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>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT A
SPACEX FALCON HEAVY ROCKET
SITTING ON HISTORIC LAUNCH PAD
39A AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER IN HALF AN HOUR FOUR NASA
MISSIONS WILL SHARE A RIDE TO
ORBIT WITH DOZENS OF OTHER
SATELLITES TO TEST NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND STUDY SPACE
WEATHER.
HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO
KENNEDY FOR OUR LIVE LAUNCH
COVERAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE SPACE TEST PROGRAM TWO.
I AM YOUR HOST FAIRLY WITH NAS'
A OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
JUST BEHIND ME, IS THE FALCON
HEAVY ROCKET ON THE PAD.
THERE WAS A 3-HOUR DELAY EARLIER
DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH SOME GROUND
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, BUT THAT'S
BEEN CHECKED OUT AND RESOLVED
AND NOW SPACEX IS JUST 20 A
MINUTES AND 49 SECONDS AWAY FROM
THE MOST CHALLENGING LAUNCH IN
THE AEROSPACE COMPANY'S HISTORY.
>> SPACE TEST PROGRAM TWO IS THE
FIRST GOVERNMENT CONTRACTED FALL
ONE HEAVY ROCKING HE HAD MANAGED
BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE SPACE AND
MISSILE SYSTEM
VEHICLE CARRYING THE HOPES, THE
DREAMS THE CAREER'S WORK IN SOME
CASES OF A BUNCH OF PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATORS, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND
DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE
IT'S READY TO FLY TO SPACE.
>> AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT.
BECAUSE THE GREEN PROPELLANT IS
ACTUAL KNOW THE GREEN.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF IT.
AND WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT IT
IS, TELL ME WHY THAT'S SO
AMAZING THAT HE'S ABLE TO HOLD
THAT LIKE THAT?
>> THAT'S MILT McKAY I WAS HIS
BRANCH CHIEF AT ONE POINT AT AIR
FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY.
MILT, AND MIKE ARE THE PRINCIPLE
DEVELOPERS OF THE PROPELLANT.
HE'S IN -- YOU CAN SEE A LAB
COAT THERE.
HE HAS GLOVES ON, HE'S GOT SOME
GOGGLES, HE'S NOT BEING
CARELESS, THAT'S THE LEVEL OF
PROTECTION THAT YOU NEED TO
HANDLE THIS SO-CALLED GREEN PRO
3E8
PROPELLANT WHICH DOESN'T HAVE
ANY VAPOR TOXICITY, OTHER YOU
HAVE TO WAR A SPACE SUIT.
CLEAR OUT THE WHOLE FACILITY.
THIS CAN BE DONE IN SORT OF A
SHIRT AND SLEEVE ENVIRONMENT AS
YOU CAN SEE THERE.
>> HYDRO SEEN IS THE COMMON
SPACECRAFT PROPELLANT IN USED
TO.
>> IT WOULD BE IMPASSIBLE TO DO
THAT.
THIS IS MUCH MORE LESS TOXIC I
SHOULD SAY, A LOT LESS TOXIC.
>> IT WOULDN'T ABE VERY GOOD
ROCKET PROPELLANT IF YOU
SACRIFICE PROPELLANT.
IN ADDITION TO THE HANDLING AND
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS WITH THIS
PROPELLANT, IT HAS BETTER FUEL
EFFICIENCY AND HAS SUBSTANTIALLY
GREATER DENSITY THAN HYDRO SEEN,
SO THE OVERALL ENERGY DENSITY IS
ABOUT 50 PERCENT HIGHER I CAN
GET 50% MORE ENERGY OR I CAN USE
A SMALLER PROPELLANT TANK TO GET
THE SAME AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
>> YOU CAN'T JUST DEVELOP IT,
YOU HAVE TO TEST IT IN SPACE.
HOW CAN ABOUT HOW YOU WILL DO
THAT AS WE SHOW THIS ANIMATION.
I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF MOD THINKS
OF THE SPACECRAFT DEVELOPED BY
BALL AEROSPACE, BALL IS THE
PRINCIPLE COMPANY LEAD THIS IS
GREEN PROPELLANT MISSION.
THE SOLAR RAYS ARE DID HE PLAYED
HERE, THEY WILL BE STOW THE FOR
LAUNCH.
AND SO WE HAVE THE PROPULSION
SYSTEMS DEVELOPED EYE ARROW JET
ROCKET KANE.
THIS DYNE.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL SIZED TRUSTER.
SO THEY TOOK THE PROPELLANT,
DEVELOPED BY AIR FORCE RESEARCH
LAB.
STARTING BACK IN THE '90s AND
BUILT THE THRUSTERS TO PRODUCE
THE THRUST FORCE THAT YOU NEED
TO PRO TELL THE SPACECRAFT AND
WE HAVE DESIGNED THE
DEMONSTRATION SO THE SPACECRAFT
WILL DO ALL THE MANEUVERS
NECESSARY IN SPACE, CONTROLLING
THE ATTITUDE, POINTING IN
SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS.
CHANGING THE ORBIT OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE
MONITOR, THAT'S BEING
MANIPULATED.
THAT'S PROBABLY A BALL AEROSPACE
AND, YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF IT
AND NBA COMPARISON TO THE PERSON
THERE.
THE THRUSTERS IN THIS VIEW ARE
ON THE TOP.
>> SO IT IS QUITE LARGE.
>> Reporter: AND SO WHAT
ALTERNATIVE FUEL ADVANTAGES ARE
THERE FOR FUTURE MISSIONS TO THE
MOON OR MARS?
>> THE, YOU KNOW, HANDLING AND
SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS WITH THIS
FUEL BEING MUCH LESS THAN
COMMONLY USED PROPELLANT IS A
TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE.
THE PERFORMANCE INCREASE IS A
HUGE ADVANTAGE.
AND ONE THING I HAVEN'T
MENTIONED IS THIS PROPELLANT IS
MUCH MORE COLD TO HIM RAPT THAN
HYDRAZINE.
YOU CAN LET IT GO TO VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES IT WARMS BACK UP
AND IS JUST FINE.
IT WON'T CRACK YOUR FUEL LINES
OR RUIN YOUR PROPELLANT TANK AND
SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF MISSION
OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS
PROPELLANT COULD SATISFY THAT
MIGHT NOT BE ATTAINABLE WITH --
>> LAST QUESTION, I WAS
SURPRISED HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS
WERE INVOLVED IN THIS.
>> IT WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP OF
REALLY EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF NASA
TEAMING WITH THE PRIVATE
INDUSTRY, BALL AEROSPACE, AS I
SAID, BUILT THE SPACECRAFT,
CHRIS McLEAN AT BALL IS THE
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR, ARROW
JET ROCK EN DYNE DID THE
PROPELLANT.
THREE NASA CENTERS WERE INVOLVED
IN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE
PROPELLANT AND EXHAUST FROM THE
PROPEL AMOUNT AND OF COURSE AIR
FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY NOT
ONLY DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED THE
PROPELLANT BUT PAUL THERE LET
THE TEAM TO DESIGN THE FUELING
EQUIPMENT NEEDED AT THE PAYLOAD
PROCESSING FACILITY.
>> ALL THESE PEOPLE VERY ANXIOUS
TONIGHT WATCH THE LAUNCH GET OFF
THE GROUND.
>> MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE I
MENTIONED ARE HERE AND EAGER TO
SEE IT GO.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, JEFF,
THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND
EXPLAINING IT.
>> GREAT PLEASURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING O LET'S GO
TO THE PAD.
THAT'S WHERE THE GREEN
PROPELLANT IS CURRENTLY LOADED
IN THE SPACECRAFT.
THE TOP FALL ONE HEAVY ROCKET
CURRENTLY 22 MINUTES ROUGHLY
FROM THE LAUNCH.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD SO
FAR.
WARM WEATHER HERE IN FLORIDA IN
THIS EARLY MORNING ON A TUESDAY,
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID
80s.
OR SO.
WEATHER IS 80% GO AT THIS POINT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING GOOD IN THAT
REGARD.
ANOTHER PAYLOAD GO UP TONIGHT IS
A CUBESAT CREATED BY STUDENTS
RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE
HERE AT THE KEPT DID I SPACE
CENTER IT'S CALLED STAYING SAT
BUILT BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT
MERIT HIGH SCHOOL.
NAMED FOR THE MUSTANG THEIR
MASCOT.
S T.A. NG'S PURPOSE IS TO
DETERMINE HOW DURABLE CUBESATS
MUST BE BUILT.
WE ARE WISHING THEM WELL AS YOU
CAN SEE THE STUDENTS THERE.
FROM POWERING SPACECRAFTS TO
STEERING THEM.
RIGHT NOW SPACECRAFTS MUST
ENDURE LONG WAITS ON SIGNALS
FROM EARTH TO KNOW WHERE IT IS
BUT AS WE LEARN IN IT THIS VIDEO
FROM NASA THINKS JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY.
NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED DEEP SPACE
ATOMIC CLOCK COULD ONE DAY ALLOW
FOR SELF-DRIVING SPACECRAFT.
>> HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THROUGH
SPACE?
CURRENTLY SPACECRAFT FLYING
BEYOND EARTH DON'T HAVE A GPS TO
FIND THEIR WAY THROUGH SPACE.
NAVIGATORS ON EARTH SEND A
SIGNAL FOR THE SPACECRAFT THAT
RECEIVES IT AND SEND IT BACK.
EXTREMELY PRECISE CLOCKS ON THE
GROUND CALLED ATOMIC CLOCKS
MEASURE HOW LONG THE SIGNAL
TAKES TO MAKE THIS TWO-WAY
JOURNEY.
THE AMOUNT OF TIME TELLS THEM
THERE ARE FAR WAY THE SPACECRAFT
IT & IS HOW FAR IT'S GOING.
THE FARTHER OUT IT IS, THE
LONGER IT TAKES TO RECEIVE AND
SEND A SIGNAL.
BUT WHAT IF HUMANS ARE SENT TO
ANOTHER PLANET LIKE MARS?
A TWO-WAY SYSTEM THAT SENDS A
SIGNAL FROM EFFORT TO A
SPACECRAFT, BACK TO EARTH AND
THEN TO THE SPACECRAFT AGAIN,
WOULD TAKE AN AVERAGE OF 40
MINUTES, IMAGINE IF THE GPS ON
YOUR PHONE TOOK 40 MINUTES TO
CALCULATE YOUR POSITION, YOU
MIGHT MISS YOUR TURN OR BE
SEVERAL EXITS DOWN THE HIGHWAY
BEFORE IT CAUGHT UP WITH YOU.
IF HUMANS TRAVEL TO THE RED
PLANET IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE
SYSTEM WHITE SOX JUAN WAY,
ALLOWING THE EXPLORERS TO
IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE THEIR
CURRENT POSITION RATHER THAN
WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO
COME BACK FROM EARTH.
NAS IS TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY
THAT ALLOWS FUTURE EXPLORERS TO
DO JUST THAT.
THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK IS
THE FIRST DETERMINE STATION THAT
CAN BE USED FOR NAVIGATION IN
DEEP SPACE ARC HOW LONG A
SPACECRAFT TO CALCULATE ITS OWN
TRAJECTORY.
IF A SPACE CRAFT HAD ONE OF
THESE CLOCKS ON BOARD, IT COULD
RECEIVE A SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE
BIG ANTENNAS ON EARTH AND
QUICKLY MEASURE IT'S SPEED AND
POSITION.
THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK
COULD ONE DAY LEFT ASTRONAUTS
MAY HAVE DATE SAFELY TO MARS AND
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING
ONE-WAY SPACE AND A HALF BASE
GASE A REALITY.
>> AND THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC
CLOCK IS SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH
TONIGHT TO DEMONSTRATE ITS
CAPABILITY AND THIS IS A FULL
SCALE MODEL.
>> IT IS, YES.
>> AND THIS IS JILL, THE DEPUTY
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR FOR THIS
DEMONSTRATION, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING A LITTLE SHOW AND TELL
HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
THIS IS -- IT'S NOT THAT BIG FOR
AN ON A* TO HIM I CAN CLOCK,
RIGHT?
>> THIS IS A 3D PRINTED MODEL OF
OUR DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK
DEMONSTRATION UNIT OF THIS IS A
HOW OLD, OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE IS
NOT GOING IN TO SPACE TONIGHT
BUT IT'S AN ACCURATE
REPRESENTATION OF THE SIZE OF
THE UNIT THAT WE ARE SENDING OUT
ON THE ORBITAL TEST BED
SPACECRAFT TONIGHT.
>> HOW DO THESE ATOMIC CLOCKS
HELP US AND A HALF GATE IN DEEP
SPACE?
>> ATOMIC CLOCKS KEEP TIME JUST
LIKE ANY CLOCK KEEPS TIME AND
NAVIGATING A SPACECRAFT
THROUGHOUT DEEP SPACE IS
FUNDAMENTALLY A PROBLEM OF
MEASURING THAT TIME.
WE SEND A SIGNAL FROM THE EARTH
TO THE SPACECRAFT AND BACK
AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE WAY
WE HAVE TO OPERATE BECAUSE
MEASURING THAT SIGNAL TIME
ACCURATELY ENOUGH CAN ONLY BE
DONE BY THESE REFRIGERATOR-SIZED
ATOMIC CLOCKS IN THE DEEP SPACE
NETWORK TODAY.
BUT THIS CLOCK MEASURES TIME AS
ACCURATELY AND WITH THE SAME
LEVEL OF STABILITY OF THOSE
OTHER A* TO HIM I CAN CLOCKS IN
THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK BUT AS
YOU CAN SEE A MUCH SMALLER
PACKAGE THAN SOMETHING THE SIDES
OF YOUR RE FRANK RATER SOMETHING
NOW WE CAN POUT A SPACECRAFT AND
LAUNCH INCH TO SPACE.
>> I CAN'T PUT IT ON MY WRIST
BUT YOU CAN PUT IT ON A
SPACECRAFT AND IT INCREASES ITS
STABILITY FOR TIME AND
MEASUREMENT WHERE IT'S GOING,
HOW IT GETS THERE.
>> WILL THIS HELP IN FUTURE
MISSIONS GOING TO THE MOON OR
MARS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF LETS US MEASURE FORE FOOSHLY.
IT GIVES US A REALLY COOL
APPLICATION WE CAN SEEMED SIGNAL
DIRECT FROM THE EARTH TO THE
SPACECRAFT.
COLLECT THAT SIGNAL ON BOARD,
AND THEN PUT NAVIGATORS LIKE ME
HERE ON THE EARTH, OUT OF WORK.
BECAUSE THE SPACECRAFT CAN
NAVIGATE ITSELF.
WE LIKE TO CALL ITSELF-DRIVING
OR ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS
NAVIGATION.
>> FANTASTIC.
THERE ARE BENEFITS FOR US ON
EARTH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS CLOCK HAS THE STABILITY
ABOUT 50 TIMES BETTER THAN THE
ON BOARD CLOCKS ON THE GPS
SATELLITES TODAY.
SO YOU USE GPS TO FIND YOUR WAY
HERE I AM SURE, I DID THE SAME
THING, I USE IT EVERY DAY.
IF YOU HAVE A 50-TIME
IMPROVEMENT IN THE STABILITY OF
YOUR CLOCK ON YOUR GPS
SATELLITE, YOUR GPS SIGNAL YOU
WILL SEE A BETTER ABILITY TO
NAVIGATE YOURSELF USING GPS
EVERY.
>> A FANTASTIC.
WHICH THIS GETS UP IN TO SPACE,
WHAT WILL YOU BE LOOKING FOR NO
HOW WILL COMMUNICATE TO FIND
OUTFITS WORKING CORRECTLY?
>> WE'LL BE DOING A YEAR LONG
DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT,
WELL, IT'S THE FIRST ION-BASED
ATOMIC CLOCK.
THE FIRST TIME THIS TECHNOLOGY
HAS EVER BEEN FLOWN.
I AM JUST EXCITED TO TURN THE
THING ON.
AND WE'LL RUN A SUITE OF TESTS
TO CHECK OUT THE HEALTH AND
STATUS OF THE CLOCK.
AND THEN WE WILL RUN AN
EXPERIMENT WHERE WE COLLECT GPS
DATA THAT'S TIME TAGGED WITH OUR
CLOCK AND WE ESTIMATE THE ORBIT
AND THE CLOCK ERROR THAT'S BEING
INTRODUCED OVERTIME.
AND WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS OF
THAT, TO SEE HOW DOES THAT CLOCK
DRIFT OVERTIME RELATIVE TO A
PERFECT CLOCK.
TO GIVE YOU A TEASER IF IT
PERFORMS WATT I IT TKOUTZ GROUND
LABORATORY.
IF I TURN THIS CLOCK ON TODAY
AND LET IT RUN IT WOULD TAKE
ABOUT 10 MILLION YEARS FOR IT TO
DRIFT OFF BY ONE SECOND.
>> INCREDIBLABLE IS A EVERYBODY
THE SWISS WOULD BE JEALOUS OF.
WHEN IT GETS OUT THERE WILL THAT
GIVE BETTER AND A NAVIGATIONS FR
FUTURE ASTRONAUTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE DO THE
SELF DRIVING SPACECRAFT THING
WHICH IS A CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY
FOR SENDING HUMANS TO PLACES
LIKE MARS, IN THAT SCENARIO, NOW
THEY CAN NAVIGATE THEIR OWN SHIP
IN REAL TIME.
NOT WAITING FOR DIRECTIONS TO
COME FROM THE EARTH.
FROM SOMEONE LIKE ME.
SO THEY CAN DOLL A REAL TIME
COURSE CORRECTIONS THAT HELPS
THEM LAND MORE SAFELY WITH
LESSON CERTAINTY IN THEIR PATH.
ONCE THEY ARE ON THE SURFACE OF
THE MAN OR MARS, WHENEVER THEY
ARE GOING, MAYBE SOMEWHERE
EVERYBODY FURTHER AWAY, YOU CAN
USE THIS CLOCK TECHNOLOGY TO
BUILD A GPS LIKE NAVIGATION
SYSTEM AT THOSE DESTINATIONS.
THEYSO JUST IMAGINE HAVING GPS N
MARS, PRETTY COOL.
>> FANTASTIC.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET LOST ON
THE PLANET.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
STAKES ARE HIGH.
>> JUST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE
LAUNCH, ARE YOU EXCITED?
>> I AM SEWS EXCITED, YES.
WAIT AID LONG TIME FOR THAT.
>> JILL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THE CLOCK, THE MODEL.
AND FOR EXPLAINING IT TO US.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DARRYL.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT HAVING YOU.
NOW BACK OUT TO THE PAD AND GET
ANOTHER CHECK ON THE SPACEX
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SHOT.
TWO BOOST ORES EITHER SIDE OF
THE PARTICULAR FALLON HEAVY IT'S
THE FIRST TIME IT GOES UP IN TO
SPACE AT NIGHT.
WE SHOULD GET QUITE A SHOW.
WE UNDERSTAND THE RP1 LOAD UP IS
COMPLETE AND CLOSED OUT.
AND SO THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD
FOR THIS COUNT AS WE CONTINUE
ON.
NOW WENT TO MOVE TO THE LAST TWO
EXPERIMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS WE ARE EXPLAINING
TODAY.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT NICKY FOX
IS JOINING US HERE FOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S
HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION.
>> I AM, YES.
>> AND YOU ALWAYS COME DRESS
TODAY THE OCCASION.
>> SPACE FOXES TODAY.
>> SPACE FOXES .
>> AFTER THE NAME.
>> ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE LAWN
INCH.
>> NOT AT ALL?
>> OF COURSE I CAN'T WAIT.
I HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS ALL DAY.
THE ROCK SET RIGHT BEHIND ME.
WE ARE 13 MINUTES AWAY, JUST AN
AMAZING TIME.
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BETTER
PROPELLANT.
BETTER NAVIGATION, BUT YOUR
EXPERIMENTS I'M TO GIVE US
BETTER PRODUCTION FOR
SPACECRAFT.
EXPLAIN HOW YOU PLAN DO THAT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE TWO EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE
FLYING UP TODAY.
BUT ONE OF THEM IS A LITTLE
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION, IT IS
FOUR SMALL PAYLOADS AND IT IS --
BASICALLY THEY ARE LOOKING AT
THE EFFECT OF RADIATION ON
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE FLY EVERY DAY
ON SPACECRAFT.
AND SEWER TAKING THEM TO THE
MOST DANGEROUS AREA WE CAN GET
TO EASILY AND OF COURSE THAT'S
OUR VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS,
LOOKING AT ALL THE -- THAT'S OF
COURSE WHERE SPACECRAFT GET
DAMAGE AND THE THIS POOR LITTLE
ONE IS GETTING CRIPPLED BY ALL
THE RADIATION HITTING IT.
THAT RADIATION OF COURSE IS SOME
IS COMING FROM THE SUN SOME
COMING FROM OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM EACH OF THESE LITTLE
TECHNOLOGY PAYLOADS IS LOOKING
AT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT SO
WE CAN BETTER PLAN FOLLOW
SPACECRAFT, BETTER PLAN FOR
MISSIONS THAT WILL TAKE
ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON TO MARS
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN MITIGATE ANY
PROBLEMS THAT THEY WOULD SEE
WITH THAT HARDWARE.
>> AND SO THIS TECHNOLOGY, HOW
DOES IT ABSORB WHAT'S HAPPENING
OUT THERE?
THIS ASSAULT ON SPACECRAFT FROM
THE SUN?
>> WE ARE VERY LUCKY WE ARE RIDE
AGO LONG WITH THE AIR FORCE DFX
DEMONSTRATION SPACE EXPERIMENT.
OF COURSE NASA HAS THE TWO VALUE
ALLEN PROBES WORKING IN THE
RADIATION BELTS ABOUT 6 1/2
YEARS AND THEY CAN TELL US WHAT
THE ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE.
AND THEN THESE LITTLE TEST BEDS
ARE GOING TO TELL US WHAT THE
ENVIRONMENT IS DOING TO OUR
ELECTRICS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
PARTNERSHIP.
>> AMAZING.
THE FOURTH PAYLOAD IS THE
ENHANCED TANDEM BEACON
EXPERIMENT, WHAT IS THAT AND HOW
DOES IT WORK?
>> THEY ARE TWO CUBESATS AND
THEY ARE SENDING BEACON TONES.
THEY ARE BASICALLY SENDING
SIGNALS OUT FROM SPACE DOWN TO
GROUND STATIONS HERE ON EARTH.
AND SO THERE IS A -- THIS LAYER,
TWINKLING LAYER THAT YOU SEE
THERE AND YOU HAVE THE
TERRESTRIAL WEATHER FORCING UP
FROM BELOW, MEETING SPACE
WEATHER COMING DOWN FROM ABOVE.
AND THAT ATMOSPHERE SOMETIMES
GETS VERY DISTURBED AND IT GETS
LIKE IRREGULARITIES IN IT.
WE CALL THOSE BUBBLES.
AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY CORRUPT
THOSE SIGNALS, AND CHANGE THEM.
AND SO WE ARE SENDING THESE
LITTLE BEACON TONES AND IT WILL
TELL US A LOT ABOUT HOW THAT
ATMOSPHERE IS INTERFERING WITH
THE SIGNALS THAT HAVE PROFOUND
EFFECTS FOR US ON OUR ABILITY TO
DO COMMUNICATIONS AND
NAVIGATION, JUST LIKE JILL SAID,
NOBODY GOES ANYWHERE WITHOUT
THEIR GPS.
I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY
PHONE.
AND SO I TO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL
FOR ME THAT THAT GPS IS REALLY
ACCURATE.
SO I DON'T GET TOTALLY LOST.
I WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT MY
PHONE.
LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
>> AND THESE BEACONS ARE THEY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE THAT BUBBLE IS FORMED AND
THEN START SENDING SIGNALS
THROUGH IT?
>> WE WILL SEND THE SIGNALS
THROUGH.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MISSION, GOLD
THAT IS TAKING IMAGES OF THE
BUBBLES AND WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE
TONES, THOSE BEACON TONES ARE
CHANGED BY THOSE IRREGULARITIES
AND NBA THAT AREA.
ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH COSMIC
TWO, A SPACECRAFT THEIR LAUNCH
BEING NOA IS LAUNCHING THOSE
THIS EVERYBODY THEY ARE EVERY
NOW AND THEN REYNOLDSING US SIX
BEACON TONES TO GO WITH OUR TWO
TO GIVE US A FULL UP ROBUST
EXPERIMENT.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND I HEAR THAT YOU HAVE HELP
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
STUDENTS.
>> I HAVE STUDENT.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN YES, THEY
HELPED BUILD THE CUBESATS.
NASA'S CUBESAT PROGRAM IS AN
AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR EARLY
CAREER STUDENTS AND NEW POST
DOCKS THAT CAN GET TO BUILD
TECHNOLOGY AND PUT IT IN TO
SPACE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE
STAYING ON DOING THE MISSION OPS
AND TRACK THE SPACECRAFT AND
BRING DOWN THE DATA AND WE
INVITE THEM TO LOOK AT THE DATA
ALSO.
>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENT.
>> IT IS FOR THEM AND A GREAT
TIME TO BE A HELIO PHYSICIST.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WE
APPRECIATE THE SHIRT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ENJOY THE LAUNCH THIS
EVENING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TIME TO TURN OUR FOCUS BACK
TO THE COUNTDOWN, EVERYTHING
LOOKING GOOD, T-MINUS NINE
MINUTES AND 25 SECONDS AND
COUNTING.
WE ARE GOING TO STEP ASIDE THAT
FROM NASA AND LET SPACEX TAKE
YOU THROUGH THE REST OF THE
COUNTDOWN, JESSE AND ALEX ARE
LIVE IN HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA
WHERE THEIR COUNT DOWN COVERAGE
IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
>> SMC2.0.
THAT MEANS SPEED TO QUICKLY
IMPLEMENT THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO
NEW PROBLEMS.
PARTNERSHIPS, TO FORGE THE
RELATIONSHIPS NECESSARY FOR THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE U.S. AND
OUR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES.
INNOVATION, TO CAPITALIZE ON THE
MOST ADVANCED CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD.
CULTURE.
TO INSPIRE THE NECESSARY RISK
TAKING THAT WILL PROPEL US IN TO
THE FUTURE.
AND ENTERPRISE, TO SHARE OUR
VISION OF ACCELERATED AND
AFFORDABLE SPACE SYSTEMS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
INITIALLY FOUNDED IN 1954, TO
DEVELOP THE FIRST
INTERCONTINENTAL PLASTIC
MISSILE, SMC HAS PRODUCED
UNPRECEDENTED AND UNPARALLELED
NATIONAL SPACE DEFENSE
TECHNOLOGY FOR OVER 60 YEARS,
DURING THIS TIME, WE HAVE BEEN
CALLED UPON TO SUPPORT MANNED
SPACE, ANTI-SAT SLIGHT, AND
MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS, WHILE
CONTINUOUSLY INCREASING OUR
SPACE CAPABILITY.
THAT'S WHERE WE CAME FROM.
BUT A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION
IS, WHERE ARE WE GOING?
HUMANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
EXPLORERS, WE VENTURE AND THE
DISCOVERED THAT WHICH IS
UNKNOWN.
AT SMC, WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES
OF THE KNOWN AND FIGHT EVERY
SINGLE DAY TO ENHANCE OUR
TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES.
LAUNCHING PAST THE LIMITS OF THE
SKY.
WE ARE THE PATH FINDERS TO THE
HIGH FRONTIER AND WE ARE
BUILDING THE FUTURE OF SPACE.
THINK.
>> THE SPACEX TEAM CONTINUES TO
COUNTDOWN FOR LAUNCH FOR THE
NIGHTTIME LAUNCH OF FALCON
HEAVY.
I REMEMBER WATCHING THE NIGHT
LAUNCH OF SATURN FIVE ON AT POLL
SO --
17 MISSION IN DECEMBER 1972.
AND IT TURNED NIGHT IN TO DAY.
WE ARE EXPECTING THE SAME
TONIGHT FROM 27 MERLIN ENGINES.
WE ARE CURRENT A LET T-MINUS
SEVEN MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS AND
COUNTING.
WE ARE ABOUT TO WRAP YOU WOULD
FUEL LOAD ON THIS THREES FIRST
STAGE BOOSTERS OVER THE NEXT
MINUTE.
LIQUID OBJECTION JOAN LOADING
IS CONTINUING.
THAT WILL WRAP UP BETWEEN THREE
AND TWO MINUTES BEFORE LIFT OFF
ON ALL THE STAGES.
THE LAST SATELLITE WE WANT ON
INTERNAL POWER A MOMENT AGO.
NOW A MAJOR ACTIVITY COMING UP
HERE IN ANOTHER 2 1/2 MINUTES IS
RETRACT OF THE STRONG BACK, THE
CLAMPS WILL OPEN IMMATERIAL.
AND DECLINE TWO DEGREES IN
PREPARATION FOR LAUNCH.
WE ARE ALSO JUST INSIDE T-MINUS
SEVEN MINUTES, WE HAVE BEEN
CHILLING IN THE MERLIN 1B
ENGINES.
A LOT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FIRST
FOUR MINUTES OF FLIGHT OF THE
FALCON HEAVY.
WE'LL FIRST LIGHT THE TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS AND THEN THE CENTER
CAR.
THE FLIGHT COMPUTE ORE FALCON
HEAVY WILL CHECK THE POWER ON
ALL THE ENGINES, THEN COMMAND OR
RELEASE FROM THE GROUND HOLD
DOWNS AT 20.
WE LIFT OFF AT MINUS T-MINUS
ZERO.
RIGHT AFTER WE LIFT OFF WE ARE
AT FULL POWER OF OVER
5.1 MILLION-POUNDS OF THRUST.
40 SECONDS IN TO FLIGHT, WE
DECREASE POWER ON THE TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS IN PREPARATION FOR
MAXIMUM AERODYNAMIC LOADS ON THE
VEHICLE.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD,
FALCON HEAVY WILL THROTTLE BACK
UP TO THE POWER ON THE TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS.
WE NOW ARE TWO MINUTES IN TO
FLIGHT AND WE ARE AGAIN REDUCING
THRUST ON THE TWO SIDE BOOSTERS.
THIS TIME IT'S TO DECREASE
FORCES ON THE ROCKET STRUCTURE.
ESPECIALLY THAT STRUCTURE THAT
HOLDS THE SIDE BOOSTERS TO THE
CENTER CORE.
IT THE ACCELERATION IS BUILDING
EVERY SECOND AS WE BURN
PROPELLANT AND LIGHTENING THE
ROCKET.
SO WE NEED TO THROTTLE DOWN THE
SIDE BOOSTERS BY PHYSICALLY
TURNING OFF ENGINES TO KEEP THE
LOADS BELOW THE MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE.
2 1/2 MINUTES IN TO FLIGHT, WE
FULLY TURN OFF THE SIDE
BOOSTERS.
CALLED BOOST HE HAVE ENGINE CUT
OFF.
THEN WE'LL USE HIGH PRESSURE GAS
SEPARATION SYSTEM MOUNT ODD THE
TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE CENTER CAR
THAT, WILL UNLOCK THE TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS AND PUSH THEM AWAY.
NOW ONCE WE ARE CLEAR OF THE
SIDE BOOSTERS, THE CENTER CAR
WILL THROTTLE UP TO FULL POWER
AND BURN ANOTHER MINUTE.
FINALLY, JUST PAST 3 1/2 MINUTES
AFTER LIFT OFF, THE CENTER CORE
SETS DOWN MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF 1K
THE SECOND STAGE SEPARATES.
FROM THIS POINT ON IT'S LIKE A
FALCON NINE OTHER THAT WE HAVE
THREE ROCKETS RETURNING TO EARTH
AT BOTH CAPE CANAVERAL AND THE
GROUND SHIP.
MEANWHILE THE FAIRING SEPARATES
AND THE SECOND STAGE EVENING
UNUNDER GOERS A SERIES OF FOUR
BURNS LIVERING ALL 24 SATELLITES
TO THE INTENDED ORBIT.
AS A DEMANDING SEQUENCE OF EVENT
FOR THE FALCON HEAVY TO.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
SO LET'S WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE
FINAL COUNT DOWN.
>> STARTING TO RETRACT.
NEGATIVE FLY LOCK LOAD IS CLOSED
OUT.
>> AND POSITIVE Y LOCK LOAD IS
CLOSED OUT.
STRONG BACKDOOR IS CLOSED OUT.
AND STAGE ONE LOCK LOAD IS
CLOSED OUT.
AND VEHICLE IS ON INTERNAL
POWER.
AND STAGE TWO LOCKS LOAD IS
CLOSED OUT.
>> COMPLETE.
>> THE VEHICLE IS IN START UP.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THIS IS THE MISSION DIRECTOR,
GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> T-MINUS 30 SECONDS.
>> T-MINUS 15 SECONDS.
10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX,
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE,
ZERO.
IGNITION.
>> THE VEHICLE IS IN DOWN RANGE.
>> TWO PLUS 25 SECONDS IN TO THE
FLIGHT UNDER THE THRUST OF OVER
5 MILLION-POUND FALCON THEY HAVE
IS A HEADING IN TO SPACE.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO THROTTLE
DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF MAXIMUM
DYNAMIC PRESSURE.
WE HAVE HEARD CALL OUT OF
THROTTLE BUCKET FOR SIDE CORE.
WE ARE FLEW MAX "Q."
>> VEHICLE IS SUPERSONIC.
>> EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO
LOOK GOOD ON THE MERLIN 1D
ENGINES.
WE ARE THAT ROTING BACK UP ON
THE SIDE BOOSTERS TO FULL POWER.
1:15 IN TO FLIGHT.
PERFORMANCE LOOKS NO, NOMINAL.
CURRENTLY THE NEXT EVENT COMING
UP IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES, WE'LL
HEAR CALL OUT OF CHILLING OF THE
ENGINES ALLOWING LIQUID OXYGEN
TO THE TOP OF THE TURBO PUMP TO
GET THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE
READY TO CHILL FOR IGNITION IN
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
WE ARE TWO MINUTES IN TO FLIGHT.
WE HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE THRUST
ON THE SIDE BOOSTERS TO MINIMIZE
ACCELERATION AND LOADS ON THE
FALCON HEAVY STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE TURN OFFS ONE ENGINE ON
EACH OF THE SIDE BOOSTERS TO
DECREASE THAT LOAD.
NOW OUR NEXT MAJOR EVENT COMING
UP HERE IN ABOUT 10 SECONDS,
SHUTDOWN AND SEPARATION OF THE
SIDE BOOSTERS.
THE VIEW SHOULD BE THE SIDE
BOOSTERS CAMERAS ON TWO SIDES
AND THE CENTER CORE IN THE
MIDDLE.
>> BOOSTER SHUTDOWN.
>> BOOSTER ACCEPT INDICATION
CONFIRMED.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> OVER THE CHEERING IN THE BOOK
GROUND IT'S GOING ON MIDNIGHT
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AT
SPACEX SIDE BOOSTERS HAVE
SEPARATED.
THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THEIR
BURN BACK TO CAPE CANAVERAL.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT AND
RIGHT VIEWS.
THE SIDE BOOSTERS AND HE GO
NIGHTED.
THE CENTER CORE CONTINUES UNDER
FULL POWER.
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD ON THE
FALCON HEAVY.
NEXT VENT COMING ENOUGH ABOUT 15
SECONDS WILL BE SHUTDOWN OF THE
CENTER CORE, FOLLOWED BY STAGE
SEPARATION AND IGNITION OF THE
SECOND-STAGE ENGINE.
GOOD VIEWS.
TWO SIDE BOOSTERS UNDER THE
THRUST OF THREE UNDERNEATH.
SLOWING DOWN THEIR VELOCITY AND
COMING BACK TOWARDS CAPE
CANAVERAL.
WE HAVE SHUTDOWN ON THE CENTER
CORE.
>> STAGE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION
AND IGNITION.
WE ARE COMING UP ON SHUTDOWN OF
THE TWO SLIDE BOOSTERS.
AND WE HAVE HEARD THE CALL
OUTSIDE BOOSTER, BOOST BACK
SHUTDOWN THE CENTER CORE YOU CAN
SEE IS NOT DOING A BOOST BACK
IT'S HEADED DOWN RANGE TO THE
GROUND SHIP.
HERE COMES SEPARATION.
>> CROSS RANGE NOMINAL.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION OF THE
PAYLOAD CLEARING SEPARATION.
SO SO FAR FOUR MINUTES 17
SECONDS IN TO FLIGHT.
SECOND STAGE LOOKING GOOD.
HEADED TO LOWER EARTH ORBIT
CARRY THE 24 SATELLITES, THE
SIDE BOOSTERS HAVE DONE THEIR
FIRST BOOM COMING BACK TO CAPE
RAH KAMINSKY AND A HALF AL.
THE CENTER CORE IS SEPARATED AND
BEGINNING IT'S A LONG COAST TO
THE SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD ON
FALCON HEAVY.
>> NOW THOSE SIDE BOOSTERS ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY BACK.
THEIR GRID FINS ON ALL THREE
BOOSTERS SHOULD BE DEPLOYED AND
THOSE ARE HELP GUIDING THEM TO
THEIR LANDING ZONES.
AS A REMINDER TODAY WE WILL BE A
TIPPING TO RECOVER ALL THREE OF
THESE FIRST STAGES.
AND ALL THREE BOOSTERS ARE
CURRENTLY MAKING THEIR WAY HOME.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES THE SIDE
BOOSTERS WILL EXECUTE A ENTRY
BURN FOLLOWED BY A LANDING BURN
AND THE CENTER CORE WILL
COMPLETE SAME BURNS JUST A FEW
MINUTES LATER.
BOTH BURNS ARE USED TO SLOW THE
STAGES SPEED DOWN RAPIDLY BEFORE
LANDING.
>> AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION,
THE SIDE BOOSTERS WERE TRAVELING
SLOW ENOUGH TO TURN AROUND, AND
MAKE THEIR WAY BACK TO LAND AT
OUR SIDE BY SIDE LANDING PAD.
THE CENTER CORE IS GOING TOO
FAST TO RETURN TO THE CAPE SO WE
ARE USING OUR ON AUTONOMOUS JOAN
SHIP AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
AS A REMIND OUR DRONE SHIP IS
POSITIONED TWICE AS FAR OFFSHORE
THAN NORMAL SO WE MAY NOT GET
VISUALS OF LANDING TONIGHT, ALSO
COMING ENOUGH A FEW MINUTES,
WILL BE THE CALL OUT FOR SECOND
ENGINE CUT OFF.
COMING UP IN ABOUT A MINUTE HERE
WE'LL LOOK FOR THE SIDE BOOSTER
REEVENING ARE YOU BURN TO BEGIN.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT THAT SHOULD
END ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER.
YOU CAN SEE BOTH BOOSTERS ON THE
INFRARED CAMERA ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN.
AGAIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS UNTIL WE
EXPECT THE SIDE BOOSTERS ENTRY
BURN TO BEGIN.
KEEP OTHER EYE ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN.
THEIN ABOUT 10 SECONDS WE SHOULD
SEE THE SIDE BOOSTERS REAR
IGNITE FOR THEIR ENTRY BURN.
>> SIDE BOOSTER ENTRY START UP.
>> WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE
ENTRY BURN HAS BEGUN.
IN ABOUT 15 SECONDS FROM NOW WE
EXPECT THAT TO END.
>> OH, WOW.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE CROWD
CHEERING BEHIND US.
AND THAT ENTRY BURN HAS
COMPLETED.
NOTE THAT SECOND ENGINE CUT OFF
IN THE CENTER CORE WILL BE
LANDING ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW EVENTS IN
SUCCESSION AT ABOUT T-PLUS EIGHT
MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS.
>> SIDE BOOSTER IS SAVED.
STAGE 2FTL SAVED.
>> IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS WE'LL
LOOK FOR THAT SIDE BOOSTER
LANDING BURN TO BEGIN ON BOTH
BOOSTERS.
>> SIDE BOOSTER IS TRANSONIC.
10 SECONDS AWAY.
>> SIDE BOOSTING LANDING BURN
START UP.
>> YOU HAVE HEARD THE CALL UP
FOR SIDE BOOSTER LANDING START
UP AND THERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON
YOUR SCREEN.
YOU CAN SEE IT COMING TOWARDS
OUR LANDING PADS.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> YOU CAN SEE THOSE LANDING
LEGS DID DEPLOY.
INCREDIBLE.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> CONFIRMED SIDE BOOSTER
LANDING.
WHAT AN ICONIC VIEW.
WE HAVE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
BELIEVE WE HAVE SECOND ENGINE
CUT OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CENTER
CORE ENTRY AND LANDING IS GOING
TO BE RISKY.
DURING ENTRY IT WILL FACE MORE
HEATING AND DYNAMIC PRESSURE
THAN WE HAVE EVER EXPERIENCE ODD
FALL 19 BEFORE.
WHY, YOU AND?
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LIFT THE
SECOND STAGE HIRE AND FASTER
THAN OTHER FALL ONE HEAVY
FLIGHTS NO ORDER TO HAVE ENOUGH
PERFORMANCE IN IT TO EXECUTE
FOUR BURNS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT
ORBITS.
COMING UP AT IT.
T-PLUS 9:39.
WE SHOULD SEE THE CENTER CORE
ENTRY BURN ENDING.
>> CENTER CORE ENTRY BURN.
>> WE HAVE THE CONFIRMATION.
LOOKS LIKE THAT WAS THE
CONFIRMATION FOR IT TO BEGIN.
SO WE ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF THE
TIMELINE.
>> CENTER CORE ENTRY BURN
SHUTDOWN.
>> AND WE JUST HEARD THE
CONFIRMATION THAT CENTER CORE
ENTRY BURN HAS SHUTDOWN NOW THAT
THE ENTRY BURN IS COMPLETE THE
CENTER CORE IS MOVING BACK ABOUT
20% FASTER THAN IT WAS AT THE
END OF THE FALCON HEAVY --
[SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME]
>> AS EXPECTED.
>> NOW WE ARE COMING UP, JUST
ABOUT A MINUTE AWAY FROM THAT
CENTER CORE LANDING BURN
BEGINNING AND AS WE HAVE
MENTIONED THIS WILL BE THE MOST
DIFFICULT LANDING THAT WE HAVE
HAD TO DATE.
THIS WILL BE A THREE ENGINE CORE
THAT CENTER ENGINE WILL START UP
FIRST AND FOUGHT ORE ENGINES
START UP AS WELL FOR THE LANDING
BURN.
WE ARE JUST 30 SECONDS WAY FROM
THE CENTER CORE LANDING.
IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT WE DO NOT
HAVE A LIVE VIEW OF THAT CENTER
CORE AS IT'S COMING DOWN, BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE WE GET A LIVE VIEW OF
THE DRONE SHIP THERE.
OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU.
IF YOU ARE JUST KNEW TUNING IN
WE ARE 10 SECONDS WAY FROM THE
CENTER CORE LANDING BURN
BEGINNING.
>> STAGE ONE LANDING BURN HAS
STARTED.
>> AND WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT
THE CENTER CORE LANDING BURN HAS
BEGUN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT COMING DOWN ON
OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> GOT A PRETTY GOOD VIEW.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON OUR
SCREEN, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR CENTER
CORE DID NOT MAKE IT ON OUR
DRONE I STILL LOVE YOU TONIGHT.
AGAIN, AS WE HAVE BEEN
MENTIONING, THIS WAS THE MOST
CHALLENGING LANDING THAT WE HAVE
HAD TO DATE.
AND THIS IS -- THIS IS OUR
SECONDARY MISSION, SO OUR
PRIMARY MISSION, WE JUST HEARD
THE CALL OUT OF GOOD ORBIT OF
OUR SECOND STATEMENT SO WE ARE
JUST MOMENTS WAY FROM OUR FIRST
DEPLOYMENT OF THE EVENING FOR
OCULUS ASR.
WHICH WAS DEVELOPED BY STUDENTS
AT MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY.
WE WILL BE PASSING BEYOND THE
BERMUDA GROUND STATION SO THERE
IS A CHANCE THAT TELEMETRY MAY
CUT OUT A FEW SECONDS BEFORE
DEPLOYMENT.
IN WHICH CASE WE WON'T WON'T SEE
IT DEPLOY ON CAMERA OR GET
CONFIRMING A OF ITS SUCCESSFUL
DEPLOYMENT UNTIL TELEMETRY IS
RESTORED.
AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT 30 SECONDS
AWAY FROM THAT DEPLOYMENT.
SO WE'LL HIS THEN LISTEN IN FORT
CONFIRMATION.
LOOKS LIKE WE STILL HAVE THAT
LIVE VIEW.
MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO DECIDE
DEPLOYMENT LIVE ON CAMERA.
AGAIN WE ARE WAITING FOR THE
OCULUS SATELLITE DEPLOYMENT.
AND AS WE EXPECTED LOOKS LIKE WE
LOST HA LIVE THAT LIVE VIEW.
WE'LL WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION OF
THE DEPLOYMENT AND UPDATE NEW A
FEW MINUTES LATER ON IN THE
WEBCAST.
WE ARE NOW IN BETWEEN GROUND
STATIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES WITH NOTHING TO SEE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK
BREAK, BUT WE WILL BE LEAVING
WITH YOU AN ANIMATION THAT SHOWS
YOU WHERE WE ARE THROUGHOUT THE
STAGES.
WE WILL BE BACK AROUND T-PLUS 20
MINUTES FOR OUR NEXT SET OF
DEPLOYMENTS.
IT'S WORTH NOTICING WE WON'T
HAVE COVERAGE WE WILL MISS THE
FIRST P-POT 1Q STAT.
SEE YOU BACK HERE IN SIX
MINUTES.
AND GREAT JOB BY OUR FRIENDS THE
SPACEX COVERING THE LAWN OF
FALCON X AS IT LIT UP THE COAST
HERE.
WATCHING THE BOOSTERS COME BACK
WAS JUST AS IMPRESSIVE HERE AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER THERE
WERE SOME BIG BOOMS HEARD AND IT
WAS IMPRESSIVE.
THE WORK IS NOT DONE THE NASA
MISSIONS AND THEIR HOST
SATELLITES WILL DEPLOY OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE HOURS,
THE SPACE X TEAM WILL STAY LIVE
UNTIL FINAL SATELLITE DEPLOYS,
NOW FOR NASA-RELATED DEPLOYMENT
AND OTHER POST LAUNCH UPDATES
VISIT W WW.NASA.GOFF/SPACEX AND
FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
CHAMPIONS.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR COVERAGE
OF THE LAUNCH OF A FALL ONE THEY
HAVE FRIDAY FLORIDA SPACE COST
OF I AM DARRYL NAIL AND FOR ALL
OF US HERE AT NASA AND THE
KENZIE BR* I SPACE CENTER HAVE A
GOOD NIGHT AND KEEP LOOKING UP.