00:46:03,839
that also includes more than just the

1230
00:46:08,870 --> 00:46:06,160
hardware of falcon 9 it includes

1231
00:46:10,390 --> 00:46:08,880
us paying spacex to take care of our

1232
00:46:13,430 --> 00:46:10,400
spacecraft in their payload

1233
00:46:14,950 --> 00:46:13,440
processing facility for a couple

1234
00:46:17,430 --> 00:46:14,960
months prior to launch and a few other

1235
00:46:21,589 --> 00:46:17,440
things but that number still valid 97

1236
00:46:25,270 --> 00:46:23,430
thank you for that information tim now

1237
00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:25,280
we're going back to our social media

1238
00:46:30,069 --> 00:46:26,960
questions with the hashtag

1239
00:46:33,430 --> 00:46:30,079
seeing the seas luis on facebook

1240
00:46:38,790 --> 00:46:33,440
asks how high is sentinel 6

1241
00:46:42,950 --> 00:46:41,750
oh i could take a stab at it i think i'm

1242
00:46:43,510 --> 00:46:42,960
going to turn it over to prague it's

1243
00:46:46,069 --> 00:46:43,520
around

1244
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:46,079
1300 kilometers but frog i'm going to

1245
00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:47,599
turn it over to you for that

1246
00:46:55,510 --> 00:46:51,520
exact answer sure

1247
00:46:59,030 --> 00:46:55,520
sure yeah uh it's it's 336 kilometers

1248
00:47:02,470 --> 00:46:59,040
about 800 miles up in the sky so

1249
00:47:04,950 --> 00:47:02,480
uh it is the exact same orbit as uh

1250
00:47:06,710 --> 00:47:04,960
our prior missions uh the the json

1251
00:47:09,270 --> 00:47:06,720
series of missions are following

1252
00:47:10,470 --> 00:47:09,280
so we're we're planning to launch right

1253
00:47:14,069 --> 00:47:10,480
into that

1254
00:47:17,270 --> 00:47:14,079
exact orbit 1336 kilometers

1255
00:47:19,910 --> 00:47:17,280
and basically continue

1256
00:47:21,829 --> 00:47:19,920
this mission going forward following uh

1257
00:47:24,710 --> 00:47:21,839
the the json series of missions that are

1258
00:47:26,150 --> 00:47:24,720
already up there thank you for that

1259
00:47:29,670 --> 00:47:26,160
prague

1260
00:47:31,990 --> 00:47:29,680
now fernanda on facebook would like to

1261
00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:32,000
say hello from germany so thank you for

1262
00:47:35,670 --> 00:47:32,960
tuning in

1263
00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:35,680
will you collect data about the climate

1264
00:47:39,430 --> 00:47:36,160
change

1265
00:47:43,589 --> 00:47:39,440
above rivers like the amazon

1266
00:47:47,589 --> 00:47:45,349
yes thank you marina thank you for the

1267
00:47:50,630 --> 00:47:47,599
question indeed

1268
00:47:52,549 --> 00:47:50,640
the sea level are measured from space

1269
00:47:55,109 --> 00:47:52,559
but with the new technology we are

1270
00:47:55,829 --> 00:47:55,119
developing the altimeter is getting more

1271
00:47:58,230 --> 00:47:55,839
accurate

1272
00:47:59,190 --> 00:47:58,240
and the high frequency radiometer we are

1273
00:48:02,150 --> 00:47:59,200
using

1274
00:48:02,870 --> 00:48:02,160
allow to also start measuring the the

1275
00:48:06,710 --> 00:48:02,880
level of

1276
00:48:09,270 --> 00:48:06,720
reverse large rivers and lakes so indeed

1277
00:48:11,910 --> 00:48:09,280
this hydrology aspect of the the

1278
00:48:14,710 --> 00:48:11,920
ultimate remission is now a new topic

1279
00:48:16,549 --> 00:48:14,720
and will develop in the future our

1280
00:48:19,349 --> 00:48:16,559
colleagues at nasa are busy with

1281
00:48:21,270 --> 00:48:19,359
swots and we are looking into making

1282
00:48:27,109 --> 00:48:21,280
this ideology type mission

1283
00:48:32,790 --> 00:48:30,390
avenue valencia on twitter wants to know

1284
00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:32,800
how is this satellite different from

1285
00:48:36,230 --> 00:48:33,599
previous

1286
00:48:40,069 --> 00:48:36,240
sea level monitoring satellites and i

1287
00:48:45,829 --> 00:48:43,270
okay yeah um it's uh it you know

1288
00:48:47,670 --> 00:48:45,839
our job is to do two things is

1289
00:48:50,470 --> 00:48:47,680
continuity on one hand

1290
00:48:52,710 --> 00:48:50,480
so that's very very important for us to

1291
00:48:56,309 --> 00:48:52,720
be able to establish that

1292
00:48:57,910 --> 00:48:56,319
and do do at least as good as our

1293
00:49:00,870 --> 00:48:57,920
predecessors are but

1294
00:49:01,510 --> 00:49:00,880
really we are trying to do even better

1295
00:49:04,630 --> 00:49:01,520
than

1296
00:49:07,750 --> 00:49:04,640
jason series of missions

1297
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:07,760
uh pirrick describes the the uh the main

1298
00:49:11,910 --> 00:49:10,800
instrument the the altimeter that uh isa

1299
00:49:15,190 --> 00:49:11,920
is providing

1300
00:49:18,309 --> 00:49:15,200
it's a significant enhancement uh

1301
00:49:21,030 --> 00:49:18,319
in in many of the features that the main

1302
00:49:23,270 --> 00:49:21,040
instrument provides in terms of

1303
00:49:25,510 --> 00:49:23,280
measurement accuracy at resolution

1304
00:49:28,470 --> 00:49:25,520
getting much closer to the coasts

1305
00:49:29,990 --> 00:49:28,480
the nasa radiometer is is very

1306
00:49:32,150 --> 00:49:30,000
complementary to that

1307
00:49:33,750 --> 00:49:32,160
uh goal of of being able to provide

1308
00:49:36,390 --> 00:49:33,760
higher resolution

1309
00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:36,400
and uh get much closer to the coast as

1310
00:49:39,589 --> 00:49:36,880
much as

1311
00:49:40,470 --> 00:49:39,599
possible um we have been measuring the

1312
00:49:43,589 --> 00:49:40,480
open ocean

1313
00:49:45,910 --> 00:49:43,599
uh uh over the last uh uh 20

1314
00:49:46,630 --> 00:49:45,920
30 years with these series of missions

1315
00:49:48,230 --> 00:49:46,640
and

1316
00:49:49,750 --> 00:49:48,240
we're trying to of course continue that

1317
00:49:53,430 --> 00:49:49,760
but even get closer

1318
00:49:55,109 --> 00:49:53,440
uh to the coasts uh and help to inform

1319
00:49:55,510 --> 00:49:55,119
the hundreds of millions of people who

1320
00:49:58,630 --> 00:49:55,520
live

1321
00:50:00,870 --> 00:49:58,640
along the coast

1322
00:50:02,790 --> 00:50:00,880
really interested my colleagues here so

1323
00:50:04,309 --> 00:50:02,800
this looks like a little house

1324
00:50:06,390 --> 00:50:04,319
are there other spacecraft that look

1325
00:50:09,270 --> 00:50:06,400
like this in this series of heritage

1326
00:50:11,589 --> 00:50:09,280
spacecraft in europe or in the us

1327
00:50:13,670 --> 00:50:11,599
kirk you want to take that yes indeed

1328
00:50:14,549 --> 00:50:13,680
the the form factor of centennial sixth

1329
00:50:17,990 --> 00:50:14,559
seal is a bit

1330
00:50:20,150 --> 00:50:18,000
peculiar um that's got to do with the

1331
00:50:21,190 --> 00:50:20,160
orientation of the solar panel we need

1332
00:50:23,589 --> 00:50:21,200
to maintain

1333
00:50:25,430 --> 00:50:23,599
on this very particular orbit most of

1334
00:50:27,109 --> 00:50:25,440
the satellite orbit are normally

1335
00:50:29,349 --> 00:50:27,119
synchronous with the sun so you get the

1336
00:50:31,670 --> 00:50:29,359
sun always from the same direction

1337
00:50:32,870 --> 00:50:31,680
which is not the case here so we've

1338
00:50:35,190 --> 00:50:32,880
decided to

1339
00:50:36,230 --> 00:50:35,200
not have any moving part on the

1340
00:50:38,470 --> 00:50:36,240
spacecraft so

1341
00:50:40,710 --> 00:50:38,480
having fixed panel and therefore to

1342
00:50:44,230 --> 00:50:40,720
cover all direction we have this kind of

1343
00:50:45,270 --> 00:50:44,240
roof shape let's say arrangement for the

1344
00:50:47,030 --> 00:50:45,280
solar panel

1345
00:50:49,430 --> 00:50:47,040
this is also fitting very well into a

1346
00:50:51,270 --> 00:50:49,440
fairing so this is why you will find

1347
00:50:53,270 --> 00:50:51,280
similar shape for example

1348
00:50:55,030 --> 00:50:53,280
in the very well known spacecraft here

1349
00:50:58,309 --> 00:50:55,040
the the grace and grace full-on

1350
00:51:01,589 --> 00:51:00,630
yes i agree it does look very much like

1351
00:51:03,109 --> 00:51:01,599
a little house

1352
00:51:05,510 --> 00:51:03,119
sometimes people say that it looks a

1353
00:51:07,270 --> 00:51:05,520
little bit like snoopy's house

1354
00:51:08,870 --> 00:51:07,280
all right now we have another person on

1355
00:51:12,470 --> 00:51:08,880
the phone

1356
00:51:13,270 --> 00:51:12,480
we have stephen clark from space flight

1357
00:51:16,870 --> 00:51:13,280
now

1358
00:51:22,470 --> 00:51:20,069
hi thank you my question i think

1359
00:51:24,150 --> 00:51:22,480
might be for juliana i think you have

1360
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:24,160
two launches from different coasts

1361
00:51:27,349 --> 00:51:25,760
this weekend tomorrow and then

1362
00:51:30,790 --> 00:51:27,359
potentially sunday night

1363
00:51:33,750 --> 00:51:30,800
uh from uh here at cape canaveral

1364
00:51:35,589 --> 00:51:33,760
any concerns or any any requirement to

1365
00:51:36,710 --> 00:51:35,599
have a certain amount of spacing between

1366
00:51:39,109 --> 00:51:36,720
two different launches from two

1367
00:51:41,510 --> 00:51:39,119
different pads from a spacex perspective

1368
00:51:42,549 --> 00:51:41,520
and you know just how busy will the team

1369
00:51:46,390 --> 00:51:42,559
be this weekend

1370
00:51:47,990 --> 00:51:46,400
thanks thank you for the question

1371
00:51:49,349 --> 00:51:48,000
stephen i appreciate the opportunity to

1372
00:51:51,270 --> 00:51:49,359
address that

1373
00:51:53,670 --> 00:51:51,280
so we have as you mentioned there are

1374
00:51:55,510 --> 00:51:53,680
two uh launches that are currently

1375
00:51:57,430 --> 00:51:55,520
there's the sentinel 6 launch and a

1376
00:51:58,870 --> 00:51:57,440
launch starlink launch so those are

1377
00:52:00,950 --> 00:51:58,880
spacex satellites

1378
00:52:02,710 --> 00:52:00,960
um the most important launch happening

1379
00:52:04,309 --> 00:52:02,720
is the one for our customer nasa and

1380
00:52:06,710 --> 00:52:04,319
that's the sentinel six mission

1381
00:52:08,309 --> 00:52:06,720
and so we will be uh prioritizing this

1382
00:52:10,470 --> 00:52:08,319
ml6 mission accordingly

1383
00:52:11,349 --> 00:52:10,480
and if needed we will hold the starlink

1384
00:52:12,470 --> 00:52:11,359
launch um

1385
00:52:14,710 --> 00:52:12,480
right now the starling launch is

1386
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:14,720
scheduled for sunday after our

1387
00:52:25,190 --> 00:52:22,790
thank you juliana and we have one last

1388
00:52:25,829 --> 00:52:25,200
social media question from hussein on

1389
00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:25,839
facebook

1390
00:52:29,990 --> 00:52:27,760
asking what is the difference between

1391
00:52:31,430 --> 00:52:30,000
the jason missions and this mission and

1392
00:52:31,829 --> 00:52:31,440
perrag you talked a little bit about

1393
00:52:33,670 --> 00:52:31,839
this

1394
00:52:35,430 --> 00:52:33,680
already but maybe you could also talk

1395
00:52:38,309 --> 00:52:35,440
about how close they'll be in orbit

1396
00:52:42,630 --> 00:52:40,790
yeah that's uh that's a good point um

1397
00:52:44,470 --> 00:52:42,640
you know one of the

1398
00:52:45,990 --> 00:52:44,480
objectives again when i was saying about

1399
00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:46,000
continuity is being able

1400
00:52:52,150 --> 00:52:49,760
to have um being able to compare

1401
00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:52,160
how well uh our our newest satellite

1402
00:52:56,790 --> 00:52:52,880
does

1403
00:52:59,750 --> 00:52:56,800
and and be able to to look back at the

1404
00:53:00,549 --> 00:52:59,760
20 30-year record that we have uh

1405
00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:00,559
backwards but

1406
00:53:03,589 --> 00:53:02,480
and and then of course going and

1407
00:53:06,630 --> 00:53:03,599
extending that

1408
00:53:09,109 --> 00:53:06,640
uh that that forward so um

1409
00:53:09,910 --> 00:53:09,119
we will be launching into an orbit and

1410
00:53:11,910 --> 00:53:09,920
and and then

1411
00:53:13,349 --> 00:53:11,920
eventually getting into an orbit that's

1412
00:53:15,829 --> 00:53:13,359
very very close

1413
00:53:17,349 --> 00:53:15,839
to json3 within our goal is to get

1414
00:53:20,549 --> 00:53:17,359
within 30 seconds of

1415
00:53:23,109 --> 00:53:20,559
basically uh the json-3 satellite and

1416
00:53:25,589 --> 00:53:23,119
then once we're in orbit and we have our

1417
00:53:26,390 --> 00:53:25,599
instruments turned on we'll be able to

1418
00:53:29,030 --> 00:53:26,400
compare

1419
00:53:30,790 --> 00:53:29,040
and cross-calibrate that that data back

1420
00:53:33,030 --> 00:53:30,800
again to to json3

1421
00:53:34,549 --> 00:53:33,040
very quickly it's our best source of

1422
00:53:37,589 --> 00:53:34,559
truth and comparison

1423
00:53:40,230 --> 00:53:37,599
so that's uh that's the that's the plan

1424
00:53:42,630 --> 00:53:40,240
thank you so much parag we are all very

1425
00:53:44,309 --> 00:53:42,640
excited and eager to anticipation for

1426
00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:44,319
tomorrow now thank you to all of you who

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called in

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both on our media line and also in our

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social media questions

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and thank you so much for all of our

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panelists who joined us here today

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the u.s european sentinel 6 michael

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freilix satellite will launch from

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vandenberg air force base tomorrow

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morning

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at 9 17 a.m pacific time so make sure

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you tune into nasa tv for that

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for more information on the satellite go

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to www

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dot sentinel6

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you can also follow us on all social

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media platforms

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at nasa earth to keep up with this

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mission and

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all of the earth missions that we are a

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part of

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thanks so much for joining us today at

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nasa earth science

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watching

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getting us back to the moon in this

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generation sparks a whole new

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generation of explorers hi my name is dr

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k renee horton

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and i am boots on the ground for sls