1
00:00:07,110 --> 00:00:05,749
and in just about half an hour this

2
00:00:09,110 --> 00:00:07,120
spacex rocket

3
00:00:10,549 --> 00:00:09,120
will launch the sentinel 6 michael

4
00:00:12,870 --> 00:00:10,559
freilick satellite

5
00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:12,880
into space to continue the important

6
00:00:19,109 --> 00:00:16,080
work of monitoring changes in our oceans

7
00:00:21,269 --> 00:00:19,119
around the world and so it seems fitting

8
00:00:22,870 --> 00:00:21,279
this satellite will begin its flight

9
00:00:26,150 --> 00:00:22,880
over top of the largest

10
00:00:28,390 --> 00:00:26,160
ocean in the world the pacific

11
00:00:30,470 --> 00:00:28,400
welcome everyone watching on nasa and

12
00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:30,480
spacex's platforms

13
00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:31,760
thank you for joining us here at

14
00:00:35,590 --> 00:00:33,840
vandenberg air force base on the coast

15
00:00:38,150 --> 00:00:35,600
of central california

16
00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:38,160
i'm your host daryl nail and with me is

17
00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:39,600
marina jericho with

18
00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:42,320
nasa's jet propulsion laboratory so good

19
00:00:46,229 --> 00:00:43,920
to have you here oh thank you so much

20
00:00:47,670 --> 00:00:46,239
daryl i'm so honored and excited to be

21
00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:47,680
here the launch pad

22
00:00:51,270 --> 00:00:50,480
right behind us sentinel 6 getting ready

23
00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:51,280
to launch

24
00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:54,000
and giving us another decade of c-level

25
00:00:57,990 --> 00:00:55,920
observations the science return

26
00:00:59,990 --> 00:00:58,000
is so critical and i'm so excited to be

27
00:01:01,990 --> 00:01:00,000
here now you're a meteorologist

28
00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:02,000
as well so you know the value of the

29
00:01:04,149 --> 00:01:03,440
data that's going to be coming from the

30
00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:04,159
satellite

31
00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:06,320
once it gets into space and starts uh

32
00:01:10,789 --> 00:01:08,159
working but now comes the hard part

33
00:01:12,149 --> 00:01:10,799
which is launching it into space i know

34
00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:12,159
and i'm feeling so excited

35
00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:14,960
to get this sea scout launched and into

36
00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:15,520
action

37
00:01:19,830 --> 00:01:17,680
i'm so invested in the incredible data

38
00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:19,840
that's going to come from this satellite

39
00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:22,640
the legacy that it follows and continues

40
00:01:25,190 --> 00:01:22,960
and

41
00:01:27,270 --> 00:01:25,200
we all live on this earth here together

42
00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:27,280
so we need to make it a better place for

43
00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:27,920
everyone

44
00:01:31,749 --> 00:01:30,560
well said and right now as far as the

45
00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:31,759
rockets concerned

46
00:01:36,069 --> 00:01:34,320
we are go for launch we'll get an update

47
00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:36,079
from launch control in a minute

48
00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:37,600
we'll take a look at the pad though the

49
00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:40,320
rocket looking beautiful out there on

50
00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:43,680
space launch complex four now coming up

51
00:01:47,030 --> 00:01:44,560
in the show

52
00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:47,040
we'll learn more about michael frylick

53
00:01:50,950 --> 00:01:49,119
and why this satellite was renamed after

54
00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:50,960
him before he passed away

55
00:01:54,230 --> 00:01:53,360
we'll also talk live with his son and

56
00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:54,240
his daughter

57
00:01:59,670 --> 00:01:56,640
after the launch the satellite he's

58
00:02:01,670 --> 00:01:59,680
named for can do some incredible science

59
00:02:03,670 --> 00:02:01,680
we'll show you how it detects sea level

60
00:02:06,149 --> 00:02:03,680
changes down to a single

61
00:02:07,429 --> 00:02:06,159
centimeter and how it helps forecasters

62
00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:07,439
make better predictions

63
00:02:10,869 --> 00:02:09,440
about the strength and the path of

64
00:02:13,510 --> 00:02:10,879
life-threatening storms

65
00:02:15,430 --> 00:02:13,520
like hurricanes and just before launch

66
00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:15,440
we'll talk about the cool secondary

67
00:02:18,390 --> 00:02:16,080
mission

68
00:02:20,229 --> 00:02:18,400
of the landing of spacex's first stage

69
00:02:21,910 --> 00:02:20,239
booster right back here on land

70
00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:21,920
just a few hundred feet away from the

71
00:02:25,990 --> 00:02:23,920
launch pad then after the launch

72
00:02:27,030 --> 00:02:26,000
join us for a live transatlantic

73
00:02:29,830 --> 00:02:27,040
conversation

74
00:02:30,790 --> 00:02:29,840
about climate with scientists from nasa

75
00:02:33,430 --> 00:02:30,800
and esa

76
00:02:34,630 --> 00:02:33,440
european space agency but first let's

77
00:02:36,309 --> 00:02:34,640
introduce you to the team of

78
00:02:37,350 --> 00:02:36,319
commentators who will be calling the

79
00:02:39,750 --> 00:02:37,360
launch today

80
00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:39,760
nasa's joshua santora and launch

81
00:02:44,229 --> 00:02:41,280
trajectory analyst

82
00:02:45,830 --> 00:02:44,239
philip hargrove gentlemen daryl marina

83
00:02:47,190 --> 00:02:45,840
it's a pleasure to be here just i really

84
00:02:48,550 --> 00:02:47,200
an honor like marina said

85
00:02:50,309 --> 00:02:48,560
i am joshua santorum with nasa

86
00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:50,319
communications and joining me phillip

87
00:02:53,030 --> 00:02:51,920
hargrove from nasa's launch services

88
00:02:54,550 --> 00:02:53,040
program or lsp

89
00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:54,560
philip it's a pleasure to have you with

90
00:02:57,190 --> 00:02:56,080
me it's a pleasure to be here thank you

91
00:02:58,949 --> 00:02:57,200
so much for having me

92
00:03:00,710 --> 00:02:58,959
yeah so we are super excited feeling the

93
00:03:01,830 --> 00:03:00,720
energy even from the east coast where we

94
00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:01,840
are located currently

95
00:03:05,030 --> 00:03:03,840
uh the launch team um due to code

96
00:03:06,309 --> 00:03:05,040
coveted environment so we're split

97
00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:06,319
across the country right now

98
00:03:09,509 --> 00:03:07,760
trying to very literally distance

99
00:03:11,830 --> 00:03:09,519
ourselves uh but part of the

100
00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:11,840
the launch services programs their

101
00:03:15,270 --> 00:03:13,120
services provided

102
00:03:16,869 --> 00:03:15,280
is to keep everybody around the world

103
00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:16,879
that needs to be in the loop on what's

104
00:03:19,110 --> 00:03:17,440
going on

105
00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:19,120
actively in the loop and that's true for

106
00:03:21,830 --> 00:03:20,640
us here today uh we are actively

107
00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:21,840
listening into everything happening

108
00:03:23,990 --> 00:03:22,879
behind the scenes in the entire

109
00:03:25,910 --> 00:03:24,000
countdown procedures

110
00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:25,920
so philip how are things going in the

111
00:03:28,949 --> 00:03:27,280
countdown procedures

112
00:03:30,630 --> 00:03:28,959
yeah things are going really great it's

113
00:03:31,990 --> 00:03:30,640
been a big week of preparation and we're

114
00:03:34,789 --> 00:03:32,000
finally in the final stretch

115
00:03:36,309 --> 00:03:34,799
just about 25 minutes or so until launch

116
00:03:38,149 --> 00:03:36,319
it's been a smooth count so far this

117
00:03:40,149 --> 00:03:38,159
morning the teams got on console about

118
00:03:41,509 --> 00:03:40,159
three and a half hours ago around 6 a.m

119
00:03:44,229 --> 00:03:41,519
pacific time

120
00:03:47,430 --> 00:03:44,239
and about 15 minutes ago the nasa chief

121
00:03:49,670 --> 00:03:47,440
engineer akash vengani pulled his team

122
00:03:50,949 --> 00:03:49,680
the nasa engineers the nasa launch

123
00:03:53,509 --> 00:03:50,959
manager tim dunn

124
00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:53,519
pulled his team to ensure that nasa is

125
00:03:56,070 --> 00:03:54,480
ready for launch

126
00:03:58,070 --> 00:03:56,080
and just a few minutes ago the spacex

127
00:04:00,070 --> 00:03:58,080
launch director eric kruskovic pulled

128
00:04:02,869 --> 00:04:00,080
his team to ensure that they were ready

129
00:04:03,270 --> 00:04:02,879
for fueling which just began uh recently

130
00:04:06,229 --> 00:04:03,280
so

131
00:04:08,149 --> 00:04:06,239
the range is is good as well which means

132
00:04:08,869 --> 00:04:08,159
that the path to space is safe for the

133
00:04:12,710 --> 00:04:08,879
rocket

134
00:04:14,309 --> 00:04:12,720
and safe for the public and the falcon 9

135
00:04:14,869 --> 00:04:14,319
is also proceeding nominally towards

136
00:04:16,789 --> 00:04:14,879
launch

137
00:04:18,150 --> 00:04:16,799
yeah all good things obviously lots of

138
00:04:19,349 --> 00:04:18,160
teams they're involved and we'll talk

139
00:04:20,629 --> 00:04:19,359
about that in just a minute

140
00:04:22,150 --> 00:04:20,639
but want to preview for you the fact

141
00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:22,160
that we have an instantaneous launch

142
00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:23,120
window today

143
00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:24,639
meaning that we have a single second to

144
00:04:27,590 --> 00:04:26,320
be able to fly we have a backup

145
00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:27,600
opportunity available tomorrow if it's

146
00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:28,240
needed

147
00:04:32,150 --> 00:04:31,280
but that launch time today is at 9 17 08

148
00:04:33,430 --> 00:04:32,160
pacific time

149
00:04:35,670 --> 00:04:33,440
again a reminder we're launching from

150
00:04:36,790 --> 00:04:35,680
vandenberg air force base space launch

151
00:04:38,230 --> 00:04:36,800
complex 4

152
00:04:40,150 --> 00:04:38,240
there on the west coast so for those of

153
00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:40,160
you here on the east coast that's 12

154
00:04:44,070 --> 00:04:42,960
1708 eastern time so

155
00:04:45,189 --> 00:04:44,080
lots more to come daryl we would

156
00:04:46,790 --> 00:04:45,199
typically provide an update on the

157
00:04:48,950 --> 00:04:46,800
weather as well but since you're there

158
00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:48,960
experiencing the weather and alongside a

159
00:04:54,230 --> 00:04:50,400
professional meteorologist

160
00:04:58,550 --> 00:04:56,469
well we appreciate that joshua indeed we

161
00:05:00,469 --> 00:04:58,560
are um you know she's a certified

162
00:05:01,830 --> 00:05:00,479
meteorologist and the weather today when

163
00:05:03,430 --> 00:05:01,840
we got up i mean it was

164
00:05:04,870 --> 00:05:03,440
picture perfect you know from the window

165
00:05:06,390 --> 00:05:04,880
the hotel clear

166
00:05:09,189 --> 00:05:06,400
beautiful sunshine you can tell how

167
00:05:09,990 --> 00:05:09,199
gorgeous it is didn't have the fog but

168
00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:10,000
you know we do have

169
00:05:14,310 --> 00:05:12,800
these winds it's so unusual daryl i've

170
00:05:15,110 --> 00:05:14,320
been to a dozen launches here at

171
00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:15,120
vandenberg

172
00:05:19,029 --> 00:05:17,360
and i've only seen one of them because

173
00:05:21,270 --> 00:05:19,039
there's always fog

174
00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:21,280
along the central coastline but fog

175
00:05:25,590 --> 00:05:23,600
needs really calm conditions

176
00:05:27,749 --> 00:05:25,600
and so in order for calm conditions to

177
00:05:29,990 --> 00:05:27,759
happen you can't have winds but we've

178
00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:30,000
got a lot of wind out there today

179
00:05:34,629 --> 00:05:32,720
and that is why we have no fog but that

180
00:05:36,070 --> 00:05:34,639
wind might create a problem

181
00:05:38,150 --> 00:05:36,080
and so that's why we need to keep a

182
00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:38,160
close eye on those upper-level winds

183
00:05:42,230 --> 00:05:40,080
for this rocket now you can see behind

184
00:05:43,830 --> 00:05:42,240
me we have a couple of high-level clouds

185
00:05:45,029 --> 00:05:43,840
out there those are just cirrus clouds i

186
00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:45,039
like to call them

187
00:05:48,629 --> 00:05:47,440
horsetails but they are not going to

188
00:05:51,029 --> 00:05:48,639
affect the rocket

189
00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:51,039
in any way it's a beautiful day it's a

190
00:05:53,990 --> 00:05:53,280
clear day but it is a little breezy now

191
00:05:55,670 --> 00:05:54,000
50

192
00:05:57,270 --> 00:05:55,680
of launch scrubs are due to weather and

193
00:06:00,230 --> 00:05:57,280
about 30 percent daryl

194
00:06:02,309 --> 00:06:00,240
are due to upper level wind issues and

195
00:06:04,629 --> 00:06:02,319
so these ones occur basically between 20

196
00:06:05,029 --> 00:06:04,639
to 40 000 feet so pretty high up in the

197
00:06:07,189 --> 00:06:05,039
air

198
00:06:08,950 --> 00:06:07,199
and the rocket it's like hitting a brick

199
00:06:09,350 --> 00:06:08,960
wall when they hit those upper level

200
00:06:13,270 --> 00:06:09,360
winds

201
00:06:14,790 --> 00:06:13,280
direction with height so

202
00:06:16,390 --> 00:06:14,800
it is not good for the rocket but i'm

203
00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:16,400
sure meteorologists are on top of it

204
00:06:18,950 --> 00:06:17,520
this morning at the weather

205
00:06:21,189 --> 00:06:18,960
office and they're going to make that

206
00:06:23,270 --> 00:06:21,199
decision right before launch but taking

207
00:06:26,150 --> 00:06:23,280
a look right now at our radar

208
00:06:28,230 --> 00:06:26,160
we can see that it is crystal clear out

209
00:06:29,029 --> 00:06:28,240
there folks so we have no precipitation

210
00:06:30,710 --> 00:06:29,039
to deal with

211
00:06:33,350 --> 00:06:30,720
like i said these clouds are not going

212
00:06:35,350 --> 00:06:33,360
to be a big issue in any way shape or

213
00:06:37,270 --> 00:06:35,360
form which is good they're just nice

214
00:06:39,510 --> 00:06:37,280
high level cirrus clouds

215
00:06:41,830 --> 00:06:39,520
and looking at our launch weather

216
00:06:45,430 --> 00:06:41,840
forecast for the day today

217
00:06:45,909 --> 00:06:45,440
we are 80 percent go for probability of

218
00:06:48,550 --> 00:06:45,919
launch

219
00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:48,560
and that 20 percent contingency is

220
00:06:52,629 --> 00:06:49,520
adjust for

221
00:06:54,790 --> 00:06:52,639
the potential of those wins so it's

222
00:06:55,189 --> 00:06:54,800
looking beautiful i'm so excited to be

223
00:06:57,430 --> 00:06:55,199
here

224
00:06:59,029 --> 00:06:57,440
and i'm so excited to actually see it

225
00:07:00,950 --> 00:06:59,039
because like i said i've been here a

226
00:07:03,670 --> 00:07:00,960
dozen times daryl and

227
00:07:05,110 --> 00:07:03,680
every time we just see so much fog in

228
00:07:06,950 --> 00:07:05,120
the area so this is pretty

229
00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:06,960
incredible and we're perfectly situated

230
00:07:09,749 --> 00:07:08,639
for it here on just the mouth of the

231
00:07:12,150 --> 00:07:09,759
santa anas

232
00:07:13,909 --> 00:07:12,160
river spilling into the pacific ocean it

233
00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:13,919
is an incredible view we are

234
00:07:17,350 --> 00:07:16,400
blessed indeed it is so beautiful now

235
00:07:19,510 --> 00:07:17,360
there are teams on

236
00:07:20,390 --> 00:07:19,520
opposite ends of the world working on

237
00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:20,400
this mission

238
00:07:23,430 --> 00:07:22,160
the satellite will be controlled from

239
00:07:26,390 --> 00:07:23,440
the european space

240
00:07:27,270 --> 00:07:26,400
agency's operations center in darmstadt

241
00:07:29,670 --> 00:07:27,280
germany

242
00:07:30,309 --> 00:07:29,680
yeah and here at vandenberg air force

243
00:07:32,469 --> 00:07:30,319
base

244
00:07:34,469 --> 00:07:32,479
spacex's launch team is working the

245
00:07:36,710 --> 00:07:34,479
countdown from their control room

246
00:07:37,909 --> 00:07:36,720
while nasa's launch services program

247
00:07:39,830 --> 00:07:37,919
that you see right there

248
00:07:41,830 --> 00:07:39,840
is at the mission director's center just

249
00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:41,840
a few miles away

250
00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:43,840
now shortly after sentinel 6 michael

251
00:07:47,990 --> 00:07:45,360
frylick is launched it will

252
00:07:50,070 --> 00:07:48,000
start gathering a lot of data about our

253
00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:50,080
oceans around the world

254
00:07:53,189 --> 00:07:52,400
and that data will be collected by

255
00:07:55,670 --> 00:07:53,199
high-tech

256
00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:55,680
instruments on board the satellite

257
00:08:02,070 --> 00:07:57,520
nasa's research scientist

258
00:08:06,390 --> 00:08:04,390
from an early age i saw images of the

259
00:08:08,230 --> 00:08:06,400
earth from above

260
00:08:09,830 --> 00:08:08,240
and you just realize how much is going

261
00:08:11,990 --> 00:08:09,840
on in the ocean the variability that's

262
00:08:12,390 --> 00:08:12,000
there the changes that are occurring it

263
00:08:14,150 --> 00:08:12,400
really

264
00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:14,160
became a passion of mine to understand

265
00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:16,240
what's happening in the ocean

266
00:08:19,589 --> 00:08:17,840
so sea level rise is really interesting

267
00:08:21,029 --> 00:08:19,599
because the impacts are local but it's a

268
00:08:22,550 --> 00:08:21,039
global problem so

269
00:08:24,710 --> 00:08:22,560
i've done a lot of work looking at sea

270
00:08:26,550 --> 00:08:24,720
level rise in particular locations

271
00:08:28,309 --> 00:08:26,560
but on much broader scales and with the

272
00:08:29,990 --> 00:08:28,319
satellites we have this global view

273
00:08:31,189 --> 00:08:30,000
so here we can see the satellites

274
00:08:31,749 --> 00:08:31,199
orbiting the earth and where they are

275
00:08:32,949 --> 00:08:31,759
right now

276
00:08:34,310 --> 00:08:32,959
having overlap between the different

277
00:08:35,190 --> 00:08:34,320
missions allows us to make a direct

278
00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:35,200
comparison

279
00:08:38,070 --> 00:08:36,560
it's really the information we gain from

280
00:08:38,550 --> 00:08:38,080
all of these satellites that tell us

281
00:08:39,909 --> 00:08:38,560
about

282
00:08:41,509 --> 00:08:39,919
sea level change and allow us to get an

283
00:08:42,070 --> 00:08:41,519
understanding of what's happening on the

284
00:08:43,829 --> 00:08:42,080
entire

285
00:08:45,509 --> 00:08:43,839
climate system and that really long

286
00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:45,519
record that'll exceed 30 years with the

287
00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:46,880
sentinel 6 satellite

288
00:08:50,470 --> 00:08:48,480
allows us to have a better understanding

289
00:08:51,829 --> 00:08:50,480
of how the earth's climate is changing

290
00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:51,839
so this is an animation of the sentinel

291
00:08:56,150 --> 00:08:54,080
6 spacecraft and how it collects

292
00:08:57,990 --> 00:08:56,160
information about the the sea surface

293
00:08:59,670 --> 00:08:58,000
you can see the radar pulse that's

294
00:09:01,030 --> 00:08:59,680
bounced off the surface of the ocean

295
00:09:02,790 --> 00:09:01,040
it measures the time it takes for that

296
00:09:03,430 --> 00:09:02,800
pulse to get back and from that we can

297
00:09:05,430 --> 00:09:03,440
pull out

298
00:09:07,110 --> 00:09:05,440
the measurement of sea surface height

299
00:09:08,870 --> 00:09:07,120
it's not just scientific curiosity it

300
00:09:10,230 --> 00:09:08,880
really impacts the daily lives of people

301
00:09:10,949 --> 00:09:10,240
and their ability to plan for their

302
00:09:12,949 --> 00:09:10,959
future

303
00:09:15,030 --> 00:09:12,959
as i started to live in coastal areas

304
00:09:16,870 --> 00:09:15,040
and see flooding that was occurring

305
00:09:18,790 --> 00:09:16,880
i got to see firsthand the effects of

306
00:09:20,389 --> 00:09:18,800
sea level rise and climate change

307
00:09:21,910 --> 00:09:20,399
you start to realize the importance of

308
00:09:22,310 --> 00:09:21,920
understanding what sea level is doing

309
00:09:25,350 --> 00:09:22,320
now

310
00:09:33,590 --> 00:09:25,360
what sea level might be doing in the

311
00:09:36,949 --> 00:09:35,430
and coming up after the launch we'll

312
00:09:38,870 --> 00:09:36,959
talk live with scientist

313
00:09:41,269 --> 00:09:38,880
josh willis who's actually going to

314
00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:41,279
perform a live science demonstration

315
00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:41,760
about

316
00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:43,360
our rising seas it's going to be

317
00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:45,440
something you want to check out

318
00:09:48,949 --> 00:09:47,760
and he is so incredible i'm so glad josh

319
00:09:50,710 --> 00:09:48,959
is with us this morning

320
00:09:52,230 --> 00:09:50,720
you may have noticed this satellite was

321
00:09:54,870 --> 00:09:52,240
named after michael

322
00:09:57,509 --> 00:09:54,880
frylick he led nasa's earth science

323
00:09:59,350 --> 00:09:57,519
division for more than a decade

324
00:10:00,949 --> 00:09:59,360
and he did an outstanding job frilic

325
00:10:02,949 --> 00:10:00,959
though lost his battle with cancer in

326
00:10:03,750 --> 00:10:02,959
august of this year but as you are about

327
00:10:05,110 --> 00:10:03,760
to hear

328
00:10:07,509 --> 00:10:05,120
leaders in the space and science

329
00:10:10,069 --> 00:10:07,519
community around the world explain why

330
00:10:15,190 --> 00:10:10,079
they all agreed to rename this satellite

331
00:10:21,030 --> 00:10:19,350
i was so excited to receive a letter

332
00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:21,040
by the european space agency in the

333
00:10:27,030 --> 00:10:23,360
european commission proposing

334
00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:27,040
that sentinel 6a should be sentinel 6

335
00:10:29,910 --> 00:10:27,920
mike freilich

336
00:10:31,670 --> 00:10:29,920
having a satellite named after you is

337
00:10:32,069 --> 00:10:31,680
pretty remarkable it's not something we

338
00:10:33,990 --> 00:10:32,079
do

339
00:10:35,829 --> 00:10:34,000
in earth science very often it's not

340
00:10:39,110 --> 00:10:35,839
only isa it's europe

341
00:10:40,790 --> 00:10:39,120
who wishes to honor mike freilisch mike

342
00:10:43,990 --> 00:10:40,800
freili

343
00:10:44,630 --> 00:10:44,000
has been instrumental in making sentinel

344
00:10:47,190 --> 00:10:44,640
6

345
00:10:47,910 --> 00:10:47,200
a satellite that measures with very high

346
00:10:50,069 --> 00:10:47,920
precision

347
00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:50,079
sea level rise the sentinel missions are

348
00:10:53,990 --> 00:10:52,320
something that mike was very involved in

349
00:10:55,590 --> 00:10:54,000
it really epitomizes the the role that

350
00:10:57,590 --> 00:10:55,600
mike has played over the years as

351
00:10:59,350 --> 00:10:57,600
championing partnerships championing

352
00:11:00,949 --> 00:10:59,360
collaborative investigation of the earth

353
00:11:03,910 --> 00:11:00,959
names are reserved for the greats

354
00:11:05,509 --> 00:11:03,920
you don't name after a satellite after

355
00:11:07,670 --> 00:11:05,519
somebody who

356
00:11:09,990 --> 00:11:07,680
just does their job it's the second

357
00:11:10,550 --> 00:11:10,000
mission ever named after a person who's

358
00:11:12,550 --> 00:11:10,560
alive

359
00:11:14,069 --> 00:11:12,560
it's a huge honor and i couldn't be more

360
00:11:16,470 --> 00:11:14,079
excited through this

361
00:11:17,509 --> 00:11:16,480
we want to pay tribute to a unique

362
00:11:20,710 --> 00:11:17,519
cooperation

363
00:11:23,670 --> 00:11:20,720
between the u.s and europe and

364
00:11:24,310 --> 00:11:23,680
a unique personality mike freike dr mike

365
00:11:26,710 --> 00:11:24,320
freilich

366
00:11:28,069 --> 00:11:26,720
is a world-renowned ocean scientist who

367
00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:28,079
after a successful career

368
00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:30,880
in academia came to nasa and for a

369
00:11:34,230 --> 00:11:32,160
thousand years

370
00:11:35,509 --> 00:11:34,240
led all of her signs and this really

371
00:11:37,990 --> 00:11:35,519
brought nasa

372
00:11:39,750 --> 00:11:38,000
back on the international stage the

373
00:11:42,310 --> 00:11:39,760
partnerships that we forged

374
00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:42,320
are beyond a business transaction they

375
00:11:45,190 --> 00:11:42,880
are the

376
00:11:46,870 --> 00:11:45,200
about friendship and it might be just

377
00:11:48,630 --> 00:11:46,880
that working with our international

378
00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:48,640
partners working with our interagency

379
00:11:52,550 --> 00:11:50,720
partners and mike brought that community

380
00:11:53,509 --> 00:11:52,560
together in a way that was really

381
00:11:56,710 --> 00:11:53,519
unprecedented

382
00:11:59,190 --> 00:11:56,720
mike freilich's legacy is being able to

383
00:12:00,230 --> 00:11:59,200
build the coalitions that are necessary

384
00:12:02,710 --> 00:12:00,240
for us to get

385
00:12:03,430 --> 00:12:02,720
as much understanding of our planet as

386
00:12:05,110 --> 00:12:03,440
possible

387
00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:05,120
there is not another person more

388
00:12:08,839 --> 00:12:13,190
frylick

389
00:12:16,790 --> 00:12:15,350
michael fry like touched so many people

390
00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:16,800
personally and professionally and

391
00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:18,480
you had a chance to listen to him one

392
00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:20,959
time i did he spoke at an ams conference

393
00:12:24,629 --> 00:12:22,880
and he was just so moving his passion

394
00:12:27,110 --> 00:12:24,639
for earth science missions

395
00:12:27,829 --> 00:12:27,120
was just incredible and it was an honor

396
00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:27,839
to be able to

397
00:12:31,990 --> 00:12:29,920
hear him speak now the sentinel 6

398
00:12:32,949 --> 00:12:32,000
michael freilix satellite has a long

399
00:12:35,829 --> 00:12:32,959
journey ahead

400
00:12:37,829 --> 00:12:35,839
to get into space but before it starts

401
00:12:39,910 --> 00:12:37,839
orbiting the earth the satellite already

402
00:12:42,150 --> 00:12:39,920
traveled halfway around our planet

403
00:12:43,509 --> 00:12:42,160
just to get to the launch pad behind us

404
00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:43,519
nasa's blair allen

405
00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:52,550
on september 24th sentinel 6 completed

406
00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:54,560
its flight from the airbus facility near

407
00:12:57,750 --> 00:12:55,680
munich germany

408
00:12:59,110 --> 00:12:57,760
to vandenberg air force base and was

409
00:13:01,350 --> 00:12:59,120
transported by truck

410
00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:01,360
to the spacex facility at space launch

411
00:13:09,829 --> 00:13:07,519
complex 4.

412
00:13:11,670 --> 00:13:09,839
upon arrival it was unpacked in the safe

413
00:13:13,670 --> 00:13:11,680
confines of the clean room

414
00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:13,680
a team of scientists engineers and

415
00:13:19,509 --> 00:13:15,839
technicians began the critical process

416
00:13:21,110 --> 00:13:19,519
of preparing the spacecraft for launch

417
00:13:23,110 --> 00:13:21,120
over the last few weeks they have

418
00:13:25,509 --> 00:13:23,120
thoroughly tested and checked out all

419
00:13:28,870 --> 00:13:25,519
aspects of the spacecraft to ensure its

420
00:13:33,110 --> 00:13:31,350
the next critical step the integration

421
00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:33,120
of the spacecraft with the falcon 9

422
00:13:37,110 --> 00:13:34,320
launch vehicle

423
00:13:42,629 --> 00:13:37,120
sentinel 6 was carefully encapsulated

424
00:13:47,030 --> 00:13:44,870
yesterday sentinel 6 and the falcon 9

425
00:13:48,710 --> 00:13:47,040
rolled out of the spacex hangar

426
00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:48,720
covering the last few hundred feet of

427
00:14:04,470 --> 00:13:51,040
its journey on earth to reach the pad at

428
00:14:20,629 --> 00:14:06,870
once vertical the rocket is ready for

429
00:14:25,350 --> 00:14:23,269
separately nasa and the european space

430
00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:25,360
agency have studied the oceans

431
00:14:28,949 --> 00:14:28,240
for decades but now the two have joined

432
00:14:31,269 --> 00:14:28,959
together

433
00:14:33,750 --> 00:14:31,279
for sentinel 6 michael freilich joining

434
00:14:36,389 --> 00:14:33,760
us now is isis guido lovrini the

435
00:14:37,829 --> 00:14:36,399
copernicus space segment program manager

436
00:14:39,750 --> 00:14:37,839
greetings great to have you with us

437
00:14:41,189 --> 00:14:39,760
thanks for having me well we just saw a

438
00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:41,199
video of the rocket rolling out and

439
00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:42,720
going vertical on the pad you can see it

440
00:14:45,829 --> 00:14:43,760
there right behind us

441
00:14:47,350 --> 00:14:45,839
it's ready to go how are you feeling i

442
00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:47,360
it's a it's a big emotion

443
00:14:50,949 --> 00:14:50,000
this project started in isa more than 10

444
00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:50,959
years ago

445
00:14:56,470 --> 00:14:53,360
so it's been a very long journey there

446
00:14:59,750 --> 00:14:56,480
are many memories that stand out but

447
00:15:02,949 --> 00:14:59,760
the most vivid one is a lecture by

448
00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:02,959
michael freilig he was just few months

449
00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:04,320
after his retirement

450
00:15:07,990 --> 00:15:07,120
so he was uh no longer the the nasa

451
00:15:12,629 --> 00:15:08,000
director

452
00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:12,639
for uh her science division but he was a

453
00:15:17,590 --> 00:15:15,360
normal uss citizens and was invited to

454
00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:17,600
make a lecture by our director josef

455
00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:18,800
ashbacher in

456
00:15:25,189 --> 00:15:22,320
milan it was july 19 and he gave us a

457
00:15:28,629 --> 00:15:25,199
lecture on international cooperation

458
00:15:29,829 --> 00:15:28,639
like a gentle caring father it made us

459
00:15:32,949 --> 00:15:29,839
realize that

460
00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:32,959
we don't do enough cooperative mission

461
00:15:36,470 --> 00:15:35,680
in europe on our side and coming here

462
00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:36,480
i've been

463
00:15:42,870 --> 00:15:40,320
thinking about these words quite a lot

464
00:15:45,269 --> 00:15:42,880
and indeed it was right if you think at

465
00:15:48,069 --> 00:15:45,279
a mission like 1706 michael freilich

466
00:15:49,269 --> 00:15:48,079
it's a mission about sea level rise is a

467
00:15:52,389 --> 00:15:49,279
mission about climate

468
00:15:52,790 --> 00:15:52,399
is a mission about safe navigation there

469
00:15:56,069 --> 00:15:52,800
is

470
00:15:57,430 --> 00:15:56,079
no reason why a specific agency or a

471
00:15:59,910 --> 00:15:57,440
specific country

472
00:16:00,710 --> 00:15:59,920
should take action or should care more

473
00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:00,720
than

474
00:16:04,069 --> 00:16:03,440
anybody else in the world and so you

475
00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:04,079
realize

476
00:16:09,749 --> 00:16:07,519
that a mission like that cooperation

477
00:16:11,350 --> 00:16:09,759
is the best way to realize a mission

478
00:16:14,230 --> 00:16:11,360
like that and actually

479
00:16:16,150 --> 00:16:14,240
cooperation is the only appropriate way

480
00:16:17,030 --> 00:16:16,160
the only correct way to realize a

481
00:16:18,389 --> 00:16:17,040
mission like that

482
00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:18,399
you're absolutely right we're all in it

483
00:16:22,069 --> 00:16:20,480
together that's so true guido and you're

484
00:16:24,069 --> 00:16:22,079
right now michael was such an

485
00:16:25,189 --> 00:16:24,079
inspirational speaker and this

486
00:16:27,509 --> 00:16:25,199
collaboration

487
00:16:29,350 --> 00:16:27,519
is so beautiful now we have a question

488
00:16:32,629 --> 00:16:29,360
from social media for you

489
00:16:33,670 --> 00:16:32,639
astro assal on instagram asks what is

490
00:16:37,030 --> 00:16:33,680
the purpose of

491
00:16:40,310 --> 00:16:37,040
choosing this name for this mission

492
00:16:42,150 --> 00:16:40,320
first of all we should all be aware of

493
00:16:45,350 --> 00:16:42,160
the fact that

494
00:16:49,910 --> 00:16:45,360
naming a mission after a

495
00:16:50,629 --> 00:16:49,920
a a person and a a living person at the

496
00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:50,639
time

497
00:16:56,310 --> 00:16:53,920
is a unique uh event

498
00:16:58,069 --> 00:16:56,320
we don't have any other example of this

499
00:17:01,110 --> 00:16:58,079
kind it was a

500
00:17:03,030 --> 00:17:01,120
an honor but we are honored to work for

501
00:17:05,669 --> 00:17:03,040
a mission that carries this name

502
00:17:06,630 --> 00:17:05,679
and the answer to the question is super

503
00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:06,640
simple

504
00:17:12,549 --> 00:17:09,839
without michael freilig this mission

505
00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:12,559
would have not existed we will not be

506
00:17:16,710 --> 00:17:13,520
standing here

507
00:17:18,630 --> 00:17:16,720
today that's

508
00:17:20,150 --> 00:17:18,640
uh and that's a that's quite the honor

509
00:17:22,630 --> 00:17:20,160
you're right they do not just

510
00:17:24,230 --> 00:17:22,640
you know name any old satellite after

511
00:17:24,949 --> 00:17:24,240
you know any person so it's quite an

512
00:17:26,870 --> 00:17:24,959
honor

513
00:17:28,549 --> 00:17:26,880
guido lovrini with the program manager

514
00:17:29,909 --> 00:17:28,559
for the copernicus program thank you so

515
00:17:30,870 --> 00:17:29,919
much for spending your time and sharing

516
00:17:33,909 --> 00:17:30,880
your thoughts with us

517
00:17:36,230 --> 00:17:33,919
thanks for having me thank you guido

518
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:36,240
guido lavrini with the space agency

519
00:17:39,029 --> 00:17:38,000
thank you we appreciate you being here

520
00:17:40,950 --> 00:17:39,039
the uh

521
00:17:42,710 --> 00:17:40,960
we want to take a brief moment now to

522
00:17:44,070 --> 00:17:42,720
honor our country with the singing of

523
00:17:45,669 --> 00:17:44,080
america the beautiful

524
00:17:47,590 --> 00:17:45,679
and we're thrilled to bring you a

525
00:17:50,789 --> 00:17:47,600
virtual rendition sung by

526
00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:50,799
musica a group of youth ensembles and

527
00:18:01,080 --> 00:17:53,440
youth orchestras from california

528
00:18:09,150 --> 00:18:01,090
florida and the carolinas

529
00:18:16,110 --> 00:18:09,160
[Music]

530
00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:33,190
mountain majesties

531
00:18:57,790 --> 00:18:43,830
his grace

532
00:19:08,830 --> 00:18:57,800
from sea to shining sea

533
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:33,130
is

534
00:19:33,140 --> 00:19:36,830
[Music]

535
00:19:50,830 --> 00:19:38,220
foreign

536
00:20:03,510 --> 00:19:52,710
shiny

537
00:20:06,549 --> 00:20:03,520
[Music]

538
00:20:07,909 --> 00:20:06,559
oh that was so beautiful and it's so

539
00:20:09,590 --> 00:20:07,919
great to see all the kids

540
00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:09,600
playing and singing oh that was just

541
00:20:16,789 --> 00:20:14,789
that's tough to get everybody in tune

542
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:16,799
when you're not together all in separate

543
00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:18,480
locations but so many orchestras and

544
00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:19,840
singers across the country are doing

545
00:20:22,149 --> 00:20:21,600
just that to keep the arts going this is

546
00:20:23,909 --> 00:20:22,159
beautiful

547
00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:23,919
all right well we are now t minus 10

548
00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:26,000
minutes until launch and this mission

549
00:20:28,470 --> 00:20:27,760
has a special treat for everyone

550
00:20:31,590 --> 00:20:28,480
watching

551
00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:31,600
spacex is planning to land their booster

552
00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:33,360
just a stone's throw away from the

553
00:20:37,750 --> 00:20:35,679
launch pad spacex has landed their first

554
00:20:39,750 --> 00:20:37,760
stage 65 times but

555
00:20:42,470 --> 00:20:39,760
this is only the third time landing on

556
00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:42,480
land here in california and joining us

557
00:20:45,990 --> 00:20:43,520
live to talk about it

558
00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:46,000
is spacex lead manufacturing engineer

559
00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:47,280
jesse anderson

560
00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:48,640
you might recognize her from such

561
00:20:52,230 --> 00:20:50,960
popular nasa spacex shows as crew one

562
00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:52,240
demo two

563
00:20:55,590 --> 00:20:53,679
thanks for being here it's great having

564
00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:55,600
you thank you for having me i am

565
00:21:00,310 --> 00:20:57,600
so excited i don't think i can even

566
00:21:01,590 --> 00:21:00,320
contain it right now

567
00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:01,600
you see the rocket there on the pad

568
00:21:05,510 --> 00:21:03,520
isn't that something it is a beautiful

569
00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:05,520
view and i'm so excited to see it here

570
00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:06,480
in person

571
00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:08,000
have you ever seen a launch in the

572
00:21:13,830 --> 00:21:10,559
landing so not that i haven't tried

573
00:21:15,830 --> 00:21:13,840
um i tried to come last year um and

574
00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:15,840
you know vandenberg is known for the

575
00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:17,360
impeccable fog

576
00:21:22,870 --> 00:21:20,640
um so when i came all i saw was fog

577
00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:22,880
um so i heard it but didn't actually get

578
00:21:25,669 --> 00:21:24,320
to see it with my eyes so i'm really

579
00:21:27,669 --> 00:21:25,679
excited that it's a clear

580
00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:27,679
and beautiful day today and hopefully

581
00:21:30,870 --> 00:21:29,360
we'll be able to see both launch and

582
00:21:32,789 --> 00:21:30,880
landing clearly

583
00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:32,799
it's looking good so far now for those

584
00:21:36,549 --> 00:21:34,640
of people who are unfamiliar with the

585
00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:36,559
process how exactly does the booster

586
00:21:40,310 --> 00:21:37,360
landing work

587
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:40,320
oh yeah this is really cool so after

588
00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:41,440
stage separation

589
00:21:45,190 --> 00:21:44,400
um second stage makes its way on on its

590
00:21:47,029 --> 00:21:45,200
way to orbit

591
00:21:49,029 --> 00:21:47,039
but first stage actually does a flip

592
00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:49,039
maneuver so it continues um to gain

593
00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:49,840
altitude

594
00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:51,120
and actually does kind of like a

595
00:21:54,789 --> 00:21:53,120
backflip um and then we have

596
00:21:56,390 --> 00:21:54,799
three burns that it does so when it's

597
00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:56,400
doing that backflip it does the boost

598
00:21:59,430 --> 00:21:57,200
back burn

599
00:22:00,230 --> 00:21:59,440
which is three of the nine merlin one uh

600
00:22:03,350 --> 00:22:00,240
engines

601
00:22:05,029 --> 00:22:03,360
uh re reigniting um and then following

602
00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:05,039
the boost back burn it will do an entry

603
00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:06,720
burn to help slow it down

604
00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:08,080
as it enters back into the earth's

605
00:22:13,669 --> 00:22:10,640
atmosphere and then it comes back down

606
00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:13,679
and lands with just one single engine

607
00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:15,360
for the final landing burn it is the

608
00:22:17,830 --> 00:22:17,200
neatest thing to see in person and it is

609
00:22:20,149 --> 00:22:17,840
loud there's

610
00:22:21,669 --> 00:22:20,159
a big sonic boom you have to even like

611
00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:21,679
warn the local residents that it's

612
00:22:24,789 --> 00:22:23,280
happening

613
00:22:26,630 --> 00:22:24,799
we want to actually share a special

614
00:22:29,029 --> 00:22:26,640
question with you right now there is a

615
00:22:30,789 --> 00:22:29,039
young man an eight-year-old named parv

616
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:30,799
he contacted nasa

617
00:22:34,149 --> 00:22:32,240
and shared this picture with it we want

618
00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:34,159
to put it up on the screen he made a

619
00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:34,880
rangoli

620
00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:36,640
this is a traditional decoration for

621
00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:39,200
diwali made of sand rice powder

622
00:22:42,789 --> 00:22:41,200
and or flower petals in the shape of a

623
00:22:44,549 --> 00:22:42,799
rocket you see it there

624
00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:44,559
there's it's so beautiful he's got a

625
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:49,029
so they're here for the launch they're

626
00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:50,880
watching and his question

627
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,360
to you jessica is how do nasa and spacex

628
00:22:58,390 --> 00:22:55,600
achieve the pinpoint accuracy

629
00:22:59,430 --> 00:22:58,400
they need to launch oh man a lot of hard

630
00:23:01,669 --> 00:22:59,440
work

631
00:23:03,029 --> 00:23:01,679
to sum it up um but there's a number of

632
00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:03,039
things you know we have to calculate you

633
00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:04,559
know the orbital mechanics for how to

634
00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:06,400
get the satellite into space but

635
00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:09,600
there's tons of sensors and a guidance

636
00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:10,320
navigation

637
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:12,080
control system on the vehicle the

638
00:23:17,110 --> 00:23:14,880
vehicle is uh completely autonomous

639
00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:17,120
so as you know the vehicle is moving so

640
00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:19,440
fast human reaction is not quick enough

641
00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:19,760
to

642
00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:28,880
that's amazing you guys have gotten so

643
00:23:32,149 --> 00:23:30,480
good at it lately so

644
00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:32,159
we're looking forward to that part of it

645
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:34,000
jessica anderson from spacex thank you

646
00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:34,480
so much

647
00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:36,559
you're going to stick around because for

648
00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:37,840
the landing we're going to have you back

649
00:23:41,909 --> 00:23:39,520
out and we're going to enjoy it together

650
00:23:44,230 --> 00:23:41,919
yes i cannot wait i'm so excited all

651
00:23:45,750 --> 00:23:44,240
right fantastic thank you jessica

652
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:45,760
and now we're about t minus seven

653
00:23:50,710 --> 00:23:48,000
minutes until liftoff of sentinel 6

654
00:23:51,269 --> 00:23:50,720
michael freylick on a spacex falcon 9

655
00:23:53,350 --> 00:23:51,279
rocket

656
00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:53,360
that's right the moment is upon us we're

657
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:55,679
going to hand it over to joshua santora

658
00:23:59,909 --> 00:23:57,760
and phillip hargrove for the countdown

659
00:24:01,510 --> 00:23:59,919
to launch guys take it away

660
00:24:03,190 --> 00:24:01,520
hey thanks so much it's been an active

661
00:24:03,990 --> 00:24:03,200
few minutes past few minutes starting to

662
00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:04,000
hear calls of clothes

663
00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:05,760
out and things but before we go too far

664
00:24:09,350 --> 00:24:07,440
i want to philip ask you

665
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:09,360
uh to introduce us to the teams that are

666
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:10,720
on console today so

667
00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:12,480
uh there are teams of teams really

668
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:14,000
working this launch who do we have on

669
00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:15,840
board today you're absolutely right so

670
00:24:19,909 --> 00:24:17,600
we have our international partners from

671
00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:19,919
the european space agency or esa

672
00:24:24,870 --> 00:24:23,200
and the nasa jet propulsion lab or jpl

673
00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:24,880
who have science instruments on board

674
00:24:29,029 --> 00:24:27,279
the spacecraft that was developed by esa

675
00:24:30,710 --> 00:24:29,039
spacex obviously manufactured and

676
00:24:32,630 --> 00:24:30,720
produced the falcon 9 rocket

677
00:24:34,630 --> 00:24:32,640
and the nasa launch services program or

678
00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:34,640
lsp team has been working closely with

679
00:24:36,549 --> 00:24:35,039
them

680
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:36,559
for the past couple of years to prepare

681
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:38,880
for today and the united states space

682
00:24:41,350 --> 00:24:39,360
force

683
00:24:42,470 --> 00:24:41,360
range is responsible for public safety

684
00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:42,480
today

685
00:24:45,990 --> 00:24:44,000
yes grateful for everybody's

686
00:24:47,510 --> 00:24:46,000
participation lots of good

687
00:24:49,350 --> 00:24:47,520
comments made this week during briefings

688
00:24:50,950 --> 00:24:49,360
and reviews about just the incredible

689
00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:50,960
partnership and collaboration here so

690
00:24:53,990 --> 00:24:52,080
i want to tell you about what's coming

691
00:24:55,510 --> 00:24:54,000
up uh through the rest of the count as

692
00:24:56,710 --> 00:24:55,520
we proceed towards liftoff here in just

693
00:24:58,149 --> 00:24:56,720
five minutes now

694
00:25:01,029 --> 00:24:58,159
we're gonna here we should hear a call

695
00:25:02,149 --> 00:25:01,039
for rp1 full in just a second

696
00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:02,159
and then we'll be looking for the

697
00:25:05,269 --> 00:25:04,240
strongback retract to take place in just

698
00:25:07,029 --> 00:25:05,279
a few seconds

699
00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:07,039
propellant tanks are pressurizing for

700
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:08,880
strongback recharge

701
00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:10,000
perfect so what that's going to look

702
00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:11,840
like on your screen is up near the top

703
00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:13,440
of that rocket where the fairing is

704
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:15,200
just beneath the bottom edge of that

705
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:16,480
fairing you can see that on screen there

706
00:25:18,390 --> 00:25:16,960
very well

707
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:18,400
there's a clamp that's wrapped around

708
00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:19,760
the second stage of the falcon that

709
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:20,640
clamp will

710
00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:22,799
expand and then that tower the

711
00:25:25,990 --> 00:25:24,400
strongback or transporter erector will

712
00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:26,000
tilt back just a couple degrees

713
00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:27,520
in preparation for the final minutes of

714
00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:30,480
countdown it will still be connected

715
00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:31,760
there's that call the retract has

716
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:33,600
started that that strong back

717
00:25:36,710 --> 00:25:35,760
provides power fluids and communication

718
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,720
for the rocket

719
00:25:39,909 --> 00:25:38,240
up until the time of liftoff when it

720
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:39,919
will tilt back even further away from

721
00:25:42,390 --> 00:25:40,720
the rocket so

722
00:25:43,990 --> 00:25:42,400
keep your eyes on that uh but philip

723
00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:44,000
wanted to have you tell us about the

724
00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:46,080
the path for today's flight the folks

725
00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:47,760
along the the southern coast of

726
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:49,120
california might get a treat

727
00:25:52,950 --> 00:25:51,600
if they're outside looking up to the sky

728
00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:52,960
right i'm definitely happy for the

729
00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:54,559
people out there in southern california

730
00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:55,760
because you know we get a million

731
00:25:59,190 --> 00:25:57,200
launches out here but you know

732
00:26:00,470 --> 00:25:59,200
they can finally see some and especially

733
00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:00,480
at jpl because it's

734
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:02,320
you know they're invested in this launch

735
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:04,400
so vandenberg is really convenient for

736
00:26:08,789 --> 00:26:06,000
these high inclination launches

737
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:08,799
so sentinel 6 michael freilick has a 66

738
00:26:12,390 --> 00:26:10,400
degree inclination which means that it's

739
00:26:14,549 --> 00:26:12,400
perfect for the falcon 9 to

740
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:14,559
launch south southeast and it's really

741
00:26:18,390 --> 00:26:16,480
going to kind of ride along the coast

742
00:26:20,549 --> 00:26:18,400
of central and south america on its way

743
00:26:21,990 --> 00:26:20,559
up to that 1300 kilometer altitude

744
00:26:24,789 --> 00:26:22,000
yeah very good we just heard there tim

745
00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:24,799
dunn coming on on the nets and

746
00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:26,799
giving his official go so nasa is go for

747
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:28,960
flight here uh the last few minutes here

748
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:29,840
we're going to see

749
00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:31,200
we're going to hear a number of calls

750
00:26:35,590 --> 00:26:34,240
with closing out liquid oxygen or locks

751
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:35,600
and then we'll kind of tick down here to

752
00:26:38,789 --> 00:26:37,200
the final minutes where we'll hear uh

753
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:38,799
we're commanded for

754
00:26:42,149 --> 00:26:40,559
final pre-launch uh we'll have the

755
00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:42,159
automated flight termination system will

756
00:26:44,789 --> 00:26:43,360
be configured for launch

757
00:26:47,990 --> 00:26:44,799
we'll get a final go from the launch

758
00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:48,000
director at around 45 seconds to go

759
00:26:51,430 --> 00:26:49,520
on the way to zero there right on time

760
00:26:55,669 --> 00:26:51,440
for this instantaneous window

761
00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:55,679
at uh 12 1708 eastern time that's 9 17

762
00:26:59,750 --> 00:26:57,760
08 there on the ground

763
00:27:00,870 --> 00:26:59,760
so philip really fast here as we're

764
00:27:02,390 --> 00:27:00,880
waiting for the liftoff

765
00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:02,400
tell us about the rocket here you kind

766
00:27:05,830 --> 00:27:04,240
of told us about the flight path but

767
00:27:07,830 --> 00:27:05,840
what is this rocket capable of there's a

768
00:27:09,110 --> 00:27:07,840
lot going on here right there's a lot

769
00:27:11,350 --> 00:27:09,120
going on and we have some beautiful

770
00:27:13,510 --> 00:27:11,360
views of this falcon 9 so you can see

771
00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:13,520
it's a two-stage rocket the first stage

772
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:15,440
or the booster goes about two-thirds of

773
00:27:20,149 --> 00:27:17,760
the way up and that actually provides

774
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:20,159
1.7 million pounds of thrust which is

775
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:21,840
gonna you know get the the vehicle and

776
00:27:25,669 --> 00:27:22,799
the spacecraft

777
00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:25,679
off of the pad the second stage its

778
00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:27,520
engines or its engine is housed in that

779
00:27:30,230 --> 00:27:28,559
black interstage

780
00:27:31,909 --> 00:27:30,240
region that's just below the five meter

781
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:31,919
fairing and that's what's going to

782
00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:33,840
finally bring the spacecraft up into its

783
00:27:36,470 --> 00:27:34,799
orbits

784
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:36,480
and as we've discussed already that

785
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:38,000
first stage once it separates from the

786
00:27:41,029 --> 00:27:39,840
second stage is going to head on back to

787
00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:41,039
vandenberg

788
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:42,880
awesome so so much coming up here uh

789
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:45,440
post liftoff is certainly active as well

790
00:27:49,029 --> 00:27:46,960
about a minute into flight we'll hear

791
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:49,039
calls for flight through max q or

792
00:27:52,789 --> 00:27:50,399
maximum aerodynamic

793
00:27:53,909 --> 00:27:52,799
pressure and then we'll about two and a

794
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,919
half

795
00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:55,440
strong record track has been completed

796
00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:57,120
there you go you can see a nice

797
00:28:00,149 --> 00:27:58,640
separation there between the rocket and

798
00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:00,159
that transporter erector

799
00:28:03,190 --> 00:28:01,760
about two and a half minutes into flight

800
00:28:04,630 --> 00:28:03,200
we're expecting to see a few things

801
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:04,640
happen very rapidly we're going to see

802
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:06,000
that booster separate

803
00:28:09,430 --> 00:28:08,799
uh after that first stage engine cutoff

804
00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:09,440
happens

805
00:28:12,630 --> 00:28:11,120
uh and then after that separation takes

806
00:28:14,630 --> 00:28:12,640
place the second stage

807
00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:14,640
load is complete there's that stage two

808
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:16,000
liquid oxygen load complete which

809
00:28:19,029 --> 00:28:17,679
is great you kind of see some of the

810
00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:19,039
steam coming off the vehicle

811
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:21,600
that's dealing with cryogenic fluid

812
00:28:25,269 --> 00:28:24,320
that's on the order of negative 330

813
00:28:27,669 --> 00:28:25,279
degrees fahrenheit

814
00:28:29,350 --> 00:28:27,679
it's densified liquid oxygen mixing with

815
00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:29,360
the uh

816
00:28:32,950 --> 00:28:30,720
the ambient temperature there which

817
00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:32,960
creates that that fog that steam effect

818
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:35,760
uh so um we'll also see a lot more

819
00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:37,520
happening pose liftoff so stay with us

820
00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:40,320
and we even have a lot very very late

821
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:41,440
into the show today

822
00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:42,960
we're roughly an hour and a half of

823
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:44,880
milestones past liftoff

824
00:28:47,830 --> 00:28:46,480
of getting into the correct orbit and

825
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:47,840
confirming that we have a good healthy

826
00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:48,799
spacecraft

827
00:28:51,669 --> 00:28:50,320
so please stay with us there's a ton

828
00:28:52,470 --> 00:28:51,679
going on but we'll let you listen in

829
00:28:58,789 --> 00:28:52,480
these last minute

830
00:29:12,470 --> 00:28:58,799
and just enjoy the countdown

831
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:12,480
falcon 9 is a startup

832
00:29:28,149 --> 00:29:26,230
you may notice some water beginning to

833
00:29:29,669 --> 00:29:28,159
flood the patio that's very intentional

834
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:29,679
uh that's actually a sound suppression

835
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:31,360
system that that occurs

836
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:34,559
to allow uh the the sound

837
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:35,760
of the vibrate the vibration of the

838
00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:37,120
sound to actually be suppressed and it

839
00:29:42,230 --> 00:29:39,120
also helps with some cooling as well

840
00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:42,240
falcon 9 is configured for flight 2

841
00:29:54,070 --> 00:29:50,230
10 9 9 8

842
00:29:57,190 --> 00:29:54,080
7 6 5 four

843
00:30:01,190 --> 00:29:57,200
three two one

844
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:01,200
zero and liftoff of sentinel six

845
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,679
michael freilick continuing a legacy of

846
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:05,440
ocean observation and international

847
00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:06,320
collaboration

848
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:34,830
and money propulsion is nominal

849
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:48,830
oh

850
00:30:48,840 --> 00:31:01,190
foreign

851
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:14,310
vehicle is supersonic

852
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:15,909
vehicle is experiencing maximum

853
00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:24,070
so there we heard that call for max q we

854
00:31:27,190 --> 00:31:25,600
also heard vehicle supersonic meaning

855
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:27,200
it's traveling faster than the speed of

856
00:31:30,310 --> 00:31:28,640
sound

857
00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:30,320
a beautiful shot there from the first

858
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:31,760
stage looking down towards

859
00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:34,480
earth and seeing the plume there created

860
00:32:12,070 --> 00:31:35,760
by those nine

861
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:13,430
beautiful clear skies there from

862
00:32:16,789 --> 00:32:15,440
vandenberg on the ground able to track

863
00:32:19,669 --> 00:32:16,799
with that rocket as you see it on screen

864
00:32:22,310 --> 00:32:20,950
just a reminder coming up here very

865
00:32:23,669 --> 00:32:22,320
quickly we're going to hear booster our

866
00:32:25,909 --> 00:32:23,679
first stage engine cut-off page

867
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:25,919
separation confirmed

868
00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:27,360
booster separation is there visible on

869
00:32:36,230 --> 00:32:34,070
there's the backflip as jesse mentioned

870
00:32:43,509 --> 00:32:36,240
beginning with the falcon booster

871
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:43,519
stage one booster

872
00:32:46,630 --> 00:32:45,039
and that second engine looks like it has

873
00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:46,640
lit you can start to see the engine bell

874
00:32:51,430 --> 00:32:47,120
there

875
00:32:53,750 --> 00:32:51,440
turning uh an orb nominal trajectory

876
00:32:55,509 --> 00:32:53,760
bearing separation confirmed and there

877
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:55,519
goes the fairing that's exposed that is

878
00:32:58,789 --> 00:32:56,960
sentinel 6 michael frey look there on

879
00:32:59,990 --> 00:32:58,799
your screen that is the satellite that

880
00:33:00,710 --> 00:33:00,000
has been exposed now because the

881
00:33:02,549 --> 00:33:00,720
fairings have been

882
00:33:03,750 --> 00:33:02,559
jettisoned and separated and you just

883
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:03,760
saw it there tumbling away some

884
00:33:22,070 --> 00:33:04,960
beautiful shots

885
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,470
and stage one boost back burn shutdown

886
00:33:29,509 --> 00:33:28,630
so we're getting reverse angle views of

887
00:33:31,350 --> 00:33:29,519
that engine

888
00:33:33,509 --> 00:33:31,360
on screen that's what you're seeing uh

889
00:33:36,549 --> 00:33:33,519
this is switching between opposite ends

890
00:33:38,630 --> 00:33:36,559
opposite sides of that second stage

891
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:38,640
trajectory and that term nominal being

892
00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:40,320
used uh we've heard that a lot during

893
00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:42,240
this call out that's a very good sign

894
00:33:44,870 --> 00:33:43,519
nominal just means that everything is

895
00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:44,880
going according to plan

896
00:33:53,350 --> 00:33:47,200
with within the expectation of operation

897
00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:53,360
for the vehicle

898
00:33:56,789 --> 00:33:55,279
so we are oh they're a great shot from

899
00:33:58,389 --> 00:33:56,799
the first stage you can see the

900
00:34:02,070 --> 00:33:58,399
hypersonic grid fins there

901
00:34:04,149 --> 00:34:02,080
that are expanded those honeycomb shaped

902
00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:04,159
structures as the booster begins to

903
00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:06,080
enter the atmosphere those will be able

904
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:06,799
to help

905
00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:09,280
guide and stabilize the booster to make

906
00:34:12,389 --> 00:34:10,800
sure that we hit that pinpoint lanting

907
00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:12,399
like we heard that question asked

908
00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:14,480
how do we ensure pinpoint landing and

909
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:17,760
those grid fins play a huge part in that

910
00:34:21,430 --> 00:34:19,200
that second stage is in the middle of

911
00:34:24,230 --> 00:34:21,440
its first burn uh this burn

912
00:34:25,829 --> 00:34:24,240
will last approximately six and a half

913
00:34:27,190 --> 00:34:25,839
minutes

914
00:34:29,349 --> 00:34:27,200
and then there will be a long coast

915
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:29,359
phase today and then we will have a very

916
00:34:33,349 --> 00:34:30,320
short uh

917
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:33,359
a relatively short second stage second

918
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:35,520
burn to put us in the correct orbit to

919
00:34:46,829 --> 00:34:36,320
follow that

920
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:48,470
earlier

921
00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:51,040
so philip from a trajectory perspective

922
00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:51,520
is this

923
00:34:54,950 --> 00:34:53,760
just kind of a moment where does the

924
00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:54,960
people working this mission do they kind

925
00:34:57,510 --> 00:34:56,000
of just sit and wait

926
00:34:59,270 --> 00:34:57,520
as well here because obviously we're not

927
00:35:00,950 --> 00:34:59,280
controlling this actively it's just the

928
00:35:01,990 --> 00:35:00,960
vehicle in theory just doing what it's

929
00:35:03,349 --> 00:35:02,000
programmed to do

930
00:35:05,030 --> 00:35:03,359
right i mean i will say i didn't

931
00:35:06,710 --> 00:35:05,040
personally work this mission so i'm not

932
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:06,720
sure what my co-worker who worked it for

933
00:35:09,589 --> 00:35:07,680
a couple of years

934
00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:09,599
thinking but it's beautiful to watch

935
00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:11,200
this trajectory that we've been planning

936
00:35:13,829 --> 00:35:12,320
out for years

937
00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:13,839
we know what the math looks like we know

938
00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:16,000
what the numbers are but actually seeing

939
00:35:19,430 --> 00:35:17,680
these views from the second stage is

940
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:19,440
just amazing

941
00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:21,359
yeah very good uh and we'll talk more

942
00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:22,880
about kind of your role and what you do

943
00:35:26,230 --> 00:35:23,680
as a

944
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:26,240
trajectory analyst you are by all

945
00:35:30,710 --> 00:35:28,240
accounts a rocket scientist which is

946
00:35:31,750 --> 00:35:30,720
pretty cool we will come back and chat

947
00:35:33,349 --> 00:35:31,760
more in a bit uh

948
00:35:35,670 --> 00:35:33,359
again we'll revisit you once we get

949
00:35:37,670 --> 00:35:35,680
towards that second stage second bird

950
00:35:39,990 --> 00:35:37,680
but for now i think we're ready to head

951
00:35:42,069 --> 00:35:40,000
back out to to check in with daryl

952
00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:42,079
and jesse to hopefully enjoy nominal

953
00:35:45,750 --> 00:35:43,280
trajectories

954
00:35:46,950 --> 00:35:45,760
what i would expect to be a beautiful

955
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:46,960
very noisy

956
00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:50,240
uh nominal landing of that booster daryl

957
00:36:00,470 --> 00:35:58,550
all right we're going to hang off

958
00:36:01,030 --> 00:36:00,480
they're not quite ready yet uh i'm sure

959
00:36:02,950 --> 00:36:01,040
they're just

960
00:36:03,990 --> 00:36:02,960
enjoying it they probably got up uh to

961
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:04,000
watch that launch and they're probably

962
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:05,440
getting positioned again so

963
00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:08,880
uh i don't blame them me neither

964
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:33,190
so that uh second stage uh merlin vacuum

965
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:33,760
engine

966
00:36:37,750 --> 00:36:36,160
uh m vac as we like to call it uh that

967
00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:37,760
produces around 210

968
00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:40,000
000 pounds of thrust once it's on orbit

969
00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:41,920
uh in the vacuum of space

970
00:36:44,710 --> 00:36:43,520
started all right so call for the entry

971
00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:44,720
burn there i think daryl marina are

972
00:36:46,390 --> 00:36:45,839
ready for us they should be there with

973
00:36:48,310 --> 00:36:46,400
jesse

974
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:48,320
to talk us through the landing uh how

975
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:54,310
oh my goodness it's incredible it was

976
00:36:57,910 --> 00:36:55,359
incredible

977
00:36:58,790 --> 00:36:57,920
that's why we're awesome we're all

978
00:37:01,109 --> 00:36:58,800
talking at the same time

979
00:37:02,870 --> 00:37:01,119
it's great i think can you tell that

980
00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:02,880
we're excited we were standing there we

981
00:37:05,829 --> 00:37:04,640
saw it it was so clear we could see the

982
00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:05,839
separation

983
00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:07,760
as it was going the entire time jesse i

984
00:37:12,150 --> 00:37:09,359
mean in that

985
00:37:13,589 --> 00:37:12,160
inspiring mind so it's going to be

986
00:37:15,910 --> 00:37:13,599
landing right behind us

987
00:37:17,510 --> 00:37:15,920
and we've got a view now of the actual

988
00:37:19,990 --> 00:37:17,520
booster coming back

989
00:37:20,870 --> 00:37:20,000
um it's got its grid fins out and that's

990
00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:20,880
helpful that's

991
00:37:24,390 --> 00:37:23,040
it has to use those things it has to

992
00:37:27,349 --> 00:37:24,400
help steer it um

993
00:37:29,829 --> 00:37:27,359
as it's making its way back to land so

994
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:29,839
it's the steering mechanism

995
00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:31,359
it's really interesting that it lands

996
00:37:36,069 --> 00:37:34,000
right next to the launch pad

997
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:36,079
we have a little tent over top of us so

998
00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:37,760
we're not going to see that first boost

999
00:37:41,430 --> 00:37:38,560
back here

1000
00:37:42,950 --> 00:37:41,440
but we would have a clear shot of uh it

1001
00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:42,960
coming down onto the pad

1002
00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:44,640
the other thing we're wait uh waiting

1003
00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:46,240
for and we're making sure that we

1004
00:37:52,710 --> 00:37:50,640
keep track of is engine cut off of stage

1005
00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:52,720
stage two and we're going to call that

1006
00:37:59,270 --> 00:37:54,320
out here it comes

1007
00:38:01,829 --> 00:37:59,280
there it is oh my goodness

1008
00:38:03,430 --> 00:38:01,839
and just straightening out what do you

1009
00:38:06,069 --> 00:38:03,440
think jesse that's amazing oh my

1010
00:38:08,310 --> 00:38:06,079
goodness i might cry right now

1011
00:38:09,589 --> 00:38:08,320
this is so incredible every time i see

1012
00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:09,599
this it's just

1013
00:38:16,710 --> 00:38:14,240
slowing down so perfectly perfectly

1014
00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:16,720
there's the sonic booms we talked about

1015
00:38:34,950 --> 00:38:33,510
to see it here in person to feel it and

1016
00:38:36,870 --> 00:38:34,960
like jesse said

1017
00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:36,880
no matter if you see it or not you

1018
00:38:41,349 --> 00:38:38,240
always hear it right

1019
00:38:42,230 --> 00:38:41,359
that sonic boom is recognizable wherever

1020
00:38:47,430 --> 00:38:42,240
you are

1021
00:38:50,710 --> 00:38:50,310
i have no words that was incredible like

1022
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:50,720
as

1023
00:38:56,630 --> 00:38:54,640
in person is a whole different

1024
00:38:58,390 --> 00:38:56,640
experience

1025
00:38:59,670 --> 00:38:58,400
the crowd that's with us you can hear

1026
00:39:00,790 --> 00:38:59,680
them cheering and everything they're

1027
00:39:05,190 --> 00:39:00,800
just totally like

1028
00:39:08,150 --> 00:39:05,200
you know in in awe we're so glad that uh

1029
00:39:08,630 --> 00:39:08,160
we could do this and uh have you join us

1030
00:39:10,470 --> 00:39:08,640
with us

1031
00:39:11,910 --> 00:39:10,480
jesse anderson from spacex lead

1032
00:39:13,270 --> 00:39:11,920
manufacturing engineer

1033
00:39:15,430 --> 00:39:13,280
thanks so much for coming out here what

1034
00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:15,440
a moment so much for having me this has

1035
00:39:20,710 --> 00:39:17,440
been amazing thank you

1036
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:20,720
thank you all right well the coast phase

1037
00:39:26,390 --> 00:39:23,839
is um about 45 minutes away

1038
00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:26,400
and so we don't expect any activity to

1039
00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:28,800
report at this time but if there is we

1040
00:39:31,670 --> 00:39:29,920
will let you know

1041
00:39:33,670 --> 00:39:31,680
and in the meantime we'd like to tell

1042
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:33,680
you about the science behind the

1043
00:39:37,510 --> 00:39:34,960
sentinel 6

1044
00:39:39,030 --> 00:39:37,520
uh michael freilich mission and we're

1045
00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:39,040
going to get to that in a moment but you

1046
00:39:41,349 --> 00:39:39,520
know

1047
00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:41,359
um we have a moment here where we're

1048
00:39:45,109 --> 00:39:43,040
going to sync up

1049
00:39:47,109 --> 00:39:45,119
and simulcast with our partners from the

1050
00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:47,119
european space agency

1051
00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:49,200
and when we do that that's going to

1052
00:39:53,589 --> 00:39:50,960
allow both channels both esa

1053
00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:53,599
and nasa to carry the same broadcast at

1054
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:54,640
the same time

1055
00:39:57,910 --> 00:39:56,640
going to talk a lot about science and

1056
00:39:59,349 --> 00:39:57,920
we're going to get to that in a moment

1057
00:40:00,390 --> 00:39:59,359
but first of all i want to get your

1058
00:40:03,430 --> 00:40:00,400
reaction

1059
00:40:04,230 --> 00:40:03,440
to watching both the launch and the

1060
00:40:06,470 --> 00:40:04,240
landing

1061
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:06,480
and it's spectacular daryl i mean it's

1062
00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:07,680
just it's so

1063
00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:10,480
beautiful when everything comes and like

1064
00:40:14,470 --> 00:40:11,880
jesse was saying a well

1065
00:40:16,390 --> 00:40:14,480
choreographed valet it's the best

1066
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:16,400
choreographed ballet in the world

1067
00:40:20,309 --> 00:40:17,920
and it did everything that it was

1068
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:20,319
supposed to the launch was beautiful i'm

1069
00:40:24,150 --> 00:40:22,480
so glad the winds quieted down when they

1070
00:40:24,790 --> 00:40:24,160
were supposed to so that we could get

1071
00:40:26,870 --> 00:40:24,800
that

1072
00:40:28,309 --> 00:40:26,880
rocket launched because this is

1073
00:40:30,309 --> 00:40:28,319
incredible science that we're going to

1074
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:30,319
get from sentinel 6 and i just can't

1075
00:40:33,510 --> 00:40:31,200
wait

1076
00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:33,520
well said well said indeed okay now we

1077
00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:34,720
are going to

1078
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:36,960
turn it over to our friends from esa

1079
00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:38,880
let's join moderator louise

1080
00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:46,470
lately i would like to to thank nasa and

1081
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:47,200
our friends

1082
00:40:51,030 --> 00:40:49,680
in the us also noah for this

1083
00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:51,040
contribution they have made

1084
00:40:55,990 --> 00:40:53,200
incredible they have been an excellent

1085
00:40:58,150 --> 00:40:56,000
partner uh they have been very

1086
00:41:00,069 --> 00:40:58,160
reliable and they really have delivered

1087
00:41:03,349 --> 00:41:00,079
their part on time

1088
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:03,359
and very in very significant terms the

1089
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:05,440
launcher we have just seen but also very

1090
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:06,560
important instruments

1091
00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:08,960
like the micro radiometer and several

1092
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:10,800
other components and this is a model

1093
00:41:14,069 --> 00:41:11,680
corporation

1094
00:41:14,870 --> 00:41:14,079
uh i really like with thomas and this

1095
00:41:18,230 --> 00:41:14,880
team

1096
00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:18,240
in the us discuss further cooperation

1097
00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:19,119
opportunities

1098
00:41:22,950 --> 00:41:20,800
because this is just so wonderful what

1099
00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:22,960
uh we have done with center six michael

1100
00:41:26,790 --> 00:41:24,960
friedlis and there is much more to come

1101
00:41:28,150 --> 00:41:26,800
i have quite a few ideas i don't want to

1102
00:41:30,630 --> 00:41:28,160
go into depth right here but

1103
00:41:35,109 --> 00:41:30,640
uh i think this is so successful that i

1104
00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:35,119
would like to expand that

1105
00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:36,800
well thank you so much joseph i think

1106
00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:38,240
you're saying that international

1107
00:41:42,630 --> 00:41:40,240
partnerships are so important

1108
00:41:44,470 --> 00:41:42,640
for these space missions moving forward

1109
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:44,480
and we've of course been able to

1110
00:41:47,990 --> 00:41:46,480
monitor the oceans from space for nearly

1111
00:41:49,829 --> 00:41:48,000
30 years now

1112
00:41:51,750 --> 00:41:49,839
and before we continue this conversation

1113
00:41:52,309 --> 00:41:51,760
i want to take a look at a video which

1114
00:41:58,710 --> 00:41:52,319
will show

1115
00:42:04,309 --> 00:42:02,550
great sorry this is coming back to me or

1116
00:42:05,750 --> 00:42:04,319
yeah we are what what what would you

1117
00:42:13,670 --> 00:42:05,760
like to ask me

1118
00:42:16,950 --> 00:42:15,510
what difference is speaking to

1119
00:42:26,950 --> 00:42:16,960
revolutionizing um

1120
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:36,710
after the video you have like six

1121
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:43,030
she's missing she doesn't have a

1122
00:42:43,040 --> 00:43:29,750
moving feed

1123
00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:32,150
altimeter was actually an experiment on

1124
00:43:36,470 --> 00:43:33,760
board skylab which was

1125
00:43:38,150 --> 00:43:36,480
50 years ago now i mean the way that

1126
00:43:38,710 --> 00:43:38,160
this technology has transformed over

1127
00:43:40,550 --> 00:43:38,720
this last

1128
00:43:42,150 --> 00:43:40,560
half a century it's quite fantastic

1129
00:43:43,670 --> 00:43:42,160
isn't it thomas oh it's amazing i mean

1130
00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:43,680
for me when you just think about it you

1131
00:43:46,069 --> 00:43:45,599
know you have this spacecraft up there

1132
00:43:51,109 --> 00:43:46,079
at

1133
00:43:53,990 --> 00:43:51,119
kilometers per second and you're

1134
00:43:56,470 --> 00:43:54,000
locating it within a centimeter or so

1135
00:43:58,710 --> 00:43:56,480
exactly with all these uh with the

1136
00:44:00,309 --> 00:43:58,720
altimeter but also the gps receivers and

1137
00:44:02,470 --> 00:44:00,319
the supporting instrumentation

1138
00:44:04,630 --> 00:44:02,480
for me it's mind-boggling you know and

1139
00:44:07,030 --> 00:44:04,640
of course it's so important because

1140
00:44:08,870 --> 00:44:07,040
it affects our lives in a direct fashion

1141
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:08,880
every day even if you don't not notice

1142
00:44:12,069 --> 00:44:09,280
that

1143
00:44:13,430 --> 00:44:12,079
going to come across in the future with

1144
00:44:14,309 --> 00:44:13,440
working with this international

1145
00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:14,319
partnership

1146
00:44:17,910 --> 00:44:16,160
so look i believe that for the first

1147
00:44:19,829 --> 00:44:17,920
couple decades the question really was

1148
00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:19,839
are the ocean levels rising

1149
00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:22,880
the question to that is absolutely yes

1150
00:44:27,270 --> 00:44:24,880
now the question that we're dealing with

1151
00:44:29,829 --> 00:44:27,280
and i as an international community is

1152
00:44:31,349 --> 00:44:29,839
how are we handling these rising oceans

1153
00:44:33,510 --> 00:44:31,359
and how do we make sure

1154
00:44:35,270 --> 00:44:33,520
we don't go to levels that we don't need

1155
00:44:37,750 --> 00:44:35,280
to and so for us

1156
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:37,760
kind of that the local impacts of those

1157
00:44:41,030 --> 00:44:39,520
around the world whether it's in europe

1158
00:44:42,230 --> 00:44:41,040
whether it's in the united states and

1159
00:44:44,630 --> 00:44:42,240
everywhere else

1160
00:44:45,829 --> 00:44:44,640
are what's going to drive our our

1161
00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:45,839
research and therefore the high

1162
00:44:48,390 --> 00:44:47,760
resolution that this spacecraft provides

1163
00:44:50,390 --> 00:44:48,400
us

1164
00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:50,400
is absolutely critical so that's the

1165
00:44:54,309 --> 00:44:52,160
questions the international community

1166
00:44:55,349 --> 00:44:54,319
has to come together to east to deal

1167
00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:55,359
with these problems

1168
00:44:59,109 --> 00:44:57,040
because each one of those assets you

1169
00:45:00,550 --> 00:44:59,119
know serves all of us

1170
00:45:02,069 --> 00:45:00,560
well we have been hearing more and more

1171
00:45:03,829 --> 00:45:02,079
about how oceanography has been

1172
00:45:05,990 --> 00:45:03,839
revolutionized by

1173
00:45:07,750 --> 00:45:06,000
satellite observation so nadia maybe you

1174
00:45:09,589 --> 00:45:07,760
can tell us a little bit more about why

1175
00:45:10,950 --> 00:45:09,599
sentinel 6 is making such a difference

1176
00:45:14,390 --> 00:45:10,960
in that development

1177
00:45:15,990 --> 00:45:14,400
yes sentinel 6 is indeed building on a

1178
00:45:19,190 --> 00:45:16,000
very rich heritage

1179
00:45:22,630 --> 00:45:19,200
of json class altimeters

1180
00:45:24,390 --> 00:45:22,640
and what we expect to see a new science

1181
00:45:27,430 --> 00:45:24,400
coming out of sentinel 6 that

1182
00:45:29,430 --> 00:45:27,440
it would clear it would open up

1183
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:29,440
new frequencies and give us a full

1184
00:45:32,870 --> 00:45:31,280
picture of what do we know about the

1185
00:45:36,150 --> 00:45:32,880
oceans and

1186
00:45:38,309 --> 00:45:36,160
ocean altimetry by now it's a mainstream

1187
00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:38,319
tool of modern physical oceanography so

1188
00:45:42,230 --> 00:45:39,920
if you're a border oceanographer

1189
00:45:43,589 --> 00:45:42,240
at one point of your life you're clearly

1190
00:45:45,510 --> 00:45:43,599
looked with this data either you're

1191
00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:45,520
studying tides or sea level ocean

1192
00:45:49,589 --> 00:45:46,720
circulation

1193
00:45:52,069 --> 00:45:49,599
or winds or hurricane prediction you you

1194
00:45:53,990 --> 00:45:52,079
were exposed to this data and we expect

1195
00:45:55,510 --> 00:45:54,000
from sentinel 6 to continue doing this

1196
00:45:58,309 --> 00:45:55,520
discovery on a higher

1197
00:45:59,990 --> 00:45:58,319
resolution and longer time scales well

1198
00:46:01,750 --> 00:46:00,000
if craig can hear us over in

1199
00:46:03,750 --> 00:46:01,760
europe maybe i can come to you as well

1200
00:46:04,870 --> 00:46:03,760
craig and ask you your opinion on how

1201
00:46:12,829 --> 00:46:04,880
this technology

1202
00:46:17,349 --> 00:46:14,870
oceans

1203
00:46:19,190 --> 00:46:17,359
correct precision which is essential

1204
00:46:20,710 --> 00:46:19,200
because the daniel changes is just a few

1205
00:46:23,270 --> 00:46:20,720
millimeters a year

1206
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:23,280
it's really remarkable but united can do

1207
00:46:25,829 --> 00:46:24,000
a lot more

1208
00:46:27,190 --> 00:46:25,839
and recent work shows that the oceans

1209
00:46:29,109 --> 00:46:27,200
are taking a much more

1210
00:46:30,710 --> 00:46:29,119
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

1211
00:46:31,670 --> 00:46:30,720
through the ocean atmosphere interface

1212
00:46:33,990 --> 00:46:31,680
where waves

1213
00:46:36,550 --> 00:46:34,000
play an extremely important role now the

1214
00:46:38,550 --> 00:46:36,560
sentinel 6 meteor microphilic radar

1215
00:46:40,390 --> 00:46:38,560
altimeter provides us with excellent

1216
00:46:41,430 --> 00:46:40,400
measurements of the significant wave

1217
00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:41,440
height

1218
00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:43,680
with a 300 meter footprint size on the

1219
00:46:46,710 --> 00:46:44,800
satellite track

1220
00:46:49,030 --> 00:46:46,720
really this will help us to improve our

1221
00:46:50,069 --> 00:46:49,040
understanding of carbon dioxide transfer

1222
00:46:51,990 --> 00:46:50,079
into the ocean

1223
00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:52,000
but it's even more than that wave

1224
00:46:55,589 --> 00:46:53,920
forecasting is part of the copernicus

1225
00:46:57,990 --> 00:46:55,599
marine services

1226
00:47:00,309 --> 00:46:58,000
for serving maritime operations which

1227
00:47:01,430 --> 00:47:00,319
are essential for maritime safety

1228
00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:01,440
and these are managed through the

1229
00:47:05,190 --> 00:47:03,680
european maritime safety agency

1230
00:47:07,109 --> 00:47:05,200
so we'll have topography measurements

1231
00:47:13,109 --> 00:47:07,119
and wave measurements to really provide

1232
00:47:18,550 --> 00:47:15,190
well thank you chris if you wish it is

1233
00:47:22,470 --> 00:47:20,150
and that was craig donlon who's the

1234
00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:22,480
project scientist from isa which is a

1235
00:47:25,349 --> 00:47:24,480
european space agency so thank you so

1236
00:47:27,109 --> 00:47:25,359
much to them

1237
00:47:29,270 --> 00:47:27,119
and the climate science conversation

1238
00:47:31,589 --> 00:47:29,280
continues if you would like to tune in

1239
00:47:34,549 --> 00:47:31,599
just use the sentinel 6 hashtag

1240
00:47:36,549 --> 00:47:34,559
on the european space agency or esa's

1241
00:47:38,470 --> 00:47:36,559
social media platforms

1242
00:47:40,150 --> 00:47:38,480
this satellite was renamed after

1243
00:47:42,309 --> 00:47:40,160
american oceanographer

1244
00:47:43,430 --> 00:47:42,319
michael freilich who led nasa's earth

1245
00:47:45,670 --> 00:47:43,440
science division

1246
00:47:46,790 --> 00:47:45,680
for more than a decade freilick passed

1247
00:47:49,030 --> 00:47:46,800
away in august

1248
00:47:51,270 --> 00:47:49,040
but five months prior nasa held a

1249
00:47:53,349 --> 00:47:51,280
satellite renaming ceremony for him at

1250
00:47:54,309 --> 00:47:53,359
the agency's headquarters in washington

1251
00:47:56,470 --> 00:47:54,319
d.c

1252
00:47:57,829 --> 00:47:56,480
freilich accepted the honor but he

1253
00:47:59,829 --> 00:47:57,839
credited his success

1254
00:48:01,589 --> 00:47:59,839
to the contributions of thousands of

1255
00:48:04,710 --> 00:48:01,599
scientists engineers

1256
00:48:09,829 --> 00:48:04,720
managers and diplomats on both sides of

1257
00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:12,630
it's been a privilege to work with you

1258
00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:13,359
to learn

1259
00:48:20,069 --> 00:48:16,640
from you and to be able to call you

1260
00:48:22,950 --> 00:48:20,079
friends the entire world

1261
00:48:23,670 --> 00:48:22,960
is expecting great things from sentinel

1262
00:48:27,510 --> 00:48:23,680
6

1263
00:48:34,180 --> 00:48:27,520
and i know that you will deliver

1264
00:48:43,829 --> 00:48:34,190
go sentinel 6.

1265
00:48:47,190 --> 00:48:45,750
certainly he would have been thrilled to

1266
00:48:50,390 --> 00:48:47,200
see this launch today

1267
00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:50,400
joining us now is daniel freilich and

1268
00:48:54,390 --> 00:48:51,760
sarah freilich

1269
00:48:56,069 --> 00:48:54,400
michael's children son and daughter

1270
00:48:58,150 --> 00:48:56,079
thank you so much for being here

1271
00:48:59,349 --> 00:48:58,160
thank you so much for having us you're

1272
00:49:01,990 --> 00:48:59,359
very welcome so

1273
00:49:03,829 --> 00:49:02,000
um you know you just saw this launch

1274
00:49:05,109 --> 00:49:03,839
your your father's name is on the

1275
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:05,119
satellite

1276
00:49:08,470 --> 00:49:06,240
what were your thoughts as you were

1277
00:49:09,910 --> 00:49:08,480
watching that it was gorgeous

1278
00:49:13,349 --> 00:49:09,920
like i haven't seen something that

1279
00:49:15,430 --> 00:49:13,359
beautiful before

1280
00:49:17,430 --> 00:49:15,440
it's my first time seeing a launch from

1281
00:49:19,829 --> 00:49:17,440
out here and to just see that

1282
00:49:20,470 --> 00:49:19,839
was incredible like it means so much to

1283
00:49:22,470 --> 00:49:20,480
see

1284
00:49:24,390 --> 00:49:22,480
and feel it you know like i'd heard him

1285
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:24,400
talk about feeling it and

1286
00:49:28,549 --> 00:49:27,280
feeling that as it goes is just

1287
00:49:31,750 --> 00:49:28,559
incredible

1288
00:49:33,349 --> 00:49:31,760
amazing and we all talk about him

1289
00:49:34,950 --> 00:49:33,359
in the space community as just being

1290
00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:34,960
such an inspiration i had the honor of

1291
00:49:40,069 --> 00:49:37,040
hearing him speak once as well

1292
00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:40,079
and you guys know the man outside of

1293
00:49:43,510 --> 00:49:42,000
the work so tell us a little bit about

1294
00:49:45,589 --> 00:49:43,520
him so

1295
00:49:47,670 --> 00:49:45,599
our dad was passionate and like whatever

1296
00:49:48,630 --> 00:49:47,680
he chose to do he wanted to like be a

1297
00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:48,640
big part of it

1298
00:49:52,390 --> 00:49:51,040
and like was in all the communities and

1299
00:49:53,910 --> 00:49:52,400
i like to tell people i didn't have

1300
00:49:56,829 --> 00:49:53,920
heartthrobs on my wall

1301
00:49:58,150 --> 00:49:56,839
i had issa and satellite images as the

1302
00:50:00,230 --> 00:49:58,160
posters um

1303
00:50:01,349 --> 00:50:00,240
and so that was just who my dad was he

1304
00:50:04,390 --> 00:50:01,359
shared it with us

1305
00:50:06,790 --> 00:50:04,400
and you know like he was always there

1306
00:50:07,510 --> 00:50:06,800
and i think another thing is you know he

1307
00:50:09,910 --> 00:50:07,520
cared about

1308
00:50:10,950 --> 00:50:09,920
things at all levels so not only did he

1309
00:50:12,790 --> 00:50:10,960
care about

1310
00:50:15,109 --> 00:50:12,800
an individual mission but he cared about

1311
00:50:17,190 --> 00:50:15,119
how it affected the entire world

1312
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:17,200
and and he did that with everyone he

1313
00:50:19,670 --> 00:50:18,240
worked with you know he

1314
00:50:21,589 --> 00:50:19,680
he talked about the people that he

1315
00:50:22,950 --> 00:50:21,599
worked with he talked about

1316
00:50:24,549 --> 00:50:22,960
all the science that happened when we

1317
00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:24,559
were going through his papers actually

1318
00:50:27,829 --> 00:50:25,599
we found that he

1319
00:50:29,430 --> 00:50:27,839
still had the science papers written

1320
00:50:31,510 --> 00:50:29,440
about the impact on

1321
00:50:32,950 --> 00:50:31,520
the world so he even as he moved on like

1322
00:50:34,710 --> 00:50:32,960
he just cared about every part of the

1323
00:50:36,870 --> 00:50:34,720
process the people the science

1324
00:50:38,549 --> 00:50:36,880
and what it meant for for humanity you

1325
00:50:40,790 --> 00:50:38,559
guys were sharing a nice moment

1326
00:50:42,630 --> 00:50:40,800
with me yesterday when you said that uh

1327
00:50:43,829 --> 00:50:42,640
you know you have talked to the people

1328
00:50:46,069 --> 00:50:43,839
who worked with him

1329
00:50:47,430 --> 00:50:46,079
they talked about you guys and then he

1330
00:50:50,549 --> 00:50:47,440
talked to them about you

1331
00:50:52,309 --> 00:50:50,559
and so just sharing you know uh you know

1332
00:50:52,950 --> 00:50:52,319
the mutual experiences and said that he

1333
00:50:54,950 --> 00:50:52,960
was just

1334
00:50:56,790 --> 00:50:54,960
the real person the real deal he would

1335
00:50:58,950 --> 00:50:56,800
push everyone to be their best

1336
00:51:00,069 --> 00:50:58,960
in order to make everything better and

1337
00:51:02,870 --> 00:51:00,079
we don't want to forget about

1338
00:51:04,870 --> 00:51:02,880
rosie this would be his grandchild right

1339
00:51:09,750 --> 00:51:04,880
his first grandchild that he got to meet

1340
00:51:12,950 --> 00:51:09,760
so that was very special yeah

1341
00:51:13,910 --> 00:51:12,960
look at that you know sarah you're a

1342
00:51:17,109 --> 00:51:13,920
science teacher

1343
00:51:17,990 --> 00:51:17,119
right so so what part of this kind of

1344
00:51:21,349 --> 00:51:18,000
carries through

1345
00:51:24,630 --> 00:51:21,359
to what you do today so i think like i

1346
00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:24,640
we do a big unit on um

1347
00:51:29,829 --> 00:51:27,760
client climate changing um because like

1348
00:51:30,870 --> 00:51:29,839
for me sea level rise and like what we

1349
00:51:33,430 --> 00:51:30,880
can do as a

1350
00:51:35,030 --> 00:51:33,440
as individuals is so important and like

1351
00:51:38,150 --> 00:51:35,040
what my father was saying

1352
00:51:40,710 --> 00:51:38,160
and so as much as i teach science

1353
00:51:42,630 --> 00:51:40,720
and i hope that each student can find

1354
00:51:43,030 --> 00:51:42,640
something that excites them whether or

1355
00:51:45,670 --> 00:51:43,040
not

1356
00:51:46,790 --> 00:51:45,680
it's like physics biology like rising

1357
00:51:48,069 --> 00:51:46,800
sea levels

1358
00:51:49,589 --> 00:51:48,079
but i want to make sure that there's a

1359
00:51:51,109 --> 00:51:49,599
space for everyone to find something

1360
00:51:53,030 --> 00:51:51,119
that interests them

1361
00:51:55,670 --> 00:51:53,040
and michael from the red pen do you have

1362
00:51:59,589 --> 00:51:55,680
a red pen he has a red pen

1363
00:52:03,190 --> 00:52:01,270
and it's so important like you said for

1364
00:52:04,069 --> 00:52:03,200
future generations to be inspired and

1365
00:52:06,549 --> 00:52:04,079
make a difference

1366
00:52:07,829 --> 00:52:06,559
thank you guys that's what he he wanted

1367
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:07,839
us to understand that this was our

1368
00:52:13,030 --> 00:52:09,760
planet and it needed to be better

1369
00:52:15,190 --> 00:52:13,040
for everyone and so he always said to us

1370
00:52:17,109 --> 00:52:15,200
it's not that there's climate change but

1371
00:52:20,230 --> 00:52:17,119
the climate is changing

1372
00:52:21,990 --> 00:52:20,240
to try to build unity around this topic

1373
00:52:23,430 --> 00:52:22,000
and have everyone understand what

1374
00:52:25,030 --> 00:52:23,440
impacts they can make and

1375
00:52:26,950 --> 00:52:25,040
why it's important to all of us that's

1376
00:52:30,390 --> 00:52:26,960
very well said daniel freilich

1377
00:52:32,150 --> 00:52:30,400
sarah freilich and rosie rosie

1378
00:52:33,990 --> 00:52:32,160
we're so glad that you could be here for

1379
00:52:35,510 --> 00:52:34,000
this moment it's just incredible and

1380
00:52:37,270 --> 00:52:35,520
thank you for sharing your father's

1381
00:52:40,309 --> 00:52:37,280
legacy with us thank you for having us

1382
00:52:43,190 --> 00:52:40,319
thank you so much for having us michael

1383
00:52:46,230 --> 00:52:43,200
frylick believed strongly in the mission

1384
00:52:48,230 --> 00:52:46,240
documenting sea level rise earth's

1385
00:52:50,230 --> 00:52:48,240
oceans affect us all

1386
00:52:51,910 --> 00:52:50,240
from the air we breathe to how they

1387
00:52:53,990 --> 00:52:51,920
impact our climate

1388
00:52:55,030 --> 00:52:54,000
let's take a look at how sentinel 6

1389
00:52:58,069 --> 00:52:55,040
michael freilich

1390
00:53:00,290 --> 00:52:58,079
will help us continue to explore oceans

1391
00:53:05,510 --> 00:53:00,300
from space

1392
00:53:07,510 --> 00:53:05,520
[Music]

1393
00:53:09,750 --> 00:53:07,520
spend a few minutes on any beach and

1394
00:53:12,390 --> 00:53:09,760
you'll realize just how much the ocean

1395
00:53:14,150 --> 00:53:12,400
can transform the shoreline

1396
00:53:16,150 --> 00:53:14,160
we're here at nasa's jet propulsion

1397
00:53:17,750 --> 00:53:16,160
laboratory and we're really excited

1398
00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:17,760
about this new satellite

1399
00:53:20,870 --> 00:53:19,839
it will extend the record of sea level

1400
00:53:23,829 --> 00:53:20,880
rise another

1401
00:53:24,069 --> 00:53:23,839
decade past the 30 years we already have

1402
00:53:26,150 --> 00:53:24,079
and

1403
00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:26,160
allow us to see how sea level is not

1404
00:53:30,230 --> 00:53:27,280
only rising

1405
00:53:31,910 --> 00:53:30,240
but how it's accelerating this has huge

1406
00:53:33,589 --> 00:53:31,920
consequences for the planet

1407
00:53:35,349 --> 00:53:33,599
because sea level rise is one of the

1408
00:53:38,150 --> 00:53:35,359
most important consequences

1409
00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:38,160
of human-caused global warming sea

1410
00:53:40,950 --> 00:53:40,559
levels are rising at a faster and faster

1411
00:53:43,270 --> 00:53:40,960
rate

1412
00:53:44,870 --> 00:53:43,280
every decade we need these measurements

1413
00:53:47,030 --> 00:53:44,880
to help us predict

1414
00:53:48,630 --> 00:53:47,040
how quickly flooding will increase

1415
00:53:50,549 --> 00:53:48,640
across the planet

1416
00:53:52,390 --> 00:53:50,559
sentinel 6 will also bring us higher

1417
00:53:53,990 --> 00:53:52,400
resolution measurements of sea level

1418
00:53:56,150 --> 00:53:54,000
which is incredibly important near the

1419
00:53:58,230 --> 00:53:56,160
coastline where currents are narrow

1420
00:53:59,589 --> 00:53:58,240
and changes can be difficult to observe

1421
00:54:01,349 --> 00:53:59,599
from space

1422
00:54:03,430 --> 00:54:01,359
currents in the ocean tilt the sea

1423
00:54:03,910 --> 00:54:03,440
surface making sea level high on one

1424
00:54:06,870 --> 00:54:03,920
side

1425
00:54:08,390 --> 00:54:06,880
and low on the other also warm water

1426
00:54:10,150 --> 00:54:08,400
stands taller than cold

1427
00:54:11,589 --> 00:54:10,160
so sea level measurements tell us about

1428
00:54:14,790 --> 00:54:11,599
both ocean currents

1429
00:54:15,829 --> 00:54:14,800
and ocean heat ocean currents affect our

1430
00:54:18,150 --> 00:54:15,839
daily lives

1431
00:54:19,109 --> 00:54:18,160
because the ocean has a strong impact on

1432
00:54:21,589 --> 00:54:19,119
climate

1433
00:54:22,630 --> 00:54:21,599
in the west the pacific ocean strongly

1434
00:54:25,109 --> 00:54:22,640
determines

1435
00:54:26,790 --> 00:54:25,119
droughts and rainfall and in the east

1436
00:54:29,589 --> 00:54:26,800
hurricane forecasting

1437
00:54:30,069 --> 00:54:29,599
uses satellite altimetry to help predict

1438
00:54:33,190 --> 00:54:30,079
how much

1439
00:54:34,309 --> 00:54:33,200
hurricanes will intensify ocean

1440
00:54:36,309 --> 00:54:34,319
conditions can change

1441
00:54:37,510 --> 00:54:36,319
quickly and forecasters need data in

1442
00:54:39,750 --> 00:54:37,520
near real time

1443
00:54:42,470 --> 00:54:39,760
to predict how currents and marine

1444
00:54:43,910 --> 00:54:42,480
weather will change across the globe

1445
00:54:45,990 --> 00:54:43,920
we're excited about the technical

1446
00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:46,000
capabilities of this new satellite

1447
00:54:52,309 --> 00:54:48,160
and the prospect of another 10 years of

1448
00:54:57,910 --> 00:54:52,319
sea level measurements

1449
00:55:01,109 --> 00:54:59,750
and josh willis is here more

1450
00:55:04,150 --> 00:55:01,119
affectionately known as

1451
00:55:04,789 --> 00:55:04,160
climate elvis joined by nasa's blair

1452
00:55:09,190 --> 00:55:04,799
allen

1453
00:55:12,470 --> 00:55:11,829
that's right marina josh is here the uh

1454
00:55:14,470 --> 00:55:12,480
the king

1455
00:55:15,750 --> 00:55:14,480
is in the building with some uh thank

1456
00:55:17,910 --> 00:55:15,760
you thank you very much

1457
00:55:19,829 --> 00:55:17,920
a deep insight into the science of

1458
00:55:21,270 --> 00:55:19,839
sentinel six so let's start there before

1459
00:55:22,950 --> 00:55:21,280
we get to the demonstration

1460
00:55:24,549 --> 00:55:22,960
tell us a little bit about the science

1461
00:55:25,589 --> 00:55:24,559
behind this mission well player first i

1462
00:55:28,630 --> 00:55:25,599
got to say

1463
00:55:29,829 --> 00:55:28,640
that was amazing i just saw the rocket

1464
00:55:32,150 --> 00:55:29,839
went up

1465
00:55:33,670 --> 00:55:32,160
and then it came back down yeah yeah and

1466
00:55:34,950 --> 00:55:33,680
so did the boom it lowered the boom on

1467
00:55:36,950 --> 00:55:34,960
us

1468
00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:36,960
even when you know it's coming yeah uh

1469
00:55:40,710 --> 00:55:38,480
it's still shocking boom

1470
00:55:42,549 --> 00:55:40,720
sonic boom it was cool but it dropped

1471
00:55:44,069 --> 00:55:42,559
the mic honestly it dropped the mic

1472
00:55:45,990 --> 00:55:44,079
as i know you were gonna do at the end

1473
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:46,000
of this segment

1474
00:55:49,990 --> 00:55:48,480
uh let's hear it so sentinel 6 is going

1475
00:55:52,390 --> 00:55:50,000
to tell us about the sea level

1476
00:55:53,829 --> 00:55:52,400
it measures the height of the ocean from

1477
00:55:55,349 --> 00:55:53,839
about 800 miles up

1478
00:55:57,109 --> 00:55:55,359
and it does this with an accuracy of

1479
00:55:59,589 --> 00:55:57,119
just one inch and

1480
00:56:01,510 --> 00:55:59,599
yeah right yeah pretty cool yeah and so

1481
00:56:03,190 --> 00:56:01,520
it uh it does that everywhere in the

1482
00:56:05,670 --> 00:56:03,200
world once every 10 days

1483
00:56:06,950 --> 00:56:05,680
and from that we can figure out global

1484
00:56:09,030 --> 00:56:06,960
sea level rise how much

1485
00:56:10,950 --> 00:56:09,040
the oceans are rising because of

1486
00:56:13,510 --> 00:56:10,960
human-caused climate change

1487
00:56:14,789 --> 00:56:13,520
so it's pretty neat yeah now one of our

1488
00:56:17,670 --> 00:56:14,799
followers on twitter

1489
00:56:18,710 --> 00:56:17,680
ave wants to know um if they're twin

1490
00:56:20,630 --> 00:56:18,720
satellites

1491
00:56:22,549 --> 00:56:20,640
why are they being launched five years

1492
00:56:24,309 --> 00:56:22,559
apart yeah that's a great question

1493
00:56:25,589 --> 00:56:24,319
they're they're twins but one's the

1494
00:56:27,670 --> 00:56:25,599
younger twins

1495
00:56:29,030 --> 00:56:27,680
okay significantly significantly younger

1496
00:56:31,270 --> 00:56:29,040
twin so yes so

1497
00:56:32,630 --> 00:56:31,280
the idea is that we have to keep

1498
00:56:34,150 --> 00:56:32,640
measuring sea level rise

1499
00:56:36,710 --> 00:56:34,160
sea level rise is not going to stop

1500
00:56:37,430 --> 00:56:36,720
anytime soon and we have to keep our eye

1501
00:56:39,589 --> 00:56:37,440
in the sky

1502
00:56:41,510 --> 00:56:39,599
looking down on it so we're launching we

1503
00:56:44,789 --> 00:56:41,520
just launched the first one today

1504
00:56:46,630 --> 00:56:44,799
in five or six years it'll start to age

1505
00:56:48,950 --> 00:56:46,640
and we'll launch the second one

1506
00:56:50,470 --> 00:56:48,960
and it will continue the record another

1507
00:56:52,470 --> 00:56:50,480
full decade

1508
00:56:54,549 --> 00:56:52,480
and that's a big deal because sea level

1509
00:56:55,910 --> 00:56:54,559
rise is actually accelerating so the

1510
00:56:57,670 --> 00:56:55,920
rate of rise

1511
00:56:59,190 --> 00:56:57,680
uh in the 90s it was about two

1512
00:57:01,270 --> 00:56:59,200
millimeters per year

1513
00:57:02,870 --> 00:57:01,280
in the naughties it was about three

1514
00:57:03,750 --> 00:57:02,880
millimeters the naughties you know the

1515
00:57:06,150 --> 00:57:03,760
decade

1516
00:57:07,109 --> 00:57:06,160
starting in yeah i know let's see the

1517
00:57:09,589 --> 00:57:07,119
demonstration oh

1518
00:57:10,150 --> 00:57:09,599
okay yeah sure so yeah okay so uh all

1519
00:57:12,630 --> 00:57:10,160
right

1520
00:57:14,069 --> 00:57:12,640
what happens when you uh hold the flame

1521
00:57:16,150 --> 00:57:14,079
to a balloon

1522
00:57:17,349 --> 00:57:16,160
i'm gonna say it pops that's right but

1523
00:57:20,150 --> 00:57:17,359
i'm just a layman

1524
00:57:20,950 --> 00:57:20,160
well this layman is right let's find out

1525
00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:20,960
right now

1526
00:57:24,630 --> 00:57:23,200
in order to do this i have to put on my

1527
00:57:26,950 --> 00:57:24,640
uh my

1528
00:57:27,829 --> 00:57:26,960
safety gear so here we go there you go

1529
00:57:31,349 --> 00:57:27,839
now uh

1530
00:57:33,109 --> 00:57:31,359
we're gonna we're gonna do this

1531
00:57:34,710 --> 00:57:33,119
all right yeah and it's gonna pop right

1532
00:57:37,990 --> 00:57:34,720
here we go all right

1533
00:57:42,150 --> 00:57:39,750
wow it was terrifying wasn't it

1534
00:57:44,309 --> 00:57:42,160
frightening frightening right now

1535
00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:44,319
what happens when you do the same thing

1536
00:57:50,470 --> 00:57:46,720
with a balloon filled with water

1537
00:57:54,390 --> 00:57:50,480
i'm assuming it pops as well right

1538
00:57:56,150 --> 00:57:54,400
let's find out here we go

1539
00:57:57,589 --> 00:57:56,160
look at that fascinating look at that

1540
00:57:57,990 --> 00:57:57,599
it's right there it's right there on the

1541
00:58:00,390 --> 00:57:58,000
balloon

1542
00:58:01,270 --> 00:58:00,400
it holds it's not popping why not it's

1543
00:58:04,870 --> 00:58:01,280
not popping

1544
00:58:05,750 --> 00:58:04,880
because water is so good at absorbing

1545
00:58:09,430 --> 00:58:05,760
heat

1546
00:58:11,829 --> 00:58:09,440
from

1547
00:58:13,430 --> 00:58:11,839
the balloon before the flame can melt it

1548
00:58:15,990 --> 00:58:13,440
and that's just like the oceans

1549
00:58:16,950 --> 00:58:16,000
the oceans absorb more than 90 percent

1550
00:58:19,670 --> 00:58:16,960
of the heat

1551
00:58:21,190 --> 00:58:19,680
from climate change so if we think about

1552
00:58:23,829 --> 00:58:21,200
global warming it's really

1553
00:58:24,230 --> 00:58:23,839
ocean warming right wow that's pretty

1554
00:58:25,750 --> 00:58:24,240
cool

1555
00:58:27,349 --> 00:58:25,760
that is amazing i'm really glad it

1556
00:58:28,870 --> 00:58:27,359
didn't pop you know i was afraid

1557
00:58:30,549 --> 00:58:28,880
i was going to have to give up all faith

1558
00:58:31,430 --> 00:58:30,559
in science and join the circus we don't

1559
00:58:33,190 --> 00:58:31,440
want you to do that

1560
00:58:34,470 --> 00:58:33,200
no well thanks so much josh yeah you

1561
00:58:37,510 --> 00:58:34,480
betcha

1562
00:58:39,670 --> 00:58:37,520
yes all right so

1563
00:58:40,549 --> 00:58:39,680
science has also left the building along

1564
00:58:42,549 --> 00:58:40,559
with josh

1565
00:58:44,630 --> 00:58:42,559
back to you guys at the gravel pit i'm

1566
00:58:48,230 --> 00:58:44,640
gonna go join the circus now

1567
00:58:49,349 --> 00:58:48,240
yeah well blair and josh thank you so

1568
00:58:51,270 --> 00:58:49,359
much i guess he's a

1569
00:58:52,549 --> 00:58:51,280
hunk a hunk of burning balloon or

1570
00:58:55,430 --> 00:58:52,559
something

1571
00:58:56,069 --> 00:58:55,440
well anyway we want to recap the launch

1572
00:58:58,309 --> 00:58:56,079
now

1573
00:58:59,349 --> 00:58:58,319
just about a little more than 20 25

1574
00:59:00,789 --> 00:58:59,359
minutes ago

1575
00:59:02,950 --> 00:59:00,799
we launched from right here at the

1576
00:59:05,589 --> 00:59:02,960
vandenberg air force base courtesy of

1577
00:59:09,030 --> 00:59:05,599
the 30th air force space force wing

1578
00:59:11,670 --> 00:59:09,040
there it is the falcon 9 rocket and uh

1579
00:59:12,069 --> 00:59:11,680
michael freilich spacecraft on at around

1580
00:59:15,589 --> 00:59:12,079
9

1581
00:59:19,030 --> 00:59:15,599
17 this morning pacific time

1582
00:59:21,829 --> 00:59:19,040
12 17 eastern time there you see liftoff

1583
00:59:22,710 --> 00:59:21,839
the falcon 9 rocket soaring into a

1584
00:59:25,589 --> 00:59:22,720
beautiful

1585
00:59:26,710 --> 00:59:25,599
blue sky over the central coast of

1586
00:59:29,109 --> 00:59:26,720
california

1587
00:59:30,309 --> 00:59:29,119
the launch was picture perfect look at

1588
00:59:32,630 --> 00:59:30,319
the shot right down

1589
00:59:33,750 --> 00:59:32,640
the center of the rocket as it left the

1590
00:59:36,230 --> 00:59:33,760
coast here

1591
00:59:39,109 --> 00:59:36,240
the mission to launch the sentinel six

1592
00:59:40,789 --> 00:59:39,119
michael freilix satellite into space

1593
00:59:42,870 --> 00:59:40,799
and as it got up off the ground the

1594
00:59:44,950 --> 00:59:42,880
launch it seemed the rocket was

1595
00:59:46,390 --> 00:59:44,960
going taking its time nice and slow it's

1596
00:59:48,870 --> 00:59:46,400
a nice heavy satellite

1597
00:59:49,670 --> 00:59:48,880
up there but once it cleared the tower

1598
00:59:51,190 --> 00:59:49,680
and got up

1599
00:59:54,230 --> 00:59:51,200
uh into the upper parts of the

1600
00:59:56,630 --> 00:59:54,240
atmosphere boy it started to race

1601
00:59:57,910 --> 00:59:56,640
michael frylick's family were on hand to

1602
01:00:00,390 --> 00:59:57,920
watch the launch

1603
01:00:01,349 --> 01:00:00,400
and it was just an incredible sight to

1604
01:00:03,990 --> 01:00:01,359
behold

1605
01:00:04,950 --> 01:00:04,000
a wonderful uh a time had by all we had

1606
01:00:06,470 --> 01:00:04,960
guests and

1607
01:00:08,630 --> 01:00:06,480
and friends and relatives of michael

1608
01:00:10,549 --> 01:00:08,640
freilick out here to watch it and then

1609
01:00:12,309 --> 01:00:10,559
just a few seconds later about eight and

1610
01:00:15,109 --> 01:00:12,319
a half minutes to be exact

1611
01:00:15,670 --> 01:00:15,119
the booster came back down to a nice

1612
01:00:17,589 --> 01:00:15,680
soft

1613
01:00:19,349 --> 01:00:17,599
landing just several hundred feet away

1614
01:00:22,549 --> 01:00:19,359
there came the booster touching

1615
01:00:25,990 --> 01:00:22,559
back down on the landing pad spacex

1616
01:00:28,870 --> 01:00:26,000
now able to reuse that booster

1617
01:00:30,789 --> 01:00:28,880
and now the spacecraft is in flight and

1618
01:00:32,870 --> 01:00:30,799
we are tracking its progress

1619
01:00:33,990 --> 01:00:32,880
joshua santora and philip hargrove are

1620
01:00:36,870 --> 01:00:34,000
keeping an eye

1621
01:00:37,349 --> 01:00:36,880
on the progress of the launch oh that

1622
01:00:40,630 --> 01:00:37,359
was

1623
01:00:42,549 --> 01:00:40,640
inspirational

1624
01:00:43,750 --> 01:00:42,559
it's incredible so beautiful all right

1625
01:00:46,630 --> 01:00:43,760
well there are more than

1626
01:00:48,230 --> 01:00:46,640
half dozen international partners on the

1627
01:00:49,910 --> 01:00:48,240
sentinel 6 mission

1628
01:00:51,589 --> 01:00:49,920
yeah the european commission paid to

1629
01:00:53,829 --> 01:00:51,599
build the satellite earlier

1630
01:00:54,870 --> 01:00:53,839
but we spoke to the europe's ambassador

1631
01:00:57,589 --> 01:00:54,880
to the united states

1632
01:01:01,190 --> 01:00:57,599
stavros lambornidis about its importance

1633
01:01:04,870 --> 01:01:02,870
ambassador lambornidis thank you so much

1634
01:01:07,109 --> 01:01:04,880
for being with us

1635
01:01:09,190 --> 01:01:07,119
thank you for having me i want to ask

1636
01:01:11,109 --> 01:01:09,200
you first of all how important is the

1637
01:01:13,349 --> 01:01:11,119
data that comes off this satellite

1638
01:01:14,950 --> 01:01:13,359
for the continent of europe it's

1639
01:01:16,470 --> 01:01:14,960
supremely important because as we are

1640
01:01:17,990 --> 01:01:16,480
coming out of cobit and we're trying to

1641
01:01:20,470 --> 01:01:18,000
rebuild our economy

1642
01:01:21,190 --> 01:01:20,480
and the health of our people we're doing

1643
01:01:22,950 --> 01:01:21,200
so by

1644
01:01:24,309 --> 01:01:22,960
protecting the climate and protecting

1645
01:01:26,390 --> 01:01:24,319
the environment

1646
01:01:27,829 --> 01:01:26,400
climate change is an existential threat

1647
01:01:30,069 --> 01:01:27,839
for all of us and we need

1648
01:01:31,270 --> 01:01:30,079
all hands on deck to address that

1649
01:01:33,510 --> 01:01:31,280
challenge and

1650
01:01:35,829 --> 01:01:33,520
you know today what we're seeing what we

1651
01:01:37,190 --> 01:01:35,839
saw is an exemplary story of european

1652
01:01:39,109 --> 01:01:37,200
and american friends working together

1653
01:01:41,750 --> 01:01:39,119
for the greater good

1654
01:01:42,710 --> 01:01:41,760
for sentinel 6 we pull together our best

1655
01:01:45,510 --> 01:01:42,720
engineers

1656
01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:45,520
our best scientists our best resources

1657
01:01:48,950 --> 01:01:46,079
we

1658
01:01:49,829 --> 01:01:48,960
mobilize the public and private sectors

1659
01:01:52,390 --> 01:01:49,839
to produce

1660
01:01:53,349 --> 01:01:52,400
the most advanced ocean monitoring data

1661
01:01:55,430 --> 01:01:53,359
in history

1662
01:01:56,470 --> 01:01:55,440
with that thought i want to ask you on a

1663
01:01:59,430 --> 01:01:56,480
personal level

1664
01:02:00,309 --> 01:01:59,440
what is the significance of this launch

1665
01:02:02,230 --> 01:02:00,319
for you

1666
01:02:03,670 --> 01:02:02,240
well i'll tell you as the eu ambassador

1667
01:02:06,069 --> 01:02:03,680
i am proud

1668
01:02:07,029 --> 01:02:06,079
i am deeply hopeful for the future of a

1669
01:02:10,390 --> 01:02:07,039
planet

1670
01:02:12,549 --> 01:02:10,400
and and i am touched i am proud because

1671
01:02:14,069 --> 01:02:12,559
sentinel 6 is at the center of the

1672
01:02:15,670 --> 01:02:14,079
european union's

1673
01:02:17,190 --> 01:02:15,680
earth observation program which is

1674
01:02:18,870 --> 01:02:17,200
called copernicus

1675
01:02:20,789 --> 01:02:18,880
and i'm especially proud that we are

1676
01:02:22,870 --> 01:02:20,799
making this decisive

1677
01:02:24,230 --> 01:02:22,880
scientific move in partnership with our

1678
01:02:26,390 --> 01:02:24,240
american friends

1679
01:02:27,349 --> 01:02:26,400
back to the partnership sentinel 6

1680
01:02:29,670 --> 01:02:27,359
michael frey like

1681
01:02:31,430 --> 01:02:29,680
is actually nasa's first direct

1682
01:02:31,910 --> 01:02:31,440
partnership with the european commission

1683
01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:31,920
so

1684
01:02:35,990 --> 01:02:33,760
take me back to the beginning how did

1685
01:02:37,990 --> 01:02:36,000
this all come about

1686
01:02:39,270 --> 01:02:38,000
well it all came about from a remarkable

1687
01:02:42,470 --> 01:02:39,280
success story of uh

1688
01:02:44,470 --> 01:02:42,480
european uh cooperation first of all uh

1689
01:02:45,829 --> 01:02:44,480
so copernicus came from a cooperation

1690
01:02:47,670 --> 01:02:45,839
between eu

1691
01:02:49,029 --> 01:02:47,680
institutions and intergovernmental

1692
01:02:51,430 --> 01:02:49,039
agencies such as

1693
01:02:53,190 --> 01:02:51,440
the european space agency the european

1694
01:02:54,470 --> 01:02:53,200
organization for the exploitation of

1695
01:02:57,829 --> 01:02:54,480
meteorological uh

1696
01:02:59,990 --> 01:02:57,839
satellites uh down to national space

1697
01:03:02,230 --> 01:03:00,000
agencies in the industry so this was

1698
01:03:04,630 --> 01:03:02,240
first and foremost a european success

1699
01:03:07,109 --> 01:03:04,640
story and now that satellite has been

1700
01:03:08,710 --> 01:03:07,119
launched into space and we look forward

1701
01:03:10,789 --> 01:03:08,720
to getting all of that data

1702
01:03:13,109 --> 01:03:10,799
for the better of the entire world

1703
01:03:16,230 --> 01:03:13,119
really ambassador lam bernidis thank you

1704
01:03:24,230 --> 01:03:16,240
so much for joining us today thank you

1705
01:03:27,990 --> 01:03:26,630
meteorologists understand the critical

1706
01:03:30,789 --> 01:03:28,000
importance of advance

1707
01:03:31,670 --> 01:03:30,799
warnings of severe storms across our

1708
01:03:34,230 --> 01:03:31,680
nation

1709
01:03:35,910 --> 01:03:34,240
one of the instruments aboard sentinel-6

1710
01:03:38,990 --> 01:03:35,920
the global navigation

1711
01:03:40,150 --> 01:03:39,000
satellite system radio occultation or

1712
01:03:42,870 --> 01:03:40,160
g-n-s-s-r-o

1713
01:03:49,670 --> 01:03:42,880
will be the next tool for more accurate

1714
01:03:53,270 --> 01:03:51,829
sentinel 6 michael frylick will provide

1715
01:03:56,069 --> 01:03:53,280
important information

1716
01:03:57,589 --> 01:03:56,079
in producing our daily weather forecast

1717
01:04:00,549 --> 01:03:57,599
so how does this work

1718
01:04:01,589 --> 01:04:00,559
the data from the gnssro that stands for

1719
01:04:03,990 --> 01:04:01,599
global navigation

1720
01:04:06,150 --> 01:04:04,000
satellite system and radio occultation a

1721
01:04:07,829 --> 01:04:06,160
new instrument on board is ingested into

1722
01:04:09,829 --> 01:04:07,839
the weather models that can help

1723
01:04:11,990 --> 01:04:09,839
us with our weather forecasting and our

1724
01:04:13,670 --> 01:04:12,000
warnings to help protect the public

1725
01:04:15,430 --> 01:04:13,680
this mission will use a special

1726
01:04:18,230 --> 01:04:15,440
technique called radio quotation

1727
01:04:20,309 --> 01:04:18,240
which measures tiny changes in the radio

1728
01:04:22,230 --> 01:04:20,319
signals broadcast by gps and other

1729
01:04:24,470 --> 01:04:22,240
navigation satellites

1730
01:04:26,390 --> 01:04:24,480
the gnssr instrument essentially

1731
01:04:28,069 --> 01:04:26,400
measures the time delay

1732
01:04:30,150 --> 01:04:28,079
of the radio signals as they go through

1733
01:04:32,549 --> 01:04:30,160
different layers of the atmosphere

1734
01:04:34,470 --> 01:04:32,559
so this allows us to unravel the

1735
01:04:36,549 --> 01:04:34,480
temperature and moisture content of the

1736
01:04:38,309 --> 01:04:36,559
atmosphere layer by layer

1737
01:04:40,549 --> 01:04:38,319
most of the weather that we experience

1738
01:04:42,549 --> 01:04:40,559
comes from our west over the ocean

1739
01:04:44,390 --> 01:04:42,559
that lacks conventional observations

1740
01:04:46,710 --> 01:04:44,400
like what we have over land

1741
01:04:47,430 --> 01:04:46,720
the gnssro will help address these

1742
01:04:49,109 --> 01:04:47,440
challenges

1743
01:04:50,950 --> 01:04:49,119
by providing us very important

1744
01:04:51,589 --> 01:04:50,960
temperature moisture information over

1745
01:04:53,270 --> 01:04:51,599
the ocean

1746
01:04:55,109 --> 01:04:53,280
that will help our forecast here on the

1747
01:04:57,270 --> 01:04:55,119
west coast

1748
01:04:58,950 --> 01:04:57,280
studying the entire atmosphere from the

1749
01:04:59,910 --> 01:04:58,960
surface all the way up to the

1750
01:05:02,549 --> 01:04:59,920
stratosphere

1751
01:05:04,069 --> 01:05:02,559
is important for us to improve our

1752
01:05:06,390 --> 01:05:04,079
understanding of our weather

1753
01:05:08,870 --> 01:05:06,400
and climate change we're very excited

1754
01:05:10,470 --> 01:05:08,880
with the data that the gnssro

1755
01:05:12,710 --> 01:05:10,480
will provide for these weather models

1756
01:05:13,430 --> 01:05:12,720
that will ultimately help improve our

1757
01:05:21,109 --> 01:05:13,440
forecasts

1758
01:05:26,390 --> 01:05:23,910
eric luliet is the noah the national

1759
01:05:26,950 --> 01:05:26,400
oceanic atmospheric administration's

1760
01:05:29,910 --> 01:05:26,960
program

1761
01:05:32,230 --> 01:05:29,920
scientist for sentinel 6. noah is one of

1762
01:05:32,870 --> 01:05:32,240
the sentinel 6 partners and will use the

1763
01:05:35,589 --> 01:05:32,880
data

1764
01:05:39,990 --> 01:05:35,599
from this satellite on a daily basis

1765
01:05:45,589 --> 01:05:41,589
thank you it's a really exciting day to

1766
01:05:48,950 --> 01:05:47,670
oh it was so spectacular how will

1767
01:05:52,150 --> 01:05:48,960
sentinel 6

1768
01:05:54,950 --> 01:05:52,160
help meteorologists at noaa and across

1769
01:05:56,470 --> 01:05:54,960
the nation the gnssro instrument will

1770
01:05:58,390 --> 01:05:56,480
provide a temperature

1771
01:06:02,069 --> 01:05:58,400
and humidity profile throughout the

1772
01:06:04,309 --> 01:06:02,079
atmosphere which is pretty awesome

1773
01:06:05,589 --> 01:06:04,319
yeah indeed we're very excited that noah

1774
01:06:07,510 --> 01:06:05,599
to be using

1775
01:06:09,190 --> 01:06:07,520
data from all the instruments we'll be

1776
01:06:10,789 --> 01:06:09,200
using from the radar

1777
01:06:12,549 --> 01:06:10,799
measurements of winds and waves that

1778
01:06:14,470 --> 01:06:12,559
will go right onto forecaster screens

1779
01:06:17,109 --> 01:06:14,480
we'll be using the sea levels to improve

1780
01:06:18,630 --> 01:06:17,119
ocean current forecasting which will

1781
01:06:20,470 --> 01:06:18,640
help for navigation

1782
01:06:22,069 --> 01:06:20,480
we'll also be using those sea levels to

1783
01:06:24,390 --> 01:06:22,079
measure heat content which is really

1784
01:06:25,910 --> 01:06:24,400
important for sustainable fisheries

1785
01:06:27,950 --> 01:06:25,920
but as you also see from we saw from

1786
01:06:29,750 --> 01:06:27,960
that last video how we'll be using the

1787
01:06:32,470 --> 01:06:29,760
gnssro

1788
01:06:33,750 --> 01:06:32,480
instrument to profile the atmosphere uh

1789
01:06:34,789 --> 01:06:33,760
measuring humidity and temperature in

1790
01:06:36,309 --> 01:06:34,799
the layers

1791
01:06:38,069 --> 01:06:36,319
and that'll help us do all sorts of

1792
01:06:41,029 --> 01:06:38,079
improvements to forecasts

1793
01:06:42,150 --> 01:06:41,039
including using that the atmospheric

1794
01:06:44,789 --> 01:06:42,160
measurements to

1795
01:06:45,430 --> 01:06:44,799
monitor hurricanes from their formation

1796
01:06:51,990 --> 01:06:45,440
all the way

1797
01:06:56,549 --> 01:06:54,309
and eric we have seen great improvements

1798
01:06:58,309 --> 01:06:56,559
in forecasting hurricane tracks over the

1799
01:07:00,470 --> 01:06:58,319
years especially with the launch

1800
01:07:02,630 --> 01:07:00,480
of goes east and west but how will

1801
01:07:06,390 --> 01:07:02,640
sentinel-6 help with forecasting the

1802
01:07:10,309 --> 01:07:07,990
yeah one of the reasons that hurricanes

1803
01:07:11,750 --> 01:07:10,319
can become intense is because they feed

1804
01:07:13,270 --> 01:07:11,760
off the energy that's stored in the

1805
01:07:15,589 --> 01:07:13,280
upper layer of the ocean

1806
01:07:16,950 --> 01:07:15,599
as you saw from josh's demonstration

1807
01:07:18,710 --> 01:07:16,960
with the balloons the

1808
01:07:20,549 --> 01:07:18,720
water in the upper layer can store a lot

1809
01:07:23,349 --> 01:07:20,559
of heat

1810
01:07:24,630 --> 01:07:23,359
so what we can do with sentinel-6 is by

1811
01:07:26,390 --> 01:07:24,640
measuring sea level

1812
01:07:28,950 --> 01:07:26,400
we can measure how much the sea level

1813
01:07:30,710 --> 01:07:28,960
has expanded that's approximate for how

1814
01:07:32,630 --> 01:07:30,720
much heat there is stored there

1815
01:07:34,390 --> 01:07:32,640
so we can figure out how much heat and

1816
01:07:36,630 --> 01:07:34,400
where it is and map it and send those

1817
01:07:39,349 --> 01:07:36,640
maps to forecasters

1818
01:07:40,870 --> 01:07:39,359
this year alone we've seen 10 tropical

1819
01:07:43,910 --> 01:07:40,880
storms

1820
01:07:45,910 --> 01:07:43,920
increase in intensity rapidly

1821
01:07:48,069 --> 01:07:45,920
so it's more important forever that we

1822
01:07:48,870 --> 01:07:48,079
have than ever that we have several six

1823
01:07:51,349 --> 01:07:48,880
there

1824
01:07:56,549 --> 01:07:51,359
to for the next decade to monitor uh and

1825
01:07:58,549 --> 01:07:56,559
improve hurricane forecasts

1826
01:08:00,390 --> 01:07:58,559
yes ocean heat content so important i

1827
01:08:01,750 --> 01:08:00,400
always like to think about it as a car

1828
01:08:04,390 --> 01:08:01,760
that needs gasoline

1829
01:08:04,870 --> 01:08:04,400
a hurricane needs that warm water to

1830
01:08:07,349 --> 01:08:04,880
fuel

1831
01:08:08,950 --> 01:08:07,359
that engine that's for sure now what

1832
01:08:11,270 --> 01:08:08,960
impacts to society

1833
01:08:13,349 --> 01:08:11,280
do sea level changes have and how will

1834
01:08:16,789 --> 01:08:13,359
sentinel 6 help us better plan and

1835
01:08:20,390 --> 01:08:18,229
sure you know for the last 30 years

1836
01:08:22,149 --> 01:08:20,400
we've been seeing sea levels rise

1837
01:08:24,550 --> 01:08:22,159
using the satellites that are the

1838
01:08:25,910 --> 01:08:24,560
predecessors to sentinel-6

1839
01:08:27,590 --> 01:08:25,920
and one of the things we've learned is

1840
01:08:27,990 --> 01:08:27,600
that sea level doesn't rise at the same

1841
01:08:29,910 --> 01:08:28,000
rate

1842
01:08:31,189 --> 01:08:29,920
everywhere so it's vital that we use

1843
01:08:33,990 --> 01:08:31,199
sentinel 6

1844
01:08:36,070 --> 01:08:34,000
to map where the sea levels are rising

1845
01:08:38,229 --> 01:08:36,080
we've already started seeing flooding

1846
01:08:40,550 --> 01:08:38,239
both in clear weather from places all

1847
01:08:42,470 --> 01:08:40,560
the way from hawaii the florida keys to

1848
01:08:44,229 --> 01:08:42,480
norfolk virginia

1849
01:08:46,149 --> 01:08:44,239
so we're going to need sentinel 6 and

1850
01:08:48,470 --> 01:08:46,159
working with our nasa partners

1851
01:08:49,910 --> 01:08:48,480
to help make better models to figure out

1852
01:08:52,550 --> 01:08:49,920
where we should expect

1853
01:08:58,870 --> 01:08:52,560
increased flooding and storm surges as

1854
01:09:03,430 --> 01:09:01,189
thank you so much eric for joining us

1855
01:09:06,870 --> 01:09:03,440
today

1856
01:09:10,229 --> 01:09:06,880
thank you another fantastic

1857
01:09:13,829 --> 01:09:10,239
tool on board is

1858
01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:13,839
sentinel 6 is the advanced

1859
01:09:18,070 --> 01:09:16,640
microwave radiometer for climate or the

1860
01:09:20,390 --> 01:09:18,080
amrc

1861
01:09:21,269 --> 01:09:20,400
and the person who led the testing and

1862
01:09:25,910 --> 01:09:21,279
integration

1863
01:09:29,189 --> 01:09:28,709
in order to be good custodians of our

1864
01:09:30,630 --> 01:09:29,199
planet

1865
01:09:32,229 --> 01:09:30,640
we really need to understand how it's

1866
01:09:34,950 --> 01:09:32,239
changing how is it evolving

1867
01:09:36,390 --> 01:09:34,960
and here we are at high bay 2 this is

1868
01:09:38,470 --> 01:09:36,400
actually a clean room

1869
01:09:40,870 --> 01:09:38,480
and each component gets tested on its

1870
01:09:42,950 --> 01:09:40,880
own and then we assemble it together

1871
01:09:45,510 --> 01:09:42,960
so my team was responsible for

1872
01:09:47,910 --> 01:09:45,520
assembling testing and delivering

1873
01:09:48,870 --> 01:09:47,920
amrc for the sentinel 6 mission and this

1874
01:09:50,789 --> 01:09:48,880
is where we built it

1875
01:09:52,149 --> 01:09:50,799
amrc is the advanced microwave

1876
01:09:54,229 --> 01:09:52,159
radiometer one

1877
01:09:56,310 --> 01:09:54,239
of a suite of instruments that work

1878
01:09:58,870 --> 01:09:56,320
together on sentinel-6 and then give us

1879
01:09:59,510 --> 01:09:58,880
a very high resolution heights of the

1880
01:10:02,950 --> 01:09:59,520
oceans

1881
01:10:05,750 --> 01:10:02,960
so we are in the antenna range at jpl

1882
01:10:06,229 --> 01:10:05,760
and this is where we tested amrc we need

1883
01:10:08,390 --> 01:10:06,239
to know

1884
01:10:09,270 --> 01:10:08,400
that what we send into space is going to

1885
01:10:11,669 --> 01:10:09,280
survive

1886
01:10:13,189 --> 01:10:11,679
i've always had an affinity for art

1887
01:10:14,630 --> 01:10:13,199
singing and dancing and so one of the

1888
01:10:18,070 --> 01:10:14,640
things i've been doing more recently

1889
01:10:20,310 --> 01:10:18,080
is sewing and my dress i actually showed

1890
01:10:22,070 --> 01:10:20,320
you cannot do this job without being

1891
01:10:24,950 --> 01:10:22,080
creative every mission

1892
01:10:26,229 --> 01:10:24,960
is unique we are answering those really

1893
01:10:28,229 --> 01:10:26,239
interesting and hard

1894
01:10:35,750 --> 01:10:28,239
questions that we all have about our

1895
01:10:39,270 --> 01:10:38,229
shannon statum joins us live now on this

1896
01:10:42,470 --> 01:10:39,280
exciting

1897
01:10:44,709 --> 01:10:42,480
day boy what a textbook launch welcome

1898
01:10:47,189 --> 01:10:44,719
shannon thank you so much for having me

1899
01:10:49,430 --> 01:10:47,199
yeah you worked on the advanced

1900
01:10:50,310 --> 01:10:49,440
microwave radiometer for climate

1901
01:10:53,510 --> 01:10:50,320
instrument now

1902
01:10:56,229 --> 01:10:53,520
what is the exact role of the amrc

1903
01:10:58,310 --> 01:10:56,239
yes so amrc works in conjunction with

1904
01:10:59,110 --> 01:10:58,320
the poseidon radar to get those very

1905
01:11:01,110 --> 01:10:59,120
precise

1906
01:11:02,709 --> 01:11:01,120
measurements of our sea level heights

1907
01:11:04,870 --> 01:11:02,719
and effectively amr

1908
01:11:05,830 --> 01:11:04,880
is looking at water vapor in the

1909
01:11:08,950 --> 01:11:05,840
atmosphere so

1910
01:11:11,590 --> 01:11:08,960
clouds and rain and snow and that

1911
01:11:11,990 --> 01:11:11,600
affects the radar measurement because it

1912
01:11:14,310 --> 01:11:12,000
basically

1913
01:11:16,310 --> 01:11:14,320
causes a delay in the signal returning

1914
01:11:18,149 --> 01:11:16,320
back to the radar so ocean heights might

1915
01:11:18,790 --> 01:11:18,159
look a little closer a little further

1916
01:11:21,590 --> 01:11:18,800
away

1917
01:11:22,790 --> 01:11:21,600
due to those effects so amrc we take the

1918
01:11:25,750 --> 01:11:22,800
data from amrc

1919
01:11:27,590 --> 01:11:25,760
and we're able to resolve those effects

1920
01:11:29,110 --> 01:11:27,600
out of the data and then get those very

1921
01:11:30,630 --> 01:11:29,120
precise measurements

1922
01:11:32,229 --> 01:11:30,640
we're in the super science part of our

1923
01:11:33,750 --> 01:11:32,239
show by the way you know we're really

1924
01:11:35,830 --> 01:11:33,760
hitting it hard this is great

1925
01:11:37,750 --> 01:11:35,840
um i want to ask you you know you uh

1926
01:11:39,910 --> 01:11:37,760
also do testing right because this thing

1927
01:11:41,430 --> 01:11:39,920
helps with accuracy but you've got to

1928
01:11:42,390 --> 01:11:41,440
test it to make sure that it will be

1929
01:11:44,149 --> 01:11:42,400
accurate how do you

1930
01:11:45,430 --> 01:11:44,159
how do you test for mission and launch

1931
01:11:48,070 --> 01:11:45,440
environments yes

1932
01:11:48,870 --> 01:11:48,080
so at jpl we have a number of facilities

1933
01:11:50,870 --> 01:11:48,880
that simulate

1934
01:11:51,910 --> 01:11:50,880
launch and the extreme temperatures and

1935
01:11:53,830 --> 01:11:51,920
vacuum of space

1936
01:11:55,669 --> 01:11:53,840
and so everything that we build is going

1937
01:11:57,430 --> 01:11:55,679
to go through this test campaign

1938
01:11:59,350 --> 01:11:57,440
where we certify it for launch and we

1939
01:12:01,669 --> 01:11:59,360
certify it for its space environment

1940
01:12:03,270 --> 01:12:01,679
and not only ensure that it will survive

1941
01:12:05,510 --> 01:12:03,280
but that it will perform the way that we

1942
01:12:07,750 --> 01:12:05,520
need it to throughout the mission

1943
01:12:10,070 --> 01:12:07,760
and the amrc instrument shannon i know

1944
01:12:13,430 --> 01:12:10,080
we've talked about this before it is

1945
01:12:15,270 --> 01:12:13,440
much more difficult and complex than its

1946
01:12:15,910 --> 01:12:15,280
predecessors and so you didn't really

1947
01:12:17,910 --> 01:12:15,920
have a

1948
01:12:19,030 --> 01:12:17,920
blueprint on this one how is it

1949
01:12:21,030 --> 01:12:19,040
different

1950
01:12:22,950 --> 01:12:21,040
yes it um well for every mission we're

1951
01:12:24,550 --> 01:12:22,960
going to you know push that envelope try

1952
01:12:27,270 --> 01:12:24,560
to use the latest technologies

1953
01:12:29,430 --> 01:12:27,280
and amrc is no exception so we have two

1954
01:12:30,470 --> 01:12:29,440
new components on amrc compared to the

1955
01:12:32,709 --> 01:12:30,480
predecessors

1956
01:12:34,229 --> 01:12:32,719
and that is a high frequency component

1957
01:12:36,310 --> 01:12:34,239
that enables us to get

1958
01:12:38,229 --> 01:12:36,320
more precise measurements near coastal

1959
01:12:40,229 --> 01:12:38,239
lines in past missions

1960
01:12:41,990 --> 01:12:40,239
as we're over the oceans we see really

1961
01:12:42,390 --> 01:12:42,000
precise heights but as we got to the

1962
01:12:44,149 --> 01:12:42,400
coast

1963
01:12:45,830 --> 01:12:44,159
things were a little blurry so now we're

1964
01:12:47,750 --> 01:12:45,840
going to be able to get those better

1965
01:12:48,950 --> 01:12:47,760
measurements near the beach which people

1966
01:12:50,310 --> 01:12:48,960
care a lot about because that's where

1967
01:12:51,270 --> 01:12:50,320
they live and that's where they have

1968
01:12:53,430 --> 01:12:51,280
businesses

1969
01:12:55,350 --> 01:12:53,440
and we also have an onboard calibration

1970
01:12:57,030 --> 01:12:55,360
system and that includes a rotating

1971
01:12:58,070 --> 01:12:57,040
mirror so of course just adding to that

1972
01:13:00,149 --> 01:12:58,080
complexity

1973
01:13:02,229 --> 01:13:00,159
and and that was because of some new

1974
01:13:03,990 --> 01:13:02,239
science requirements on sentinel 6

1975
01:13:05,910 --> 01:13:04,000
to get us even better data throughout

1976
01:13:07,110 --> 01:13:05,920
the mission and folks in florida

1977
01:13:08,149 --> 01:13:07,120
certainly care about that because there

1978
01:13:10,870 --> 01:13:08,159
are more

1979
01:13:12,229 --> 01:13:10,880
or more miles of populated coastline in

1980
01:13:14,790 --> 01:13:12,239
my home state of florida

1981
01:13:15,430 --> 01:13:14,800
than in any other state got a question

1982
01:13:18,229 --> 01:13:15,440
from

1983
01:13:19,030 --> 01:13:18,239
social media for you hank reached us

1984
01:13:20,709 --> 01:13:19,040
from facebook

1985
01:13:22,790 --> 01:13:20,719
and he wants to know how accurate is the

1986
01:13:25,270 --> 01:13:22,800
satellite what is the smallest area of

1987
01:13:27,350 --> 01:13:25,280
ocean it can measure the altitude of

1988
01:13:29,430 --> 01:13:27,360
and might it have any applications for

1989
01:13:31,830 --> 01:13:29,440
detecting seismic activity

1990
01:13:33,350 --> 01:13:31,840
oh a very interesting question yes so

1991
01:13:35,990 --> 01:13:33,360
for a single measurement

1992
01:13:36,950 --> 01:13:36,000
we can get down to three centimeter

1993
01:13:39,430 --> 01:13:36,960
accuracy

1994
01:13:41,270 --> 01:13:39,440
um but as we continue to take those

1995
01:13:42,390 --> 01:13:41,280
measurements we get global coverage over

1996
01:13:44,149 --> 01:13:42,400
10 day period

1997
01:13:46,870 --> 01:13:44,159
and then we continue we continue to get

1998
01:13:47,990 --> 01:13:46,880
the map of the full of our full planet

1999
01:13:49,990 --> 01:13:48,000
and all the oceans

2000
01:13:51,910 --> 01:13:50,000
and so over the span of a year we get

2001
01:13:53,590 --> 01:13:51,920
down to millimeter resolution

2002
01:13:55,030 --> 01:13:53,600
so that's an order of magnitude better

2003
01:13:55,990 --> 01:13:55,040
than a single measurement and how we're

2004
01:13:57,750 --> 01:13:56,000
able to get

2005
01:14:00,070 --> 01:13:57,760
those global averages of three

2006
01:14:02,070 --> 01:14:00,080
millimeter height increase per year

2007
01:14:03,510 --> 01:14:02,080
um which is really you know if you think

2008
01:14:04,229 --> 01:14:03,520
about over the span of a decade that's a

2009
01:14:06,390 --> 01:14:04,239
centimeter

2010
01:14:08,149 --> 01:14:06,400
and over the span of a millennia or a

2011
01:14:10,310 --> 01:14:08,159
century excuse me that's going to be

2012
01:14:11,270 --> 01:14:10,320
uh 10 10 centimeters so we're definitely

2013
01:14:13,590 --> 01:14:11,280
seeing the rise

2014
01:14:14,630 --> 01:14:13,600
and definitely seeing the sea level

2015
01:14:17,830 --> 01:14:14,640
impacts

2016
01:14:20,070 --> 01:14:17,840
the seismic activity yes so although

2017
01:14:22,229 --> 01:14:20,080
cental six is not going to be trying to

2018
01:14:23,110 --> 01:14:22,239
detect seismic activity or tsunamis

2019
01:14:25,350 --> 01:14:23,120
which often

2020
01:14:27,510 --> 01:14:25,360
come as a result of that over the oceans

2021
01:14:29,030 --> 01:14:27,520
but we have been able to detect them in

2022
01:14:30,310 --> 01:14:29,040
the past preview emissions previous

2023
01:14:31,750 --> 01:14:30,320
missions have been able to

2024
01:14:33,750 --> 01:14:31,760
but really what we're going to see is

2025
01:14:34,310 --> 01:14:33,760
any changes in the sea levels as a

2026
01:14:35,830 --> 01:14:34,320
result

2027
01:14:37,669 --> 01:14:35,840
of that seismic activity and any

2028
01:14:39,750 --> 01:14:37,679
tsunamis very helpful

2029
01:14:41,110 --> 01:14:39,760
that's all data that is very important

2030
01:14:43,350 --> 01:14:41,120
to our world

2031
01:14:44,709 --> 01:14:43,360
stadium thank you so much for joining us

2032
01:14:48,470 --> 01:14:44,719
thank you so much for having me

2033
01:14:50,950 --> 01:14:48,480
thank you shannon all right all of these

2034
01:14:52,870 --> 01:14:50,960
highly accurate earth observing

2035
01:14:54,870 --> 01:14:52,880
instruments were installed onto one

2036
01:14:56,310 --> 01:14:54,880
satellite that will orbit our earth for

2037
01:14:58,630 --> 01:14:56,320
about five years

2038
01:15:00,709 --> 01:14:58,640
nasa's blair allen asked sentinel six

2039
01:15:05,030 --> 01:15:00,719
project manager parag vasay

2040
01:15:10,229 --> 01:15:08,070
joining us now is paraguay he's the nasa

2041
01:15:11,910 --> 01:15:10,239
project manager for sentinel 6

2042
01:15:13,669 --> 01:15:11,920
and he's going to talk about a few

2043
01:15:15,669 --> 01:15:13,679
particulars on the spacecraft

2044
01:15:17,189 --> 01:15:15,679
but prague before you do i was wondering

2045
01:15:17,830 --> 01:15:17,199
if you wouldn't mind talking a little

2046
01:15:21,110 --> 01:15:17,840
bit about

2047
01:15:24,149 --> 01:15:21,120
the science behind this altimetry

2048
01:15:27,669 --> 01:15:24,159
yeah altimetry is a science

2049
01:15:28,630 --> 01:15:27,679
uh it's basically using uh microwave

2050
01:15:31,189 --> 01:15:28,640
instruments

2051
01:15:31,990 --> 01:15:31,199
using them from space so that we can

2052
01:15:34,310 --> 01:15:32,000
cover

2053
01:15:35,430 --> 01:15:34,320
uh the vast oceans that we have across

2054
01:15:37,350 --> 01:15:35,440
the whole world

2055
01:15:39,110 --> 01:15:37,360
and the whole objective with altimetry

2056
01:15:41,030 --> 01:15:39,120
and ocean altimetry is to be able to

2057
01:15:42,709 --> 01:15:41,040
measure those oceans

2058
01:15:44,870 --> 01:15:42,719
across the world measure them very

2059
01:15:46,550 --> 01:15:44,880
precisely and doing that with a

2060
01:15:50,149 --> 01:15:46,560
satellite from space

2061
01:15:51,430 --> 01:15:50,159
allows us to do it completely and most

2062
01:15:53,510 --> 01:15:51,440
accurately that we can

2063
01:15:55,030 --> 01:15:53,520
all across the whole world so let's look

2064
01:15:56,390 --> 01:15:55,040
at the instruments can you tell me about

2065
01:15:58,870 --> 01:15:56,400
the primary instrument

2066
01:15:59,510 --> 01:15:58,880
for sentinel 6 yeah the primary

2067
01:16:03,110 --> 01:15:59,520
instrument

2068
01:16:06,149 --> 01:16:03,120
is the poseidon radar altimeter

2069
01:16:09,430 --> 01:16:06,159
it's built on a simple concept which is

2070
01:16:11,590 --> 01:16:09,440
uh like any other radar where basically

2071
01:16:12,310 --> 01:16:11,600
we are producing a radio signal from the

2072
01:16:14,149 --> 01:16:12,320
instrument

2073
01:16:16,390 --> 01:16:14,159
it's being transmitted down to the earth

2074
01:16:19,189 --> 01:16:16,400
from space and we're waiting

2075
01:16:20,790 --> 01:16:19,199
to actually get the reflected signal off

2076
01:16:23,669 --> 01:16:20,800
the ocean surface

2077
01:16:24,709 --> 01:16:23,679
back up to the antenna and receiving

2078
01:16:27,430 --> 01:16:24,719
that signal

2079
01:16:28,709 --> 01:16:27,440
we want to understand how long it took

2080
01:16:31,350 --> 01:16:28,719
for that signal to get us

2081
01:16:33,270 --> 01:16:31,360
get it back here and then with that

2082
01:16:35,590 --> 01:16:33,280
we're able to understand

2083
01:16:36,310 --> 01:16:35,600
what and measure what the height of the

2084
01:16:37,990 --> 01:16:36,320
ocean is

2085
01:16:40,070 --> 01:16:38,000
and there's another important instrument

2086
01:16:42,310 --> 01:16:40,080
on board the amrc

2087
01:16:43,669 --> 01:16:42,320
can you talk about that and its purpose

2088
01:16:45,350 --> 01:16:43,679
yes you're right

2089
01:16:46,790 --> 01:16:45,360
this is the advanced microwave

2090
01:16:50,470 --> 01:16:46,800
radiometer

2091
01:16:52,630 --> 01:16:50,480
very important instrument for doing this

2092
01:16:54,070 --> 01:16:52,640
measurement because the poseidon

2093
01:16:57,189 --> 01:16:54,080
altimeter measures

2094
01:17:00,229 --> 01:16:57,199
the height but it really

2095
01:17:02,870 --> 01:17:00,239
matters how well that is measured

2096
01:17:03,910 --> 01:17:02,880
as that signal passes through the

2097
01:17:06,229 --> 01:17:03,920
atmosphere

2098
01:17:07,510 --> 01:17:06,239
and we need the microwave radiometer to

2099
01:17:10,630 --> 01:17:07,520
be able to measure

2100
01:17:12,149 --> 01:17:10,640
uh differences in that signal as it

2101
01:17:14,310 --> 01:17:12,159
passes through the atmosphere this

2102
01:17:16,470 --> 01:17:14,320
instrument provides us that correction

2103
01:17:18,470 --> 01:17:16,480
so that together we're able to make a

2104
01:17:21,189 --> 01:17:18,480
very precise height measurement

2105
01:17:22,709 --> 01:17:21,199
uh of the ocean surface what are some

2106
01:17:24,390 --> 01:17:22,719
other important features

2107
01:17:25,750 --> 01:17:24,400
our instruments that are flying on

2108
01:17:27,830 --> 01:17:25,760
sentinel six

2109
01:17:29,110 --> 01:17:27,840
yeah we're lucky uh because on sentinel

2110
01:17:31,750 --> 01:17:29,120
six we do have an

2111
01:17:33,910 --> 01:17:31,760
additional instrument which is called

2112
01:17:35,750 --> 01:17:33,920
the radio occultation

2113
01:17:37,430 --> 01:17:35,760
receiver that's right here with the

2114
01:17:40,149 --> 01:17:37,440
antennas that you see here

2115
01:17:40,709 --> 01:17:40,159
it's a totally different concept but

2116
01:17:42,390 --> 01:17:40,719
similar

2117
01:17:44,070 --> 01:17:42,400
in some sense where we're actually

2118
01:17:46,870 --> 01:17:44,080
trying to measure how

2119
01:17:47,830 --> 01:17:46,880
radio signals bend through the earth's

2120
01:17:49,590 --> 01:17:47,840
atmosphere

2121
01:17:50,950 --> 01:17:49,600
that we get actually from other

2122
01:17:53,189 --> 01:17:50,960
satellites so

2123
01:17:54,229 --> 01:17:53,199
we use signals from the gps

2124
01:17:56,470 --> 01:17:54,239
constellation

2125
01:17:57,990 --> 01:17:56,480
which is transmitting a signal and these

2126
01:17:58,950 --> 01:17:58,000
antennas will receive it through the

2127
01:18:01,350 --> 01:17:58,960
atmosphere

2128
01:18:02,870 --> 01:18:01,360
help us understand what the the

2129
01:18:04,310 --> 01:18:02,880
atmosphere is like in terms of

2130
01:18:05,750 --> 01:18:04,320
temperature and humidity

2131
01:18:07,750 --> 01:18:05,760
well we're very excited about the

2132
01:18:09,189 --> 01:18:07,760
spacecraft and obviously the data we're

2133
01:18:10,830 --> 01:18:09,199
going to get with sentinel 6

2134
01:18:15,750 --> 01:18:10,840
thanks so much prague for being on the

2135
01:18:19,189 --> 01:18:17,669
thanks blair as we have mentioned

2136
01:18:21,189 --> 01:18:19,199
sentinel 6 is a true

2137
01:18:23,510 --> 01:18:21,199
international collaboration among

2138
01:18:25,669 --> 01:18:23,520
several agencies around the world

2139
01:18:27,189 --> 01:18:25,679
it was built upon a legacy of earth

2140
01:18:29,189 --> 01:18:27,199
observation missions

2141
01:18:31,430 --> 01:18:29,199
let's break down how this partnership

2142
01:18:33,350 --> 01:18:31,440
came together

2143
01:18:35,669 --> 01:18:33,360
the sentinel 6 michael freilick

2144
01:18:37,189 --> 01:18:35,679
satellite is the culmination of decades

2145
01:18:37,910 --> 01:18:37,199
of international research and

2146
01:18:40,070 --> 01:18:37,920
development

2147
01:18:41,990 --> 01:18:40,080
of satellite altimetry designed to

2148
01:18:44,149 --> 01:18:42,000
measure sea surface height

2149
01:18:45,350 --> 01:18:44,159
in the early 90s nasa and the french

2150
01:18:48,070 --> 01:18:45,360
space agency

2151
01:18:48,790 --> 01:18:48,080
launched topex poseidon the first in a

2152
01:18:51,510 --> 01:18:48,800
series of

2153
01:18:54,390 --> 01:18:51,520
next generation altimetry missions that

2154
01:18:56,630 --> 01:18:54,400
includes the json satellites meanwhile

2155
01:18:58,870 --> 01:18:56,640
the european space agency created their

2156
01:19:00,149 --> 01:18:58,880
own successful earth observation program

2157
01:19:02,630 --> 01:19:00,159
called copernicus

2158
01:19:04,630 --> 01:19:02,640
which includes the sentinel series in an

2159
01:19:07,270 --> 01:19:04,640
effort to maximize the technology

2160
01:19:08,070 --> 01:19:07,280
and resources on both sides of the pond

2161
01:19:11,030 --> 01:19:08,080
nasa

2162
01:19:11,590 --> 01:19:11,040
noaa issa umetsat and the european

2163
01:19:13,430 --> 01:19:11,600
commission

2164
01:19:15,270 --> 01:19:13,440
all joined forces to create this

2165
01:19:17,669 --> 01:19:15,280
satellite sentinel 6

2166
01:19:19,590 --> 01:19:17,679
michael freilick the name itself is

2167
01:19:21,350 --> 01:19:19,600
emblematic of a mission greater than the

2168
01:19:24,070 --> 01:19:21,360
sum of all its parts

2169
01:19:26,470 --> 01:19:24,080
the first part of the name sentinel 6 is

2170
01:19:27,270 --> 01:19:26,480
derived from issa's series of sentinel

2171
01:19:28,870 --> 01:19:27,280
satellites

2172
01:19:31,030 --> 01:19:28,880
and the michael freilett part of the

2173
01:19:32,950 --> 01:19:31,040
name honors dr michael freilich

2174
01:19:34,070 --> 01:19:32,960
the former director of nasa's earth

2175
01:19:36,550 --> 01:19:34,080
science division

2176
01:19:38,229 --> 01:19:36,560
and a tireless advocate for advancing

2177
01:19:39,750 --> 01:19:38,239
measurements of the ocean in an effort

2178
01:19:41,460 --> 01:19:39,760
to better understand

2179
01:19:46,149 --> 01:19:41,470
the planet we all live on

2180
01:19:50,229 --> 01:19:48,950
as you just saw umetsat or european

2181
01:19:52,070 --> 01:19:50,239
organization for the

2182
01:19:53,830 --> 01:19:52,080
exploitation of meteorological

2183
01:19:55,430 --> 01:19:53,840
satellites has been operating the

2184
01:19:56,470 --> 01:19:55,440
sentinel series of satellites from the

2185
01:19:58,390 --> 01:19:56,480
very beginning

2186
01:20:00,790 --> 01:19:58,400
earlier i spoke with the agency's

2187
01:20:07,990 --> 01:20:00,800
director general

2188
01:20:12,470 --> 01:20:10,070
yumeza has been involved in these

2189
01:20:13,510 --> 01:20:12,480
high-precision altimetry missions for a

2190
01:20:14,950 --> 01:20:13,520
long time

2191
01:20:17,270 --> 01:20:14,960
can you tell us a little bit more about

2192
01:20:20,709 --> 01:20:17,280
umetsat's role over the years and

2193
01:20:22,149 --> 01:20:20,719
how that's developed yes we we became

2194
01:20:24,550 --> 01:20:22,159
involved with json2

2195
01:20:26,550 --> 01:20:24,560
which was launched in 2006 and then we

2196
01:20:28,709 --> 01:20:26,560
continued to json3

2197
01:20:30,950 --> 01:20:28,719
and uh this was in cooperation with

2198
01:20:33,990 --> 01:20:30,960
kness nasa and noaa

2199
01:20:35,270 --> 01:20:34,000
and it's reflected the interest of the

2200
01:20:37,270 --> 01:20:35,280
operational agency

2201
01:20:38,550 --> 01:20:37,280
to contribute to these missions but we

2202
01:20:41,189 --> 01:20:38,560
had a

2203
01:20:43,350 --> 01:20:41,199
minor role technically we were just

2204
01:20:45,830 --> 01:20:43,360
processing real-time data

2205
01:20:48,149 --> 01:20:45,840
and with sentinel 6 we have a much more

2206
01:20:50,950 --> 01:20:48,159
important role because we develop

2207
01:20:52,709 --> 01:20:50,960
most of the ground segments and we will

2208
01:20:54,149 --> 01:20:52,719
perform flight operations and deliver

2209
01:20:56,149 --> 01:20:54,159
the data

2210
01:20:58,149 --> 01:20:56,159
so when will you mess that take control

2211
01:20:58,550 --> 01:20:58,159
of the spacecraft and how long will you

2212
01:21:01,830 --> 01:20:58,560
be

2213
01:21:04,950 --> 01:21:01,840
operating it so we will take uh

2214
01:21:08,310 --> 01:21:04,960
control of flight operations three

2215
01:21:11,510 --> 01:21:08,320
days after the launch after the uh

2216
01:21:13,510 --> 01:21:11,520
the what we call the early operations

2217
01:21:15,669 --> 01:21:13,520
phase which will be performed by either

2218
01:21:18,470 --> 01:21:15,679
and we will operate the spacecraft and

2219
01:21:21,030 --> 01:21:18,480
the system all along its lifetime

2220
01:21:23,510 --> 01:21:21,040
very good and since oceanography is a

2221
01:21:25,430 --> 01:21:23,520
field that's dear to your heart i know

2222
01:21:27,510 --> 01:21:25,440
can you explain to us what the the

2223
01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:27,520
difference this new satellite will make

2224
01:21:33,110 --> 01:21:28,960
in our understanding

2225
01:21:35,510 --> 01:21:33,120
of our oceans yeah first of all

2226
01:21:37,990 --> 01:21:35,520
this satellite will preserve the

2227
01:21:40,149 --> 01:21:38,000
integrity of a unique record of mean sea

2228
01:21:41,510 --> 01:21:40,159
level started with topex poseidon in

2229
01:21:44,470 --> 01:21:41,520
1992

2230
01:21:45,430 --> 01:21:44,480
but it will also improve the qrc further

2231
01:21:48,149 --> 01:21:45,440
so we were

2232
01:21:49,910 --> 01:21:48,159
3.5 centimeters topics we were two

2233
01:21:50,950 --> 01:21:49,920
centimeters with json will be one

2234
01:21:54,149 --> 01:21:50,960
centimeter

2235
01:21:54,950 --> 01:21:54,159
for for this spacecraft and we will also

2236
01:21:57,030 --> 01:21:54,960
have

2237
01:21:58,790 --> 01:21:57,040
better spatial resolution along the

2238
01:22:00,790 --> 01:21:58,800
track 300 meters

2239
01:22:02,229 --> 01:22:00,800
instead of seven kilometers so it's a

2240
01:22:04,709 --> 01:22:02,239
major improvement

2241
01:22:06,950 --> 01:22:04,719
will come closer to the cost and it will

2242
01:22:09,430 --> 01:22:06,960
be very important not only for climate

2243
01:22:11,590 --> 01:22:09,440
monitoring but for forecasting

2244
01:22:12,870 --> 01:22:11,600
peak waves in europe for instance

2245
01:22:16,470 --> 01:22:12,880
cyclones

2246
01:22:19,510 --> 01:22:16,480
and also whether the next summer will be

2247
01:22:21,110 --> 01:22:19,520
unusually unusually hot

2248
01:22:23,030 --> 01:22:21,120
so that's what we expect from this

2249
01:22:25,590 --> 01:22:23,040
mission

2250
01:22:27,590 --> 01:22:25,600
and we've talked a lot about cooperation

2251
01:22:30,790 --> 01:22:27,600
director general so how important

2252
01:22:32,870 --> 01:22:30,800
is that to umetsat in this endeavor so

2253
01:22:34,229 --> 01:22:32,880
to make it short one of the aspects of

2254
01:22:37,270 --> 01:22:34,239
cooperation

2255
01:22:38,149 --> 01:22:37,280
is science but i would like to close

2256
01:22:40,310 --> 01:22:38,159
saying that

2257
01:22:41,590 --> 01:22:40,320
at this meeting the ambassador of the

2258
01:22:44,390 --> 01:22:41,600
united states

2259
01:22:45,830 --> 01:22:44,400
in japan caroline kelly was asked was

2260
01:22:48,709 --> 01:22:45,840
given the flaw and she said

2261
01:22:49,669 --> 01:22:48,719
i am a fan of michael feilik and so

2262
01:22:52,310 --> 01:22:49,679
tonight

2263
01:22:54,470 --> 01:22:52,320
the us and europe are fans of michael

2264
01:22:55,910 --> 01:22:54,480
friday

2265
01:22:57,990 --> 01:22:55,920
well thank you for sharing those

2266
01:23:00,550 --> 01:22:58,000
thoughts on michael freilick

2267
01:23:01,110 --> 01:23:00,560
and congratulations on the successful

2268
01:23:02,950 --> 01:23:01,120
launch

2269
01:23:05,270 --> 01:23:02,960
of sentinel 6 michael freilick into

2270
01:23:06,070 --> 01:23:05,280
space director general alain ratier

2271
01:23:12,709 --> 01:23:06,080
thank you so much

2272
01:23:15,830 --> 01:23:14,709
it's time to check in on the progress of

2273
01:23:17,830 --> 01:23:15,840
the launch operations

2274
01:23:19,350 --> 01:23:17,840
that's right joshua and phillip they are

2275
01:23:20,070 --> 01:23:19,360
about to light that engine for the

2276
01:23:21,910 --> 01:23:20,080
second stage

2277
01:23:23,590 --> 01:23:21,920
but it's not expected to last very long

2278
01:23:25,110 --> 01:23:23,600
right yeah that's correct

2279
01:23:26,070 --> 01:23:25,120
i'm just checking my my columns here

2280
01:23:27,270 --> 01:23:26,080
make sure we're here and everything

2281
01:23:28,790 --> 01:23:27,280
we're expecting to hear that

2282
01:23:30,709 --> 01:23:28,800
call for the second stage second burn

2283
01:23:31,750 --> 01:23:30,719
any second now so uh we're kind of in a

2284
01:23:33,350 --> 01:23:31,760
holding pattern here

2285
01:23:35,750 --> 01:23:33,360
uh just kind of cycling back on the day

2286
01:23:39,830 --> 01:23:35,760
we had successful on time liftoff

2287
01:23:41,110 --> 01:23:39,840
at 9 17 08 pacific time um there you see

2288
01:23:43,830 --> 01:23:41,120
on screen that's a track

2289
01:23:44,390 --> 01:23:43,840
payload insertion orbit that's a great

2290
01:23:45,910 --> 01:23:44,400
call

2291
01:23:47,590 --> 01:23:45,920
i believe philip help me i believe

2292
01:23:49,110 --> 01:23:47,600
that's a call for like we've completed

2293
01:23:52,070 --> 01:23:49,120
the second stage burn

2294
01:23:52,629 --> 01:23:52,080
uh a nominal insertion orbit that's

2295
01:23:56,629 --> 01:23:52,639
where we

2296
01:23:57,830 --> 01:23:56,639
exactly yes the the first stage did most

2297
01:23:59,590 --> 01:23:57,840
of the work of getting out of that

2298
01:24:01,510 --> 01:23:59,600
gravity well to get away from earth into

2299
01:24:03,669 --> 01:24:01,520
orbit and then that second stage

2300
01:24:05,270 --> 01:24:03,679
uh second burn was really just tweaking

2301
01:24:07,910 --> 01:24:05,280
to to get into that final

2302
01:24:09,510 --> 01:24:07,920
circular orbit yeah fantastic uh on and

2303
01:24:11,750 --> 01:24:09,520
we're seeing now some great shots

2304
01:24:13,430 --> 01:24:11,760
from that second stage um and we saw the

2305
01:24:15,270 --> 01:24:13,440
spacecraft there a second ago so that

2306
01:24:16,709 --> 01:24:15,280
that track that the rocket has flown

2307
01:24:17,990 --> 01:24:16,719
it's tough to see because this is

2308
01:24:18,790 --> 01:24:18,000
simulating this image on screen and

2309
01:24:20,629 --> 01:24:18,800
simulating

2310
01:24:22,470 --> 01:24:20,639
the in being in the shadowy part of the

2311
01:24:23,350 --> 01:24:22,480
earth right now so if you look really

2312
01:24:25,510 --> 01:24:23,360
closely you can see

2313
01:24:27,830 --> 01:24:25,520
we're kind of uh approaching if not in

2314
01:24:28,790 --> 01:24:27,840
the indian ocean now or to the east of

2315
01:24:30,229 --> 01:24:28,800
africa

2316
01:24:32,229 --> 01:24:30,239
the track as philip mentioned earlier

2317
01:24:34,390 --> 01:24:32,239
that 66 degree inclination

2318
01:24:36,390 --> 01:24:34,400
kind of put us around the tip of south

2319
01:24:39,270 --> 01:24:36,400
america and then around the tip

2320
01:24:39,590 --> 01:24:39,280
of africa without actually dipping down

2321
01:24:42,950 --> 01:24:39,600
to

2322
01:24:44,149 --> 01:24:42,960
take

2323
01:24:46,310 --> 01:24:44,159
we're expecting to have signal

2324
01:24:49,430 --> 01:24:46,320
acquisition of the spacecraft over

2325
01:24:50,709 --> 01:24:49,440
around alaska so lots to come ahead uh

2326
01:24:51,910 --> 01:24:50,719
but philip i want to ask you about your

2327
01:24:53,830 --> 01:24:51,920
work because this is

2328
01:24:55,030 --> 01:24:53,840
kind of the bread and butter of your job

2329
01:24:57,270 --> 01:24:55,040
as a flight analyst

2330
01:24:59,030 --> 01:24:57,280
you definitely pride yourself on getting

2331
01:25:00,310 --> 01:24:59,040
to this point and beyond um so tell us

2332
01:25:01,510 --> 01:25:00,320
about what you do

2333
01:25:02,709 --> 01:25:01,520
right i mean you know be careful with

2334
01:25:03,990 --> 01:25:02,719
that question because we've been talking

2335
01:25:05,750 --> 01:25:04,000
orbits all day so you know

2336
01:25:07,430 --> 01:25:05,760
don't get me started on it but but you

2337
01:25:09,030 --> 01:25:07,440
know when you talk about trajectories

2338
01:25:10,470 --> 01:25:09,040
and the launch sense there's really two

2339
01:25:12,070 --> 01:25:10,480
pieces there's what you happen

2340
01:25:13,830 --> 01:25:12,080
what happens when you are in orbit when

2341
01:25:14,550 --> 01:25:13,840
you're already in space and then there's

2342
01:25:16,550 --> 01:25:14,560
the unique

2343
01:25:18,310 --> 01:25:16,560
question of how do you get from the

2344
01:25:20,870 --> 01:25:18,320
launch pad into orbit

2345
01:25:21,669 --> 01:25:20,880
so at lsp at the launch services program

2346
01:25:23,910 --> 01:25:21,679
we really

2347
01:25:25,510 --> 01:25:23,920
speak both languages so we want to be

2348
01:25:26,310 --> 01:25:25,520
able to take the work that the

2349
01:25:28,709 --> 01:25:26,320
spacecraft

2350
01:25:30,310 --> 01:25:28,719
team does to determine what all of their

2351
01:25:32,149 --> 01:25:30,320
needs are in terms of where they need to

2352
01:25:33,990 --> 01:25:32,159
be and when they need to be there

2353
01:25:35,430 --> 01:25:34,000
and we help translate that efficiently

2354
01:25:36,229 --> 01:25:35,440
to the launch vehicle who has their own

2355
01:25:37,990 --> 01:25:36,239
process of

2356
01:25:39,590 --> 01:25:38,000
designing the actual trajectory to get

2357
01:25:41,110 --> 01:25:39,600
from the launch pad into orbit

2358
01:25:42,950 --> 01:25:41,120
so we support that process however we

2359
01:25:44,229 --> 01:25:42,960
can yeah and that's as you kind of

2360
01:25:46,390 --> 01:25:44,239
alluded there that's really

2361
01:25:47,430 --> 01:25:46,400
the bread and butter of the broader lsp

2362
01:25:50,229 --> 01:25:47,440
picture

2363
01:25:51,590 --> 01:25:50,239
working with a spacecraft customer uh to

2364
01:25:52,790 --> 01:25:51,600
acquire the vehicle

2365
01:25:54,870 --> 01:25:52,800
we heard tim dunn speak about that

2366
01:25:56,149 --> 01:25:54,880
yesterday just the acquisition

2367
01:25:57,910 --> 01:25:56,159
of the vehicle and the service to get

2368
01:25:59,430 --> 01:25:57,920
into orbit as you need to be um so

2369
01:26:01,510 --> 01:25:59,440
what's kind of that picture like for lsp

2370
01:26:02,550 --> 01:26:01,520
what's the process at large right so we

2371
01:26:05,669 --> 01:26:02,560
really just want to

2372
01:26:07,430 --> 01:26:05,679
support those spacecraft and

2373
01:26:08,870 --> 01:26:07,440
do whatever do whatever needs to be done

2374
01:26:11,270 --> 01:26:08,880
to make sure that they are

2375
01:26:12,470 --> 01:26:11,280
going to be placed into the the specific

2376
01:26:14,709 --> 01:26:12,480
orbit safely

2377
01:26:15,510 --> 01:26:14,719
so there's a lot of things that lsp does

2378
01:26:18,390 --> 01:26:15,520
to

2379
01:26:19,510 --> 01:26:18,400
just keep a grasp on the evolving launch

2380
01:26:21,270 --> 01:26:19,520
vehicle markets

2381
01:26:23,030 --> 01:26:21,280
um you know being able to to know

2382
01:26:24,310 --> 01:26:23,040
exactly what the spacecraft is or what

2383
01:26:26,870 --> 01:26:24,320
the launch vehicle is going to do

2384
01:26:28,390 --> 01:26:26,880
before it's actually purchased so we can

2385
01:26:29,910 --> 01:26:28,400
advise them so they can do their

2386
01:26:32,229 --> 01:26:29,920
planning years in advance

2387
01:26:33,910 --> 01:26:32,239
before they're even uh purchasing their

2388
01:26:35,990 --> 01:26:33,920
vehicle so we really just want to sort

2389
01:26:37,910 --> 01:26:36,000
of be that interface for nasa

2390
01:26:39,270 --> 01:26:37,920
yeah and i want to check in for a second

2391
01:26:42,629 --> 01:26:39,280
to say we just heard a call

2392
01:26:44,229 --> 01:26:42,639
of acquisition for diego uh diego garcia

2393
01:26:46,070 --> 01:26:44,239
that's not the spacecraft acquisition

2394
01:26:47,510 --> 01:26:46,080
that's a stage two acquisition

2395
01:26:50,229 --> 01:26:47,520
um so we'll be looking for this

2396
01:26:51,189 --> 01:26:50,239
spacecraft acquisition over alaska as we

2397
01:26:54,149 --> 01:26:51,199
get to

2398
01:26:54,790 --> 01:26:54,159
the alaska general geography and we're

2399
01:26:56,709 --> 01:26:54,800
hoping to

2400
01:26:58,550 --> 01:26:56,719
ahead in our show bring you the

2401
01:27:00,790 --> 01:26:58,560
spacecraft separation video live

2402
01:27:02,470 --> 01:27:00,800
or close to live it'll be a few seconds

2403
01:27:04,070 --> 01:27:02,480
delayed it takes a few seconds

2404
01:27:05,990 --> 01:27:04,080
to get that signal back from the other

2405
01:27:08,149 --> 01:27:06,000
side of the earth where we already are

2406
01:27:09,430 --> 01:27:08,159
i do want to go ahead and bring in now

2407
01:27:11,350 --> 01:27:09,440
another flight analyst

2408
01:27:12,470 --> 01:27:11,360
uh cali burke who's also with launch

2409
01:27:15,350 --> 01:27:12,480
services program

2410
01:27:16,629 --> 01:27:15,360
uh cali thanks for joining us today yeah

2411
01:27:18,149 --> 01:27:16,639
i'm here in uh

2412
01:27:19,910 --> 01:27:18,159
my own little booth and mission director

2413
01:27:21,270 --> 01:27:19,920
center yeah i appreciate you you're kind

2414
01:27:23,910 --> 01:27:21,280
of isolated there um

2415
01:27:25,350 --> 01:27:23,920
in our booth over there um glad to have

2416
01:27:26,470 --> 01:27:25,360
you and i know you wanted to talk a

2417
01:27:28,310 --> 01:27:26,480
little bit about today about

2418
01:27:30,149 --> 01:27:28,320
kind of the the choosing of the orbit

2419
01:27:32,470 --> 01:27:30,159
we're in obviously we had a good call

2420
01:27:33,910 --> 01:27:32,480
out for nominal insertion burn um so

2421
01:27:35,270 --> 01:27:33,920
where are we and why did we choose this

2422
01:27:37,270 --> 01:27:35,280
specific orbit

2423
01:27:38,790 --> 01:27:37,280
so um so as a launch sources program we

2424
01:27:39,669 --> 01:27:38,800
go where the spacecraft asks us and so

2425
01:27:40,950 --> 01:27:39,679
we're going to

2426
01:27:43,270 --> 01:27:40,960
um you know if this was the equator at

2427
01:27:44,870 --> 01:27:43,280
zero degrees we're going to a 66 degree

2428
01:27:46,870 --> 01:27:44,880
inclination so it's a high inclination

2429
01:27:48,950 --> 01:27:46,880
orbit and um so it's

2430
01:27:51,030 --> 01:27:48,960
generally the same one that jason 3 is

2431
01:27:53,189 --> 01:27:51,040
in decades of continuous data

2432
01:27:54,709 --> 01:27:53,199
and so that going up that high means we

2433
01:27:56,470 --> 01:27:54,719
go up you know as high as alaska and

2434
01:27:57,510 --> 01:27:56,480
sweden but then sweep down below south

2435
01:27:59,510 --> 01:27:57,520
america

2436
01:28:00,950 --> 01:27:59,520
and so it's a nearly circular orbit and

2437
01:28:02,950 --> 01:28:00,960
so it's around you know around the earth

2438
01:28:05,669 --> 01:28:02,960
it's about 800 miles above the earth

2439
01:28:07,510 --> 01:28:05,679
which is about 1 300 kilometers

2440
01:28:08,709 --> 01:28:07,520
and why such a long coast phase i know

2441
01:28:09,990 --> 01:28:08,719
that uh

2442
01:28:12,709 --> 01:28:10,000
for those that are familiar with

2443
01:28:14,709 --> 01:28:12,719
rocketry they kind of are accustomed to

2444
01:28:16,790 --> 01:28:14,719
science missions and robotic explorers

2445
01:28:19,430 --> 01:28:16,800
having a coast phase that can be

2446
01:28:21,189 --> 01:28:19,440
fairly lengthy but why this 45 minute

2447
01:28:22,709 --> 01:28:21,199
coast before the second burn

2448
01:28:24,310 --> 01:28:22,719
so with the rocket we bring all the gas

2449
01:28:25,830 --> 01:28:24,320
with us there's not gas stations in the

2450
01:28:26,470 --> 01:28:25,840
way so we want to try and use as little

2451
01:28:28,870 --> 01:28:26,480
as possible

2452
01:28:30,629 --> 01:28:28,880
and so just the way that it works is

2453
01:28:34,229 --> 01:28:30,639
that um you know we start in

2454
01:28:35,430 --> 01:28:34,239
um we're looking at the spacecraft

2455
01:28:36,790 --> 01:28:35,440
separation right now

2456
01:28:37,990 --> 01:28:36,800
i want to let you finish but we're

2457
01:28:39,430 --> 01:28:38,000
getting that live and i wanted to call

2458
01:28:40,070 --> 01:28:39,440
that out for you so there goes sentinel

2459
01:28:42,709 --> 01:28:40,080
6.

2460
01:28:44,550 --> 01:28:42,719
uh that is a beautiful sight uh watching

2461
01:28:46,950 --> 01:28:44,560
it drift off there again we are kind of

2462
01:28:48,470 --> 01:28:46,960
shaded by the earth um so we're not in

2463
01:28:51,030 --> 01:28:48,480
direct sunlight at this time

2464
01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:51,040
um so that's why it's as dark as it is

2465
01:28:52,790 --> 01:28:51,760
uh if

2466
01:28:53,990 --> 01:28:52,800
the sun were on this side of the earth

2467
01:28:55,430 --> 01:28:54,000
we'd see a little bit more of that but

2468
01:28:56,629 --> 01:28:55,440
that's gonna kind of just drift off

2469
01:28:58,629 --> 01:28:56,639
and that's completely normal and

2470
01:28:59,910 --> 01:28:58,639
expected so

2471
01:29:02,950 --> 01:28:59,920
kelly i do want to let you finish sorry

2472
01:29:05,830 --> 01:29:02,960
for jumping in there no yeah that's the

2473
01:29:07,189 --> 01:29:05,840
exciting part um uh when we have the

2474
01:29:10,149 --> 01:29:07,199
rocket's done its job

2475
01:29:11,430 --> 01:29:10,159
um so what what we did was we got to a

2476
01:29:13,270 --> 01:29:11,440
park orbit coast with

2477
01:29:15,189 --> 01:29:13,280
the boost and the first burn and so with

2478
01:29:16,629 --> 01:29:15,199
that we still had a perigee so the point

2479
01:29:19,030 --> 01:29:16,639
where closest to the earth just above

2480
01:29:20,790 --> 01:29:19,040
160 miles and so we're near that

2481
01:29:22,310 --> 01:29:20,800
and then we just we coast and just let

2482
01:29:23,350 --> 01:29:22,320
physics do its job where we go out to

2483
01:29:25,750 --> 01:29:23,360
the furthest part

2484
01:29:27,189 --> 01:29:25,760
800 miles and then at that point we just

2485
01:29:28,550 --> 01:29:27,199
have to do a short burn you know just

2486
01:29:30,629 --> 01:29:28,560
over 10 seconds

2487
01:29:32,149 --> 01:29:30,639
um a little bit more and then you know

2488
01:29:33,590 --> 01:29:32,159
we circulate the orbit so we just then

2489
01:29:35,350 --> 01:29:33,600
are just using a little bit of fuel at

2490
01:29:36,870 --> 01:29:35,360
that point so

2491
01:29:38,550 --> 01:29:36,880
awesome hey last question for you really

2492
01:29:40,310 --> 01:29:38,560
quickly i wanted to ask about the

2493
01:29:41,270 --> 01:29:40,320
question of how far would we be behind

2494
01:29:42,310 --> 01:29:41,280
jason 3

2495
01:29:44,149 --> 01:29:42,320
because obviously we're trying to be in

2496
01:29:46,390 --> 01:29:44,159
that exact same orbit like you mentioned

2497
01:29:48,629 --> 01:29:46,400
but how far away are we

2498
01:29:49,910 --> 01:29:48,639
so um what we're doing so we have our

2499
01:29:52,149 --> 01:29:49,920
launch time so that we're in

2500
01:29:53,350 --> 01:29:52,159
our the same orbit plane as jason three

2501
01:29:54,310 --> 01:29:53,360
that's why we had just that one second

2502
01:29:55,830 --> 01:29:54,320
to launch

2503
01:29:57,590 --> 01:29:55,840
and then we're going to be just minutes

2504
01:30:00,629 --> 01:29:57,600
behind and um

2505
01:30:01,590 --> 01:30:00,639
they're zooming around at 3.5 miles per

2506
01:30:03,110 --> 01:30:01,600
second

2507
01:30:05,030 --> 01:30:03,120
um and so if they get you know if

2508
01:30:06,709 --> 01:30:05,040
sentinel 3 gets as close as just 30

2509
01:30:09,350 --> 01:30:06,719
seconds behind jason iii that's still

2510
01:30:10,790 --> 01:30:09,360
135 miles behind it in the orbit

2511
01:30:12,950 --> 01:30:10,800
yeah i think i think i just heard you

2512
01:30:13,750 --> 01:30:12,960
say 3.5 but i know we talked this that

2513
01:30:16,709 --> 01:30:13,760
numbers

2514
01:30:17,430 --> 01:30:16,719
wanted to make sure it was at 3.5 or

2515
01:30:19,350 --> 01:30:17,440
four points

2516
01:30:20,950 --> 01:30:19,360
four point five okay correct no worries

2517
01:30:23,270 --> 01:30:20,960
again we deal with lots of numbers

2518
01:30:24,950 --> 01:30:23,280
um cali i appreciate you being here with

2519
01:30:26,390 --> 01:30:24,960
us thanks so much and appreciate your

2520
01:30:27,750 --> 01:30:26,400
hard work for lsp and

2521
01:30:30,149 --> 01:30:27,760
and getting our spacecraft customers

2522
01:30:32,390 --> 01:30:30,159
where they need to be yeah go sentinel

2523
01:30:34,790 --> 01:30:32,400
six michael freely yes awesome thank you

2524
01:30:35,750 --> 01:30:34,800
so much uh yeah that speed of 4.5 meters

2525
01:30:39,430 --> 01:30:35,760
per second

2526
01:30:41,669 --> 01:30:39,440
actually

2527
01:30:42,950 --> 01:30:41,679
means that we're traveling at a speed

2528
01:30:45,110 --> 01:30:42,960
that would put you from

2529
01:30:46,550 --> 01:30:45,120
esa's headquarters in paris france to

2530
01:30:47,590 --> 01:30:46,560
the launch site at vandenberg in about

2531
01:30:49,510 --> 01:30:47,600
20 minutes

2532
01:30:50,790 --> 01:30:49,520
so uh pretty speedy there there are

2533
01:30:51,910 --> 01:30:50,800
still a few milestones ahead we hope

2534
01:30:53,270 --> 01:30:51,920
you'll stay with us

2535
01:30:54,790 --> 01:30:53,280
but we're gonna send it back over to

2536
01:30:56,550 --> 01:30:54,800
daryl but uh just preview for you

2537
01:30:57,830 --> 01:30:56,560
quickly solar array deploy is ahead

2538
01:31:02,229 --> 01:30:57,840
and then that signal acquisition we

2539
01:31:03,990 --> 01:31:02,239
mentioned daryl back to you all right

2540
01:31:05,350 --> 01:31:04,000
thank you joshua and philip and i want

2541
01:31:07,830 --> 01:31:05,360
to fly that fast

2542
01:31:08,470 --> 01:31:07,840
yes get you from point a to point b and

2543
01:31:11,590 --> 01:31:08,480
uh

2544
01:31:14,629 --> 01:31:11,600
lickety-slip now while we await

2545
01:31:15,030 --> 01:31:14,639
the deployment uh we uh have a special

2546
01:31:17,590 --> 01:31:15,040
guest

2547
01:31:19,669 --> 01:31:17,600
who is responsible for nasa's physical

2548
01:31:22,470 --> 01:31:19,679
oceanography program

2549
01:31:23,350 --> 01:31:22,480
she's also nasa's program scientist for

2550
01:31:26,070 --> 01:31:23,360
this mission

2551
01:31:26,629 --> 01:31:26,080
nadia vinogudrova schiffer joins us live

2552
01:31:29,430 --> 01:31:26,639
now

2553
01:31:31,270 --> 01:31:29,440
nadia what a textbook launch that was so

2554
01:31:34,870 --> 01:31:31,280
beautiful

2555
01:31:38,070 --> 01:31:34,880
absolutely incredible a very rewarding

2556
01:31:38,629 --> 01:31:38,080
um experience for all of us uh it's been

2557
01:31:40,550 --> 01:31:38,639
like

2558
01:31:42,310 --> 01:31:40,560
a turbulent year for the for the whole

2559
01:31:45,110 --> 01:31:42,320
planet the way emits of our

2560
01:31:46,070 --> 01:31:45,120
health crisis political crisis cultural

2561
01:31:49,430 --> 01:31:46,080
crisis so

2562
01:31:51,350 --> 01:31:49,440
it's nice to see that science perseveres

2563
01:31:53,590 --> 01:31:51,360
and they will continue marching forward

2564
01:31:55,270 --> 01:31:53,600
it was it was very rewarding something

2565
01:31:57,510 --> 01:31:55,280
like this connects us all doesn't it

2566
01:31:57,990 --> 01:31:57,520
nadia it just brings us all together and

2567
01:32:01,510 --> 01:31:58,000
it reminds

2568
01:32:03,990 --> 01:32:01,520
us what's most important in life i agree

2569
01:32:06,310 --> 01:32:04,000
well now nasa has an extremely diverse

2570
01:32:08,950 --> 01:32:06,320
portfolio of earth science missions

2571
01:32:10,709 --> 01:32:08,960
what sets sentinel 6 apart from all the

2572
01:32:13,110 --> 01:32:10,719
rest of them

2573
01:32:14,149 --> 01:32:13,120
sea level measurements that sentinel-6

2574
01:32:17,590 --> 01:32:14,159
provide is our

2575
01:32:18,470 --> 01:32:17,600
only ocean surface measurements that we

2576
01:32:20,470 --> 01:32:18,480
can connect

2577
01:32:22,390 --> 01:32:20,480
uh to the physics of the whole water

2578
01:32:23,669 --> 01:32:22,400
column so not just what happens at the

2579
01:32:26,709 --> 01:32:23,679
very surface

2580
01:32:28,790 --> 01:32:26,719
but what happens from top to bottom and

2581
01:32:30,870 --> 01:32:28,800
uh and and that's that's an incredible

2582
01:32:33,430 --> 01:32:30,880
and very rich data sets that

2583
01:32:35,270 --> 01:32:33,440
can tell us a wealth of information what

2584
01:32:37,590 --> 01:32:35,280
happens with the oceans

2585
01:32:40,229 --> 01:32:37,600
uh and how oceans that connect with the

2586
01:32:40,709 --> 01:32:40,239
rest of the earth system we have a

2587
01:32:43,110 --> 01:32:40,719
question

2588
01:32:43,750 --> 01:32:43,120
coming from social media so can you take

2589
01:32:45,830 --> 01:32:43,760
that for us

2590
01:32:47,350 --> 01:32:45,840
absolutely oh very good shane on

2591
01:32:49,189 --> 01:32:47,360
facebook asks

2592
01:32:51,030 --> 01:32:49,199
will there be a way for individuals to

2593
01:32:52,310 --> 01:32:51,040
see the research data that comes from

2594
01:32:55,830 --> 01:32:52,320
the satellite

2595
01:32:56,870 --> 01:32:55,840
yes absolutely nasa has an open data

2596
01:32:59,430 --> 01:32:56,880
policy

2597
01:33:00,790 --> 01:32:59,440
so when the when we receive the data

2598
01:33:03,350 --> 01:33:00,800
from the satellites

2599
01:33:05,110 --> 01:33:03,360
nasa science team uh carefully looks at

2600
01:33:07,189 --> 01:33:05,120
the data that everything makes sense and

2601
01:33:07,990 --> 01:33:07,199
then makes it available to the to the

2602
01:33:11,030 --> 01:33:08,000
public

2603
01:33:12,390 --> 01:33:11,040
uh freely and openly that's excellent

2604
01:33:14,470 --> 01:33:12,400
that's great and that's what's awesome

2605
01:33:15,030 --> 01:33:14,480
is that it's data that everyone can use

2606
01:33:17,750 --> 01:33:15,040
from

2607
01:33:18,470 --> 01:33:17,760
fishermen to meteorologists to so many

2608
01:33:20,229 --> 01:33:18,480
different people

2609
01:33:22,470 --> 01:33:20,239
all across the world absolutely marina

2610
01:33:24,790 --> 01:33:22,480
and that's the foundation of the

2611
01:33:25,510 --> 01:33:24,800
to keep the integrity of science very

2612
01:33:27,990 --> 01:33:25,520
high that

2613
01:33:29,189 --> 01:33:28,000
if you come up with a discovery anybody

2614
01:33:31,430 --> 01:33:29,199
in the world can

2615
01:33:32,310 --> 01:33:31,440
back up and repeat your experiment and

2616
01:33:34,310 --> 01:33:32,320
confirm

2617
01:33:36,790 --> 01:33:34,320
your findings or find something that

2618
01:33:38,629 --> 01:33:36,800
looks different and nadia what does the

2619
01:33:40,229 --> 01:33:38,639
mission hope to accomplish in the next

2620
01:33:41,750 --> 01:33:40,239
10 years with all this data that is

2621
01:33:42,390 --> 01:33:41,760
going to come in from sentinel a and

2622
01:33:44,070 --> 01:33:42,400
sentinel b

2623
01:33:46,070 --> 01:33:44,080
because it's two spacecrafts that'll

2624
01:33:48,709 --> 01:33:46,080
launch between five years of each other

2625
01:33:49,430 --> 01:33:48,719
um by the time we're done with sentinel

2626
01:33:51,830 --> 01:33:49,440
a and

2627
01:33:52,870 --> 01:33:51,840
mike fryer can be we would have almost

2628
01:33:55,830 --> 01:33:52,880
four decades

2629
01:33:57,590 --> 01:33:55,840
of sea level data that's uh that's

2630
01:34:01,110 --> 01:33:57,600
enough to look at the

2631
01:34:02,229 --> 01:34:01,120
at the spread of frequencies of how our

2632
01:34:04,310 --> 01:34:02,239
earth

2633
01:34:05,669 --> 01:34:04,320
climate change is happening and how

2634
01:34:07,990 --> 01:34:05,679
oceans interact with it

2635
01:34:10,070 --> 01:34:08,000
we are sort of on a tipping point what

2636
01:34:12,229 --> 01:34:10,080
we see that sea level is not only rising

2637
01:34:14,310 --> 01:34:12,239
but accelerating when we were

2638
01:34:16,870 --> 01:34:14,320
launching topics poseidon back in the

2639
01:34:18,070 --> 01:34:16,880
day the rise was about two millimeters

2640
01:34:20,790 --> 01:34:18,080
now it's about

2641
01:34:22,310 --> 01:34:20,800
approaching to five so we see that the

2642
01:34:24,310 --> 01:34:22,320
rise of this caesar

2643
01:34:26,310 --> 01:34:24,320
are getting faster and just to give you

2644
01:34:27,669 --> 01:34:26,320
uh just put it in a context those

2645
01:34:29,189 --> 01:34:27,679
millimeters as my

2646
01:34:31,590 --> 01:34:29,199
teenage son asked me why do we care

2647
01:34:32,229 --> 01:34:31,600
about three millimeters i told them well

2648
01:34:34,149 --> 01:34:32,239
andre

2649
01:34:37,350 --> 01:34:34,159
three millimeters per year change in sea

2650
01:34:39,990 --> 01:34:37,360
level means that we're adding about 300

2651
01:34:41,350 --> 01:34:40,000
trillion gallons of water every year

2652
01:34:43,990 --> 01:34:41,360
into the ocean and

2653
01:34:45,510 --> 01:34:44,000
if you line up all these gallons that

2654
01:34:48,390 --> 01:34:45,520
would enough to cover

2655
01:34:50,229 --> 01:34:48,400
distance from sun to pluto and back so

2656
01:34:52,629 --> 01:34:50,239
that's a lot of water

2657
01:34:53,350 --> 01:34:52,639
that's coming into the ocean perspective

2658
01:34:55,590 --> 01:34:53,360
yes

2659
01:34:57,189 --> 01:34:55,600
nadia vinegar radova schiffer thank you

2660
01:34:58,790 --> 01:34:57,199
so much for joining us it was great to

2661
01:35:00,629 --> 01:34:58,800
have this conversation with you here

2662
01:35:02,390 --> 01:35:00,639
just with the pacific ocean behind us

2663
01:35:04,229 --> 01:35:02,400
thank you daryl and marina thank you

2664
01:35:06,709 --> 01:35:04,239
nadia

2665
01:35:09,510 --> 01:35:06,719
well time to go back to kennedy for a

2666
01:35:12,470 --> 01:35:09,520
very big moment in our launch operations

2667
01:35:14,950 --> 01:35:12,480
the unfolding of the satellite solar

2668
01:35:16,870 --> 01:35:14,960
panels joshua

2669
01:35:18,950 --> 01:35:16,880
before we do that we want to recap the

2670
01:35:21,270 --> 01:35:18,960
launch just a quick moment to share with

2671
01:35:22,470 --> 01:35:21,280
everybody and let them know exactly what

2672
01:35:25,350 --> 01:35:22,480
happened about

2673
01:35:25,910 --> 01:35:25,360
45 minutes ago it was a beautiful launch

2674
01:35:27,830 --> 01:35:25,920
here

2675
01:35:29,750 --> 01:35:27,840
on the coast of central california the

2676
01:35:31,830 --> 01:35:29,760
sentinel 6 michael freilix satellite

2677
01:35:34,470 --> 01:35:31,840
which is sitting on top of the rocket

2678
01:35:35,590 --> 01:35:34,480
was ready to go we had clear skies there

2679
01:35:38,950 --> 01:35:35,600
was an ignition

2680
01:35:39,430 --> 01:35:38,960
of the rocket right at 9 17 p.m pacific

2681
01:35:45,830 --> 01:35:39,440
time

2682
01:35:48,390 --> 01:35:45,840
launch

2683
01:35:49,109 --> 01:35:48,400
of the sentinel 6 michael frylick uh

2684
01:35:51,910 --> 01:35:49,119
spacecraft

2685
01:35:53,030 --> 01:35:51,920
satellite going up on the falcon 9

2686
01:35:55,990 --> 01:35:53,040
rocket and it's a

2687
01:35:56,390 --> 01:35:56,000
beautiful sight looking down the barrel

2688
01:35:59,669 --> 01:35:56,400
both

2689
01:36:00,790 --> 01:35:59,679
of the booster as well as the skies

2690
01:36:03,910 --> 01:36:00,800
above

2691
01:36:04,629 --> 01:36:03,920
it just climbed and climbed racing up to

2692
01:36:06,709 --> 01:36:04,639
the middle

2693
01:36:09,510 --> 01:36:06,719
of the blue sky and performed

2694
01:36:12,750 --> 01:36:09,520
beautifully no problems with launch the

2695
01:36:16,310 --> 01:36:12,760
nine merlin d engines belting out their

2696
01:36:18,950 --> 01:36:16,320
1.7 million pounds of thrust

2697
01:36:20,629 --> 01:36:18,960
on their way into space the rocket just

2698
01:36:21,910 --> 01:36:20,639
performed perfectly and there you see a

2699
01:36:24,070 --> 01:36:21,920
shot from up high

2700
01:36:25,350 --> 01:36:24,080
and the coast of california vandenberg

2701
01:36:28,550 --> 01:36:25,360
here of course

2702
01:36:29,990 --> 01:36:28,560
uh a launch site that allows for uh a

2703
01:36:31,510 --> 01:36:30,000
certain trajectory that allows our

2704
01:36:32,950 --> 01:36:31,520
science to do a lot of missions here and

2705
01:36:35,189 --> 01:36:32,960
then we had the landing

2706
01:36:36,870 --> 01:36:35,199
which was really neat for all of the

2707
01:36:37,990 --> 01:36:36,880
guests who were here michael freilich's

2708
01:36:40,550 --> 01:36:38,000
family watching as that

2709
01:36:42,310 --> 01:36:40,560
booster touched down just perfectly

2710
01:36:44,390 --> 01:36:42,320
nailing the landing

2711
01:36:46,550 --> 01:36:44,400
it was quite a sight to behold about

2712
01:36:49,189 --> 01:36:46,560
eight and a half minutes after launch

2713
01:36:51,510 --> 01:36:49,199
the first stage booster now available

2714
01:36:53,669 --> 01:36:51,520
for reuse

2715
01:36:54,790 --> 01:36:53,679
so now we want to check in with joshua

2716
01:36:57,830 --> 01:36:54,800
santora and

2717
01:36:59,109 --> 01:36:57,840
phillip hargrove for an update on the

2718
01:37:01,510 --> 01:36:59,119
second stage

2719
01:37:03,189 --> 01:37:01,520
well that's right we are now going to be

2720
01:37:07,109 --> 01:37:03,199
having a very big moment

2721
01:37:09,510 --> 01:37:07,119
as the unfolding of the satellite solar

2722
01:37:11,590 --> 01:37:09,520
panels moves in and joshua

2723
01:37:12,870 --> 01:37:11,600
it is an exciting time everything's

2724
01:37:14,790 --> 01:37:12,880
coming into place

2725
01:37:16,470 --> 01:37:14,800
marina it really is obviously we work

2726
01:37:18,070 --> 01:37:16,480
hard to plan for these moments and we

2727
01:37:19,109 --> 01:37:18,080
expect that we will succeed but it's

2728
01:37:20,470 --> 01:37:19,119
always

2729
01:37:22,790 --> 01:37:20,480
a relief every time you kind of cross

2730
01:37:24,229 --> 01:37:22,800
one of those milestones so we did have

2731
01:37:25,990 --> 01:37:24,239
the spacecraft separation we were able

2732
01:37:27,350 --> 01:37:26,000
to bring you just about live a few

2733
01:37:29,350 --> 01:37:27,360
seconds behind reality

2734
01:37:31,430 --> 01:37:29,360
um not too long ago and now we're

2735
01:37:32,709 --> 01:37:31,440
waiting on solar array deploy which in

2736
01:37:34,550 --> 01:37:32,719
theory should be happening in the next

2737
01:37:36,310 --> 01:37:34,560
three and a half minutes i don't know if

2738
01:37:37,590 --> 01:37:36,320
we'll have a visual for that

2739
01:37:39,910 --> 01:37:37,600
i suspect we're just going to hear a

2740
01:37:42,470 --> 01:37:39,920
call out that it's been confirmed so

2741
01:37:43,590 --> 01:37:42,480
in the meantime phillip um launch

2742
01:37:45,830 --> 01:37:43,600
services program

2743
01:37:48,149 --> 01:37:45,840
their official task really kind of ends

2744
01:37:49,430 --> 01:37:48,159
at spacecraft separation so that's a job

2745
01:37:50,790 --> 01:37:49,440
well done for that team i know that they

2746
01:37:52,149 --> 01:37:50,800
still very much care about the success

2747
01:37:54,310 --> 01:37:52,159
of the rest of the mission here

2748
01:37:55,750 --> 01:37:54,320
and they want to just be there with the

2749
01:37:57,590 --> 01:37:55,760
team kind of collectively

2750
01:37:58,870 --> 01:37:57,600
uh but what's is there is there more

2751
01:37:59,990 --> 01:37:58,880
responsibility beyond that i know that

2752
01:38:00,870 --> 01:38:00,000
there's years ahead of time but what

2753
01:38:02,629 --> 01:38:00,880
happens post

2754
01:38:04,310 --> 01:38:02,639
flight for a mission you're right that

2755
01:38:05,669 --> 01:38:04,320
in the big scheme of things our job is

2756
01:38:07,189 --> 01:38:05,679
pretty much done once the spacecraft

2757
01:38:08,149 --> 01:38:07,199
separates from the launch vehicle but

2758
01:38:10,629 --> 01:38:08,159
there is a lot of

2759
01:38:11,750 --> 01:38:10,639
post processing data to make sure that

2760
01:38:12,470 --> 01:38:11,760
everything went the way that it was

2761
01:38:14,310 --> 01:38:12,480
supposed to go

2762
01:38:15,590 --> 01:38:14,320
so you know we recall that you know once

2763
01:38:17,590 --> 01:38:15,600
we lit the candle just

2764
01:38:19,910 --> 01:38:17,600
a little while ago the rocket did

2765
01:38:21,750 --> 01:38:19,920
everything by itself so we have to

2766
01:38:23,189 --> 01:38:21,760
uh take the tracking data that we got

2767
01:38:26,229 --> 01:38:23,199
from some ground stations

2768
01:38:26,709 --> 01:38:26,239
and from space-based stations there's a

2769
01:38:29,030 --> 01:38:26,719
network

2770
01:38:30,629 --> 01:38:29,040
called tdrs for the tracking and data

2771
01:38:33,590 --> 01:38:30,639
relay satellite

2772
01:38:35,109 --> 01:38:33,600
systems tdrs that allows us to have a

2773
01:38:36,310 --> 01:38:35,119
really good understanding of where

2774
01:38:38,629 --> 01:38:36,320
exactly the launch vehicle and

2775
01:38:40,149 --> 01:38:38,639
spacecraft are at all times

2776
01:38:41,669 --> 01:38:40,159
so one of the data products that we get

2777
01:38:43,910 --> 01:38:41,679
from the launch vehicle is called the

2778
01:38:45,750 --> 01:38:43,920
open or the orbital parameters message

2779
01:38:47,990 --> 01:38:45,760
and that gives us a precise

2780
01:38:49,990 --> 01:38:48,000
measurement of the orbit state right

2781
01:38:51,430 --> 01:38:50,000
after separation so we can confirm that

2782
01:38:53,510 --> 01:38:51,440
the rocket did its job

2783
01:38:54,709 --> 01:38:53,520
sure and on a personal level because

2784
01:38:56,550 --> 01:38:54,719
obviously we know that

2785
01:38:57,910 --> 01:38:56,560
lsp like all of these organizations and

2786
01:38:58,790 --> 01:38:57,920
teams it's made up of people of

2787
01:39:00,709 --> 01:38:58,800
individuals

2788
01:39:02,709 --> 01:39:00,719
and obviously you guys individually

2789
01:39:04,070 --> 01:39:02,719
invest and as a team invest years of

2790
01:39:06,310 --> 01:39:04,080
your lives on these missions

2791
01:39:07,590 --> 01:39:06,320
just kind of putting in that energy when

2792
01:39:09,350 --> 01:39:07,600
it flies when you see it

2793
01:39:10,950 --> 01:39:09,360
on its way it's it's in orbit it made it

2794
01:39:11,990 --> 01:39:10,960
where it's supposed to what's that like

2795
01:39:14,470 --> 01:39:12,000
personally for you is

2796
01:39:16,470 --> 01:39:14,480
it is there just kind of a on to the

2797
01:39:17,910 --> 01:39:16,480
next thing or is there some sort of like

2798
01:39:19,990 --> 01:39:17,920
eternal pride that comes with knowing

2799
01:39:21,350 --> 01:39:20,000
that your work is in space somewhere

2800
01:39:23,270 --> 01:39:21,360
right there's definitely a lot of

2801
01:39:24,709 --> 01:39:23,280
emotions on a day like this so right now

2802
01:39:26,229 --> 01:39:24,719
i'm definitely feeling really happy and

2803
01:39:27,590 --> 01:39:26,239
proud for my co-worker who's been

2804
01:39:27,990 --> 01:39:27,600
working on this mission for a couple of

2805
01:39:29,669 --> 01:39:28,000
years

2806
01:39:31,270 --> 01:39:29,679
he actually sits right next to me in the

2807
01:39:32,629 --> 01:39:31,280
office so you know i've i've

2808
01:39:34,790 --> 01:39:32,639
seen and heard a lot about this mission

2809
01:39:35,910 --> 01:39:34,800
sure and uh just in general when it is

2810
01:39:37,430 --> 01:39:35,920
one that i work on

2811
01:39:39,109 --> 01:39:37,440
you just get a lot of perspective on the

2812
01:39:39,990 --> 01:39:39,119
fact that you know i worked on this for

2813
01:39:41,669 --> 01:39:40,000
a couple of years but

2814
01:39:43,109 --> 01:39:41,679
other people have you know potentially

2815
01:39:44,310 --> 01:39:43,119
put their whole career

2816
01:39:46,709 --> 01:39:44,320
especially for someone like michael

2817
01:39:48,709 --> 01:39:46,719
freilick who who's been so dedicated

2818
01:39:49,750 --> 01:39:48,719
or who was so dedicated uh to this type

2819
01:39:51,270 --> 01:39:49,760
of work so

2820
01:39:53,030 --> 01:39:51,280
it's really an honor to be a part of

2821
01:39:53,990 --> 01:39:53,040
that and then it's exciting to look

2822
01:39:55,830 --> 01:39:54,000
forward to the future

2823
01:39:57,750 --> 01:39:55,840
and uh look forward to getting the

2824
01:39:59,830 --> 01:39:57,760
science data back and see how the up

2825
01:40:01,590 --> 01:39:59,840
the actual spacecraft operates awesome

2826
01:40:02,870 --> 01:40:01,600
and just kind of spitballing how many

2827
01:40:04,149 --> 01:40:02,880
missions do you work at the same time

2828
01:40:04,790 --> 01:40:04,159
because that's one of the other factors

2829
01:40:06,870 --> 01:40:04,800
is that

2830
01:40:08,870 --> 01:40:06,880
no person i don't think anybody on your

2831
01:40:11,030 --> 01:40:08,880
team is is working one mission

2832
01:40:11,990 --> 01:40:11,040
exclusively at a time you're kind of

2833
01:40:13,750 --> 01:40:12,000
rolling that work

2834
01:40:15,030 --> 01:40:13,760
what's that i know it's a flexible

2835
01:40:15,430 --> 01:40:15,040
number what what is that like for you

2836
01:40:16,870 --> 01:40:15,440
guys

2837
01:40:18,790 --> 01:40:16,880
yeah rolling is a really good way to

2838
01:40:20,149 --> 01:40:18,800
describe it we i want to make sure that

2839
01:40:22,070 --> 01:40:20,159
nobody is you know working

2840
01:40:23,189 --> 01:40:22,080
two missions that are launching like

2841
01:40:25,109 --> 01:40:23,199
right along

2842
01:40:26,629 --> 01:40:25,119
right around the same time but so a lot

2843
01:40:28,390 --> 01:40:26,639
of us will maybe have one mission that's

2844
01:40:29,590 --> 01:40:28,400
a few years in advance and then one that

2845
01:40:30,950 --> 01:40:29,600
just launched so that's definitely the

2846
01:40:32,149 --> 01:40:30,960
case for me i have one that

2847
01:40:33,669 --> 01:40:32,159
launched this year and then my next

2848
01:40:35,109 --> 01:40:33,679
mission launches in a couple of years

2849
01:40:35,990 --> 01:40:35,119
yeah i think we just got a call for a

2850
01:40:37,910 --> 01:40:36,000
loss of signal i believe

2851
01:40:39,510 --> 01:40:37,920
that's actually for the second stage uh

2852
01:40:41,350 --> 01:40:39,520
that's as we've been hearing those calls

2853
01:40:41,830 --> 01:40:41,360
for second stage as we travel around the

2854
01:40:44,550 --> 01:40:41,840
earth

2855
01:40:46,149 --> 01:40:44,560
uh we're hearing pickups for the the new

2856
01:40:48,070 --> 01:40:46,159
tracking station ground station

2857
01:40:49,990 --> 01:40:48,080
as well as when that loss of signal

2858
01:40:50,709 --> 01:40:50,000
happens uh that's a nominal part of the

2859
01:40:52,870 --> 01:40:50,719
operation so

2860
01:40:54,310 --> 01:40:52,880
no surprises there nothing unexpected

2861
01:40:57,270 --> 01:40:54,320
that's just kind of

2862
01:40:58,390 --> 01:40:57,280
working rocket science and tell me about

2863
01:41:00,470 --> 01:40:58,400
uh

2864
01:41:02,229 --> 01:41:00,480
the the orbit that we're taking today i

2865
01:41:03,189 --> 01:41:02,239
know that we generally end up taking a

2866
01:41:05,750 --> 01:41:03,199
lot of

2867
01:41:06,950 --> 01:41:05,760
flights out of vandenberg for sci for

2868
01:41:09,189 --> 01:41:06,960
earth science missions

2869
01:41:10,870 --> 01:41:09,199
what's really the cause behind that why

2870
01:41:12,870 --> 01:41:10,880
why vandenberg so much for those

2871
01:41:14,470 --> 01:41:12,880
right so really connecting to what cali

2872
01:41:14,870 --> 01:41:14,480
was talking about earlier when you want

2873
01:41:16,950 --> 01:41:14,880
to do

2874
01:41:17,990 --> 01:41:16,960
earth science you also you don't want to

2875
01:41:19,510 --> 01:41:18,000
just look at one portion

2876
01:41:21,030 --> 01:41:19,520
of the earth you often want to look at

2877
01:41:22,629 --> 01:41:21,040
all of it you want to get

2878
01:41:23,910 --> 01:41:22,639
a lot of the surface of earth you want

2879
01:41:24,790 --> 01:41:23,920
to be able to cover that so if you're

2880
01:41:26,550 --> 01:41:24,800
able to

2881
01:41:28,229 --> 01:41:26,560
launch into a polar orbit where you're

2882
01:41:30,470 --> 01:41:28,239
literally hitting every

2883
01:41:32,470 --> 01:41:30,480
latitude you're in a really good place

2884
01:41:33,590 --> 01:41:32,480
so vandenberg obviously on that central

2885
01:41:35,430 --> 01:41:33,600
california coast

2886
01:41:36,790 --> 01:41:35,440
allows you to launch with one of those

2887
01:41:39,109 --> 01:41:36,800
southern azimuths

2888
01:41:41,189 --> 01:41:39,119
so we often use the use vandenberg for

2889
01:41:44,149 --> 01:41:41,199
polar launches and sun synchronous

2890
01:41:44,870 --> 01:41:44,159
uh orbits which are sort of a unique

2891
01:41:46,470 --> 01:41:44,880
case of that

2892
01:41:47,830 --> 01:41:46,480
great yeah just a reminder we are

2893
01:41:49,510 --> 01:41:47,840
listening in here now we should be

2894
01:41:51,270 --> 01:41:49,520
expecting a call out for solar array

2895
01:41:53,109 --> 01:41:51,280
deploy any moment now

2896
01:41:55,750 --> 01:41:53,119
we're just waiting to hear that i'm

2897
01:41:59,189 --> 01:41:55,760
excited for that moment

2898
01:42:00,709 --> 01:41:59,199
and as we mentioned

2899
01:42:02,470 --> 01:42:00,719
uh obviously we flew out of vandenberg

2900
01:42:06,310 --> 01:42:02,480
today right on time 12

2901
01:42:08,470 --> 01:42:06,320
or excuse me uh 9 17 08 pacific time

2902
01:42:09,590 --> 01:42:08,480
that's 12 17 08 eastern time and we are

2903
01:42:11,270 --> 01:42:09,600
waiting at solar deploy

2904
01:42:13,430 --> 01:42:11,280
post solar array deploy really that last

2905
01:42:14,870 --> 01:42:13,440
milestone there's kind of a larger gap

2906
01:42:16,390 --> 01:42:14,880
as we travel around the earth i don't

2907
01:42:17,270 --> 01:42:16,400
know if we can pull up that stk that

2908
01:42:18,870 --> 01:42:17,280
animation again

2909
01:42:20,950 --> 01:42:18,880
to kind of check and see where we're at

2910
01:42:23,189 --> 01:42:20,960
i'm not sure what status is

2911
01:42:24,470 --> 01:42:23,199
so this actually is going to demonstrate

2912
01:42:25,990 --> 01:42:24,480
a little bit about where we are

2913
01:42:27,270 --> 01:42:26,000
not exactly the location of the

2914
01:42:29,189 --> 01:42:27,280
spacecraft i think that's tracking

2915
01:42:30,709 --> 01:42:29,199
specifically second stage right now

2916
01:42:32,310 --> 01:42:30,719
so we are definitely in a little bit of

2917
01:42:34,629 --> 01:42:32,320
a holding pattern here hoping to hear

2918
01:42:36,470 --> 01:42:34,639
that call out for solar array deploy

2919
01:42:38,229 --> 01:42:36,480
which we wouldn't hear that call until

2920
01:42:39,590 --> 01:42:38,239
it's complete so we wouldn't necessarily

2921
01:42:40,870 --> 01:42:39,600
it could have begun already

2922
01:42:42,950 --> 01:42:40,880
and we just are waiting for that call

2923
01:42:44,950 --> 01:42:42,960
that it's been completed depending upon

2924
01:42:46,390 --> 01:42:44,960
the complexity and timeline for that as

2925
01:42:49,430 --> 01:42:46,400
well as any kind of communication

2926
01:42:50,629 --> 01:42:49,440
that's necessary right and it's

2927
01:42:51,830 --> 01:42:50,639
definitely you know important to note

2928
01:42:52,870 --> 01:42:51,840
that there are a lot of complicated

2929
01:42:54,149 --> 01:42:52,880
things that need to happen

2930
01:42:56,390 --> 01:42:54,159
right at this moment you know the

2931
01:42:57,510 --> 01:42:56,400
spacecraft just you know got into space

2932
01:42:59,270 --> 01:42:57,520
so it has to

2933
01:43:01,189 --> 01:42:59,280
uh you know it has to fit into that into

2934
01:43:02,709 --> 01:43:01,199
that payload fairing so there's often

2935
01:43:03,510 --> 01:43:02,719
times where you need to deploy a big

2936
01:43:05,990 --> 01:43:03,520
boom

2937
01:43:07,590 --> 01:43:06,000
deploy your your solar arrays will be

2938
01:43:09,189 --> 01:43:07,600
deploying antennas so it's able to

2939
01:43:10,229 --> 01:43:09,199
communicate with the ground

2940
01:43:11,910 --> 01:43:10,239
so all those things are going to be

2941
01:43:12,870 --> 01:43:11,920
happening you know in this in this near

2942
01:43:19,910 --> 01:43:12,880
term period

2943
01:43:23,590 --> 01:43:21,669
can you talk any more about the tracking

2944
01:43:24,790 --> 01:43:23,600
system i know that i know you kind of

2945
01:43:25,750 --> 01:43:24,800
spoke about that a little bit uh but

2946
01:43:27,510 --> 01:43:25,760
with tdrs

2947
01:43:28,629 --> 01:43:27,520
uh we have kind of an on-orbit system

2948
01:43:30,149 --> 01:43:28,639
we've heard these call-outs for these

2949
01:43:32,149 --> 01:43:30,159
ground station tracking systems

2950
01:43:33,990 --> 01:43:32,159
uh what's the thought process there

2951
01:43:35,669 --> 01:43:34,000
right i guess not thought process but

2952
01:43:37,590 --> 01:43:35,679
like how does that work

2953
01:43:38,950 --> 01:43:37,600
right so um so like i said there's

2954
01:43:41,990 --> 01:43:38,960
there's ground stations

2955
01:43:44,310 --> 01:43:42,000
um i believe on this trajectory we uh

2956
01:43:45,910 --> 01:43:44,320
you know received telemetry on its way

2957
01:43:46,470 --> 01:43:45,920
uh there was a station that's in south

2958
01:43:48,149 --> 01:43:46,480
america

2959
01:43:50,070 --> 01:43:48,159
one that's in uh you know southern

2960
01:43:51,990 --> 01:43:50,080
africa and things that are allowing us

2961
01:43:54,070 --> 01:43:52,000
to really know what's going on

2962
01:43:55,590 --> 01:43:54,080
because you don't want to just let it go

2963
01:43:56,149 --> 01:43:55,600
and then just wait until the very end

2964
01:43:59,910 --> 01:43:56,159
you want to

2965
01:44:00,629 --> 01:43:59,920
we're receiving that data really in real

2966
01:44:03,270 --> 01:44:00,639
time

2967
01:44:04,470 --> 01:44:03,280
and when it comes to tdrs that is a

2968
01:44:06,950 --> 01:44:04,480
geosynchronous

2969
01:44:08,870 --> 01:44:06,960
satellite system and the idea there is

2970
01:44:10,470 --> 01:44:08,880
to have satellites that are basically

2971
01:44:12,629 --> 01:44:10,480
parked above a particular

2972
01:44:14,229 --> 01:44:12,639
location on earth at all times and the

2973
01:44:16,470 --> 01:44:14,239
way that that works is that the orbit

2974
01:44:18,470 --> 01:44:16,480
period the time it takes the spacecraft

2975
01:44:19,990 --> 01:44:18,480
to travel around the earth is the exact

2976
01:44:21,669 --> 01:44:20,000
same amount of time that it takes the

2977
01:44:22,790 --> 01:44:21,679
earth to spin around its own axis

2978
01:44:24,709 --> 01:44:22,800
so that means that you can park

2979
01:44:28,070 --> 01:44:24,719
something right above the u.s or

2980
01:44:29,669 --> 01:44:28,080
whatever other longitude you want and uh

2981
01:44:31,590 --> 01:44:29,679
and when you are launching things from

2982
01:44:32,470 --> 01:44:31,600
the surface of the earth you can know oh

2983
01:44:34,950 --> 01:44:32,480
it's going to pass over

2984
01:44:35,590 --> 01:44:34,960
tdrs east they're numbered in a certain

2985
01:44:38,310 --> 01:44:35,600
way

2986
01:44:39,990 --> 01:44:38,320
and you can easily plan out your your

2987
01:44:41,270 --> 01:44:40,000
communications

2988
01:44:42,629 --> 01:44:41,280
very good thanks for that phillip uh

2989
01:44:44,229 --> 01:44:42,639
we're going to actually move along here

2990
01:44:45,830 --> 01:44:44,239
uh we're listening in

2991
01:44:47,030 --> 01:44:45,840
nothing to be alarmed about as philip

2992
01:44:48,550 --> 01:44:47,040
mentioned there's a lot of things at

2993
01:44:50,550 --> 01:44:48,560
play here and it's not

2994
01:44:52,390 --> 01:44:50,560
uncommon to have these kinds of calls

2995
01:44:53,750 --> 01:44:52,400
delayed we may even not hear that

2996
01:44:55,669 --> 01:44:53,760
officially confirmed until we get back

2997
01:44:57,669 --> 01:44:55,679
to that alaska tracking station

2998
01:44:58,950 --> 01:44:57,679
uh so we're gonna run back out to daryl

2999
01:45:02,310 --> 01:44:58,960
i know daryl has some more for us on

3000
01:45:04,229 --> 01:45:02,320
this mission

3001
01:45:05,350 --> 01:45:04,239
all right thank you very much joshua and

3002
01:45:07,830 --> 01:45:05,360
while we await

3003
01:45:09,109 --> 01:45:07,840
for that solar ray deploy we want to

3004
01:45:12,070 --> 01:45:09,119
chat with nasa's

3005
01:45:12,629 --> 01:45:12,080
launch services provider omar baez a

3006
01:45:14,629 --> 01:45:12,639
launch

3007
01:45:15,990 --> 01:45:14,639
manager himself thanks for coming out

3008
01:45:17,910 --> 01:45:16,000
here and joining us

3009
01:45:19,910 --> 01:45:17,920
we're awaiting of course solar ray

3010
01:45:21,030 --> 01:45:19,920
deploy but you you mentioned something

3011
01:45:23,270 --> 01:45:21,040
interesting about the

3012
01:45:24,870 --> 01:45:23,280
the deployment of these solar arrays

3013
01:45:26,390 --> 01:45:24,880
there's not a mechanical or electrical

3014
01:45:29,189 --> 01:45:26,400
trigger for this

3015
01:45:29,990 --> 01:45:29,199
no usually it's uh it's just a little

3016
01:45:33,189 --> 01:45:30,000
bit of paraffin

3017
01:45:35,189 --> 01:45:33,199
holding them in wax and you wait for it

3018
01:45:37,350 --> 01:45:35,199
to to be in the proper attitude to get

3019
01:45:39,750 --> 01:45:37,360
the sun and have it melt at a certain

3020
01:45:40,950 --> 01:45:39,760
temperature and the solar rays will

3021
01:45:43,270 --> 01:45:40,960
spring out and

3022
01:45:44,629 --> 01:45:43,280
be in their position then the solar rays

3023
01:45:46,550 --> 01:45:44,639
just pop right out

3024
01:45:48,790 --> 01:45:46,560
there there's other mechanisms at times

3025
01:45:51,270 --> 01:45:48,800
where where you do an electrical

3026
01:45:53,350 --> 01:45:51,280
uh deployment but uh this is very simple

3027
01:45:55,430 --> 01:45:53,360
the the simpler you keep it the better

3028
01:45:56,550 --> 01:45:55,440
well simple to study the ocean so we

3029
01:45:58,870 --> 01:45:56,560
like it um yes

3030
01:45:59,750 --> 01:45:58,880
the launch from our perspective viewing

3031
01:46:02,629 --> 01:45:59,760
it it just

3032
01:46:03,990 --> 01:46:02,639
looked magnificent from out here and uh

3033
01:46:06,310 --> 01:46:04,000
omar can't help but notice that the

3034
01:46:08,229 --> 01:46:06,320
boosters back there too

3035
01:46:09,430 --> 01:46:08,239
nice sight to come over the hill and see

3036
01:46:10,950 --> 01:46:09,440
the uh

3037
01:46:13,270 --> 01:46:10,960
the booster sitting there without the

3038
01:46:16,629 --> 01:46:13,280
second stage and the payload fairing

3039
01:46:18,870 --> 01:46:16,639
and what a sight

3040
01:46:19,750 --> 01:46:18,880
this is very unusual for vandenberg to

3041
01:46:22,790 --> 01:46:19,760
have this

3042
01:46:25,910 --> 01:46:22,800
beautiful non-marine layer

3043
01:46:27,430 --> 01:46:25,920
type of launch and it was a pleasure to

3044
01:46:28,950 --> 01:46:27,440
watch from the control room

3045
01:46:30,470 --> 01:46:28,960
we actually had a window where we could

3046
01:46:32,229 --> 01:46:30,480
see it um

3047
01:46:33,990 --> 01:46:32,239
launch and and we actually saw the

3048
01:46:35,830 --> 01:46:34,000
landing from it too so

3049
01:46:37,590 --> 01:46:35,840
usually as a launch director i get to

3050
01:46:39,750 --> 01:46:37,600
see it on a tv monitor

3051
01:46:40,629 --> 01:46:39,760
this time i i had both i had the tv

3052
01:46:42,149 --> 01:46:40,639
monitor

3053
01:46:44,470 --> 01:46:42,159
i could look out the window and and

3054
01:46:47,030 --> 01:46:44,480
watch it so it was a pretty cool

3055
01:46:48,470 --> 01:46:47,040
thing to watch your colleague tim dunn

3056
01:46:49,270 --> 01:46:48,480
of course is the launch manager for this

3057
01:46:50,550 --> 01:46:49,280
mission and

3058
01:46:52,390 --> 01:46:50,560
he's back there working it so we

3059
01:46:53,510 --> 01:46:52,400
appreciate you popping out and

3060
01:46:55,669 --> 01:46:53,520
and then of course you talk about the

3061
01:46:57,189 --> 01:46:55,679
the clear skies we were looking at it

3062
01:46:59,830 --> 01:46:57,199
we could see the separation of the first

3063
01:47:01,590 --> 01:46:59,840
stage um from the second stage

3064
01:47:03,109 --> 01:47:01,600
i mean it seemed like for like three or

3065
01:47:05,030 --> 01:47:03,119
four minutes it was amazing

3066
01:47:06,709 --> 01:47:05,040
just how clear the sky was crystal clear

3067
01:47:08,070 --> 01:47:06,719
blue skies and like you said i've had a

3068
01:47:09,669 --> 01:47:08,080
dozen launches here before

3069
01:47:11,510 --> 01:47:09,679
and it's just that marine layer gets

3070
01:47:13,189 --> 01:47:11,520
sucked into this valley here

3071
01:47:15,430 --> 01:47:13,199
and usually we can't see a thing i

3072
01:47:17,669 --> 01:47:15,440
remember insight very well we heard it

3073
01:47:19,510 --> 01:47:17,679
but we didn't see it now the last launch

3074
01:47:22,310 --> 01:47:19,520
here was icesat-2

3075
01:47:23,430 --> 01:47:22,320
from vandenberg in 2018 so how does it

3076
01:47:25,430 --> 01:47:23,440
feel to be back

3077
01:47:26,470 --> 01:47:25,440
to launch another earth science mission

3078
01:47:29,590 --> 01:47:26,480
today so

3079
01:47:33,189 --> 01:47:29,600
um icesat was launch services program's

3080
01:47:36,550 --> 01:47:33,199
last nasa mission out of here

3081
01:47:39,590 --> 01:47:36,560
another of dr freilich's missions

3082
01:47:42,070 --> 01:47:39,600
and that was on the last

3083
01:47:45,030 --> 01:47:42,080
mission of the delta ii vehicle it's

3084
01:47:47,830 --> 01:47:45,040
great to be out here

3085
01:47:49,430 --> 01:47:47,840
it you know those long periods of time

3086
01:47:53,030 --> 01:47:49,440
even for spacex

3087
01:47:55,189 --> 01:47:53,040
their pad's been down for for roughly

3088
01:47:56,149 --> 01:47:55,199
almost a year and a half from their last

3089
01:47:59,910 --> 01:47:56,159
launch there

3090
01:48:02,550 --> 01:47:59,920
so to get the tempo going again

3091
01:48:05,669 --> 01:48:02,560
we've got missions coming up next year

3092
01:48:09,430 --> 01:48:05,679
out of here starting with dart

3093
01:48:12,390 --> 01:48:09,440
which is the double asteroid redirect

3094
01:48:14,470 --> 01:48:12,400
test that is going to be so cool because

3095
01:48:17,750 --> 01:48:14,480
this is one where

3096
01:48:20,470 --> 01:48:17,760
we're going to be catching up to the

3097
01:48:22,390 --> 01:48:20,480
asteroid dynamos and going after one of

3098
01:48:25,109 --> 01:48:22,400
its moonlits

3099
01:48:26,149 --> 01:48:25,119
that's about 160 meters across we're

3100
01:48:30,390 --> 01:48:26,159
going to impact

3101
01:48:33,510 --> 01:48:30,400
that moonlit and and try to impart

3102
01:48:35,590 --> 01:48:33,520
energy to to redirect it so

3103
01:48:36,629 --> 01:48:35,600
pretty cool planetary defense type

3104
01:48:39,189 --> 01:48:36,639
mission

3105
01:48:40,310 --> 01:48:39,199
and uh that'll be in uh coming out of

3106
01:48:42,950 --> 01:48:40,320
here in july

3107
01:48:43,510 --> 01:48:42,960
on a falcon 9 rocket yeah and then uh of

3108
01:48:45,830 --> 01:48:43,520
course

3109
01:48:46,709 --> 01:48:45,840
five years from now we'll have another

3110
01:48:49,990 --> 01:48:46,719
um

3111
01:48:51,109 --> 01:48:50,000
sentinel 6 b will then go up to follow

3112
01:48:55,510 --> 01:48:51,119
on with this mission

3113
01:48:58,149 --> 01:48:55,520
that's right and and shortly after

3114
01:48:58,709 --> 01:48:58,159
this summer in the fall september 16th

3115
01:49:01,109 --> 01:48:58,719
we've

3116
01:49:02,629 --> 01:49:01,119
scheduled landsat for out of here so

3117
01:49:05,109 --> 01:49:02,639
that continues

3118
01:49:05,990 --> 01:49:05,119
with our partners at the geological

3119
01:49:09,830 --> 01:49:06,000
survey the

3120
01:49:11,910 --> 01:49:09,840
the mapping of the land surfaces and

3121
01:49:13,990 --> 01:49:11,920
water surfaces

3122
01:49:16,149 --> 01:49:14,000
for for almost 50 years now so it's a

3123
01:49:19,830 --> 01:49:16,159
continuous

3124
01:49:22,870 --> 01:49:19,840
measurement of real scientific data that

3125
01:49:24,229 --> 01:49:22,880
is available to all to look at and to

3126
01:49:26,550 --> 01:49:24,239
analyze and to

3127
01:49:28,070 --> 01:49:26,560
speak the truth earth science mission so

3128
01:49:30,310 --> 01:49:28,080
exciting over the next couple of years

3129
01:49:32,709 --> 01:49:30,320
then after landsat we've got uh

3130
01:49:33,430 --> 01:49:32,719
nysar and swat launching as well so it's

3131
01:49:35,189 --> 01:49:33,440
going to be great

3132
01:49:36,870 --> 01:49:35,199
great for earth science that's right

3133
01:49:38,950 --> 01:49:36,880
omar bias launch

3134
01:49:39,990 --> 01:49:38,960
services program launch manager

3135
01:49:40,790 --> 01:49:40,000
appreciate you coming out here and

3136
01:49:44,149 --> 01:49:40,800
joining us

3137
01:49:47,270 --> 01:49:44,159
congratulations thank you congrats omar

3138
01:49:49,669 --> 01:49:47,280
well there's one last milestone left as

3139
01:49:52,070 --> 01:49:49,679
we are awaiting both the solar

3140
01:49:53,510 --> 01:49:52,080
deploy of the solar panels and the

3141
01:49:55,350 --> 01:49:53,520
acquisition of

3142
01:49:57,750 --> 01:49:55,360
signal and that's actually going to let

3143
01:49:59,830 --> 01:49:57,760
us tell us that the satellite is very

3144
01:50:01,830 --> 01:49:59,840
healthy and it's in the right orbit

3145
01:50:03,030 --> 01:50:01,840
and we're expecting that hopefully here

3146
01:50:05,270 --> 01:50:03,040
daryl

3147
01:50:07,270 --> 01:50:05,280
give or take about 15-20 minutes yep and

3148
01:50:09,589 --> 01:50:07,280
so in the meantime we are going to pause

3149
01:50:11,510 --> 01:50:09,599
our broadcast and come back with an

3150
01:50:13,910 --> 01:50:11,520
update about the aos

3151
01:50:15,669 --> 01:50:13,920
but before we do we want to pay one last

3152
01:50:17,669 --> 01:50:15,679
tribute to michael freilich

3153
01:50:25,669 --> 01:50:17,679
and his tireless determination to better

3154
01:50:29,430 --> 01:50:25,679
understand our rising sea levels

3155
01:50:33,030 --> 01:50:29,440
is likely quite atypical

3156
01:50:35,109 --> 01:50:33,040
i knew in 10th grade

3157
01:50:36,390 --> 01:50:35,119
that i wanted to be a near-shore

3158
01:50:40,310 --> 01:50:36,400
oceanographer

3159
01:50:43,990 --> 01:50:40,320
what has driven me is understanding

3160
01:50:47,750 --> 01:50:44,000
how nature works and that's why

3161
01:50:51,830 --> 01:50:47,760
humanity not one agency

3162
01:50:53,350 --> 01:50:51,840
not one country not one continent but

3163
01:50:55,510 --> 01:50:53,360
why humanity

3164
01:50:56,550 --> 01:50:55,520
has been monitoring global sea level

3165
01:50:59,669 --> 01:50:56,560
from space

3166
01:51:02,070 --> 01:50:59,679
with exquisite accuracy

3167
01:51:03,990 --> 01:51:02,080
for more than 28 years it's a

3168
01:51:05,750 --> 01:51:04,000
world-renowned ocean scientist

3169
01:51:07,990 --> 01:51:05,760
who after a successful career in

3170
01:51:10,070 --> 01:51:08,000
academia came to nasa

3171
01:51:11,189 --> 01:51:10,080
and for a thousand years dr mike

3172
01:51:13,589 --> 01:51:11,199
freilich led

3173
01:51:14,470 --> 01:51:13,599
all of her signs and this really brought

3174
01:51:17,109 --> 01:51:14,480
nasa

3175
01:51:17,750 --> 01:51:17,119
back on the international stage and this

3176
01:51:20,390 --> 01:51:17,760
is not all

3177
01:51:21,270 --> 01:51:20,400
you also changed the discipline of earth

3178
01:51:25,350 --> 01:51:21,280
science

3179
01:51:27,910 --> 01:51:25,360
technology to understand

3180
01:51:28,950 --> 01:51:27,920
our beautiful planet mike freilich's

3181
01:51:31,350 --> 01:51:28,960
legacy

3182
01:51:32,709 --> 01:51:31,360
is being able to build the coalitions

3183
01:51:35,430 --> 01:51:32,719
that are necessary

3184
01:51:36,950 --> 01:51:35,440
for us to get as much understanding of

3185
01:51:38,629 --> 01:51:36,960
our planet as possible

3186
01:51:40,149 --> 01:51:38,639
there is not another person more

3187
01:51:42,470 --> 01:51:40,159
deserving of this honor than mike

3188
01:51:45,430 --> 01:51:42,480
freilich i'm very pleased to rename

3189
01:51:46,470 --> 01:51:45,440
central 6a in the future to be called

3190
01:51:48,400 --> 01:51:46,480
sentinel 6

3191
01:51:52,550 --> 01:51:48,410
michael friday

3192
01:51:54,709 --> 01:51:52,560
[Applause]

3193
01:51:58,229 --> 01:51:54,719
you know when i when i first found out

3194
01:52:02,629 --> 01:51:59,830
when i first found out that mike had

3195
01:52:04,310 --> 01:52:02,639
cancer i want him to know that

3196
01:52:06,709 --> 01:52:04,320
all the work he's done is extremely

3197
01:52:09,109 --> 01:52:06,719
meaningful i am much better

3198
01:52:10,550 --> 01:52:09,119
because of what i learned from him and

3199
01:52:11,270 --> 01:52:10,560
because i had the opportunity to work

3200
01:52:14,390 --> 01:52:11,280
with him

3201
01:52:15,589 --> 01:52:14,400
mike is a leader to all of us and a

3202
01:52:17,750 --> 01:52:15,599
mentor

3203
01:52:18,629 --> 01:52:17,760
and a person who was really advanced

3204
01:52:21,109 --> 01:52:18,639
earth science

3205
01:52:21,910 --> 01:52:21,119
for the entire world he was absolutely

3206
01:52:24,870 --> 01:52:21,920
committed

3207
01:52:25,430 --> 01:52:24,880
to dispassionately following the science

3208
01:52:28,629 --> 01:52:25,440
he had

3209
01:52:29,430 --> 01:52:28,639
high standards for himself and everyone

3210
01:52:32,229 --> 01:52:29,440
around him

3211
01:52:33,990 --> 01:52:32,239
earth system science is bigger than any

3212
01:52:37,270 --> 01:52:34,000
particular agency

3213
01:52:40,149 --> 01:52:37,280
it's bigger than any single nation

3214
01:52:40,550 --> 01:52:40,159
it's bigger than any single continent

3215
01:52:43,430 --> 01:52:40,560
and

3216
01:52:44,310 --> 01:52:43,440
i surely hope because humanity requires

3217
01:52:46,950 --> 01:52:44,320
it

3218
01:52:48,709 --> 01:52:46,960
that we make some significant progress

3219
01:52:51,589 --> 01:52:48,719
in understanding

3220
01:52:59,750 --> 01:52:51,599
you did good dr feilik for all of us and

3221
01:53:02,709 --> 01:52:59,760
for that we're all very grateful

3222
01:53:10,830 --> 01:53:02,719
ignition liftoff of the falcon 9

3223
01:53:10,840 --> 01:53:19,770
freywick

3224
01:55:31,750 --> 01:54:01,510
[Music]

3225
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:35,190
foreign

3226
01:58:18,830 --> 01:56:22,420
[Music]

3227
01:58:18,840 --> 01:58:46,930
so

3228
01:59:14,830 --> 01:59:01,650
[Music]

3229
01:59:14,840 --> 01:59:18,380
hey

3230
02:02:46,520 --> 01:59:48,880
[Music]

3231
02:03:15,330 --> 02:02:46,530
easy

3232
02:03:15,340 --> 02:03:37,669
[Music]

3233
02:03:37,679 --> 02:03:45,370
is all about water

3234
02:03:45,380 --> 02:04:08,629
[Music]

3235
02:04:12,950 --> 02:04:10,470
welcome back to vandenberg air force

3236
02:04:14,390 --> 02:04:12,960
base in central california my name is

3237
02:04:16,950 --> 02:04:14,400
daryl nail i'm joined with

3238
02:04:18,790 --> 02:04:16,960
marina jericho from jpl thanks for

3239
02:04:19,910 --> 02:04:18,800
joining us we have an update for you

3240
02:04:21,589 --> 02:04:19,920
some good news

3241
02:04:23,510 --> 02:04:21,599
we managed to get an acquisition of

3242
02:04:25,990 --> 02:04:23,520
signal from the sentinel 6

3243
02:04:27,830 --> 02:04:26,000
michael freilix satellite and as well as

3244
02:04:29,830 --> 02:04:27,840
confirm the uh deploy

3245
02:04:31,830 --> 02:04:29,840
the deployment of the solar ray that's

3246
02:04:33,669 --> 02:04:31,840
right so the solar rays the solar panels

3247
02:04:34,390 --> 02:04:33,679
have now been deployed and what's

3248
02:04:36,709 --> 02:04:34,400
incredible

3249
02:04:38,149 --> 02:04:36,719
is we got the signal of acquisition in

3250
02:04:39,750 --> 02:04:38,159
layman's terms it basically just means

3251
02:04:41,189 --> 02:04:39,760
that the satellite is healthy

3252
02:04:43,189 --> 02:04:41,199
it's in the right orbit that it's

3253
02:04:44,629 --> 02:04:43,199
supposed to be in and we are ready to

3254
02:04:45,189 --> 02:04:44,639
rock and roll to get that science

3255
02:04:47,430 --> 02:04:45,199
getting

3256
02:04:48,470 --> 02:04:47,440
to us as soon as possible and that's an

3257
02:04:51,030 --> 02:04:48,480
exciting moment for

3258
02:04:53,350 --> 02:04:51,040
us here at nasa as well as esa and our

3259
02:04:56,470 --> 02:04:53,360
european partners it all started

3260
02:04:58,390 --> 02:04:56,480
at 9 17 in the morning pacific time

3261
02:04:59,830 --> 02:04:58,400
from right here at the vandenberg air

3262
02:05:03,109 --> 02:04:59,840
force base launch

3263
02:05:04,390 --> 02:05:03,119
complex 4. spacex launched their falcon

3264
02:05:07,990 --> 02:05:04,400
9 rocket

3265
02:05:10,790 --> 02:05:08,000
from that launch complex around 12 17

3266
02:05:11,830 --> 02:05:10,800
p.m eastern time and it was an

3267
02:05:14,629 --> 02:05:11,840
incredibly

3268
02:05:15,669 --> 02:05:14,639
beautiful launch rare conditions here

3269
02:05:17,430 --> 02:05:15,679
for a launch

3270
02:05:19,189 --> 02:05:17,440
a lot of the folks around here say we

3271
02:05:22,229 --> 02:05:19,199
had clear skies

3272
02:05:24,069 --> 02:05:22,239
beautiful as this rocket lifted the

3273
02:05:24,550 --> 02:05:24,079
satellite off the launch pad marina oh

3274
02:05:29,189 --> 02:05:24,560
it was

3275
02:05:30,470 --> 02:05:29,199
usually we have fog all across this area

3276
02:05:32,950 --> 02:05:30,480
a really thick marine layer

3277
02:05:33,510 --> 02:05:32,960
but it was crystal clear blue skies and

3278
02:05:36,790 --> 02:05:33,520
then

3279
02:05:38,870 --> 02:05:36,800
we saw the booster land back

3280
02:05:41,510 --> 02:05:38,880
nexus that was just unbelievable we

3281
02:05:44,390 --> 02:05:41,520
heard that sonic boom it was so powerful

3282
02:05:44,870 --> 02:05:44,400
and uh in fact it came down right in eye

3283
02:05:46,069 --> 02:05:44,880
level

3284
02:05:47,990 --> 02:05:46,079
right back at the place where it

3285
02:05:50,709 --> 02:05:48,000
launched off the pad

3286
02:05:52,709 --> 02:05:50,719
and so uh it was just fascinating and a

3287
02:05:54,709 --> 02:05:52,719
wonderful thing to watch but the mission

3288
02:05:56,550 --> 02:05:54,719
then later continued and you can see

3289
02:05:58,790 --> 02:05:56,560
there the separation

3290
02:05:59,750 --> 02:05:58,800
of the satellite from the second stage

3291
02:06:02,229 --> 02:05:59,760
booster

3292
02:06:04,550 --> 02:06:02,239
that confirmed beautiful video there

3293
02:06:07,589 --> 02:06:04,560
from an onboard camera

3294
02:06:09,669 --> 02:06:07,599
on board spacex's second stage

3295
02:06:10,790 --> 02:06:09,679
watching that sentinel six michael

3296
02:06:12,790 --> 02:06:10,800
frylick satellite

3297
02:06:14,149 --> 02:06:12,800
go off in space and michael freilich's

3298
02:06:15,669 --> 02:06:14,159
family here to enjoy it

3299
02:06:17,430 --> 02:06:15,679
we want to toss it now back to the

3300
02:06:19,589 --> 02:06:17,440
kennedy space center where

3301
02:06:20,470 --> 02:06:19,599
joshua santora and philip hargrove are

3302
02:06:23,109 --> 02:06:20,480
there and

3303
02:06:24,950 --> 02:06:23,119
documented and heard the acquisition of

3304
02:06:26,629 --> 02:06:24,960
signal gentlemen

3305
02:06:28,229 --> 02:06:26,639
yeah thanks daryl obviously all smiles

3306
02:06:30,790 --> 02:06:28,239
here uh that's what we want to hear

3307
02:06:31,350 --> 02:06:30,800
uh we got a great set of calls there uh

3308
02:06:33,589 --> 02:06:31,360
and

3309
02:06:35,109 --> 02:06:33,599
we heard a number of times uh calls come

3310
02:06:37,189 --> 02:06:35,119
out repeatedly saying hey we

3311
02:06:38,629 --> 02:06:37,199
we can confirm we definitely got the

3312
02:06:40,310 --> 02:06:38,639
solar array deploy which was something i

3313
02:06:42,310 --> 02:06:40,320
know that we had left you last time

3314
02:06:43,589 --> 02:06:42,320
not sure of so glad that happened right

3315
02:06:43,990 --> 02:06:43,599
and it was really great to hear the

3316
02:06:45,669 --> 02:06:44,000
excitement

3317
02:06:46,870 --> 02:06:45,679
from the spacecraft team over the nets

3318
02:06:48,629 --> 02:06:46,880
so they're they're happy that they can

3319
02:06:50,390 --> 02:06:48,639
talk to their satellite and uh

3320
02:06:52,629 --> 02:06:50,400
yeah signal six michael freilick is on

3321
02:06:53,669 --> 02:06:52,639
its way yeah it's funny typically during

3322
02:06:55,830 --> 02:06:53,679
a launch countdown

3323
02:06:58,069 --> 02:06:55,840
and even post liftoff it's very quiet in

3324
02:06:59,109 --> 02:06:58,079
control rooms it's very focused

3325
02:07:00,709 --> 02:06:59,119
you want to make sure everybody can hear

3326
02:07:02,629 --> 02:07:00,719
what they need to hear but we heard

3327
02:07:04,310 --> 02:07:02,639
calls coming in and just people just

3328
02:07:06,229 --> 02:07:04,320
explosively cheering in the background

3329
02:07:07,750 --> 02:07:06,239
so excited for those teams a huge

3330
02:07:09,430 --> 02:07:07,760
congratulations to all the teams

3331
02:07:12,470 --> 02:07:09,440
involved today obviously

3332
02:07:15,750 --> 02:07:12,480
isa jpl lsp

3333
02:07:17,990 --> 02:07:15,760
uh the space force and spacex

3334
02:07:19,109 --> 02:07:18,000
spacex um so philip it has been a

3335
02:07:20,229 --> 02:07:19,119
pleasure to have you alongside me

3336
02:07:22,870 --> 02:07:20,239
appreciate your insight and

3337
02:07:23,990 --> 02:07:22,880
expertise on the topic of rocketry thank

3338
02:07:25,430 --> 02:07:24,000
you so much this was an awesome

3339
02:07:26,069 --> 02:07:25,440
experience so i'm glad i got to share it

3340
02:07:27,830 --> 02:07:26,079
with you

3341
02:07:29,750 --> 02:07:27,840
fantastic and from here at the kennedy

3342
02:07:31,189 --> 02:07:29,760
space center doing commentary

3343
02:07:32,790 --> 02:07:31,199
we there's a lot of missions between now

3344
02:07:33,910 --> 02:07:32,800
and then but we hope you'll be back in

3345
02:07:35,750 --> 02:07:33,920
about five years

3346
02:07:37,669 --> 02:07:35,760
when we get to see the sister of

3347
02:07:39,830 --> 02:07:37,679
sentinel 6 michael freilich fly sentinel

3348
02:07:41,589 --> 02:07:39,840
6

3349
02:07:43,030 --> 02:07:41,599
the twin sister that will fly in five

3350
02:07:44,709 --> 02:07:43,040
years to continue that service

3351
02:07:49,030 --> 02:07:44,719
of ocean observation that's gonna do it

3352
02:07:52,310 --> 02:07:50,709
all right joshua phillip great job guys

3353
02:07:53,750 --> 02:07:52,320
we appreciate it and uh

3354
02:07:55,589 --> 02:07:53,760
like he said in five years we'll have

3355
02:07:56,310 --> 02:07:55,599
that second satellite that really helps

3356
02:07:58,550 --> 02:07:56,320
to that

3357
02:08:00,310 --> 02:07:58,560
uh continuity of data that's right the

3358
02:08:00,950 --> 02:08:00,320
consistency and the continuity adding

3359
02:08:02,629 --> 02:08:00,960
that full

3360
02:08:04,629 --> 02:08:02,639
tenure block and that's what makes it

3361
02:08:06,870 --> 02:08:04,639
unusual to other earth science missions

3362
02:08:07,990 --> 02:08:06,880
is that the satellite is already built

3363
02:08:09,990 --> 02:08:08,000
and it's stored and it's

3364
02:08:11,510 --> 02:08:10,000
ready to rock and in five years we'll

3365
02:08:14,790 --> 02:08:11,520
get that one up and it'll be

3366
02:08:16,709 --> 02:08:14,800
10 years a full decade of this critical

3367
02:08:18,069 --> 02:08:16,719
information because we know sea level

3368
02:08:18,870 --> 02:08:18,079
rise is happening we know it's

3369
02:08:20,149 --> 02:08:18,880
accelerating

3370
02:08:23,109 --> 02:08:20,159
and this is just going to give us

3371
02:08:25,189 --> 02:08:23,119
another 10 years which will be 40 years

3372
02:08:26,390 --> 02:08:25,199
of consistency and continuity in this

3373
02:08:28,470 --> 02:08:26,400
data and what a

3374
02:08:29,589 --> 02:08:28,480
what a place to watch all this right we

3375
02:08:30,790 --> 02:08:29,599
had beautiful weather

3376
02:08:33,589 --> 02:08:30,800
we're here on the central coast of

3377
02:08:36,470 --> 02:08:33,599
california many thanks to the 30th uh

3378
02:08:38,149 --> 02:08:36,480
space wing for helping us out and making

3379
02:08:38,629 --> 02:08:38,159
this possible they really did a great

3380
02:08:40,229 --> 02:08:38,639
job

3381
02:08:42,310 --> 02:08:40,239
it was it was so beautiful i've been

3382
02:08:43,990 --> 02:08:42,320
here so many times this whole valley is

3383
02:08:46,390 --> 02:08:44,000
usually covered in fog we were here

3384
02:08:48,069 --> 02:08:46,400
just a couple of days ago and everything

3385
02:08:49,830 --> 02:08:48,079
was foggy because we get this marine

3386
02:08:51,189 --> 02:08:49,840
layer that just pushes right into the

3387
02:08:53,990 --> 02:08:51,199
valley but today

3388
02:08:55,990 --> 02:08:54,000
everyone was in place the weather was in

3389
02:08:57,510 --> 02:08:56,000
place for us the rocket was in place the

3390
02:08:59,270 --> 02:08:57,520
booster was in place and now

3391
02:09:00,550 --> 02:08:59,280
the science is in place it's wonderful

3392
02:09:02,629 --> 02:09:00,560
and how'd you like that landing

3393
02:09:03,750 --> 02:09:02,639
oh that was incredible i've only seen it

3394
02:09:05,030 --> 02:09:03,760
one other time

3395
02:09:06,629 --> 02:09:05,040
and that was the double landing which

3396
02:09:08,310 --> 02:09:06,639
was pretty amazing but this was just as

3397
02:09:10,790 --> 02:09:08,320
amazing in my home state

3398
02:09:12,390 --> 02:09:10,800
in my hometown with my family watching

3399
02:09:15,430 --> 02:09:12,400
and most importantly michael

3400
02:09:17,030 --> 02:09:15,440
frylick's family watching what a moving

3401
02:09:19,189 --> 02:09:17,040
moment when we got to speak to his

3402
02:09:21,189 --> 02:09:19,199
children he was an incredible

3403
02:09:23,510 --> 02:09:21,199
incredible advocate for earth science

3404
02:09:24,950 --> 02:09:23,520
missions and especially for altimetry

3405
02:09:27,669 --> 02:09:24,960
data and sea level rise

3406
02:09:28,709 --> 02:09:27,679
and it was so heartwarming to see them

3407
02:09:30,550 --> 02:09:28,719
here it was just

3408
02:09:32,950 --> 02:09:30,560
wonderful there's another star in the

3409
02:09:34,149 --> 02:09:32,960
sky it's got michael frylick's name on

3410
02:09:36,069 --> 02:09:34,159
it you've got it daryl

3411
02:09:37,910 --> 02:09:36,079
all right well we thank you for joining

3412
02:09:39,669 --> 02:09:37,920
us that's our coverage of sentinel 6

3413
02:09:42,069 --> 02:09:39,679
michael fry like the launch

3414
02:09:43,990 --> 02:09:42,079
of that satellite on a falcon 9 rocket

3415
02:09:45,350 --> 02:09:44,000
by spacex we appreciate you being here

3416
02:09:47,350 --> 02:09:45,360
for everyone here

3417
02:10:03,060 --> 02:09:47,360
at nasa thank you for watching and

3418
02:10:03,070 --> 02:10:33,430
[Music]

3419
02:10:44,230 --> 02:10:37,189
six five four three

3420
02:10:44,240 --> 02:10:54,830
[Music]

3421
02:10:54,840 --> 02:10:58,069
fire

3422
02:11:01,350 --> 02:10:59,990
the flight opportunities program

3423
02:11:03,589 --> 02:11:01,360
facilitates the

3424
02:11:04,870 --> 02:11:03,599
demonstration of technologies that will

3425
02:11:08,069 --> 02:11:04,880
be used in space

3426
02:11:10,470 --> 02:11:08,079
commerce as well as in space exploration

3427
02:11:12,470 --> 02:11:10,480
and we do that through utilizing

3428
02:11:14,550 --> 02:11:12,480
suborbital flight providers

3429
02:11:15,990 --> 02:11:14,560
that can test these technologies in