WE HAVE
ALL TECHNOLOGIES WE ARE WORKING
ON AND LOOKING AT THE WORLD.
WE ARE USING THE SAME
TECHNOLOGIES TO LOOK AT OUR OWN
EARTH HERE.
IT IS TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP
UNDERSTAND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
PLANET, WE ARE SITTING ON AND
THE SYSTEM PIECE OF THAT.
SO THIS PIECE TELL US ABOUT
LANDSAT, WHAT DOES THIS MISSION
BRING TO THE TABLE?
>> LANDSAT IS QUITE UNIQUE.
FIRST OF YOU A, NINTH IN THE
SERIES.
I HATE TO ADMIT, ALMOST MY
ENTIRE LIFE, LANDSAT HAS STUDDED
DID THE EARTH AND CREATED A
CONTEXT FOR ANY AND ALL SPACE
OBSERVATIONS ARE OF THE EARTH
LOOKING FOR IT AND EVERYTHING
RELATED TO AGRICULTURE TO WATER.
SEE WATER OUTSIDE OF FINISHRIES
AND ALSO NOT ONLY ARE WE LACKING
THAT EARTH BUT OUR CROSS AGENCY
PARTNERS TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY, WE ARE PROVIDING THIS
INFORMATION TO THESE COMMUNITIES
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND BEA
BEYOND, SO FOR US, LAND SAT IS
RITE CALL PIECE OF THE ENTIRE
PORT TOLL YES AND THE SPEESE TO
THE SOONS WE DO FOCUSED ON THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL PLANET HERE.
>> THERE IS LASS COUPLE OF SMALL
CUBE SATELLITES CATCHING A RIDE
ON THIS MISSION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE
BIT?
>> YEAH.
IT IS REALLY FUN TO SEE THESE
SPACECRAFTS, AND FRANKLY, THAT
HAS BEEN REVELATION IN ALL THE
SPACE COMMUNITY TOWARD SMALLER
SPACECRAFT.
AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE BONDED
OUT OF THE 64 OR SO UNDER
DEVELOPMENT IN ALL THE MISSIONS
AND BOTH OF THEM DEAL WITH A
STAR INTERACTING WITH THE
PLANET.
SO THE FIRST ONE, CUPID, IT IS
FOCUSED ON THE INTERACTION OF
THE SOLAR WIND COMING THE SUN
WITH OUR SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND
INTERACTION OF THE MAGNETIC
FIELD THAT CAR ARE INTERESTS THE
SUN WITH THAT ON EARTH.
IT TURNS OUT THAT INTERACTION
CAN BE VIOLENT SO ACCELERATES
PART CALLS TO HIGH ENERGY THEY
ADMIT X-RAYS WHICH IS WHAT CUPID
IS OBSERVING.
CUBE ON THE OTHER HAND IS
LOOKING AT PLANETS MUCH FOR THE
AWAY, ACTUALLY EXOPLANETS AND
LOOK AT IMPORTANT PROCESS WE
THINK ALSO IRED HERE IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
REMEMBER, MARS USED TO HAVE MUCH
MORE THICK PLANET ATMOSPHERE
AROUND IT AND BASICALLY A IS
HAPPENING WITH THAT SPACECRAFT
IT IS LACKING AT THE POTENTIAL
LOSS OF THESE ATMOSPHERE NEXT TO
VIOLENT AND ACTIVE STAR AND THE
LOSS OBSERVED IN THE
ULTRAVIOLET.
OK.
GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE VIRTUAL
SPEAKERS ON-LINE AND WE'LL START
WITH KAREN ST. GERMANE.
KAREN?
>> GOOD MORNING IT IS GREAT ONE
ALL TODAY.
BOY, WHAT AN EXCITING TIME SO
NOW U.S. AGENCY THAT UNDERSTAND
AS THE SYSTEM AND A FLEET OF 23
SATELLITES AND SENSORS THAT ARE
ORBITING THE EARTH LOOKING DOWN
HELPING US UNDER STAN THE SYSTEM
AND THE FIRST OF 11 THAT WILL BE
LAUNCHING OVER THE NEXT YEARS TO
FURTHER ADVANCE THAT
UNDERSTANDING WE LOOK AT THE
ATMOSPHERE, THE OCEAN, THE LAND,
THE ICE.
THEY SEE THESE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF THE EARTH'S SYSTEM
AND PERHAPS JUST AS IMPORTANTLY
BETWEEN THOSE SYSTEMS AND WE
BUILD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
U.S. AGENCIES, INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, AND OF COURSE, OUR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS.
SOME TON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND WE HAVE SATELLITES
THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM A
SHOEBOX.
THE OB SER FRAG THESE SYSTEMS
UNDERPIN MUCH OF WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND TODAY ABOUT CLAY MATE
CHANGE, AS LEE LOOK TO THE
FUTURE AND THE IMPORTANCE ABOUT
WHERE WILLCALLY MATE CHANGE BE
IMPACT OUR LIVES AND OUR WELL
BEING AND WHEN AND HOW MUCH
THESE FUTURE SENSORS ARE GOING
TO HELP US REALLYUND HERB STAND
AND PREDICT THOSE CHANGES.
SO LANDSAT.
WELL BE A LAUNCHING THE NINTH
LANDSAT TWO DAYS FROM NOW.
LANDSAT CONTRIBUTES A GREAT
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE SUR FAUS OF OUR EARTH AND
PROVIDES THIS VITAL FOUND DIGSAL
KNOWLEDGE UPON WHICH THE REST OF
THE EARTH SCIENCE PORTFOLIO
MISSION STANDS.
IT TELLS US ABOUT VEGETATION,
LAND USE, COASTLINE, SURFACE
WATER TO NIM A FEW, BUT THE
POWER IS REALLY UNLEASHED WHEN
WE COMBINE THE DATA FROM THE
LANDSAT WITH ARROWROOT SCIENCE
MISSION.
THEY CAN TELL US NOT JUST WHAT
IS HAPPENING, BUT ALSO, WHY.
AND THEN, FINALLY, OF COURSE, WE
ARE INTERESTED IN IS MAKING USE
OF THAT INFORMATION, THE IMPACT
THAT INFORMATION CAN HAVE AS IT
HELPS MAKERS AT EVERY LEVEL.
AND LANDSATS THE MOST
ECONOMICALLY IMPACTFUL EARTH
SCIENCE MISSION, SO WITH THAT, I
WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO
TANYA TRUJILLO, THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY FOR WATER AND SCIENCE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIORS.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> HOLELOW, THANK YOU, CARN.
IS GREAT TO BE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA WITH OUR PARTNERS
FROM NASA.
I AM DEA LIGHTED TO REP ISN'T
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AND TO BE HERE TO WATCH THE
LARCH OF LANDSAT 9 UNTHE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
THE LAUNCH REPRESENTS YEARS OF
WORK BY NASA AND THE WHOLE TEM
AND AMAZING TO SEE THE ROCKETS
LAUNCH INTO ORBIT VERY SOON.
AS WE KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE IS
REAL.
THE LANDSAT PROGRAM IS AN
EXCELLENT TOOL TO HELP GUIDE OUR
EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND AND
DOCUMENT THE CHANGES WE ARE
SEEING ON DAILY BASIS.
I AM FROM NEW CHEX.
SY HAVE A DEEP APURCHASATION FOR
THE FRU GUILTY OF THE
ENVIRONMENT THAN THE CARES TY OF
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
I AM ALSO AWARE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING ALL OF
THOSE AND PROTECT OUR SACRED
SPACES AND MAWN TAINING THE
HEALTHY PLANET.
I HAVE WORKED MOST OF MY CRY
CAREER ON ISSUES RELATING TO
WESTERN SUSTAINABILITY.
WE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AMONG
LOCAL TRIBAL AND STATE AND
NATIONAL LEVEL PARTNERS TO MEET
THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE
ALL AROUND THE WEST AS WE HAVE
SEEN AS THIS SUMMER WE KNOW THE
CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ARE
EXTENDING THROUGHOUT OUR NATION
AND AROUND THE GLOBE.
WE HAVE EXTREME HEAT EYE VENTS,
EXPANDED WILDFIRE SEASON, WHERE
UNRESIDENTED FLOODING AND EVENTS
AND THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE
NEW REAL THINK.
THE LISTENED SENTENCE MISSION
ACCEPT HELPS US NAVIGATE THROUGH
EVERYTHING WE ARE FACING AS A
LONG TIME ADVOCATE.
I HAVE SOON THE HAVE THIEF IM
MEANS FIRSTHAND NOT ONLY IN NEW
MEXICO BUT ACROSS THE WEST
AROUND THE GLOBE.
I AM ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO UTILIZED THE PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE LANDSAT
PROGRAM FOR A VARIETY OF THE
WORK APPLICATIONS AND I AM ALSO
ONE OF THOSE WHO APPRECIATED THE
INCREDIBLE WONDERS OF THE WORLD
THROUGH EARTH AS ART IMAGES AND
VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S
LANDSAT TEAM AND I HAVE LEARNED
A LOT FROM ALL OF MY PARTNERS IN
THE CENT MONTHS ABOUT THE VALUE
AND HOW MUCH WORK IS INVOLVED IN
DEVELOPING LAUNCHING AND
OPERATING THESE VERY ADVANCED
SATELLITE SYSTEMS, I AM GRATEFUL
TO THE TEAM AND WE DEEPLY
APPRECIATE THE ONGOING
PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA AND THE
INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT WE WORK
WITH.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE
LANDSAT MISSION IS AT THE CORE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR'S
IMPORTANT WORK.
WE WORK EVERY DAY TO PROTECT OUR
NATURAL RESOURCES AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE AND PROVIDE SCIENTIFIC
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE
RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
CAN RELAY ON.
I WOULD NOTE, TODAY IS NATIONAL
PUBLIC LANDS DAY AND IT PROVIDES
US THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT THEY PLAY THROUGHOUT THE
NATION WHETHER IT BE THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN PEAKS WILL BE COVERED
IN SNOW.
>> TO THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHES THAT
SOUTHERN US HERE IN CALIFORNIA
AND THE OTHER COASTAL COME INS
SO HAPPY NATIONAL PUBLIC LAND
DAY TO EVERYONE.
THESE EVENTS IN THESE TYPE OF
CELEBRATIONS HELP REMIND US THAT
THE POPS OF OUR PRITORS AND THE
CONTINUED WORK THIS WE HAVE
UNDERWAY.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS EVERYDAY
BY THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
INFORMATION THAT HELPS PROVIDE
OUR SCIENCE-BASED MISSIONS.
TODAY, AS WE SAY TO THE HISTORIC
DROUGHTS AND WILDFIRE, WE KNOW,
THAT WE WILL BE UTILIZING THE
TOOLS WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND
CONTINUE OUR WORK.
AND LANDSAT IS ONE OF THOSE
TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TOUND BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND BE ABLE TO
EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY
RESPOND, AS WE BEGIN TO
CELEBRATE OUR 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDSAT
MISSION, WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST
GETTING STARTED.
LAND SENTENCE NINE WILL NOT ONLY
IMPROVE THE NATION'S CURRENT
EARTH OBSERVATION CAPABILITY BUT
IT WILL ALSO LAUNCH US TO THE
EXCITING ERA OF THE LANDSAT NEXT
MISSION.
THAT MISSION WILL INCLUDE MAJOR
JOIN IN TICK ADVANCEMENT AND
LEVERAGE KEY INTERNATIONAL
NEATERS TO MEET EVEN WIDER RANGE
OF GROWING PUBLIC NEEDS.
WE A, AT THE CLOSE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTNERS
AT NASA LOOK FORWARD TO HEING SO
YOU IN PERSON, SOON BE WHERE FOR
THE LAN, OF COURSE, LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU, WORK WALK ON THE
LANDSAT'S NEXT PROGRAM.
I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THE
ACTIVES IT IS TRULY THE
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND SPECIAL
THANKS OUR TREMENDOUS TEAM AT
USGF WHO HAVE WORKED FOR YEARS
TO MAKE THESE VENTS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU AUBIN TO OUR HOST AND
PARTNERS AT NASA FOR HAVING US
HER AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
WORKED ON THE LANDSAT DATA AND
LANDSAT MISSION OVER THE PAST 50
YEARS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, TANYA.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER NOW.
MICHAEL EGAN.
MICHAEL.
>> THANKS, AM PLEASED TO BE TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND
DETAILS FOR LISTENED SENTENCE
NINE AND AS YOU HEARD FOR NEARLY
50 YEARS LISTENED SENTENCE
DOCUMENTED THE CHANGING
LANDSCAPES AND THE EARTH
OBSERVATION MISSION TO STUDY
LAND MASSES WITH LANDSAT ONE WAS
LAUNCHED IN 1972.
LANDSAT NINE WILL IMPROVE POON
THIS UNPARALLELED RECORD OF THE
HOME PLANET.
THE LANDSAT MISSIONS IN WHICH
NASA DEVELOPS AND LAUNCHES THE
SAT LIT AND THE PARTNERS AT THE
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
OPERATE AND DISTRIBUTE THE DATA
REP ISN'T THE LONGEST ACQUIRED
GLOBAL RECORD OF THEth'S
SURFACE.
THEth'S POP LUGS
APPROACHES $8 BILLION.
LANDSAT NINE WILL CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE ON CYST TEN DATA ABOUT
THE CHANGING LAND COVER AND THE
LAN USE OF OUR LAN THE AND DOES
THIS WITH A SPECIAL RESOLUTION
TO DETECT THE FOOTPRINT AND THE
IMPACTS OF CLAY MATE CHANGE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
DATAS COLLECT.
EACH LANDSAT SATELLITE FLIES
UNDER 44 MILES ABOVE THEth'S
SR. FIS BE A COLLECTS A S.W.A.T.
OF 115 MILES PER HOUR.
LANDSAT COMPLETES THE NEAR POLAR
ORBIT IN 9 MINUTES SO THAT MEANS
IT GETS ALMOST 15 ORBITS EVERY
24 HOURS.
AFTER 16 DAYS.
LANDSAT HAS CAPTURE THE ENTIRE
EARTH'S SERVICE AND STARTS
REPEATING THE PATH ON THE 17
DAY.
TWO LANDSATS IN ORBIT WE GET
REPEAT COVERAGE EVERY AGENT DAYS
OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
LANDSAT NINE BUILD ON THE
PREDSOR IMPROVING ON THE ABILITY
TO DETECT SURFACE TEMPERATURE
THAT HELPS FARMERS TRACK PLANT
HEALTH AND IRRIGATION.
IT WILL REGISTER THE OFFER
ALLOWING TO BETTER INVESTIGATE
THE DETAILS OF DARKER AREAS LIKE
FOREST AND COASTAL WATERERS
BRIGHT AREAS INSTEAD OF
DISTINGUISHING 4,000 SHADES OF
EACH BAND AS LANDSAT 8 DOES AND
LANDSAT 9 WILL CAPTURE THE SUT
TY AND DETAILS OF 16,000 SHADES
AND NINE VISIBLE THROUGH SHORT
WAVE.
TO BETTER MANAGE THESE RESOURCES
, LET'S MONITOR THEM.
LANDSAT 9 CONTINUES THIS HE RITE
CALL ROLE IN CASTAL RESOURCES,
FOOD, WATER, ALL OF THE THINGS
WE NEED IN EVERY DAY LIFE.
LANDSAT DATA IS AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND THROUGH THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND SCIENTIST
AND RESOURCE MANAGERS THE WORLD
OVER HAS PUT TO IT USE.
SO FAR MORE THAN 20,000 PER
REVIEWED RESEARCH PAPERS THAT
RELAYED ON DATA.
ONE OF THE KEYS TO LANDSAT'S
SUCCESS IS THE SCIENCE QUALITY
CALIBRATION WHICH MEANS THE
DATA ARE MORE THAN PRETTY
PICTURES THAT REPRESENT PHYSICAL
PROPERTIESES OF THE OBSERVED
LAPPED BECAUSE OF THE STABILITY
COULD BE TRACKED OVER TIME.
THIS ATTENTION TO CALIBRATION
ALSO ALLOWS LANDSAT TO PLAY WELL
OTHERS.
KAREN ST. GERMANE MENTIONED HOW
WE USE TOGETHER WITH OTHER
SYSTEMS TO MAKE MORE DATA
PRODUCTS AND, AND VERNS OFTEN
COMBINE LANDSAT IMAGES WITH
OTHER DATA SETS INCLUDING DATA
FROM RADAR, LASER AND WATER
STORAGE MEASUREMENTS AND
COMBINING LANDSAT DATA FROM
OTHER LAND ALSOS PROVIDES MORE
YEEN OBSERVATIONS.
ALSO DIFFERENT SCALE AND BETTER
STUDY CHANGE.
LANDSAT DATA COULD BE USED TO
CALIBRATE FROM SMALLER IMAGE
SATELLITESES THAT DID NOT CARRY
THEIR OWN ONBOARD THE
CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND EXCITED
TO COUNT COUNTDOWN TO THE
LAUNCH.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THE MISSION AND
STARTING WORK ON LANDSAT NEXT
WHICH WILL TIKE THE NEW LEVELS.
THANK.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKERS THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR NOR MISSION, TIM DUNN.
TIM?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
AM PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY
REPRESENTING THE ABLE THE MEN OF
NAS SASS' LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM AND PERSONALLY THRILLED
TO BE LAUNCH DIR AROR FO LAUNCH.
WORKING ALONGSIDE OF OUR U NEWED
LAUNCH ALLIANCE COLLEAGUES THE
END IF I NEARS TAKE GREAT PRIDE
IN LAUNCHING LANDSAT 9 HAND
TERRIFIC RECORD FLYING ON FIVE.
WE HAVE LAUNCHED 19 MIGHTSES ON
THIS MAGNIFICENT ROCKET AND
MISSIONS TO PLUTO, JUPITER, THE
MAN, THE SUN, THE RADIATION AND
FIVE DIFFERENT SPACECRAFTS TO
MARS AND GONE ASTEROID BENNU AS
WELL AS THREE LIVE SAVING
WEATHER SATELLITES.
LANDSAT NINE WILL BE THE
20th NASA MISSION ON THE AT
LATE AND THE 88 OVERALL AT LAN
FIVE MISSION.
WE ALSO PROUDLYIN OUR SPACE
FORCE COLLEAGUES FROM SPACE
LAUNCH DELTA 30 IN CELEBRATING
LANDSAT NINE WIN VAN DENBRG'S
2,000th EVERYWHEREALL
LAUNCH.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A VIDEO
PEAT SHOTS OF THE CREW RECEIVING
AND ASSEMBLY AT FIVE ANIMATING
THE SPACECRAFT AS SPACE LAUNCH
COMPLEX.
PLEASE ROLL THE TAPE.
YOU SEE THE FIRST STAGE BY THE
AIRCRAFT.
BEING TRANSPORTED TO AS ARE SING
FACILITY PRIOR TO BRING IT OUT
THOUGH LAUNCHPAD IN MID-JULY THE
SEQUENCE THE GOOD SHOT ON THE IN
GINS ON THE FIRST STAGE, THE
FIRST STATION BEING LIFTED AND
SAT ON THE LAUNCH MOUNT ON
COMPLEX 3 AND THE SECOND STAGE
ARRIVING A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER
AND WILL BE ERECTED AND
CAREFULLY POSITION ANIMATED TO
THE FIRST STAGE.
THEY TAKE GREAT CARE IN
FORMERRING THIS.
THIS WAS TEN DAYS AGO.
THERE IS THE PRECIOUS LANDSAT 9
IN THE PAYLOAD BEING RAISED TO
THE TOP AND BEING CAREFULLY
MATED AND THIS IS A GORGEOUS
SHOT ON THE PAYLOAD FARING.
SO THE LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS BEEN
EXCITING OVER THE PAST CONTINUE
DAYS YOU SAW THAT SPACECRAFT
VIDEO AND HAS BEEN VERY BUSY
WITH LAUNCH PREPARATIONS.
THIS PAST MONDAY, THE COMBINED
NASA LAUNCH TEAM HELD THE FLIGHT
READINESS WHERE WE ACCESS
PRELAUNCH PREPS ANOTHER MISSION.
THEN ON TUESDAY WE PERFORMED THE
SNG SESFUL INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
TEST BETWEEN THE LANDSAT NINE
SPACECRAFT AND THE ATLAS FIVE
ROCKET.
THEN, WE HAVE ENTIRE LAUNCH
TEAM, THAT IS PEOPLE FROM U OF
L, NASA,NOR THROP GRUM MACHINE
AND SPACE FORCE ATLAS FIVE TEAM
IN THE MISSION, JUST THIS
MORNING, WE CONDUCTED THE LAUNCH
READINESS REVIEW FOR THE LAND
SETH NINE MISSION AND CAME
TOGETHER FROM GOOD GUARD
SPACEFLIGHT CENTER AND NASA AS
WELL AS SENIOR MANAGER INTERESTS
SPACE LAUNCH DEAL 30 THE SPACE
FORCE COG COL LEG AND DISCUSS
THE LANDSAT NIN AND ALL ASSETS
TO PROCEED WITH LAUNCH ON-DAY.
SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN MONDAY.
WELL, EARLY IN THE MORNING THE
LAUNCH CREW WILL PE GUN ARRIVING
AND PERFORM THE FINAL
PREPARATIONS OF THE ATLAS 5 AND
POW WITH IT ON AND PERFORM
ELECTRICAL CHECKS AND FOLLOW
THAT BY REMOVAL OF OF THE MOBILE
SERVICE TOWER WHICH SURROUNDS
THE ROCKET BE A THE SPACECRAFT
840 SPA SIVE PACIFIC TIME AND
TOWARD THE ATLAS 5.
WELL, OXYGEN INTO THE FIRST AND
SECOND STAGE TANKS THEN LIQUID
HYDROGEN TO THE SECOND STAGE
FUEL TANK THES STAGE HAS
REMAINED ONBOARD ABOUT THREE
WEEKS AGO.
THEN, THE FLIGHT TEST WILL BE
PERFORMED ALONG WITH THE FINAL
TEST HERE WITH THE WESTERN RANGE
THEN WELL BE READY FOR LAUNCH
MONDAY MORNING AT 11:00 A.M.
PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME AND WE'LL
HAVE A 30 MINUTE LAUNCH WINDOW.
TO SUMMARIZE, THE SPACECRAFT,
THE ATLAS V ROCKET, ALL RANGE
EQUIPMENT ARE READY AND COMBINED
GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTOR LAUNCH
TEAM IS PREPARED FOR THE LAUNCH
OF LANDSAT NINE TON THE MISSION
TO KROLL THE NEAR 50 YEAR
CONTINUOUS COLLECTION OF THAT
MILLION TY SPECTRAL IMAGERY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE SCOTT
FROM UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE.
SCOTT?
SCOTT.
>> THANKS.
>> , ON BE HALF OF THE TEAM AT
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE I WANT TO
WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE LAUNCH
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE IN THE
HERITAGE VEHICLES ARE OF
LAUNCHED PREVIOUSLY ALL OF THE
MISSIONS 1 THROUGH 8 AND EX XATE
TO BE HEAR AND BE PART OF THE
TEAM FOR THE LANDSAT NINE LAUNCH
FOR NASA AND THE USGS.
LANDSAT NINE MISSION WILL LAUNCH
ON TOP OF OUR ATLAS 401
CONFIGURATION AND WHICH WILL
DELIVER LANDSAT 209 THE NEAR
POLAR ORBIT.
THE 401 CONFIGURATION IS
ACTUALLY OUR MOST FLOWN
CONFIGURATION 3:00 WITH AND
FLYING NOW FOR 19 YEARS AND THE
FIRST LAUNCH IN AUGUST OF 2002
AND THIS WILL BE OUR 88th
LUNCH OF ALL ATLAS AND THE
339th LUN OF THE 401 AND THE
OTHER NUMBER THAT IS EXCITING TO
ME IS THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE
THE 300'S LAUNCH OF THE ATLAS
VEHICLE OUT HERE AT VANDENBERG,
SO ALONG WITHING ABOUT THE 2.
>> th LAUNCH ALTOGETHER R.
THIS WILL BE THE 300th
LAUNCH OF THE ATLAS VEHICLE OUT
HERE AS WELL.
AND THIS VEHICLE HAS A FOUR
METER FARING THAT IS TENSIONED
PALED AND WITH THAT FARING IT
STANES AT 194 FEET TALL, AND
WEIGHS IN AT JUST ABOUT
750,000 POUNDS AND AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, IN ADDITION TO LAND SAT
NINE SPACECRAFT OUR SECOND STAGE
WILL PUT NA ORBIT CUBESAT
PAYLOADS WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO
PERFORM THE FIRST FOUR BURN
MISSION ON THE ATLAS VEHICLE AND
SO WE HAVE ONE BOURNE GET THE
LANDSAT NINE MISSION SEPARATED
THEN WE'LL HAVE TWO MORE BURNS
INNER TO GET LOW ARE THE ORBIT
TO LAUNCH TO ACCEPT PRATT THE
CUBESATS THEN A FINAL FOURTH
BURN FOR THE DEOR BIT OF THE
VEHICLE LET'S ROLL THE MISSION
PROFILE VIDEO ALLOW TO YOU SEE
WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON MONDAY
MORNING.
>> WE HAVE IGNITION AND WE HAVE
LIFTOFF MUCH THE UNITED LAUNCH
ALLIANCE, ATLAS 5 ROCK CAN HE.
THE ATLAS 5 MAIN ENGINE UNITES
GENERATE MORE THAN
860,000 POUNDS AND 3.8 MILLION
LUFT THE ROCKET TO SHORTLY AFTER
LIFTOFF, ATLAS BEGINS PITCHEVER
TO OBTAIN THE PROPER FLIGHT PATH
BY MIN MIGHT THE EXPERIENCE
DURING FLIGHT.
THE ATLAS 5 REACHES MACH ONE,
THE SPEED OF SOUND, 1: 20 AND
THE NEXT 2.5 MINUTE OF FIRST
STAGE FLIGHT.
THE ATLASES 5 WERE MORE THAN
QUADRUPLE.
TO MEET REQUIRE AM POSSER THE
MISSION AND 2:18 ATLAS BEGINS
BURYING THAT TRA K TRAJECTORY TO
THE STEERING MANEUVER.
UNIQUE RIGHT ASCENSION OF THE
TECHNIQUE GIVES MUCH LONGER
LAUNCH WINDOW BY COMPENSATE FOR
EARTH'S ROTATION.
THIS DYNAMIC TRAJECTORY
DEPENDENT ON THE LIFTOFF TIME
WITHIN THE GIVEN WINDOW.
AT 4:03.
THEY COMPLETE AND THE BOOSTER
ENGINE SHUTS DOWN.
THE ATLAS 5 IS TRAVELING AT MORE
THAN 13800 OR 22200 PER HOUR
LOCATE NEARLY 893 MAILS OR 150
KILOMETERS IN AT TOAD AND
154 MILES AND 248 DOWN RANGE.
SIX SECONDS LATER THIS ATLAS
SEPARATION ACTIVATES TO RELEASE
AND THE VEHICLE NOW WEIGH MERSE
THAN 8% OF WHAT IT CAN AND
LIFTOFF AND TEN SECONDS LATER.
THE FIRST BURN AT THE MAIN
ENGINE.
BURNING LUCK OXYGEN AND
VELOCITY.
LAN SENTENCE NINE IS PROTECTED
INSIDE OF A PAYLOAD FARING AND
4:27 AND THE PAYLOAD FARING IS
JETTISON.
16.5 INTO FLIGHT CUTOFF OF THE
ENGINE OCCURS AND NOW TERNS
COAST PHASE IN PREP RATION FOR
LANDSAT NINE SEPARATION AND 1:20
AND 40 AND RELEASES THE LANDSAT
NINE AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF
THE PROGRAM HONER TOKING THE
EITHER'S CLIMATE WATER AND
VEGETATION.
FOLLOWING LANDSAT NINE
SEPARATION THE MAIN IN GIN
COMPLETE TWOS MORE WITHIN THE
SPAN OF 50MEN AND 21:00 4:00 THE
FLIGHT SYSTEM BEGINS CUBESATS
INCLUDING THE COLORADO TRANSIT
EXPERIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO AND THE PLASMA IMAGING
FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY.
FINALLY, 2:57:44 PERFORMS THE
FINAL BURN TO COMPLETE THE
MISSION.
SO THAT IS A LITTLE SUMMARY OF
WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON MONDAY AND
THE LAUNCH ALLIANCE TEAM IS VERY
PROUD TO DELIVER LANDSAT NINE TO
ITS MISSION ORBIT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EMPOWER
CRUCIAL OBSERVATIONS AND
RESEARCH OF THIS BEAUTIFUL
PLANET AS THOMAS NOTED.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
144 MISSIONS AS THE UNITED
LAUNCH ALLY ANDS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THAT 100% MISSION SUCCESS WITH
OUR 145th LAUNCH OF LANDSAT
ON HYUNDAI.
SO IN CLOSING, WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO ALL OF THE NASA, TO NASA,
USGS, AL THE MISSION PARTNER FOS
AIR LOYING US TO BE A PART OF
THIS PEAT TEAM.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH ON MONDAY, THEN, GO
ATLAS.
A GO CENTAUR.
GO LANDSAT 9.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT.
FINALLY, FOR A LAUNCH UPDATE,
RATHER UPDATE ARE THE LAUNCH
WEATHER OFFICER CAPTAIN HICK
COLS.
CAPTAIN.
>> THANKS.
IL THE LAUNCH OFFICER FOR THE
UPCOMING LISTENED SENTENCE 9
LAUNCH.
MYSELF AND THE TEAM OF WEATHER
PROFESSIONALS WILL BE EVAL ITING
WEATHER CONSTRAINTS HERE AS WELL
AS SPECIFIC WEATHER CONSTRAINT
FORCE THE ATLAS 5 LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
WEATHER ALONG THE CALIFORNIA
COAST IN SEPTEMBER IS
CHARACTERIZED AS TRANSITION
SEASON WHERE OCCASIONALLY,
ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERNS BRING
COLD FRONTS, DOWN THROUGH THE
STATE AND CLEAR OUT OUR MARINE
LAYER VAT US AND AFTERNOON WS
TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT
STRONGER.
CURRENTLY, HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER
THE WEST COAST, AND THIS THIS
PATTERN IS LEADING TO WAYS
SPREAD ELEVATED MARINE LAYER AND
VAT US AND LOOKING TO SATELLITE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO
BREAK DROWN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND RIGHT NOW A LARGE
SWATH OF CLOUDS CAN BE SEEN OFF
THE CALIFORNIA COAST IN
ADDITION, A MONSOONAL LOW IS
PRODUCING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA AND INTO
NORTHWEST MEXICO.
ALSO, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BUTT
OF GRAY SPOKE AND THAT IS COMING
FROM A LARGE FIRE COMPLEX IN THE
SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST THAT IS
DRIFTING IF THE VALLEY AND
OBSCURING VISIBILITY THAT TIME.
MOVING TON THE LAUNCH DAY
FORECAST.
AS HIGH PRESSURE BREAKS DOWN AND
RESTREETS TO THE SOUTHWEST.
THE LOW WILL APPROACH THE
SPECIFIC NORTHWEST.
BUT STILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY
FEATURE AND THE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAN THE PRIMARY FEATURE
FOR THE DAY OF LAUNCH.
WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS AND
MARINE LAYER STRATUS AND FOG
WILL CONTINUE TO OB CURE AND 3
TO 5 MILES THE OVERALL PROB K OF
VIOLATION IS GOING TO BE LESS
THAN 10% WITH THE AREA OF
CONCERN FOR BROWN WINDS BEING
OUR PRIMARY AREA THAT WILL BE
MONITORING FOR MOVING TO THE
24-HOUR DELAY SCRUB FORECAST THE
COLD FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING
FROM THE NORTH WILL PUSH TOWARD
THE AREA.
WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 14 TO
20 MILES PER HOUR.
GUSTING TO 25 MILES PER HOUR TO
THE NORTH-NORTHWEST.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW
TO MID 60'S AND THE OVERALL
PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION WILL BE
4% WITH THE CONTINUED AREA OF
CONCERN BEING GROUND WINDS AND
THAT IS ALL FOR WEATHER, BACK TO
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK.
WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE PHONE
LOONS FOR QUESTION FROM THE
MEDIA.
WHEN CALLED UPON, TATE YOUR
NAME, AFFILIATE ALSO TO WHOM ARE
DIRECTING THE QUESTION.
PLEASE.
MIT TO IT ONE WE ARE WE READY TO
OPEN UP THIS PHONE LINES?
OK.
OUR FIRST QUESTION IS FROM
STEVEN CLARK.
ARE YOU THERE?
>> AM HERE.
CAN YOU HAR ME.
>> I CAN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH THE
QUESTION.
THANK.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE FOR KAREN OR THOMAS AND CAN
YOU SHARE THE TOTAL LIFE CYCLE
COST FOR LANDSAT 9 AND SECOND
QUESTION FOR TIM DUHM, THE WATCH
TIME CHANGED BY A MINUTE FROM
EARLIERED AERTIZED TIME.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT DROVE THAT?
CAN YOU WALK MING THAT THE RANGE
AVAILABILITY AFTER MONDAY DO YOU
FOLKS HAVE THE RANGE FOR AWHILE.
THANKS.
>> YOU WANT TO TAKE PART 1 OF
THAT.
>> YES.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WITH THATTING
HOW TOTAL COAST WOULD BE A
LITTLE BIT ON $750 MILLION.
YOU SAY, WELL, THAT IS
EXPENSIVE.
THE TEAM CAME IN CLOSE
TO $90 MILLION BELOW THE COST
ANTICIPATED SO THAT IS THE FIRST
ONE KIND OF TO THE NEXT 1
MILLION.
OK.
IF YOU WANT TO JUMP UNFOR THE
SECOND QUESTION?
>> HI, MARIE.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION FOR
ME?
I COULD NOT HEAR STEVEN WHEN HE
ASKED?
>> STEVEN, BE ARE YOU STILL
THERE?
ARE YOU ABLE TO RENEAT QUESTION?
IT BROKE UP A LULL BIT MORE FOR
ME.
>> YEAH.
AM STILL HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> SORRY.
WE STILL HAVE STUFF IN, SO YOU
CAN GO AHEAD AND ASK THAT AGAIN
FOR TIM.
>> YEAH.
SO TIM, A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES,
LAUNCH TIME, YOU THINK, NOW
11:12 A.M. FOR OPENING OF THE 30
MINUTE WINDOW WONDERING WHAT
CHANGED THAT BY ONE MINUTE THEN
WHATS THE RANGE AFTER HYUNDAI.
DO YOU HAVE THE RANGE FOR AWHILE
OR A COMING UP.
THANKS.
>> THIS IS TIM.
CEPRATEING THE QUESTION ONE MORE
TIME.
I HEARD YOU AT THE VERY END AS
YOU WERE RESTATING IT.
HE KAY.
ONE MORE TIME?
I CAN HERE YOU NOW.
OK.
TIM.
JUST WONDERING WHAT CHANGED THE
LAUNCH TIME BY ONE MINUTE FOR
TOMORROW AND RANGE AVAILABILITY
BEA BEYOND MONDAY AND COMING UP
IN THE NEAR TERM?
OK.
I WILL TAKE THAT FIRST WE HAVE
MONDAY AS THE PRIMARY DY AND WE
ARE CONFIRM FOR TUESDAY FOR THE
BACKUP DAY.
DAYS BEA BEYOND THAT WE BELIEVE
COULD BECOME AVAILABLE CURRENTLY
THERE ARE SOME SYSTEM LEVEL
TESTING CONFLICTS WITH THE NAVY
RANGE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
VANDENBERG BUT WE BELIEVE THAT
WE CAN DEACON FLICK THOSE THE
30th SPACE LAUNCH DELTA
SCHEDULING WOULD LOOK AT.
WE'LL ATTACK THAT ADDITIONAL
DAY.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS A GOOD ONE
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAUNCH
WINDOW DUE TO EARLY THAT WE RAN
AGAINST OUR CALYPSO AND CLADISTS
BASICALLY AT ORBIT.
WE LARCHED THE CLADIST MISSION
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO HERE FROM
VANDENBERG THEN THE LANDSAT
CONSTELLATION, SENSATE NINE IN
PARTICULAR APPLIES VERY CLOSE TO
CALYPSO CLADIST CERTAINLY DURING
THE AND/OR BIT MANEUVERS SO WE
DID GET A COLA, A COLLISION
VADANCE RUN JUST LAST NIGHT THAT
TOLD US FIRST MINUTE OF THE
LAUNCH WINDOW ON MONDAY MORNING
WILL BE BLACKED SOUGHT I SUGGEST
THE TARGET FROM 11 MINUTES AFTER
THE HOUR TO 12 MINUTES AFTER THE
HOUR FOR BEGINNING OF WINDOW.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, TIM.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, THINK,
IN THE LINE FROM RANDY SHOW
STACK.
RANDY SHALL THERE?
YES, AM.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
OK.
>> QUESTION FOR.
MASS AND MICHAEL.
I WITH APURCHASE FATE CUE
PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE R
THE IMPORTANT AND FAR-REACHING
GOALS YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE FROM
LANDSATED FROM THE EARTH
MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES?
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO START
KAREN?
OK.
KAREN?
>> OK.
CARN.
>> SURE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
>> THERE ARE TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS
ONE MAJOR ELEMENT IS THE DATA WE
GET FROM LANDSAT EVERY DAY.
THE COMBINATION OF OPTICAL
OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS THE
THERMAL INFRARED GIVE US A DEEP
IN SIGHT INTO MANY OF FOR
EXAMPLE, TALK ABOUT AGRICULTURE
FOR A MOMENT.
WITH LANDSAT, WE CAN SEE NOT
JUST WHERE THERE IS VEGETATION
BUT WE CAN ALSO SEE WHAT KINDS
OF CROPS ARE GROWING AND THEIR
HEALTH AND EVEN ESTIMATE YIELDS
AND THAT ALL CONTRIBUTES TO FOOD
SECURITY AROUND THE WORLD AND
WITH WATER WE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT WATER WITH USAGE THEN HELP
GUIDE DARM FARMERS IN MAKING
THECISIONS ABOUT IRRIGATION THEN
SEE WATER QUALITY SO WE CAN SEE
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS STARTING
THEN THAT ALLOWS WATER MANAGERS
IN DRINKING WATER AND TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT MANAGING WATER
WHEN THERE IS A HARMFUL ALGAL
BLOOM THAT IS CREATING A TOXIC
SITUATION.
THERE COULD BE IMPACTS DUE TO
DISEASE OR INSECT AND FOREST
HEALTH CAN ALSO TELL US
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AVAILABLE
FUEL FOR WILDFIRES AND THEN
AFTER WILDFIRE, WE CAN SEE WHERE
WHERE THERE ARE BURN SCARS THEN
HELP EMERGENCIAGE THE RETURN OF
THE FOREST.
HE CAN SEE URBAN GROWTH AND THE
IMPACT OF YOU ARE GAN GROWTH ON
THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE AREA
AND WE CAN SEE RETREAT WHICH IS
ONE OF THE ALMOSTS OF
UNDERSTANDING SEA LEVEL RY AND
CLIMATE CHANGE SO THOSE KINDS OF
APPLICATIONS HAVE A BROAD IMPACT
ON SOCIETY THE 50-YEAR RECORD OF
LANDSAT DATA GIVES US ANOTHER
IMPORTANT IN SIGHT INTO CLIMATE
CHANGE AND IN OTHER WORDS, WE
KNOW LET THAT THINGS ARE
CHANGING BECAUSE WE HAVE
UNBROKEN RECORD WE CAN SEE THE
RATE OF THAT CHANGE AND IN FACT
THE CHANGE IN THE RATE OF THE
CHANGE.
SO THAT HELPS REDICT AS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OR MICHAEL
WANTED TO EX NAN OR IF KAREN
PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.
>> I AM GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> OK.
NEXT QUESTION WILL BE FROM JEFF
SOUTH.
ARE YOU THERE?
>> YES, I AM.
POOTED AFTERNOON.
A GRE SCOTT AND YOU MENTIONED
FOUR CUBESATS FLYING AT
SECONDARY PAYLOAD ON THIS
LAUNCH.
TWO ARE IN CUPID.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO?
SO IT IS COMBINATION, AS I
UNDERSTAND WHERE IT SHALL AS THE
UNIVERSITY AND THEN WE HAVE SOME
FROM THE AIR FORCE MULTI MANY
VESTS OFFICE AND I DON'T KNOW
THE NAMES OF THOSE I AM SORRY.
MAYBE TIM DOES.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THIS
ONE.
AM AWARE OF ONE OF THEM WHICH IS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATOR BOTH WITH DEMAND
UPLINKS AND CROSS LINK
PROTOCOLS.
>> OK.
THEN TIM, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE
OTHER ONE?
>> NO, AND NOT.
I DO KNOW THAT SPACE FORCE WAS
VERY QUIET 6:00 ON THEY WERE
DOING.
>> WILLING THANK YOU.
IT LOOK LOOK WE HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION FROM STEVEN CLARK.
STEVEN.
>> WARE.
NOIR QUESTION FOR TIM DUHN I
COULD.
THANKS FOR TALKING THE SECOND
QUESTION.
THE LIQUID OXYGEN AVAILABILITY
TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MORE MISSIONS
GOING BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
DO YOU EXPECT ANY IMPACTS FROM
LIQUID OXYGEN OR ANY SPILLOVER
EFFECTS INTO LIQUID NITROGEN
AVAILABILITY FOR ANY MISSIONS
COMING UP LIKE LOOSE SY, DARK,
DO YOU THINKS THE CONCERNS ARE
BEHIND YOU?
>> WE HAD OUR CALL LEDGES WITH
THE MISSION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
IN THE SUPPLY TEAM ISSUES THAT
WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE FIRST
SEVEN DAY DELAY THAT WE HAD ON
LANDSAT 9 WE DID RECOVER FROM
THAT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT
REESTABLISHING THAT SUPPLY CHAIN
HERE TO VANDENBERG AND ONE MORE
MISSIONS THIS YEAR, A MISSION IN
NOVEMBER, THEN WE HAVE TWO
MISSIONS FROM THE EAST COAST
FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND WE
BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE
COMMODITY ISSUES ARE IN A STABLE
CONFIGURATION FOR THE SUPPLY
CHAIN DELIVERY RIGHT NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW IT IS ITEM WE ARE
HON MONITORING BUT WE ARE NOT
OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT ITING
NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THAT IS ALL FOR THE QUESTION ON
THE PHONE AND WE'LL TAKE A
COUPLE FROM ONLINE AND THIS
WITHIN IS FOR KAREN AND WITH SO
MANY COMPANIES PROVIDING EARTH
IMAGERY WHATS THE JUSTIFICATION
FOR NASA TO CONTINUE WITH THE
MISSIONS LIKE LANDSAT.
KAREN, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT.
>> SURE.
SURE.
HAT ME START BUY SAYING WE ARE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH IN THE COMMERCIAL
SECTOR WITH COMMERCIAL IMAGERY
AND IN FACT IT IS OPENING UP NEW
AVENUES AND EXPLORATION FOR US.
A STRONG COMPLIMENT TO WHAT WE
DID DO WITH IS MISLIKE LAN
SENTENCE.
THESE COMMERCIAL MISSIONS DON'T
GENERALLY REPRODUCE THE LAN
SENTENCE DATA.
FROM ARE NEXT,S IN CLUING THE
HIGHEST LEVEL IN IN SENSITIVE TO
CHANGE AND THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND VERY VERY DETAILED
CHANGES IN AND WATER QUALITY AND
SOPORT WHAT WE DO WITH LANDSAT
IS VERY SPECIAL BUT THE DATA WE
ABLE TO ACQUIRE FROM COMMERCIAL
AUGMENT AND ALLOW US TO EXTEND
THE SCIENCE WE ARE ABLE TO DO IN
MANY DIRECTIONS.
>> I AM GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.
ATE LOS ME TO THANK THE AMAZING
TEAMS THAT HAVE OVERCOME A LOT
OF CHALLENGES OVER AND ABOVE.
IT IS ALREADY ROCKET SCIENCE
BEFORE COVID BUT OVER AND ABOVE
WITH ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT
ARE THROUGHOUT.
AS WELL AS SUPPLY CHANGE ISSUES
IN PART AND THE LANDSAT LAUNCH
HAS MOVED TO THE RIGHT TO A
CERTAIN EXTEND AND ALSO HAS HAD
AT HE BEEN GOING AND FORCED US
TO SHUTDOWN SOME OF AND WANTED
TO TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE COME
TOGETHER WHETHER IT IS NORTHROP
DRUMMAN AND GODDARD AND ANY ONE
OF THE CONTRACTORS SUCH AS
AEROSPACE THAT HAS COME TOGETHER
AND THEN ALSO ULA AND THE SUP
PLAY CHAIN AND BROUGHT IT
TOGETHER SO WE CAN LAUNCH RIGHT
NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT THANKS.
THE NEXT QEZ FOR MICHAEL AND TON
WHY AND CAN YOU PLACE LAN
SENTENCE 9 AND THE IN TIRE
PROGRAM IN CONTEXT WITH OTHER
EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS AND
WHAT ARE THE RELATIVE STRENGTH
AND WEAKNESSES OF THE LANDSAT
PROGRAM AND THE 9 SPECIFICALLY.
MICHAEL?
LET SURE WHERE TO START WITH
THAT ONE.
I THINK YOU BT TO START OF
COURSE FOR THE STRENGTH OF
LISTENED SENTENCE WITH THE
50-YEAR RECORD.
I MEAN IT IS UNPARALLELED AND
EACH OF THE SATELLITES THAT WE
PUT UP HIN TEENS WITH THE SET OF
SATELLITES SO WE CAN TRACE BACK
WHAT WE ARE OBSERVING THE OTHER
INTERESTING THING BUT NOT SO
MUCH SHALL SAW THIS MAKES IT
DIFFERENT BUT WHAT MAKES
DIFFERENCE AND MAY WANT TO THE
FLE AND OPEN ACCESS OF THE
LANDSAT DATA IS REALLY VALLABLE
TOLL THE COMMUNITY.
THE USE OF LANDSAT DATA BECAUSE
OF THAT AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT.
IT IS AS A CONTRIBUTOR FOR THE
ECONOMY AND TURNS OUT THAT
LANDSAT IS SECOND ONLY TO GPS
INTERNALS OF DRIVING VALUE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
I DON'T KNOWZ IN TAN WHY HAS ANY
OTHER THINGS SHE WOULD LIKE TO
BRING UP IN RESPECT TO OTHER
USES OF LANDSAT 9USGS HAS SEEN.
THANK YOU.
TANYA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO
THAT SURE.
CAN ADDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT.
THEN KAREN ALSO REFERRED TO SOME
OF THESE MISSION AREAS AS WELL.
THE LANDSAT PROGRAM IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE FREE FOR ANYONE TO
YUNLOAD THE INFORMATION AND THE
ARCHIVE OVER 50 YEARS IS EUNUCH
AND NOTHING ELSE LIKE THAT SO
THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE THAT TO
SEE THE TRENDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING IS U MCAND VERY
VALUABLE.
BUT THE EVERYWHERE PROGRAMS CAN
BE USED TO LOOK AT CHANGES AND
WATER QUALITY CHANGES AND
EXPERIENCE THAT WE SEE IN
FLOODING AND STORM VEIN HAS W WE
ARE SEEING MORE TREE YEN LISTEN
ILY AND HAVE SUCH A BRAD
APPLICATION BASE BUT I THINK
THAT PROGRAM SETS IT APART FROM
OTHER EARTH OBSERVATIONS SYSTEMS
THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON AS
WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THOMAS, WE ARE ARE HERE TO TALK
ABOUT LANDSAT.
THIS IS AN EXCITING MISSION I
KNOW YOU GOT ROBUST LINE-UP
COMING UP THE REST OF THE FALL.
SOME INTERESTING UNIQUE SCIENCE
MISSIONS JUST ON THE HORIZON.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT US' HEAD
BEAYON LAND SATED.
YEAH.
IT IS GOING TO BE QUICK AND
FURIOUS HERE.
THERE IS LANDSAT STANDING ON A
ROCKET RIGHT NOW GETTING READY
TO LAUNCH ON MONDAY.
ASTROS WE NEVER OBSERVED BEFORE
THEN WE HAVE TWO SMALLER
MISSIONS THATS ARE THERE.
ONE OF THEM IS X-RAY TELESCOPE
THAT IS LOOKING AT PROCESSES AND
PROCESSES THAT EMIT THESE
EMISSIONS OUT AND EX RY AND
FREQUENCIES THEN OF COURSE,
START, START WHICH IS A
COALITION EXPERIMENT WHERE WE
TRIED TO BUM OUT AND LARN HOW TO
BUM OUT OF THE WHICH FOR THE
FIRST TIME REALLY LEARNING HOW
TO REALLY THEN THE CROWNING
ACHIEVEMENT IN DECEMBER IN WHICH
WE WANT TO GET A JAMES WEBB
SPACE TELESCOPE OF THIS PLAN THE
THEN START THE AMAZING SIGNS
NEXT YEAR THAT IT HAS BEEN
THERE.
>> DEFINITELY LAY BUSY TIME FOR
THE SCIENCE MISSION DIR ATE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
AS A REMINDER.
LANDSAT IS IDLE FORD LIFTOFF
MONDAY AT 11:12 A.M. PACIFIC
TIME.
THAT IS 2:12 P.M. AND 1:30 P.M.
AND WATCH HERE AT NASA! GOV AND
FORMER ON THE MISSION YOU CAN
VISIT LANDSAT 9.
WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY.