IONOSPHERIC.
>> LEADING THE WAY TO STUDY
WHERE EARTH WEATHER AND SPACE
WEATHER COME TOGETHER.
NASA IS AND MISSION THAT WILL
DETERMINE EVERY DAY ON EARTH.
>> BROADCASTING LIVE FROM NASA'S
DEN DY SPACE CENTER YOU ARE
WATCHING COVERAGE.
THE MISSION AND THE METER OL
LOGICAL FRONTIER OF WHEN EARTH
MEETS SPACE.
ON THE SCREEN IS ICON.
APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES FROM
NOW THE ROCKET WILL LAUNCH THE
LATEST EARTH SCIENCE MISSION OFF
THE EASTERN PARTS OF FLORIDA NA
UNIQUE AND UNEXPLORED AREA OF
SPATES.
HELTLOW EVERYONE.
AM JENNIFER AND THANKS FOR
JOINING ANOTHER HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED LAUNCH THE
CONNECTION EXPLORER AND ICON FOR
SHORT WILL HELPER STAN THE FIXES
OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT WHILE
IN ORBIT.
THE MISSION IMAGINE BASED HERE
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WHAT SEPARATES ICON FROM
TRADITIONAL ROCKET LAUNCHERS US
THE PEGASUS ROCKET WILL LAUNCH
FROM THE BOTTOM OF STARGAZER
AIRPLANE AND INSTEAD OF A
STATIONARY LAUNCH PAD.
THE STARGAZER TOOK OFF ABOUT 45
MINUTES AGO.
YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON THE
SCREEN WITH A PEGASUS ATTACHED
TO THE BELLY THIS AIRCRAFT IN
THE AIR LAUNCHING SYSTEM IS A
MOBILE LAUNCH PLATFORM THAT
COULD BE DEA PLORRED FROM ANY
WHEREIN THE WORLD.
THE PLANE WILL RELEASE THE
ROCKET 50 MILES OFF THE COAST OF
LO DAR AT 6:30 THIS EVENING.
THE THES THE FIRST OF TODAY'S
TWO POSSIBLE DROP ATTEMPTS WHAT
YOU ARE SEEING NOW IS A
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF STAR GAZEER'S
FLIGHT PATH AND THE PATH FOLLOWS
A LONG OVERLOOPED RACETRACK.
WHEN THE PLANE REACHES A CERTAIN
POINT ON THE PACK, THE STARGAZER
WILL DROP THE ROCKET AND ASSIST
A NO GO AND STARGAZER WILL LOOP
BACK AND MAKE A DROPPING ATTEMPT
BY 10:55 P.M. WHICH IS WHEN THE
LAUNCH WINDOW CLOSE ANDS AND FEW
MORE QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE
MISSION.
UP WITH US ICONS LAUNCHED AND
REACHES 40,000 FEET IT WILL BE
RELEASE AND FREEFALL FOR FIVE
SECONDS NEVER FIRST ROCKET
MOTOR.
THE LAUNCH SEQUENCE DROPPED
WOULD TAKE ABOUT 11.5 MINUTES.
THE PEGASUS XL WEIGHS NEARLY
53,000-POUND AND ICON WEIGHS
NEARLY 650 POUNDS ABOUT AS MUCH
AS A VENDING MACHINE.
WHEN EN ORBIT THE SATELLITE WILL
TRAVEL MORE THAN FOUR MILES PER
SECOND THAT IS 30 TYPES FASTER
HAN A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE.
I CONWILL STUDY CHANGES AND
WHERE EARTH'S WEATHER MEETS
SPACE WEATHER.
THE SATELLITE IS OVER EIGHT FEET
LONG AND TWO FEET WIDE AND A
LITTLE BIT OF COMMODORE.
ICON WILL STUDY THE SPHERE FOR
MORE THAN TWO YEARS WE ARE
APPROXIMATELY 12 MINUTES FROM
LAUNCH SO LET'S HEAD OVER TO
MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER WHERE
JOSHUA SAN TO YA AND MICHAEL
WILL GIVE AS YOU DEEPER LOOK AT
THE UNIQUE LAUNCH.
WELCOME, GUYS.
>> THANKS, JENNIFER.
GOOD TOOK IN.
GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE
WATCHING USMENT WE'RE COMING TO
LIVE TO YOU AT THE CAPE
CANAVERAL AIR FORCE SPATIAL AND
TONIGHT, IT IS PEGASUS LAUNCH
CONTROL.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
JOSH.
>> READY TO ROCK.
CAN YOU GUFFS UPDATE ON HOW THE
COUNTDOWN HAS GONE TONIGHT.
>> VERY SMOOTHLY AND WE WORKED A
COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS BUT NO
REAL ISSUE BE A WE ARE READY TO
GO WOULD IT BE DOLLARS THAT'S
THE NOSE SO THAT'S THE CAMERA
MOUNED TO THE BOTTOM IF YOU
SEERING THE FRONT EDGE OF THAT
AIN'T IS HEIGHT TIME HERE ON THE
COAST AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING
TESTIMONY THE BIG STORY
YESTERDAY WAS THE WEATHER, TODAY
IS NOT NEARLY AS BIG OF A STORY
1:00 WE HAVE A FEW THING AND
THEIR PRECIPITATION IS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST ONANCE CANNOT BE FLY
THROUGH THE RAIN.
WE HAVE A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
VIOLATING THOSE CONSTRAINTS AND
SO WE'RE KEEPING A NY EYE ON AND
THIS YESTERDAY THE RADAR WAS
FILLED WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF
DARK GREEN, RED AND YELLOW AND
WHAT WE BETWEEN SEE ON THE RIGHT
HAND OF THE SCREENEN THERE THE
MILD YOU CAN SEE THE RED
RECTANGLE OR PART THAT'S THE BOX
THAT WE CALL IT.
THE PLANE IS HEAD FOR THAT BOX
AND IT IS A SPACE OVER THE
ATLANTA OCEAN ABOUT 40 FOU FEET
IN ALTITUDE.
10 MILES WIDE AND 40 MILES LONG
AND THE PLANE HAS TO BE INSIDE
OF THE BOX TO DROP THE PEGASUS
AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS IN A
FEW INN MINUTES AND ONCE YOU
THERE IS IT HAS TO BE TRAVELING
AT THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SPEED IN
THAT SPACE AND CAN LAUNCH THE
PEGASUS.
NOW MALCOLM, TAN CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE ROCKET.
TELL US ABOUT THE PEGASUS.
>> PEGASUS IS YOU A MEEK.
THE ONLY OPERATIONAL ROCKET WITH
THE AIR DROP AND IS ABOUT
57 FEET LONG.
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
APPROXIMATELY 52,000 POUNDS AT
DROP AND, AND THIS 44th TIME
SHE HAS BEEN USED TO LAUNCH
SOMETHING IN THE SPACE FORCE.
YEAH.
WE HAD UP ON THE SCREN A MINUTE
AGO WE HAD IMAGE THAT HAD WAVE
POINTS LISTED AND CALLED IT THE
RACETRACK AND IF YOU SEE THIS IT
LOOKS LAKE RACETRACK PATTERN AND
WHERE THE PLANE IS ACTUALLY
FLYING THE PATH IT IS FLY AND
CUN SEE THERE IS A CIRCLE MOVING
TO THE PIP SECTION AND THE SMALL
ONE TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS
MOVING THE AIRPLANE AND WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK NOW OF THE
VIDEO OF THE PAST YEAR SO IF FOR
THE PAST 11 MONTHS WE HEARD FROM
OUR PRELAUNCH BROADCAST A COWL
OF DAYS AGO.
ISSUES WE ATTEMPTED TO LAUNCH
ABOUT 11 IN M AGO.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING HAPPEN HERE
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST 11
MONTHS?
WELL, THIS IS FOOTAGE OF ICON
BEING RELAUNCHED THAT MOMENT
THERE AND BUTTONING UP FOR THE
INSIDE.
BUT OVER THE PAST 11 MONTHS WE
HAD SOME OTHER ACTIVITY GOING
ON.
ONE IS TROUBLESHOOTING AND
RESOLVING THE ISSUE THAT IS OUT
11 MONTH AGO AND THE SECOND TEAM
HAS BEEN WORK ON CARE TAKING OF
THE ROCKET ITSELF AND THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> YEAH.
WE HAD TO FLY IT OUT TO
CALIFORNIA.
THAT IS THE PA SULLITY WHERE
THEY CAN TAKE THE THING ABOUT
AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
SORB THIS IS THEM ACTUALLY
REPACKING THE PEGASUS ON THE
1L1011 AND RIFED A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO SO EVERYBODY IS
ANXIOUS FOR THE LUNCH AND HIGH
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE OF EVERYBODY
HAS DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AND
RESEARCH AND WORKED THE
CHALLENGES AND COME TO THIS
BLASE THEY ARE ARE COME FOR AND
CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE TUNING IN.
PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH HAVE
A MOBILE LAUNCH PLAT FOR AND FEW
SECONDS BEHIND.
SO CURRENTLY OUR CLOCK SAYS
WE'RE LOOKING AT LAUNCH A LITTLE
BIT CLOSER TO 9:31 AND SO WE'RE
KIND OF JUST FEELING THAT OUT AS
WE GO AND THEN, THAT IS BYE-BYE
THE PILOT'S SPECIAL THE CLOCK IS
DICTATED BY WE ARE IS.
AND HE HAS TO BE INSIDE OF THAT
BOX.
SO JUST A MINUTE, WE'RE
LISTENING IN AND HAVE A COUPLE
COMING UP.
THE FOUR TEAMS INVOLVED TONIGHT.
>> OH, YEAH.
WE HAVE FOUR TEAMS.
ONE IS THE AIR CREW AND TWO
PILOTS AND FLIGHT ENGINEERS AND
TWO THEM IN THIS THE OPERATORS
BE A THE SECOND TEAMS THE
NORTHROP GRUMMAN ENGINEERING
TEAM AND WE HAD COMBINED THE
SPACECRAFT ICON TEAMS AND
MONITORING THE ENTIRE LUNCH
OPERATION AND THE LAST TEAM IS
PROVIED TO US FOR THE COLLEAGUES
AT THE 45th WING.
YEAH.
THE RANGE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE MAKING
SURE THEY THERE ARE NOT BOATS IN
THE WHERE ARE WHERE THE PLANE IS
FLYING IN THE CAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE A LAND CONCERN AS WE'RE NOT
LAUNCHING THE LISTEN SO IT IS
MOSTLY OUT OVER THE WATER AND IN
THE AIR.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
LISTEN IN NOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE MANAGER
PULLING THE TEAM.
THIS IS FINAL LAUNCH READINESS
POLL.
GO.
SMA.
>> SMA IS A GO.
>> SMV.
>> IT IS GO.
>> NASA MISMANAGER.
>> NASA MISMANAGER IS A GO.
>> LSP.
COPY.
TEAMS READY TO PROCEED.
>> YOU HAD OMAR AGAIN PULLING
THE TEAM AND SO ALL GO CALL AND
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO HER AND
REPORTING OUT IN A MINUTE.
WE WILL ACTUALLY JUMP INTO A
VIDEO OF THE LAST TIME WE
LAUNCHED PEGASUS ROCKET SO THIS
IS THE CYGNUS MISSION AND I
THINK YOU SAID YOU ACTUALLY GOT
TO WORK THIS MISSION.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE ARE
SEEING HERE.
WELL RIGHT NOW.
PILOTS HEADED TO THINK DROP BOX
SHORTLY AND SEE THE PEG PA SUSS
RELEASE THIS STARGAZER FREEFALL
FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECOND
AND IG NEWT THE FIRST STAGE
ENGINE PEGASUS IS A THREE SOLID
ROCKET MOTOR AND THREE STAGE
VEHICLE ETCH STAGE WILL 60
SECONDS.
>> SO THERE YOU GO.
THAT DROP AGAIN.
WE WON'T GET TOT SEE THIS IN
THAT WAY AND BECAUSE IT IS DARK
OUTSIDE AND SO WE HOPE TOP HAVE
YOU SOMETHING TO SEE AND THE MY
TURE OF LAUNCHING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.
THAT IS OK.
GAIN.
WE ARE HEADED TO THAT BOX LIKE I
MENTIONED THAT CLOCK IS JUMPING
AROUND A LITTLE BIT ON THIS.
THIS IS UNDER SIX MINUTES NU
ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL CLOCK
WE'RE LOOKING AT SO COMING UP
ANAMINE MACHINE WE HEAR HEAR
ADAM LEWIS THE LAUNCH CONDUCTOR
WILL BE PULLING ALL THE TEAMS TO
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS IN A GOOD
POSITION AND I AGAIN.
>> PILOT HEADED ANOTHER BOX AND
THIS, THIS LINE DRAWN OUT OVER
THE ATLANTA OCEAN AND
40,000 FEET IN THE AIR AND
40 MILES LONG AND SOB THE PILOT
APROPS THERE, AND HE WILL BE
ABLE TO HAKE THAT CALL AND TALK
ABOUT HIS ROLE.
HE HAS A FUN ROLE IN MY OPINION.
A FUN ROLE FOR TONIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
WE WILL LISTEN IN NOW, AGAIN,
OH, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE
THE CURRENT LOCATION SO YOU CAN
SEE THE RED DASH RECTANGLE THERE
TO THE RIGHT THAT IS WHERE WE'RE
TRAVELING PLCH FOR OUR LAUNCH
POINT AND SO AGAIN, WALL TEN IT
OUT TO ADAM LEWIS.
COPY.
CHECK 174 THAT TIME I WANT TO
POLL FOR FINAL LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
>> BROCK.
CREATE LAUNCH.
>> PEG.
>> LT.
>> PEG.
>> ENTIRE PEGASUS END I NEARING
TEAM AND MY SON JACKSON WHO
TURNED TEN YEARS OLD TODAY ARE A
GO.
>> NGLD.
>> GO.
>> MLM.
GO.
>> WE ARE TO PROCEED WITH FINAL
COUNTDOWN AND L MINUS 4.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO HEAR ALL FOUR TEAMS ARE
READY TO GO AND SO WE ARE
EXCITED FOR EVERYBODY TO BE
ONBOARD TODAY AND WANT TO TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES
HERE AT THIS FACILITY THAT YOU
SEE ON THE SCREEN.
THIS IS HANGER AE AND THE CENTER
OF THE YAWN VERSE FOR ROCKET
LAUNCHING IN AMERICA.
WELL, TAKE A LOOK THAT.
>> THE LIFTOFFS THE MOST
EXCITING PART WATCHING THE
ROCKET LAUNCH.
BUZZ WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS THE
DIZZYING AMOUNT OF DATA SENT
BETWEEN THE ROCKET AND ENGINEERS
INSIDE OF THIS RENOVATED AIR
FORCE BASE HANGER.
>> THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT COMES
THROUGH THIS BUILDING IS
ASTOUNDING.
CHUCK DUVAL IS DEPUTY PROGRAM
MANAGER OF NASA'S LAUNCH
SERVICES PROGRAM AND WHICH SENDS
SCIENTIFIC AND PLANETARY
MISSIONS INTO SPACE.
HE SAYS HERE AT AE.
LAUNCH MANAGERS CAN MONITOR
EVERY ASPECT OF THE ROCKET AND
SPACECRAFT HELP SO TO SPEAK.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MEASUREMENTS CALLED TELEMETRY
ARE DISPLAYED ON COMPUTER
UNREALTIME AND IT HAS NOT ALWAYS
BEEN SO HIGH-TECH.
6:00 20 YEARS AGO, MACHINES
SCRIP BELLED ROCKETS ON PAPER.
LOTS OF PAPER.
ROARED GET TO BE THIS THICK AND
MY JOB AS CO-OP STUDENT GO
UPSTAIRS AND ROLL THE RECORD
OUT.
>> HUNDREDS OF FEET LONG.
>> YEAH.
TODAY LOCKET TELEMETRY IS FAR
MORE AVAILABLE AND COP PLEX THEY
ARE CLOSE TO 40 VOICE
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS CONNECT
LAUNCH TEAMS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD AND THEY CAN VIEW 16 OR
MORE HIGH-DEFINITION CAMERA
VIEWS COMING FROM THE LAUNCHPAD,
SEVERAL DRONES IN THE AIR, EVEN
ONBOARD THE ROCKET ITSELF.
AND, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE
DATA.
TELEMETRY IS NOW STORED ON THE
SERVICERS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
AND IT IS SO VOLUMUS PLAYING
EVERY LAUNCH PLAYING BACK TO THE
EARLY '90'S WOULD TAKE CLOSE TO
32 YEARS.
AS THE CHIEF OF TELEMETRY AND
COME HUN KAGSES A HANGAR AE
REDIVERT THE CREW PROCESSES AND
DISTRIBUTES THE DATA TO THE
LAUNCH TEAM AND HE SAYS, HANGER
AE CAN NOW HANDLE LAUNCHING FIVE
DIFFERENT ROCKETS AT THE SAME
TIME THANKS TO A
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR UPGRADE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO A NEAT LOOK AT THE FA SCHILL
THINK TY WE ARE BEING HOSTED IN.
WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE PILOT
TONIGHT.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ROLE IN
THE WHOLE THING.
>> WELL, THE PILOT IS BUSY.
HE IS TRANSPORTING PEGASUS AND
ICON, TO THE BOX, BUT ALSO
RESPONSIBLE FOR STARGAZER AND
THE CREW ONBOARD AND SEW IS
GOING TO BE MONITORING
EVERYTHING RIGHT DOWN THE LAST
SECOND RIGHT DOWN TO RELEASE AND
ACTUALLY MAKING FINAL DECISION
ON WHEN TO DROP PEGASUS SEW IS A
BUSY MAN AND MONITORING A LOT OF
DATA.
>> BASED ON THE PLANE BUT ALSO
THE PILOT IF I UNDERSTAND
CORRECTLY.
HE ULTIMATELY LIKE YOU SAY, HE
HAS TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT MOMENT
WHEN HE KNOWS THINGS ARE SAFE
FOR THE CREW.
AGAIN EVEN MORE ROW LAL TY THIS
IS A SUGGESTION FOR TONIGHT.
THERE IS LOSS OF THINGS BASED
OFF OF THIS AND WORK IN THE BUT
LOTS OF IMPORTANT THINGS GOING
ON AND WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THE
CRAM YOU GOT ON THE SCREN AND
SEEING A THIN SWEEP HERE ANY
SECOND AND JUST BEING ABLE TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT MOTION ENSURING
THAT EVERYTHING IS FUNCTIONING
CORRECTLY AND MECHANICALLY FOR
THIS LAUNCH.
I WILL LET YOU LISTEN IN NU AND
ENJOY THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
>> OK.
NEGATIVE COM.
LPO.
LT.
VOICE CHECK ON VICTOR 2.
LPO ON 133-POINT.
PLT.
>> MALCOLM, WE ARE HAVING A
CHALLENGE COMMUNICATING WITH THE
PLANE, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THAT IS WHAT IT SOUND LIKE
AND WORKING THROUGH THE
CHECKLIST AND SEE THE RESOLUTION
HERE HOPEFULLY PRETTY SHORTLY.
>> IT IS IN THE BOX.
>> COPY IN THE BOX.
PLT AND LC FOR THE VOICE CHECK.
AND LAUNCH TEAM, LAUNCH TEAM.
WE'RE GOING TO ABORT.
ABORT.
PROCEED TO THE ABORT CHECKLIST.
OK.
SO WE JUST HEARD ABORT CALLED
AND SIM SURE THE TEAMS ARE GOING
TO TAKE MINUTE AND EVALUATE WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE.
WE'LL STAND BY AND GATHER DATA
QUICKLY BEFORE WE SPEAK TOO
SOON.
MO THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT WE
COULD TRAVEL A RACETRACK PATTERN
TO RECYCLE AND ATTEMPT A SECOND
DROP TONIGHT IN A DON'T KNOW IF
IT WILL HAPPEN ACOR NOT.
WE'LL GET BACK IN A MINUTE.
>> ROGER THAT.
>> FALL 14 IS NOT REQUIRED.
ALPHA 14 IS NOT REQUIRED.
>> WE JUST CHECKED IN WITH THE
LAUNCH MANAGER TODAY AND GETTING
WORD WE'LL RACE CHECK SO STILL
WORKING TOWARD CONFIRMING A TIME
TO LAUNCH AND SO AGAIN, FROM IS
A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT V TO
HAPPEN AND APPROXIMATELY 30
MINUTES.
IT NICE HAVE COMPASS TOY CYCLE
THROUGH TO DO THIS AGAIN AND SO
OBVIOUSLY IT SOUND LIKE AN ISSUE
ANT HAVING ISSUES COMMUNICATING
WITH THE PLANE AND SO WE
ACTUALLY I THINK WELL GAE AHEAD
AND PASS IT BACK EVERY TO
JENNIFER IN THE STUDIO AND LEARN
AND GET MORE INFORMATION FROM
HER ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF ICON
AND THE IN STREWMENTS ONBOARD.
>> JENNIFER?
>> THANK YOU, JOSHUA.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR A LAUNCH
UPDATE.
♪ ♪
♪
>> EXOTIC TRAVEL, THEN LOOK UP.
ABOUT 30 TO 600 MILES STRAIGHT
UP.
>> NESTLED FAR ABOVE THE CLOUDS
BUT BELOW OUTER SPACE THIS
UNDERSTOOD DESTINATION INVITES
YOU TO EXPLORE THE MANY
FEATURES.
EXPERIENCE FROM THE WATT ARE AND
THE WEATHER FROM SPACE.
MARVEL AT THE BALL LAV RADIO
WAVES AND NAVIGATION LIKE GPS
LEAPING THROUGH PARADISE.
SIT BACK.
RELAX.
TAKE IN THE AURORA FROM
SATELLITES AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AS THEY SALE BY.
THIS DAILY SHOW IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY THE OWN SWIRLING CHARGED
PARTICLES BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT
THE EYE ON KNOW SPHERE IS WHERE
IT IS ALL CHARGED PAR KELLS
DURING THE DAY ENJOY THE SEA
FRESH LINGER EBNER GUISED BY THE
SUN AND THE PARTY RELAXES AND
THE AIR GROWS THIN.
OUR NIGHTLIFE LETS YOU GAZE INTO
CLEARER SKIES.
THE IONO SPHERE IS IN CONSTANT
MOTION AND AMAZING EFFECT OF
SPACE WEATHER DONE MISS WHAT
SOLAR STORMS RAIN DOWN.
THE STORMS SEPARATES THE
PARTICLES EVEN MORE MAKING THIS
REGION DELIGHTFUL MORE DENSE IN
SOME PLACES THAN STUNNINGLY
SPARSE IN OTHERS.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT STORES FROM
EARTH BELOW.
YOUR WEATHER FROM BACK HOME ALSO
STIRS UP THE ONE-OF-A-KIND
DESTINATION.
EXPERIENCE THE UNIQUE BEAUTY OF
EVERY SEASON AS CHANGES IN
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE DALLY AND
ANDLY CAN CREATE PRESSURE WAVES
CHANGING THE SHAPE AND THE
DENSITY.
OUR PARTICLES ARE PACKED IN
LUNCH AND THICK AND CREWS ALONG
THE MAGNETIC FIELD LANE TO SEE
HOW THE CHARGED MATERIAL ALSO
INTERACTS ON MAGNETIC FIELDS
DON'T MISS THE SUPER HIGH WAIF
PARTICLES ZIPPING TOUGH SPIS AND
BACK DOWN THE PLANET.
THIS UNPREDIG PARADE OF CHARMED
PARTICLE CAN HELP YOU UNPLUG AND
UNWIND THIS IS BECAUSE THE CROWD
OF PARTICLES CAN GAR BILLION THE
RADIO AND SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS FROM HOME IT
WELCOMES YOU TO DISCOVER MORE
ABOUT THE LITTLE KNOWN REGION
AFTER ALL, ONCE PLOSION,ED THIS
INTERFACE SPACE, WHO KNOWS HOW
MUCH FOR THE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
GO.
♪
>> AND LAUNCH TEAM BE ADVISED WE
HAVE JUST GOTTEN A POINT AND
RECYCLE AGAIN BE A SWITCHED THE
BREAK SY TO 133.80 AND GOING TO
STICK ON THAT FOR RY AMERICAN OF
OPERATION.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO
PULL FOR CONQUERENCE FOR ACTION,
RECYCLE.
>> BROCK.
CONCURS.
>> CURS.
>> LM CONDITION CURS.
>> WE ARE GOOD FOR RECYCLE.
CHECK ALPHA 25.
>> COPY THAT.
CHECK.
COMPLETE.
>> AS YOU HEARD, WE ARE A GO AND
THE RADIO FOR A NEW 20 WILL
PROVIDE AN UPDATE SHORTLY.
NAS SASS' EDGE CAUGHT UP WITH
ICON PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR TO
FUN OUT WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
STUDY.
>> WHAT DO WE WANT TO SAY THE
IONO SPHERE.
IT IS BETWEEN US AND THE SUN AND
THAT HAS MUM BEFORE HE EFFECTS
ON THE SYSTEMS WE USE EVERY DAY.
>> SO THE COOLEST PART I LIKE
ABOUT THIS MISSION IS THAT YOU
GOT TO HAVE UNDERSTANDING NOT
ONLY OF THE EARTH'S WEATHER BUT
THE SPACE WEATHER BECAUSE THEY
ARE COMBINING IN BETWEEN THE
IONO SPHERE AND THAT MUST BE A
DIFFICULT CHALLENGE FOR IN YOUR
STAN?
THAT IS RIGHT.
IT IS A BIG TOPIC.
WHEN IT STIRS UP IT IS HARD TO
MAYBE SEE THE OTHER SOURCES THAT
ARE DRIVING THE CHANGES IN THE
IONO SPHERE.
>> BUT 95 PERCENT OF THE TIME,
SPACE IS BENIN ANDITE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE
HURRICANE EVERY DAY.
WE DO FIND THAT THE CONDITIONS
IN THE IONO FEAR ARE HARD TO
PREDICT ANYWAY.
WE THINK THAT IS BECAUSE THERE
IS ANOTHER MECKCISM DRIVING.
AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE
BETTER REDICTIONS FOR GPS, FOR
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS BECAUSE
SOMETIMES THOSE WILL KIND OF GET
OUT OF WHACK OR ACTUALLY GET
DAMAGED DURING THE STRONG
STORMS.
>> , THREE SORT OF EFFECTS SO
THE MAJOR EFFECTS LIKE YOU SAID
ARE COMMUNICATIONS, AND BECAUSE
IT CAN GET STIRRED UP AND BECOME
VARIABLE AND THEN WE GENERALLY
USE IT TO BOUNCE SIGNALS OFF ALL
THE TIME FOR LONG RANGE
COMMUNICATION AND THAT COULD BE
ADVERSELY EAFFECTED THEN GE OH
POSITIONING AS YOU NOTE SOD
THOSE USE REMEMBERS NOT BOUNCING
SIGNALS OFF THEY ARE TRYING TO
PENETRATE FROM GPS SATELLITE AND
THOSE SIGNALS COULD BECOME
SCRAMBLED ADDS WELL AND AFFECT
EVERYONE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO DRIVE A COMBINE WITH A
GPS TO AIRLINES THEN THE THIRD
USER FOCUSED OB SPACE WEATHER
WITH ARE POWER AND UTILITIES SO
ALL OF THOSE THAT THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT ARE DRIVE IN
BECAUSE OVERHEAD IN THE IONO
SPHERE.
IT IS DETHE POWER OPERATORS AS
WELL.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT,
WHAT KIND OF RANGE ARE WE
TALKING BEEN THE ATMOSPHERE.
>> IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
IN THE DAYTIME, IT IS
100-KILOMETERS UP.
162 MILES.
THAT IS WHERE THE PLASMA STARTS.
IT GOES UP AND ABOUT
300-KILOMETERS THE NIGHTTIME
DISAPPEARS AND RECOMBINE AND IS
NOT DRIVING ANY MORE.
IT SITS THERE AND THAT IS WHAT
YOU USE TO BOUNCE SIGNALS OFF OF
IT NIGHTTIME SO EASIER TO
COMMUNICATE AT NIGHT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> AND YOU CAN GET RADIO AND K
RADIO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND CANNOT GET THAN THE DAY.
WELL, NOW, AS THE INVESTIGATOR
OF THIS MISSION WHAT IS YOUR
ULTIMATE QUESTION THAT YOU WANT
TO ANSWER.
WELL, WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND
IS WHY THE IONO SPHERE IS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ARE ONE DAY
THOUGH NEXT.
WE TRIED TO MODEL IT WENT DON'T
HAVE MEASUREMENTS YOU HAVE TO
GUESS THEN MAYBE ARE RIGHT OR
MAYBE YOU ARE WRONG.
WHY IS ITING THAT.
YOU NEVER HAVE THE DATA IN THE
DAYTIME AND THEN COMPLIMENT OF
INSTRUMENTS AT THE SAME PLACE AT
THE SAME TIME.
SO APPROACH THAT QUESTION.
>> THANKS TO NASA HEDGE FUND FOR
JOINING US NOW WE ARE GOING TO
CHECK BACK WIN THE CENTER FOR
THE UPDATE.
JOSHUA, MALCOLM?
>> SORRY.
WE ARE RECYCLING THROUGH THE
RACETRACK AND GETTING WORD THAT
SHOULD BE AT 10:90 P.M. EASTERN
TIME AND SO HEARING A LOT OF
GREAT CHATTER HONG THE TEAMS AND
YOU MENTIONED THE FOUR TEAMS
EARLIER THIS EVENING WORKING
TOGETHER VERY WELL TO GET BACK
TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN GIVE
IT ANOTHER SHOT TONIGHT.
>> WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
CHECKLIST WE NEED TO WORK
THROUGH AMONG ALL TEAMS AND
DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO
ADAPT TO A NEW SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES AND WORK THROUGH
THIS AND GET US BACK TO THE
LAUNCH POSTURE.
THAT IS RIGHT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO FEEL
ABOUT THE GEG SUSS AND THE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO THE NASA CAUGHT UP WITH PHIL
JOIST WITH NORTHROP JUMP
GRUMMAN.
TAKE LACK.
>> THANK YOU.
HI, EVERYONE.
ARE HERE AT THE AIR FORCE
STATION IN AND I AM JOINED BY
PHIL JOIST AND THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF SPACE LAUNCH WITH
NORTHROP GRUMMAN BEHIND USES THE
STARGAZER AND THE ICON
SPACECRAFT AND EXCITING TIME TO
BE HERE AND IT IS LAUNCH DAY AND
TWO YEARS IN THE MAKE HOW ARE
YOU FEELING PERSONABLY THAT.
>> DAY LIKE LAUNCH DAY.
EVERYBODY IS JUST JESSICAED NOR
MISSION.
HAT WITNESS TWO YEARS OF HARD
WORK AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF
TRIALS TO GET THIS POINT AND THE
TEAM COULD BE MORE EXCITED AND
MORE CONFIDENT WELL HAVE A
MISSION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRIALS.
THERE WERESOME PROBLEMS THAT WE
WERE COINTERRED THAT YOU HAD TO
OVERCOME DURING THAT TIME.
TALK ABOUT THEM AND HOW YOU
FIXED IT.
>> WELL, PREVIOUS LAUNCH
ATTEMPTS WE OBSERVED READINGS
ONE OF THE POSITION FEEDBACK
SENSORS ON THE WEATHER.
THE WEATHER IS ON THE TOP OF THE
VEHICLE BE A WHAT STEERS DURING
THE FIRST STAGE OF PLIGHT.
THEY WERE CONCERNING AND THAT WE
STOOD DOESN'T AND WE DID A VERY
LONG AND DETAILED INVESTIGATION
ON THE CAUSE AND DETERMINED WHAT
THE CAUSE WAS AND MADE ACTION
AND PLIMMENTED THOSE AND GOT US
TO WHERE WE'RE TODAY.
READY TO LAUNCH.
>> WHERE WE'RE IS STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THE
PLANE AS WELL.
YOU CAN HEAR THE AUDIENCE
PROBABLY THE.
THOSE GENERATORS IN THE
BACKGROUND AND PLAYING A KEY
ROLE SINCE THEY GOT HERE AND ALL
THE WAY UP TO LAUNCH DAY AND
HELPS FOLK THE SPACECRAFT.
HOW DOES IT DO THATZ IN.
>> WELL, WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
BACK US THERE THE LAUNCHPAD.
THE L1011S THE FLYING LAUNCHPAD
AS WELL AS THE FIRST STAGE OF
THE ROCKET.
SO THE SYSTEMS LIKE ANY NORMAL
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT BUZZ TO
PROTECT THE SPACECRAFT
ENVIRONMENT INSIDE OF THE
PEGASUS AND THIS SPACECRAFT THE
ICON IS SENSITIVE TO
CONTAMINATION IN THIS THE
SYSTEMS YOU HEAR ARE PROVIDING A
CLEAN SOURCE OF TEMPERATURE
CONTROLLED AIR TO THAT
SPACECRAFT SO WE CAN ENSURE WE
HAVE A GREAT MISSION.
>> I HEAR IT IS 5 DEGREES AND
LIKE THAT CONTROLLED AIR SON IN
YEAH.
IT IS A WARM OCTOBER DAY HERE IN
FLORIDA.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO
AND WHERE WILL YOU WATCH THE
LAUNCH.
>> WELL, OF COURSE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LAUNCH AND
HAPPY CUSTOMER.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
WILL BE IN MISSION CONTROL THE
REST OF THE TEAM AND DOING THE
COUNTDOWN AND BEING PART OF ALL
OF THIS.
A WELL, THANKS FOR JONG.
>> WE APPRECIATE.
ACCEPTED IT BACK TO YOU IN THE
STUDIO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE STILL LIVE.
YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT THE
ENGINE END OR THE MOTOR END OF
THE PEGASUS ROCKET.
THIS IS THE COME ARE A MOUNTED
TO THE POT TOM.
SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU JUST
THINKING ABOUT THE PEGASUS
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DOING WORK IN
THE SKY NOW AND WHAT KIND OF
THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE IN
PREPARATION FOR THIS LAUNCH ON
THE GROUND OR IN THE SKY.
WELL, ON THE GROUND, STARTING ON
THE GROUND, WE NEED TO VERIFY
THAT THE COMPONENTS OF THE
SYSTEM ARE RESPONDING TO THE
COMMANDS SO FOR THE GROUND TEST
WE MOVE AND EXTERNAL POWER AND,
AND COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY AS
WELL AS ECS AND CONTROL THE
ENVIRONMENTER THAN SPACECRAFT.
IN THE AIR, WE WILL BE VERIFYING
THE HOOK RELEASE RECK NISM TO
MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY CHARGED
AND READY TO RELEASE PEGASUS SO
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
THEY, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL
COORDINATING CHANNELS AND THINGS
OF THAT MATURE.
ALL FOUR TEAMS ARE BUSY RIGHT
NOW.
YEAH.
MAKES A TON OF SENSE.
RIGHT NOW AGAIN.
WE MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE OF
JUST THE SPEED OF THE PLANE
WHETHER IT BE HEADWINDS OR
TAILWIND AND NOW TRENDING TOWARD
10:01 ESTIMATED TIME TO BE
INSIDE OF THE BOX.
AGAIN THE BOX BEING IN THE SPACE
OVER THE ATLANTA OCEAN.
4 THOUSAND FEET OF THE GROUND.
10 MILES WIDE.
46 MILES LONG.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE LAUNCH IN
PARTICULAR.
WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF VIDEOS
AND THIS IS A SERRIES WE HAVE
DONE AND THIS IS PROGRAM
MISSIONS WHERE IT TAKES IN DEPTH
LOOK AT MISSIONS AND WHAT ALWAYS
IS INVOLVED SO TAKE LOOK.
THIS IS EVENTUALLY PART ONE
BECAUSE PART TWO WILL BE THE
OBVIOUSLY PART OF THINK LAUNCH.
♪ ♪
>> WHERE DOES EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
END AND SPACE BEGIN?
IN THE HEIST TERROUS REGION OF
SPACE, SCIENTIST CALLS THE IONO
SPHERE A VOLATILE PLACE WHERE
WEATHER FROM BELOW MEETS SPACE
WEATHER FROM ABOVE AND ALSO
WHERE OUR AS ASTRONAUTS AND
CRITICAL SPACE.
WITHOUT A PROPER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE DYNAMIC REGION IN SPACE,
THE TECHNOLOGY AND COME-CAUTIONS
RELIES SO HEAVILY UPON COULD BE
AT RISK.
THAT IS WHY NASA IS LAUNCHING
THE IONOSPHERIC CONNECTION EX
PLO HER OR ICON TO GIVE US
ANSWERS.
THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE MISSION
IS TO GAIN ANDUND ERRED ENDING
BETWEEN THE WEATHER HERE IN OUR
ATMOSPHERE AND THE IONO SPHERE
IN SPACE.
WE DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON WHAT
IS GOING ON.
SO THIS WILL GIVES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE ICON SPACECRAFT ONLY WEIGHS
364 POUNDS.
SO NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM CHOSE NORTHROP GRUMMAN
AIR LAUGH PEG GO SUSS ROCKET TO
DELIVER NATE A 360-MILE HIGH
ORBIT.
>> WE SLEEKED THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
AND IT PROVIDED EXCELLENT
COMBINATION OF MISSION FIRMANCE
AND FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MISSION
DESIGN FOR SPACECRAFT OF THE
MASS OF ICON.
>> WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE
PEGASUS ROCKET IS THAT IT IS AN
AIR LAUNCHED VEHICLE.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO LAUNCH
FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
>> THE CHALLENGE PROCESSING
IF YOU SEE THE LAUNCH SYSTEMS IN
THE WORLD WHERE THE PAYLOAD IS
ATTACHED TO THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
BEFORE IT IS ENCAPSULATED.
ONCE COMPLETE, PEGASUS IS FREE
TO LAUNCH FROM ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD.
>> ONCE WE ESTABLISHED IT.
WE THEN TRANSPORT THE ENTIRE
LAUNCH TEAM AND HARDWARE TO
ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD SO WE
CAN END SERT OURSELF IN THE
PROPER TRAJECTORY.
>> BUT TO GET, PEGASUS NEEDS TO
BE STRAPPED TO THE BELL LIFE THE
L10-11 STARGAZER DROPPING
55,000 POUNDS OF SOLID ROCKET
FUEL THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE.
BUT THESE ROCKET SCIENTIST AND
EBB GY NEARS ARE UP TO THE TASK.
ONCE ICON AND PEGASUS ARE LOCKED
AND LOADED THEN IT IS UP TO THE
PILOTS TO FLY THE STARGAZER IN.
♪ ♪
♪
>> THERE YOU GO A LITTLE BIT OB
THE SCENES WITH THE PEG GUS SUSS
AND ICON OBVIOUSLY THE NEXT
CHAPTER IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE
WRITTEN TONIGHT AS WE ARE COMING
AROUND FOR THE NEXT ATTEMPT BUT
ON THE SCREEN YOU SEE THE RACE
TRACK THAT WE'RE TRAVELING SO
AGAIN WE MADE IT INSIDE OF THE
BOX SO WE CALL N ABORT AND MEANT
TO RECYCLE AND RUN THE RACETRACK
AND CIRCLED AROUND.
MORE OF AN OF HAVE AND CIRK LIKE
ASH THERE AND HEADED BACK TO THE
BOX AND THEN RECAP THE FACTS WE
HIT EARLIER.
MALCOLM, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THE PEGASUS ROCKET ITSELF.
>> YEAH.
PEG GUS SUSS IS 52,000 POUNDS OF
SOLID ROCKET REPELLANT AND A
44th, THE 44th LAUNCH
AND WE ARE EXCITED READY TO ROCK
'N ROLL.
YOU WORKED ON THE MISSIONS,
CORRECT.
THAT US CORRECT.
ON THE CYGNUS MISSION AND
VARIOUS OTHER MISSIONS OVER THE
YEARS.
I HAVE COOL AND HEARING LOTS OF
GOOD CHATTER AND AFTER THE POINT
THEY WERE ABLE TOLL RESET THE
CLOCK AND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TAR
TARGETING RIGHT AROUND 10:00
SORE FOR NEXT PECKED TIME.
THEY ARE RECYCLING THROUGH THE
SAME PROCESS AS THEY DID BEFORE
AIN'T IS A CHOREOGRAPHED
EFFICIENT AND SOMETHING THAT
EVERYBODY KNOWS AND THEY CALLED
OUT TURN TO THIS PANEL AND SO
EVERYBODY FOUND THE SAME PAGE
PROSOODING TO THE LAUNCH
COUNTDOWN SO WE WILL COME BACK
HERE AT 30 SECONDS ON OMAR'S
NASA POLL SO NASA LAUNCH MANAGER
AND GOING TO PULL HIS TEAM AND
WE HEARD GOOD CHATTER ARE THE
TEAM TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE
THEIR BATTERIES ARE IN GOOD
SHAPE AND EVERYTHING IS IN GOOD
ORDER.
LET'S LISTEN IN FOR SECOND AND
HEAR THE POLL OF HIS SCENE.
>> COPY.
>> READY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THERE WITH GO.
YOU SEE THE CONTROL ROOMS IN THE
BUILDING THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ROOMS LIKE THIS WITH FOLKS
DILIGENTLY WATCHING THE SCREENS
ROOKING AT DATA BE A HOW MANY
PEOPLE ROUGHLY DO YOU THINK ARE
REALLY INVOLVED FOR HANDS ON
TONIGHT.
PROBABLY 90 TO 80 PEOPLE AND WHY
ONE WATCHING DIFFERENT SYSTEM
AND DIFFERENT AREAS OF
RESPONGES.
THERE DO YOU YOU SEE THE TAIL
END OF THE PEGASUS ROCKET THAN
THE BOTTOM OF THE STARGAZER SO
WE WILL ONCE WE DO DROP THIS
ROCKET, EVENTUALLY YOU WILL JUST
SEE THAT ROCKET KIND OF VAN RISH
THE VIEW AS IT IS LEASED TO FALL
DOWNWARD FOR THE IGNITION AND SO
WE'RE STILL TRACKING TOWARD
RIGHT ABOUT 10:00 P.M. EASTERN
TIME FOR THE DROP.
GAUNG THE RANGE.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE RANGE.
WHAT IS THE ROLE IN HOW ARE THEY
INVOLVED TODAY?
WHERE WILL, SO IT IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONSTANTLY
MONITORING THE POSITION OF
STARGAZER AND PEGASUS AND AFTER
DROP, THE RANNG WILL BE
MONITORING PEGASUS TO MAKE SURE
IT REMAINS IN THINK LAUNCHPAD
AND IF IT DEVIATED THEN THEY
ARE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON PUBLIC SETH
AND WE WAN THE SPACECRAFT TO BE
IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT THEY ARE THE PRIORITY.
WE SEE THAT TOP TO BOTTOM ALL
DAY WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE
COUNT DOWNPROCEDURES SO WE
SHOULD HEAR ADAM LEWIS LAUNCH
CONDUCTOR IN A SECOND AGAIN TO
MCSHEER IS PULLING AL THE TEAMS
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD TO GO
FOR A DROP AND HIT NUMBER TWO
TONIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> LAUNCH TEAM.
FINAL LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
>> CLEAR TO LAUNCH.
>> GO.
MGLD.
>> GO.
>> NLM IS GO.
LAUNCH TEAM IS READY TO PROCEED
WITH FINAL COUNTDOWN AT L MINUS
4.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONCE I GAIN THERE YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN THE CONTROL ROM AND THE
FOLKS BEHIND US ALWAYS HAPPY TO
BE HOSTED HERE IN THE SPACE.
I WANTED TO SEE, ACTUALLY.
IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE ROCKET
A LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE IT IS NIGHTTIME YOU
DON'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE THIS
ROCKET AND ALL THAT IS INVOLVED
THERE AND HAVE THIS EXPANDED
VIEW AND SHOW YOU THIS ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE THERE AND TELL US
ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THIS
ROCKET.
RIGHT OFF THE PAT BAT YOU SEIZE
THREE STAGES ALL SOLID YOU FUEL
AND THE MOST INTERESTED SPEESES
THE FIRST STAGE WITH THE WING
AND THE THREE FINS AND ONE
RUDDER AND THESE ARE USED IN THE
INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW TO STARE THE
VEHICLE DURING THE FIRST STAGE
BURN AND SEPARATE AND AS THE
STATION ONE PURN AND IGNITES AND
RELEASE AND BURN FOR BILLIONLY
ANOTHER MINUTE AND SEPARATES
STAGE TWO WERE STAGE THREE AND
IGNITE STAGE THREE.
SO AGAIN.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO ROW SEED AND
HEARING LOTS OF GOOD CHATTER.
ENSURING AL THE SYSTEMS ARE
COMMUNICATING WELL AND THERE
AGAIN ON THE SCREEN AND THE BACK
END OF THE PEGASUS ROCKET STILL
TARGETING FOR THE EXPECTED DROP
TIME AND PUT THE RACE TRACK
AGAIN TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE
POINT IS AND IT FLYING
INTENTIONALLY OUT THERE AROUND
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND CAN SEE
THE DROP POINT IS ROUGHLY
50 MILES OFF THE COAST HERE.
SO TWO CIRCLES WHERE YOU SEE
PTRN AND THE SMALL ONE.
THAT SMALLER ONE INDICATES THAT
IS PLAN'S LOCATION SO WE'RE
GETTING CLOSE TO THAT DROP BOX
AGAIN, 40,000 FEET OFF THE
GROUND 40 MILES LONG.
AND SO, PROCEEDING TOWARD THAT
WE'RE HEARING THE SAME CALLS
AGAIN AND AGAIN WHICH IS
GRATEFUL THAT THESE ARE ALL
IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE
ESITUATION HERE.
YOU HAVE GOTTEN IT BEFORE,
CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORE RE.
DAWNING ABOUT THE PEEKS.
WHAT IS THAT STRIKE IN
ESPECIALLY YOU ARE RECYCLING AND
THERE IS ALO GOING ON REALLY
FAST.
WHAT DOES THAT FEEL STRIKE IN
WELL, IT FEELS TIPS.
ARE YOU ARE WATCHING THE DATA
ALREADY.
I AM SORRY YOU ABORED BUT YOU
ARE WATCHING YOUR SYSTEM AND
REPORTING OUT AND LISTENING FOR
THE CALMING VOICE OF THE CHIEF
ENGINEER AND MAKING SURE THAT
YOU ARE PREPARED TO REPORT OUT
THE SYSTEM STATUS SO ONCER IN
THAT SITUATION, YOU REALLY FOCUS
ON THE PRACTICE SESSIONS YOU HAD
AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE
READY TO ROCK 'N ROLL.
>> YEAH.
AND OBVIOUSLY, OUR JOB, THERE IS
DEFINITELY PRESSURE HERE BUT
CERTAINLY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU ARE
BACK FROM BECAUSE YOU ARE THE
ONES MAKING SURE THE ROCKET ROC.
THERE IS PEOPLE THAT INVESTED
YEARS OF THEIR LIVES AND NOT
ENTIRE KAY REARS ON THE SCIENCE
MISSIONS SO WE ARE PROUD TO BE A
PART OF THIS PROCESS AND AS WE
NEAR OUR DROPPING POINT AGAIN,
CAN YOU TELL US, RECAP AGAIN THE
ROLE OF THE PILOT TONIGHT.
WELL, SO THE PILOT IS WATCHING
THE FLYING THE PLANE FIRST OF
ALL AND TRANSPORTING US TO THE
DROP BOX AND BEING RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE FINAL DECISION TO
RELEASE THE VEHICLE AND BEGIN
THE POWER FLIGHT FOR THE NIGHT
TONIGHT.
>> SURE.
LET'S TOSS UP THE TAIL END OF
THE ROCKET AGAIN AND HOPING THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO CATCH WE DO A
THIN WE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE WORKING WELL AND THIS IS
ABOUT THE TIME.
THE ALSO TIME THROUGH THE TRACK
THAT WE LOST COMMUNICATION SO
DEFINITELY GOT ANXIOUS MOMENTS
HERE AGAIN THIS FINAL MOMENT
SORE STILL TARGETING 10:00 AND
LISTEN IN AND ENJOY WHAT IS
HAPPENING WERE A US.
AROUND US.
>> STAND BY.
>> 3, 2, 1, DROP.
PEGASUS AWAY.
VEHICLE IS FULLY ARMED.
CONFIRM.
LAUNCHING ICON TO EXPLORE AND
UNLOCK THE MUST RACE OF THE
WEATHER WHERE EARTH MEETS SPACE.
>> POWER BUSES REMAIN STRONG.
VEHICLE PASSED THROUGH MAX AND
ATTITUDE REMAINS NOMINAL.
ALL POWER BUS NOMINAL.
ALL ARE OPERATING ASPECTED.
STAGE ONE BURNOUT IN
APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS.
SAME ONE HAS BURNED OUT.
ATTITUDE AND THE FLIGHT PATH ARE
NOMINAL.
APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS UNTIL
STAGE ONE SEPARATION.
STAGE ONE SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
STAGE TWO IGNITION HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED.
ATTITUDE IS NOMINAL.
STAGE TWO IS OPERATING AS
EXPECTED TO CONTROL THE FLIGHT
OF THE VEHICLE.
APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS UNTIL
JETTISON.
DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
BOTH HALVES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED.
>> VEHICLE ATTITUDE REMAINS
NOMINAL AFTER FARING SEPARATION.
>> POWER BUSES REMAIN STRONG.
EXCELLENT MARGIN.
STAGE TWO MOTOR BURNOUT.
ATTITUDE REMAINS NOMINAL.
AT THIS NOW IN REEK, THE VEHICLE
IN, THERE IS A LONG PHASE AS IT
GAINS AT TOOT WAITING FOR THE
PROPER TIME TO IG NOT A THE
STAGE THREE MOTOR.
GOOD TELEMETRY WITH S BAND ON
STAGE THREE.
WE GOT REPORT THAT VEHICLE
PERFORMANCE AT THIS POINT IS
EXCELLENT AND THE VEHICLE FLIGHT
COMPUTER IS RECALCULATING THE
PROPER TIME FOR STAGE THREE
IGNITION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THERE YOU GO.
THAT IS INFRARED CALM PA BASED
HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
AND ABLE TO TRACK THAT.
WE DOESN'T SHOW YOU THIS EARLIER
BECAUSE THERE WERE CLOUDS IN THE
WAY.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET A PICTURE
OF.
I WE COULD SEE THE PAYLOAD
FARING AND COME OFF.
IT IS A PRETTY NIGHT OUT AND
WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR AND I WANT
TO TALK ABOUT ICON NOW AND WILL
ROUND OUT THE JOB SOON I CONDOES
BECOME THE STAR OF THE SHOW.
A HOME REFRIGERATOR AND IT IS
DEPLOYED TO 27-DEGREE
INCLINATION.
A 360 MILES IN ALTITUDE SO A
LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS FAR AS
ALTITUDE IS CONCERNED AND
NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
SCIENCE MISSIONS WILL HELP MOVE
NORTH TO SOUTH POLE AND
TRAVELING OVER FOUR MILES PER
SECOND WHEN IT REACHES THE
ORBIT.
EVERY 97 MINUTES SO ROUGHLY 16
ORBITS DAVE AND THAT IS THE SAME
SPEED JUST ABOUT AS FLYING FROM
LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK IN
12MEN!
S SO THIS THING IS MOVING VERY
QUICKLY.
VERY EXCITED FOR THIS.
I WAB TO GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY
THOST TO OVERVIEW OF THE ICON
MISSION IN GENERAL.
MORE ABOUT SCIENCE OF ICON.
>> UP
HRE ñFOR GR
COLORFUL BANDS OF PLASMA CAUSED
BY SOLAR RADIATION AND ICON WILL
USE SPECIALIZED TECHNOLOGY TRACK
HOW TO PLASMA IS MOVING THROUGH
THE IONOSPHERE.
AS ICON LEARNS MORE THE
RELATIONSHIP LINKING ETHER'S
ATMOSPHERE AND THE SPACE
ENVIRONMENT THE INFORMATION WILL
HELP IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO
PREDICT CONDITIONS AND ONE MORE
IMPORTANT STEP IN PROTECT
OURSELVES AS WE VENTURE FURTHER
AND FURTHER FROM HOME.
>> STAGE THREE IGNITION HAS BEEN
COMPLETE AND THE ATTITUDES OF
THE VEHICLE IS NOMINAL.
STAGE THREE IS ON-LINE.
>> STAGE TWO HAS BEEN SEPARATED.
>> WE HARD THE ROUNDOUT
FINISHING THE JOB AND THE THIRD
STAGE BEGINNING ITS TASK MOVING
FORWARD AND IT HAS A LITTLE OVER
A MINUTE TO BURN AND AS THE
THIRD STAGE.
>> WE TON HEAR GREAT REPORTS.
PEOPLE IN HERE YOU CAN SEE
ENERGY.
YES WINCE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS MISSION AND HAVING IT ON
THE WAY TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
VEHICLE REMAINS NOM MALL.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON SCREEN
TO IS ANIMATION WITH DATA ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE JUST TRACKING
WHERE THIS THING IS RIGHT NOW ON
THE WAY TO ORBIT.
>> THE VEHICLES NOW IN ORBIT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> STAGE THREE BURNOUT
CONFIRMATION.
ATTITUDE REMAINS NOMINAL AND
LOOKS TO BE ON-TARGET ORBIT FOR
ICON.
AWESOME.
>> I AM JOINED NOW BY PEGASUS
BUSINESS MANAGER FOR NORTHROP
GRUMMAN.
HOW DOES THAT FEEL HEAR THAT
WALL CALL WE'RE IN ORBIT.
WONDERFUL.
WE MADE.
IT IS A GREAT FEELING.
HEIGHTS BEEN A LONG TIME BUT IT
IS GREAT.
CAN YOU TELL BUS YOUR ROLE FOR
PEGASUS.
YEAH.
I AM THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR
PEGASUS.
FY INNOCENCE AND NEW BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAM
CONTROL KIND OF ROLES.
>> SURE.
>> SO CAN YOU CHARACTERIZE HOW
HAS TODAY'S LAUNCH GONE SO STAR
IN.
>> WELL, ONE OF THE FAVORITE
WORDS AS YOU MENTIONED IS USING
DURING LAUNCH IS NOMINAL.
IT MAY NOT SOUND EXCITE BUG IN
OUR WORLD EGG IS LOOKING GOOD
AND ON TRACK SO RIGHT NOW
PEGASUS IS DOING WHAT IS
EXPECTED AND DOING GOOD.
>> PER OF COURSE.
A SO WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT WHAT
IS KIND OF, WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
WE HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES TO GO
HERE.
WHAT IS COMING UP?
WHAT IS COMING UP IN WE'RE IN A
COAST NA LASTS FOUR AND A HALF
MINUTES.
STAGE THREE IGNITION IS BEING
COMMUTE PUTTED REAL-TIME BY THE
VEHICLE ONBOARD GUIDANCE SYSTEM
BASED ON THE FLIGHT SO FAR.
THE STAGE THREE BURN WILL LAST
70 SECONDS AT BURNOUT THE ROCKET
AND THE ICON SPACECRAFT WILL BE
TRAVELING AT ACCESS OF
16,000 MILES PER HOUR AND HAVE
ACHIEVED ORBIT.
ABOUT THREE MINUTES LATE, HE
PAYLOAD SEPARATION WILL OCCUR.
>> AWESOME.
SO WHEN PAYLOAD SEPARATION OH
CORES THAT US THE VICTORY MOMENT
FOR NORTHROP GRUMMAN, RIGHT.
>> NOT NECESSARILY.
THIS IS THE NINTH TIME THAT
PEGASUS LAUNCHED THE BUILT
SATELLITE SO WHEN THE PEGASUS
TAM'S JOB IS DONE.
THE ICON SPACECRAFT TEAM WILL
KICK IN AND START THE MISSION.
>> 1:00 HOPEFULLY, LITTLE BIT OF
A TAKING A BREATH TO REJOICE BUT
THEN OBVIOUSLY IT IS TIME GET
BACK TO WORK.
>> RIGHT.
YEP.
>> PRETTY COOL.
YOU SEARING ON THE SCREEN.
WE WERE IN A LONG COAST PHASE OF
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING THERE NOW.
ALLISON, WHAT IS NEXT FOR
NORTHROP GRUMMAN PRESIDENT?
OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS BEEN A BIG
YEAR FOR SOME OTHER THINGS GOING
ON WITH NORTHROP GRUM MACHINE
AND AEROSPACE.
PEGASUS, THIS IS GREAT.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE
IF WELL, ALONG WITH PEGASUS AND
ACTIVELY WORKING GROUND
LOCATIONS AT KFC FOR THE OMEGA
ROCKET CUNNER DEVELOPMENT AND
WE'RE MODIFYING THE MOBILE
LAUNCH PLAT FOR ONE OF THEM AND
THE VERTICAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING 2
PREPARING FOR OUR LAUNCH AT
LC39B IN 2021 AND COOL FACTS
WE'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL COMPANY TO OUT THE
HISTORIC VEHICLE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING.
>> YEAH.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR ALL THE
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND FITS
INTO THAT CONSTELLATION FOR US.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM
THERE AND OBVIOUSLY FLOOR UP
THERE GRUMMAN IS CLEARLY THEY
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
HER WITH ON THE WAY TO ORBIT AND
GREAT SPACECRAFT TO WORK ON.
SO ALLISON, I AM EXCISED FOR
WHAT IS COMING WITH OMEGA AND
EXCITED TO SEE THE FUTURE OF
WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND
BRAND-NEW ROCKETS ARE ALWAYS
FUN.
>> THANKS.
ALWAYS EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE
CRITICAL SPACE MISSION.
>> AWESOME.
THE ENTIRE TEAM AND I WILL LET
YOU GO NOW AND GO CELEBRATE
LITTLE BIT AND ONCE WE GET THAT
SPACECRAFT DEPLOYED SUCCESSFULLY
SOLAR RAYS IS OUT.
THANKS.
CONGRATSES GAIN.
>> THANK YOU, JOSH.
>> THANKS.
>> TELEMETRY IN THE CENTER
WEIGHT FOR CONFIRMATION OF ICON
SEPARATION.
>> WE'RE NOW JOINED BY TEE, THE
VICE PRESIDENT OF CIVIL AND
COMMERCIAL SATELLITES FOR
NORTHROP GRUMMAN.
STEVE?
HOW ARE YOU FEEL MING I AM
FEELING GREAT.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
EVERYTHING TO USE TERM MOLO GY
IS NOM MALL.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND
GETTING VERY CLOSE TO SEPARATION
OF THE WHAT WE CALL THE
OBSERVATORY WHICHS THE SPACE
VEHICLE AND NORTHROP GRUM
MACHINE AND THE FOUR INSTRUMENT
SWEEP.
AT LAUNCH, A LOT IN MINTS THAT
ACTUALLY ENABLED AND INHIBITS ON
THE OFF AND WE HAVE MAIN
ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM VEHICLE
REACTION WHEELS, TORQUE BARS,
ALL THE SOLAR ARRAY RELEASE
MECHANISM, SOLAR ARRAY DRIVE AND
ALL THE TRANSMITTERS IN IN-ABOUT
IT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNALS
DURING THE LAUNCH CAMPAIGN.
BUT AT SEPARATION, AN ATOM US
NOW SEQUENCE BEGINS AND
TRANSMITTERS START TEP SECONDS
AFTER SEPARATION AND ACTUALLY
COMMUNICATE WITH THE MET WORK
AND START GIVING TELEMETRY.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
AND ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
CROSS YOUR FINGERS.
ALL IS NOM MALL.
>> YEAH.
IT FEELS LIKE A CROSS YOUR
FINGERS MOMENT AND YOU GUYS
EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I AM SURE AGAIN WITH THE LAST
YEAR AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE, YOU HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENCE THAT THINGS WILL TURN
ON LIKE THEY SHOULD.
>> YEAH.
EXACTLY.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
YOU KNOW?
WE HAD LONGER DELAY THAN WE
WOULD HAVE LIKED BEFORE THE
LAUNCH BUT WE DID GO THROUGH
VERY I WILL SAY VERY CONTROL AND
DISCIPLINE RESEARCH STATIONS ARE
SES THAT IS CALLED PERFORMANCE
TESTING WHERE WE EX ERASES THE
ELEMENT ON THOSE SPACECRAFT AND
DID A FULL SOLAR ARRAY DEA
PLOYMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
NO ISSUES WITH THIS CRITICAL
MOMENT WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO
COME ON.
AGAPE HIGH LEVEL AND ALL IS
NOMINAL.
>> AWESOME.
AND SO WILL PLAY ACTIVE ROLE
GOING FORWARD IN THE SCIENCE AS
FAR AS NORTHROP GRUMMAN IS
CONCERNED?
WELL, CERTAINLY.
WE'RE INVOLVED.
WE HAVE A TEAM OUT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
BERKELEY AT THE MISSION CONTROL
CENTER TO WHEN THE INITIAL
CERTIFICATION.
YOU KNOW FOLLOWING THE RELEASE
AS I MENTION THE TRAPS MITER
WILL BE IN AND ENABLE AND THE
REAR ACTION WHEELS AND ENABLED
AND SPACECRAFT WILL STABLY AND
THEN ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER
RELEASE AND SEPARATION THE SOLAR
ARRAY WILL BEGIN TO DEPLOY AND
FIVE PANEL ARY AND IT TAKES A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND MAKE SURE
IT IS DISCIPLINE AND CONTROL AND
DEPLOYMENT AIN'T IS ABOUT A 6:10
DEPLOYMENT AND ONCE US OUT AND
REQUIRES THE SUN EXCITEMENT FOR
THE DAY IS OVER IN THEN WE GO A
WEEK-LONG PROCESS OF JUST GOING
THROUGH THE BUS CERTIFICATION TO
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL
AND EVERYTHINGIST THAT WORKING
AS EXPECTED AND WE FULLY
ANTICIPATE THAT THE CASE AND
ONCE THAT IS DONE THEN WE WILL
START A THREE-WEEK PERIOD WHERE
THE INSTRUMENTS ARE TURNED ON
AND IN THE FASHION AND WE VERIFY
EVERYTHING IS NOMINAL THEN
FINALLY, AT A MONTH AFTER
SEPARATION WE START WHAT IS
CALLED SCIENCE MODE AND REALLY
THAT US THE LONG WAITED PERIOD
WHERE WE GET THE HIGH VALUED
DATA BACK AND FROM STREWNMENT
AND BEGAN ABOUT AS TWO-YEAR
PROCESS OF REALLY CLOAK DATA BE
A GETTING THE UTILITY FOR NASA
AND JOINS DOP COME TAN THE
MATION.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
STEVE, OBVIOUSLY.
THERE IS PATIENCETIVE OF THE
TECHNICAL WORK DO YOU.
AGAIN, CON BRT LATION OPP WHAT
HAPPEN SOD.
A WE HAVE A IF YOU MINUTES LEFT
I WILL LET YOU GO WATCH THIS
THING UNFURL ITSELF AND ENJOY
WITH YOUR TEAM.
>> THANKS, JOSH.
IT IS A GREAT MOMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MISSION UK
SES.
>> THANS VERY MUCH.
>> UP.
>> WE ARE LISTENING CLOSELY FOR
UPDATES HERE AS WE PROCEED TO
THE SOLAR ARRAY DEPLOYMENT AND
LET YOU SEE ABOUT THE SCIENCE
AND THE AIR GLOW.
>> THE MOON, STARS AND GALAXIES
MAY BE A FAINT COLORFUL GLARE.
THAT IS THE GLOW WITH CAMERAS
YOU CAN PHOTOGRAPH ON THE
DARKEST OF NIGHT AND ABOUT
ONE-TENTH OF COMBINED LIGHT OF
TELL THAT STARS FROM ABOVE AND
IT FORMS A LUM US NOW BUBBLE
ENCAPSULATING EARTH AND
APPEARING AT THE INTERFIES
SPACE.
THE AIR GLOW HOLDS CLUES TO HOW
IT AFFECTS WEATHER AND SPACE AND
HOW SPACE WEATHER AFFECTS HUMAN
ON EARTH THE LIGHT STANDS FROM
50 TO 400 MILES ABOVE.
THE BOUNDARY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
US THE IONOSPHERE THIS IS WHERE
THE GPS SIGNALS AND ASTRONAUTS
TRAVEL WHAT MAKES THIS REGION
COMPLICATED IS THAT IT
CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND IT
REACTS TO BOTH ENERGY EMINATING
FROM THE SUN AND WEATHER.
AND AS THE ICON KNOW OFFICER
FLUCTUATES THE CONDITIONS IN
BRACE THE SPACE STATION LIES.
BUT SPOT CHANGES IN THE
IONOSPHERE IS A LOT LIKE TRYING
TO WATCH THE WIND YOU NEED A
MARKET MARK ARE TO SEE THE
PARTICLES MOVE PAST.
WITH THAT WE HAVE AIR GLOW THESE
COLORFUL LIGHTS REFLECT CHANGES
AND THIS IS DUE THE WAIT IS
FORMED.
OUR ATMOSPHERE CONSIST MAINLY OF
NITROGEN AND OXYGEN AND SMALL
TRACES OF OTHER MOLECULES.
WHEN THESE MOLECULES REACHED THE
UPPER ATMOSPHERE THEY ARE AT THE
MARS THINK OF SUN AND ALL TRA
VIOLATE RADIATION FROM SUNLIGHT
EXCITES THEM AND NEED TO RELEASE
THAT EXTRA ENERGY IN SOME WAY.
AT DOMTOMS THAT REMAIN ENERGIZED
LONG ENOUGH CAN EMIT THE EXTRA
ENERGY THROUGH LIGHT AND IN THE
LOWERS A MT. OFFICER DID HE WE
DON'T SEE AS MUCH LIGHT AND THES
A NOTES H OFFICER WHEN THE AT
TOM BECOMES ENERGY THERE IS A
HIGH CHART OF ENERGY INSTEAD OF
A MISSING LIGHT.
AS YOU TRAVEL FURTHER UP, THE
ATMOSPHERE SENDS OUT AND LIKE A
GAME, THE LONGER ATH ENDS STAY
IN UP TO THE MORE TIME THEY HAVE
TO ADMIT A BRIGHT COLORFUL.
AND THAT IS WHY AIR GLOW IS IN
THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE AND IT CAN
GET EVEN MORE COMPLICATED SOME
CAN PRODUCE LIGHT, TOO.
AND ON THE NIGHT SIDE OF US,
GREEN LIGHTS THE LATEST AND
OCCURS WHEN OXYGEN BECOME
EXCITED WITH OXYGEN MOLECULES.
AND A VARIETY OF OTHER COMPLEX
REABS CREATE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS
AS WELL AS UV AND INFRARED
LIGHTS ARE ALL VISIBLE TO THE
HUMAN EYE.
EACH TYPE CONTAINS INFORMATION
ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE AND THE
SENSITIVE OF THE UPPER
ATMOSPHERE ALL OF WHICH ARE KEY
FACTORS THAT CAN CHANGE
DRAMATICALLY AND RAPIDLY.
IT TURNS OUT TO BE FANTASTIC AND
ILLUSTRATING NOT ONLY HOW
PARTICLES MOVE THROUGH THE
IONOSPHERE THE PARTICLES EVEN
EXIST THERE WHISKEY INFORMATION
FOR HELPING US TEASE OUT HOW
SPACE AND WEATHER CONNECTED.
AND BASICALLY FOR NASA TO STUDY
THE BEAUTIFUL PHENOMENON.
>> HI.
I AM NOW HERE WITH LAUNCH
DIRECTOR, NASA LAUNCH MANAGER.
OH PAR, CONGRATS.
>> THANK YOU.
DOES THIS ONE HAVE ANY -- DOES
IT FEEL SPECIAL? THIS IS
ANOTHER GREAT LAUNCH FOR THE
LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM?
>> IT US ANOTHER GREAT LAUNCH
FOR THE LAUNCH SERVICE PROGRAM
BUT AWESOME AND GREAT ONE.
THIS ONE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
AND COMING AND WE HAD SOME
SETBACKS EARLY ON AND MIDDLE OF
LAST YEAR AND AND I AM GLAD THAT
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS PAYLOAD
UP IN ORBIT AND IN A SAFE
CONDITION AND WE DID CONFIRM
SEPARATION THROUGH THE
SPACECRAFT LINK AND THE ORBITS
LOOKED FANTASTIC AND CURRENTLY,
THEY ARE POW POWER POSITIVE SO
EVERYTHING LOOKS FANTASTIC FOR
US.
AND WONDERFUL PEGASUS LAUNCH AND
LIKE ALWAYS, ONE YEAR LAUNCHPAD
IS MOVING AT 5 TO00 MILES PER
HOUR THINGS HAPPEN AND THIS TIME
THE FIRST ATTEMPT DATA IS
BECAUSE WE LOST POSITIVE
COMMUNICATION WITH THE AIRCRAFT
AND THE GROUND AND OUR RULE IS
TO ABORT THE FLIGHT.
GO BACK AROUND AND TRY IT AGAIN.
AND WE DID THIS ONCE BEFORE
DURING THE MISSION BACK IN 2003
AND WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE KIT
FLAWLESSLY TODAY.
>> DOES IT CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL
ANXIETY AMONG THE TEAM WHEN YOU
HAVE THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO ANXIETY.
THIS IS A FUN LAUNCH.
IN MY OPERATIONAL FUNCTION, THIS
IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS IT GETS AND
WE ENJOY IT.
THE XINE TY LEVEL IS HIGHER AM
THE ADRENALINE IS FLOWING AND
BUT A COOL WAY TO PLY.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO THINKING ABOUT LAUNCH SERVICE
PROGRAM.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE NAME OF
THE GAME FOUR GUYS.
WHAT IS NEXT WHAT IS COMING UP?
>> THE NEXT MISSION FOR US IS
THE SOLAR OR BITTER MISSION
WHICH IS, OF COURSE, SOLO, AND
IT IS A COOPERATIVE WITH OUR
PARTNERS FROM THE EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY.
AND ITS ANOTHER MISSION, SO
INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE SUN
WITH THAT ONE AND, AND WE HOPE
TO LAUNCH IT IN EARLY FEBRUARY.
>> YOU A MOVEMENT WILL BE THE
LAUNCH MANAGER FOR THAT ONE.
THAT WILL BE TIM DUNN.
I WILL BE WORKING MARCH 2020
THIS SUMMER WHICH IS SUPER HIGH
PROFILL AND GET THERE WHEN WE
GET THERE.
>> YEP.
WE GOT SEW THROW GO FIRST.
YEP.
>> BUT AGAIN, A BIG CONGRATSES
TO YOU, OMAR, TO THE ENTIRE
TEAM.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ME.
THANK.
>> ALSO.
A THING ABOUTS TO HE'LL MALCOLM
FOR JOINING ME AND RIDING
SHOTGUN AS THE COMMENTATOR SO
FOR TONIGHT FROM HANGAR AE THAT
IS ALL YEN FER, BACK OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, YOSH WITH A.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
MORE ON THE MISSION, PLEASE
VISIT NASA. GOV-ICON MEANTIME
WE'LL REVIEW A REPLAY OF THIS
ON'S LAUNCH FROM ALL OF HIRES AT
NASA.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT TIME
NIGHT.
>> ONE DROP.
PEGASUS AWAY.
>> VEHICLE IS FULLY ARMED.
STAGE ONENITION HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED.
>> PLEXOR AND UNLOCK THE MUST
RACE OF THE WEATHER WHERE EARTH
MEETS SPACE.
>> POWER BUSES REMAIN STRONG.
COMING UP ON 30 SECONDS INTO THE
ICON MISSION.