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it is 40 minutes past midday here at

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Rocket Labs Mission Control Center in

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Auckland New Zealand where launch

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operations are well underway in the

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lead-up to our 36th electron launch

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hello and welcome to our live broadcast

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for Rocket like a hurricane a dedicated

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mission for NASA to launch the tropics

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constellation of hurricane monitoring

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satellites today's mission is flying

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from pad B at Rocket lab launch complex

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one our private Spaceport on the Macchio

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peninsula in New Zealand t0 for Rocket

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like a hurricane is set for 1pm local

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time and for our friends at Nasa

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watching in the United States that

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translates to nine in the evening

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Eastern Time 6 p.m Pacific and a very

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early 1 am UTC my name is Muriel Baker

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and I'm Keegan black and we are thrilled

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to be with you for today's Mission our

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launch and safety operations teams at

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the range in Mahia and here in rocker

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Labs Mission Control Center in Auckland

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are heading into the final T-minus 18

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minutes of the countdown after

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methodically proceeding with final

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checks and preparations for electron

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NASA satellites and the launch pad to

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make sure all systems are healthy and

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ready for launch we have an exciting

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pair of satellites from NASA on electron

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today the two three U Cube sets will

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begin a new constellation in low earth

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orbit to monitor tropical Cyclones

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including hurricanes and typhoons around

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the world hence the tropics name which

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stands for time resolved observations of

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precipitation structure and storm

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intensity with a constellation of small

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sets another great NASA acronym today's

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mission is the first of two dedicated

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electron launchers to deploy the

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constellation this first launch has been

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dubbed by the NASA team as Rocket like a

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hurricane and in about two weeks time

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we'll be following up with a second

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launch that mission has been

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affectionately called coming to a storm

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near you both missions are heading to a

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550 kilometer circular altitude above

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Earth and an inclination of about 30

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degrees this is a unique orbit best

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reached with the dedicated launch making

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electron the ideal launched vehicle to

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deploy Tropics here's more from NASA

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about tropics and its importance not

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just to NASA's earth science team but

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for all of us eager to have more

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accurate and more timely information on

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powerful storms when they come our way

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here's a question how does a group of

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each no more than a foot long help

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improve forecasts for tropical storms

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and hurricanes let's take a look

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hurricanes are some of the most powerful

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and destructive weather events on Earth

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brutal producing a record-breaking

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what's more 10 of those storms were

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characterized as rapidly intensifying

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some throttling up by 100 miles per hour

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measure a storm only once every few

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hours leaving gaps in coverage where a

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storm may quickly strengthen

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to help fill this observation Gap NASA

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is launching Tropics a collection of

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satellites designed to make a big impact

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on our understanding of damaging storms

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their mission to provide near hourly

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observations of a Storm's precipitation

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temperature and humidity allowing

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scientists to better understand what

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to achieve this researchers at mit's

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oxygen and water vapor in the air

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to help us better observe developments

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driving rapid changes in powerful storms

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and help forecasters better predict and

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in effort to get the satellites from

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idea to the launch pad with the science

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the Massachusetts Institute of

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researchers from the NASA Goddard space

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flight center the National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration or Noah and

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several universities and Commercial

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Partners fewer people have been closer

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to this Mission than Stuart cook he is

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tropics program and we were lucky enough

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to catch up with Stuart earlier in the

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week at our production complex let's

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title is I'm the mission manager for the

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tropics project

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think about four satellites orbiting the

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these satellites are looking down at

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they're looking to see how they form how

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they intensify or how they get stronger

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so with Tropics we have four cubesats

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that are going to be orbiting the Earth

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they're about the size of a loaf of

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bread so very small compared to your

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traditional satellites and the beauty of

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having four of these things orbiting the

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Earth is that they can revisit a storm

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every hour which is very different from

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how traditional satellites do it they

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may come by the same storm once every 10

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hours the data from Tropics we're going

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to feed that to our partners which are

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like Noah the National Hurricane Center

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they take it and it helps them improve

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their hurricane forecasting hurricane

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modeling so when you think about it from

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the end users and you look at a TV and

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you say hey a hurricane is coming up the

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coast of Florida it says the storm could

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go this direction it could go this

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direction we have improved models that

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will have a tighter band of where that

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storm is going to be it's giving better

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forecast information to not only Noah

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uh so for the first launches you know

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we're going to have a launch window

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maybe two hours that says it can launch

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between 1 and 3 P.M New Zealand time the

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second launch there's a lot of

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synchronization that has to happen so

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it's pretty exciting for a company like

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rocket lab to be able to do that with

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that kind of precision to help us meet

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our admission goals

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during the launch I'll be in the mission

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control center here so that'll be a new

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experience I'll be on Console to give

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the roll call for all systems go for the

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payloads we're just so excited to really

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see it happen now I can't just continue

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we are very much looking forward to

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delivering those spacecraft to their new

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home in orbit launching in just 13

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we are at that 13 minute Mark and

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Counting as our launch team gets into

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the final go no go Poll for today's

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launch our launch director today is

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Joseph carpico he will run through the

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list of operators at the range here in

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Mission Control to check in on whether

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all systems are go for liftoff let's

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bring up mission control audio now to

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all operators this is the LDN Mission

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proceeding with the go no go sequence

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abionics avionics let's go GNC GNC is

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cool beacon beacon sky

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PLS BLS go RSO all right so let's go met

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Madison go mm MMS go LD sub at least up

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let's go

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the go no go sequence is complete we are

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now T minus 11 minutes 30 seconds and

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counting we are go for terminal count at

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great news there from Mission Control we

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are go for launch and ready to rock it

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like a hurricane for today's first

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Tropics launch for NASA you also heard

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our launch director confirm today's

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liftoff Target which is set for 1pm

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local time or 9 pm and 6 PM Eastern and

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looking back at the launch pad as we

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count down to liftoff let's take you

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through the electron rocket carrying the

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tropics payload electron is a two-stage

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to orbit liquid fueled launch vehicle

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satellite Missions at the bottom of the

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first stage is where we have nine 3D

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printed Rutherford engines located a

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tenth space optimized Rutherford engine

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takes us to orbit with our second stage

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the Rutherford engines use liquid oxygen

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oxidizer and these are fit into the

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engine's combustion chamber in a

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world-first way using electric pumps

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powered by batteries electron structure

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is made of a carbon composite material a

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super strong yet very lightweight

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material that gives our rocket its sleek

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which causes moisture to condensate as

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minutes into flight that fairing will

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separate into two have exposing the

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satellites to space ready for deployment

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this Mission though is a little

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after this point because typically

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circularize the orbit and the kick stage

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will instead perform an inclination

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avionics LD Mission LD Avionics yes sir

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and this stage please proceed with

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constellation is up and running in time

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our fastest launch turnaround to date

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launch from lc1 in New Zealand but two

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weeks between dedicate small set

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missions is something that just did not

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exist for small sets prior to electron

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part of the reason we can deliver these

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missions one after the other so quickly

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is down to our comprehensive parallel

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test programs to repair multiple

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electrons for the big day rocket lab

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Mission manager Jane McNichol has been

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across the entire campaign for Tropics

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she has more to share on what's involved

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my name is Jane McNichol I'm a mission

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manager at Rocket lab and I'm the

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mission manager for the two Tropics

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missions so as we know the number of

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hurricanes we're experiencing every year

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is increasing due to climate change and

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the intensity of these storms is also

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increasing the current technology that

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we have on orbit to monitor hurricane

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development may only be able to check in

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on these storms every couple of hours

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but within that time we might see a

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storm increase in intensity quite a bit

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Tropics is a constellation of four

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cubesats that will be able to monitor

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near hourly these intense tropical

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storms in terms of precipitation

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temperature and humidity and collect

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this data for us and this data has the

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potential to save lives and livelihoods

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so it very well aligns with rocket lab's

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mission to improve life on Earth by

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enabling access to space

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before the launch vehicle even makes it

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to the launch site on lunch day it

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undergoes months of rigorous testing

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starting with small component testing

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like our avionics up into large stack

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testing or hot fire testing of our

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engines at our test sites and then a

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full end-to-end wet dress rehearsal or

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practice for launch day and this is all

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part of making electron the most

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reliable small launcher on the market

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once the satellites arrive at the launch

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site the satellite team from NASA and

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MIT Lincoln Laboratories will be

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inspecting and doing some final checks

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on the satellites to make sure that

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they're ready to be installed on the

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launch vehicle in parallel with those

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tests rocket lab is also running

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additional tests on the launch vehicle

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which is fully delivered to the launch

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site by this time we'll be doing

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integrated testing end to end of our

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avionic systems and preparing for the

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satellites to be integrated onto the

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kick stage then we will encapsulate the

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spacecraft and integrate the full launch

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vehicle stage one stage two stage three

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and roll out four wet dress rehearsal a

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wet dress rehearsal is basically a

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practice for launch day where we perform

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all of the operations like we would on

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day of launch including fueling the

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vehicle and this gives us extra

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assurance that everything will go

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according to plan on launch day then

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we'll review the data from that test and

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proceed with launch

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everyone has a hand in helping electron

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get to the pad for launch day starting

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with our design team into our

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manufacturing team as well as our test

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and lc1 Team all the way to Mission

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Control and the engineers there behind

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me this is a team of dedicated Engineers

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who have gained their experience over 30

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plus launches here at Rocket lab so as a

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mission manager that means that I get to

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work closely with our customer NASA and

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MIT Lincoln Laboratories and I am so

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excited for launch day and being able to

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tell them that we've successfully

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deployed their satellites in orbit and

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see the real work begin there for them

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and be able to see the excitement not

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just once but twice because we've got

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two back-to-back missions coming up so I

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can't wait for launch day I'm really

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psyched about it

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[Music]

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as we approach T minus four minutes to

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lift off let's take you through the last

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moments before those nine Rutherford

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engines ignite at two minutes before

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left off the ground power supply at the

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launch pad is disabled and electron

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switches to internal power our launch

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safety system the afts will be enabled

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at the same time and we can expect to

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hear both of those calls from our

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operators in Mission Control one after

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the other the liquid oxygen supply

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valves on stages one and two are closed

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about 10 seconds later with another

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operator expected to confirm on comms

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that locks load is complete at under a

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minute to lift off the propellant tanks

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will be at their Optimum pressure levels

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for launch Ground Control will soon

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afterward confirm the water system at

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the launch pad is ready to be activated

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for when the engines on the rocket

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ignite for launch this is what will

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cause the large white cloud of water

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vapor at liftoff at T minus 10 seconds

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the launch director will count down with

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the mission clock to lift off the

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engines will ignite at minus three

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seconds and the launch pads hold down

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mechanisms will be released then

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electron will take to the skies for its

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36th launch for this Tropics mission to

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space we'll bring up the audio channels

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from Mission Control now to listen in

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and then we'll be back with you after

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all operators LD on mission where go for

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auto sequence start at T minus two

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vehicle is on internal power

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zone is complete system isn't restarted

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foreign

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is disabled

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Stitch one stitch so press for flight

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deleus activated

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T minus 20 seconds and counting

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ten nine eight seven six five four three

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two one

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electron is soaring through the sky

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right now after lifting off from pad B

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at launch complex one now on its way to

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low earth orbit for NASA and Tropics the

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first launch Milestone the rocket will

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pass through is Max Q when the forces

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against electron are at their Peak as

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the rocket moves quickly through the

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atmosphere mission control is expected

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cleared Max Cube

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great news there with Max q and onward

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and upward for electron it has only been

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about a minute since liftoff and already

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in the rocket is at its speeds of over 2

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000 kilometers an hour a mere fraction

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of the 27 000 plus kilometers an hour

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that is orbital velocity which will

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reach a hit of payload deployment in the

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next 30 minutes or so next though is the

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separation of the rocket between stages

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one and two for that to happen we first

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need the nine Rutherford engines

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currently burning hot to shut down an

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action called main engine cutoff or Miko

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then a few moments later stages one and

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two will Spring apart we'll hear that

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called out as stage separation then the

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single space optimized Rutherford engine

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on the second stage will light up and

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carry on with the tropics Mission those

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Milestones should be taking place at

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15 seconds to Miko

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stage separation successful

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Stitch ignition

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exactly as we expect there goes Miko

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stage separation and we can now see that

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the Rutherford engine nozzle is glowing

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hot on the second stage the Tropic

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satellites remain in good health on the

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electron and soon the rockets on board

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computer will command the fairing to

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separate and Fall Away Now That We're in

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the vacuum of space Tropics doesn't need

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the protection of the fairing anymore so

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we get rid of that dead weight to

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maximize fuel efficiency on the way to

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fearing separation successful

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if you're looking at the screen at the

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right moment just there you will have

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seen those two nose cone halves falling

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away as planned with the fearing

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separation electron is performing

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nominally on its way to orbit with a few

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minutes between now and our next mission

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Milestone the battery hot swap for our

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second stage engine at around 6 minutes

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God is this no no

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electroline Tropics are moving at a good

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Pace right now well over 8 000

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kilometers an hour at the T plus four

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minute Mark into the mission the vehicle

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is currently at 234 kilometers in

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altitude with another 300 or 50 so

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kilometers to go until we reach our 550

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kilometer destination getting there is

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only one part of the journey though as

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Tropics won't be released immediately at

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that 550 kilometer first touch the

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satellites will remain attached to the

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Rocket's third stage and complete a full

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loop of Earth before they can be

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deployed on their home orbit we'll

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explain that process in more detail

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later when we get closer to that point

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foreign

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a quick check of the dials on our screen

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tell us that all remains nominal for

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electron and Tropics the rocket is

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moving steadily at more than 9000

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kilometers an hour and we are inching

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closer to that 550 kilometer Mark now

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the electron has passed more than 300

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kilometers altitude to keep the mission

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running smoothly we'll have another

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launch Milestone coming up soon it is

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called the battery hot Swap and it's

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essential to keeping our Rutherford

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engine running all the way to the

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mission's altitude destination that

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action is due at around 6 minutes and 52

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seconds in flight so in just another one

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200 seconds remaining

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foreign

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hot swap maneuver is a unique action for

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our electron rocket when the first two

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battery packs applying power to our

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electoral pumps on stage two are close

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to being drained electron switches to a

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fresh battery that will ensure

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Rutherford the Rutherford engine lasts

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the distance to orbit it's a move our

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rocket has performed countless times

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before but it is a move unique to

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electrons battery hot swap is on its way

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in just a few moments so we'll bring up

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the mission control comms again to

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position

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throttle him down

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possible successful

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just as it was planned the Rutherford

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has switched to its new power source

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with the battery hot Swap and is

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continuing nominally with the tropics

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Mission there are a few minutes left in

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the engine's burn time before the second

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stage completes its final actions for

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the mission shutting down Rutherford and

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be a little bit different

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HVB discharge holding nominal

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how beautiful are some of these views

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from electron this nominal Rutherford

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burn marks our 360th engine in space

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inching us closer to our 400th engine

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Milestone expected on our 40th electron

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launch in fact one of those engines to

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fly next will be an engine that we have

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already launched before we are taking

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the next major step in evolving electron

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into a reusable rocket by launching a

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pre-flown Rutherford engine on one of

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our missions later this year that engine

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which flew on our there and Back Again

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mission in May 2022 has undergone the

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same extensive testing and acceptance

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processes as any newly built engine and

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has performed flawlessly throughout

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multiple full mission duration engine

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tests we are very excited to see that

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engine back on the pad soon but back to

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tropics and that second stage is

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performing well and the Tropics payload

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is healthy as both continue traveling at

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speeds of over 19 000 kilometers per

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into burnout detect mode

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all right at t plus eight minutes 56

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seconds into this mission for NASA and

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we are nearly in orbit in a few moments

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we'll be able to see that red hot engine

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nozzle there start to turn cold once the

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engine on stage two shuts down Mission

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Control will call out these actions

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listen out for Seco confirmed on the

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thank you

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there it is from Mission Control met

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with a good cheer from our team Seco and

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Stage separation confirmed that means

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our kickstage and Tropic satellites are

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now in their phasing orbit of Earth it's

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been a perfectly nominal Mission so far

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but electrons work isn't quite done yet

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that's right Tropics is a bit different

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to our usual launches for this Mission

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the second stage sending the kickstate

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directly into a circular orbit rather

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than the kick stage taking the

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satellites on its usual elliptical

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Journey around Earth first then once the

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kickstage passes the equator at what is

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called the ascending node the

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kickstage's Curie engine lights up to

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change its inclination to end up in

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tropic's desired orbit so while we wait

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for that Curie burn we'll take a short

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break on the live stream now and join

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you then to hear those final

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confirmations come through from Mission

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thank you

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foreign

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[Applause]

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two one lift up

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[Music]

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characters

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thank you

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foreign

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thank you

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[Applause]

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foreign

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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thank you

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foreign

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thank you

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[Music]

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thank you

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foreign

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foreign

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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thank you

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Applause]

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thank you

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[Applause]

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foreign

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great to have you back with us for the

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webcast of our 36 electron launch the

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rocket like a hurricane mission to

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deliver the first pair of Tropics

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satellites to orbit for NASA we had a

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great liftoff from the pad at launch

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complex one today where electron cleared

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the Mahia Peninsula quickly and made its

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Way North East and successfully passed

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through early launch Milestones like Max

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Q main engine cutoff and separation of

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the first and second stage the second

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stage performed excellently through its

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launch Milestones too including battery

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hot Swap and second engine cutoff before

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t plus 10 minutes into the mission now

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we are here with the kickstage carrying

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the Tropic satellites to their 550

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kilometer altitude destination as we

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come up to Curie engine burn for that

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final inclination change Tropics will

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then be released from their canisterized

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satellite dispensers the safety housing

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made by us for this pair of Tropic small

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sets we'll have official confirmation of

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those actions taking place once the cake

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stage passes over the next ground

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station off the coast of Portugal but

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we'll be following along with the

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mission in real time with this animation

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of Tropics Journey on the kickstage so

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we'll bring up the comms channels to

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listen in on the final few moments of

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I expected nominator recognition

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we're there from Mission Control that

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the Curie engine is expected to have now

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ignited this engine is reliable and it

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gimbals to orient the kickstage in a

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very precise manner allowing our

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customers pinpoint accuracy for payload

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deployment listening in now for the next

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Call of Curie shutdown ahead of payload

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as Muriel mentioned earlier we're

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currently waiting for the Curie engine

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shutdown followed by the call for

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payload deployment for the first pair of

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Tropic satellites for NASA the two 3u

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Cube sets are each not much bigger than

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a loaf of bread and these small but

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extremely powerful satellites will begin

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a new constellation in low earth orbit

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to monitor tropical Cyclones around the

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world Tropics aims to measure

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temperature humidity and precipitation

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so that we can better understand the

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evolution and structure of Storms and

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doing so with a high revisit rate within

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carry engine shutdown is expected at

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around a few minutes from now actually

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so not long to go and then a few seconds

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later we should hear expected nominal

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payload deployment from Mission Control

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unexpected

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there goes Curie engine shutdown

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I expected another pedal deployment

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and there is the call out from Mission

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Control expected nominal payload

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deployment congratulations NASA and the

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Tropics team and welcome to your new

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home in orbit when the kickstage passes

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over the next ground station at Azores

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we expect to receive the full Telemetry

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package that confirms everything you've

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just heard from Mission Control look to

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our social media channels for that

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update within the hour as we close out

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this broadcast for our 36th electron

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launch and we'll be back to do it all

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over again with NASA for our second

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launch for the tropics mission to place

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another pair of small sets on orbit for

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this important constellation coming to a

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storm near you both literally and

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figuratively as our next launcher's

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mission name is set to fly from launch

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complex one in just a couple of weeks

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time to help ensure NASA's constellation

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is up and running in time ready for this

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year's hurricane season set to begin on

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June 1st we're going to end the

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broadcast now but you can always keep in

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touch with us and stay in our orbit by

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following us on social media to see or

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hear and learn about what we do here at

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Rocket lab and to follow along NASA's

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Tropics Mission you can head to

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blogs.nasa.gov forward slash small

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satellites thank you so much for joining

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us this is rocket lab Mission Control

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thank you

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thank you