NASA is go for SWOT launch.
Launch Director: Go for launch.
Nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four, three, two, one.
Engine ignition. And the liftoff.
Liftoff of SWOT.
Our first global survey of Earth's surface water to study
how this ever changing resource affects our climate.
I'll get on it. Supersonic.
I thank you.
Safe separation confirmed.
And we just.
And there you go.
Live video of stage one and two.
And back ignition.
And there's a good look at that.
And back engine coming to life.
Fairing separation confirmed.
SWOT payload separation confirmed.
There you go You got good video.
And we're hearing some cheering here at the mission director
Center at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
We are hearing
the CNES team confirming to our NASA team
that we have acquisition of signal with the SWOT spacecraft.
That's fantastic news.