1 00:00:44,811 --> 00:01:26,853 ♪ 2 00:01:26,853 --> 00:01:29,389 >> HELLO AND WELCOME FROM NASA 3 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:31,858 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLOOR 4 00:01:31,858 --> 00:01:35,929 FOR THE CONFERENCE ON THE 5 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:39,999 ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE MISSION 6 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:49,209 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GOES-T. 7 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:52,011 THIS MISSION WILL LIFT OFF ON 8 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:54,114 MARCH 1ST FROM CAPE CANAVERAL ON 9 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:56,449 BOARD A UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE 10 00:01:56,449 --> 00:01:57,684 AT LA 5 ROCKET. 11 00:01:57,684 --> 00:02:00,987 TODAY I'M JOINED BY A PANEL OF 12 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:02,755 EXPERTS EAGLE FOR TALK TO YOU 13 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:04,624 ABOUT THE MISSION. 14 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:09,729 FIRST WE'RE JOINED BY STEVE 15 00:02:09,729 --> 00:02:11,764 BOWLES AT NOAA. 16 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:15,201 FOLLOWED BY PAM SULLIVAN AT 17 00:02:15,201 --> 00:02:15,702 NOAA. 18 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:18,338 JOHN, THE DIRECTOR OF JOINT 19 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:21,007 AGENCY SATELLITE DIVISION AT 20 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:24,511 NASA HEADQUARTERS SCIENCE 21 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:25,078 DIRECTORATE. 22 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:28,681 KIM DUNN FROM THE LAUNCH PROGRAM 23 00:02:28,681 --> 00:02:30,783 BASED HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE 24 00:02:30,783 --> 00:02:31,217 CENTER. 25 00:02:31,217 --> 00:02:35,755 SCOTT MESSER, AT UNITED LAUNCH 26 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:39,659 ALLIANCE, AND JESSICA WILLIAMS, 27 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:42,362 LAUNCH OFFICER AT SPACE LAUNCH 28 00:02:42,362 --> 00:02:42,862 DELTA 45. 29 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:44,797 WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM 30 00:02:44,797 --> 00:02:48,868 THE MEDIA OVER THE PHONE, AND WE 31 00:02:48,868 --> 00:02:51,538 INVITE THE CONVERSATION ONLINE 32 00:02:51,538 --> 00:03:00,280 USING #READY TO GOES. 33 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,551 STEEL STEVE BOLES, WE'LL START 34 00:03:04,551 --> 00:03:05,285 WITH YOU. 35 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:09,889 WE SIT AT THE LAUNCH OF THE 36 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:11,391 SATELLITE. 37 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:13,159 WE'RE SUPPORTED BY ENTIRE NATION 38 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,862 WHO RELIES ON AND BELIEVES IN 39 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:19,999 THE VALUE OF THE OBSERVATION. 40 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:22,135 GOES-T IS THE THIRD OF THE 41 00:03:22,135 --> 00:03:24,470 GOES-R SERIES THAT HAS IMPROVED 42 00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:28,508 WHETHER FORECAST SINCE IT WAS 43 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:32,512 FIRST LAUNCH IN 2016. 44 00:03:32,512 --> 00:03:34,981 THE GOES SERIES HAS 45 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:35,848 REVOLUTIONIZED SEVERE MONITORING 46 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:36,950 FOR US. 47 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:39,285 WITH REGARD TO STORMS AND OTHER 48 00:03:39,285 --> 00:03:41,254 ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS SUCH AS 49 00:03:41,254 --> 00:03:42,288 WILDFIRES, WHICH ARE ALWAYS A 50 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:45,425 THREAT TO THE WESTERN STATES, 51 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:48,294 THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE GOES T 52 00:03:48,294 --> 00:03:51,531 WILL ALLOW US TO SEE A BIGGER 53 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:53,633 PICTURE ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE 54 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:55,935 WHILE READING THE FINE PRINT OF 55 00:03:55,935 --> 00:03:58,137 WHAT IS HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY 56 00:03:58,137 --> 00:03:59,706 AROUND THE EARTH. 57 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,008 GOES LOOKS NOT ONLY AT EARTH BUT 58 00:04:02,008 --> 00:04:04,944 LOOKS UP AT THE SUN HELPING 59 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:08,147 NOAA, A U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY 60 00:04:08,147 --> 00:04:10,917 RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING SPACE 61 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,619 WEATHER, AND ISSUING ALERTS, 62 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,787 FORECASTS AND WARNINGS, TO STAY 63 00:04:14,787 --> 00:04:17,757 ON TOP OF THE SOLAR RADIATION 64 00:04:17,757 --> 00:04:20,093 STORMS THAT ASK POSE HIGH RISK 65 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,561 TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 66 00:04:21,561 --> 00:04:24,097 ACROSS THE U.S. AND ACROSS THE 67 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,332 PLANET. 68 00:04:26,332 --> 00:04:27,567 NOAA DEVELOPS THE PROGRAM 69 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:31,337 THROUGH A NOAA-NASA OFFICE 70 00:04:31,337 --> 00:04:34,440 OPERATING THE SATELLITE AND 71 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,909 DISTRIBUTING DATA WORLDWIDE. 72 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:39,012 WE'LL SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE 73 00:04:39,012 --> 00:04:39,779 NASA PARTICIPATION, WHILE THIS 74 00:04:39,779 --> 00:04:42,348 IS A NOAA PROGRAM, IT IS 75 00:04:42,348 --> 00:04:46,586 COMPLETELY A COMBINED NOAA-NASA 76 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:49,155 EFFORT. 77 00:04:49,155 --> 00:04:51,591 NOAA-NASA HAS A PARTNERSHIP 78 00:04:51,591 --> 00:04:53,426 DEVELOPING THE BEST SATELLITE 79 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:54,827 TECHNOLOGY MISSIONS TO HELP 80 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:56,996 DELIVER LIFE-SAVING WEATHER 81 00:04:56,996 --> 00:04:58,998 FORECAST WARNINGS FOR THE 82 00:04:58,998 --> 00:04:59,932 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 83 00:04:59,932 --> 00:05:05,905 GOES T. IS ONLY ONE OF THE 84 00:05:05,905 --> 00:05:07,307 PRODUCTS AND IT WILL BE JOINED 85 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:11,110 BY MANY MORE TO COME. 86 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:11,911 LOCKHEED MARTIN DESIGNED AND 87 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:14,447 TESTS AND DELIVERED THE 88 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:16,816 LIGHTNING MAPPER. 89 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:19,252 HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES DELIVERS THE 90 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:21,521 PAYLOAD ON BOARD THE BASELINE 91 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:24,891 IMAGER ALONG WITH THE GROUND 92 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:43,242 SYSTEM I WANT TO THANK THE 93 00:05:43,242 --> 00:05:44,911 ENTIRE TEAM FOR BRINGING US TO 94 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:46,546 THIS POINT. 95 00:05:46,546 --> 00:05:48,815 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 96 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:50,817 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOLLOWED BY 97 00:05:50,817 --> 00:05:54,187 MEANS YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL 98 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:54,587 SATELLITES. 99 00:05:54,587 --> 00:05:56,656 >> THE THIRD IN THE GOES-R 100 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:59,859 SERIES, TO TALK TO MORE ABOUT 101 00:05:59,859 --> 00:06:01,861 THAT IS PAM SULLIVAN FROM NOAA. 102 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:07,934 >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JASMINE. 103 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:08,701 THIS PRIDES THE ONLY CONTINUOUS 104 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:12,739 COVERAGE OF WEATHER AND 105 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:13,339 HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL 106 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:15,375 CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN 107 00:06:15,375 --> 00:06:16,843 HEMISPHERE, PROTECTING THE LIVES 108 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:18,978 AND PROPERTY OF THE 1 BILLION 109 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:21,047 PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE AMERICAS 110 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,415 WERE THIS IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL 111 00:06:22,415 --> 00:06:25,718 NOW AS THE U.S. EXPERIENCES A 112 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:28,988 RECORD NUMBER OF BILLION-DOLLAR 113 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:29,389 DISASTERS. 114 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:30,923 GOES 2, ASK THE THIRD SATELLITE 115 00:06:30,923 --> 00:06:33,559 IN THE GOES-R SERIES WHICH IS 116 00:06:33,559 --> 00:06:35,962 NOAH'S SIXTH GENERATION 117 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:37,930 STATIONARY OBSERVING SYSTEM. 118 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:41,234 PLANNING FOR THE GOES-R SERIES 119 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:45,037 BEGAN IN 1999, AND R AND S WERE 120 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:47,840 LAUNCHED IN 2016 AND 2018 121 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:48,574 RESPECTIVELY. 122 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:51,377 THE GOES R SATELLITES WILL 123 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:54,614 CONTINUE OPERATIONS INTO THE 124 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,049 2030s. 125 00:06:57,049 --> 00:06:59,652 GOES-T SATELLITE IS SIMILAR TO 126 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:04,290 ITS OLDER SIBLING, BUT THERE ARE 127 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,525 APPLIED LESSONS LEARNS. 128 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:07,693 THE MAIN CHANGE IS THE THERMAL 129 00:07:07,693 --> 00:07:09,796 SYSTEM THE BASELINE IMAGER TO 130 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:13,466 AVOID THE ANOMALY SCENE THAT 131 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:17,203 CAUSE THE DETECTERS TO OVERHEAT. 132 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:21,707 IT HAS A BETTER TRACK CONDITIONS 133 00:07:21,707 --> 00:07:25,244 THAT MIGHT AFFECT WEATHER 134 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:28,080 SIGNALS, ACCURACY AND SPACE 135 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,048 TOURISTS. 136 00:07:29,048 --> 00:07:32,685 ONCE IN ORBIT, IT WILL GO OVER 137 00:07:32,685 --> 00:07:36,022 THE WEST COAST AND THE PACIFIC 138 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:36,422 ASSOCIATION. 139 00:07:36,422 --> 00:07:38,424 MOST OF THE WEATHER THAT EFFECTS 140 00:07:38,424 --> 00:07:40,660 THE U.S. TRAVELS IN THE WEST TO 141 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:41,727 EAST DIRECTION. 142 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:43,429 SO THE WESTERN SATELLITE GIVES 143 00:07:43,429 --> 00:07:45,231 US GREAT UP STREAM VIEW OF WHAT 144 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:46,899 IS COMING. 145 00:07:46,899 --> 00:07:50,036 GOES T WILL MONITOR CONDITIONS 146 00:07:50,036 --> 00:07:51,337 THAT ARE HAZARDOUS IN THE WEST 147 00:07:51,337 --> 00:07:54,607 SUCH AS WILDFIRES, SMOKE, 148 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:56,609 BLINDING DUST STORMS AND THE 149 00:07:56,609 --> 00:08:03,216 PHENOMENON OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS 150 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:04,884 THAT FLOODED BRITISH COLUMBIA 151 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:08,154 LAST YEAR. 152 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:20,399 IT THE GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES 153 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:22,568 HELP EVERY DAY. 154 00:08:22,568 --> 00:08:25,438 THEY PREDICT HURRICANES, 155 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:28,040 THUNDERSTORMS, FLOODS AND FIRES. 156 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,743 THE GOES-R SATELLITES PROVIDE 157 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:35,314 60-TIMES MORE IMAGERY AND THEY 158 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:38,251 CAN SPOT TORONTO AND DAMAGING 159 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:38,718 WINDS. 160 00:08:38,718 --> 00:08:42,722 WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE 161 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:45,858 NOAA-NASA ACADEMY FOR THE U.S. 162 00:08:45,858 --> 00:08:48,227 AND ACROSS THE WESTERN 163 00:08:48,227 --> 00:08:48,628 HEMISPHERE. 164 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:49,295 >> THANK YOU, PAM. 165 00:08:49,295 --> 00:08:51,631 AS MENTIONED EARLIER THE GOES 166 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:53,299 PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION 167 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:55,368 BETWEEN NASA AND NOAA. 168 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:57,136 TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT IS 169 00:08:57,136 --> 00:09:00,573 THE DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT AGENCY 170 00:09:00,573 --> 00:09:04,510 SATELLITE DIVISION AT NASA 171 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:06,145 HEADQUARTERS SCIENCE 172 00:09:06,145 --> 00:09:08,114 DIRECTORATE. 173 00:09:08,114 --> 00:09:08,881 >> AS JASMINE MENTIONED, OUR 174 00:09:08,881 --> 00:09:12,552 MISSION IS PART OF THE SCIENCE 175 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:14,020 MISSION DIRECTORATE. 176 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:18,925 WE MANAGE ON BEHALF OF OPERATION 177 00:09:18,925 --> 00:09:19,325 SATELLITE. 178 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:20,359 WE'VE PARTNERED WITH NOAA FOR 179 00:09:20,359 --> 00:09:23,095 MORE THAN 50 YEARS ON THE 180 00:09:23,095 --> 00:09:27,199 NATION'S TERRESTRIAL, POLAR AND 181 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:28,100 VIBRATION POINT ORBITS. 182 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:30,202 OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY 183 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:31,904 SUCCESSFUL, HAVING SIGNIFICANTLY 184 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:36,142 ADVANCED THE NATION'S EARTH 185 00:09:36,142 --> 00:09:39,879 OBSERVATIONS, SEVERE STORM AND 186 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:41,781 HUGE PREDICTION AND CLIMATE 187 00:09:41,781 --> 00:09:42,381 OBSERVATION. 188 00:09:42,381 --> 00:09:45,484 OVER THE YEARS THE NOAA-NASA 189 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:46,652 PARTNERSHIP HAS SUCCESSFULLY 190 00:09:46,652 --> 00:09:49,088 DEPLOYED MORE THAN 60 WEATHER 191 00:09:49,088 --> 00:09:49,488 SATELLITES. 192 00:09:49,488 --> 00:09:51,524 NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 193 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:53,559 FORMULATION, DEVELOPMENT, 194 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:54,327 LAUNCH, AND INITIAL OPERATION OF 195 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:56,996 THE GOES-T SATELLITE. 196 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:57,763 NASA HEADQUARTERS AT A SAND NOAA 197 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,765 ARE COMMITTED TO THE CONTINUED 198 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:02,268 SUCCESS OF THE GOES-R PROGRAM 199 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,436 AND IT'S FINAL MEGS IS SCHEDULED 200 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:06,038 TO LAUNCH IN 2024. 201 00:10:06,038 --> 00:10:07,506 OUR TEAMS HAVE ESTABLISHED 202 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:08,507 COLLABORATIVE WORKING 203 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:09,675 RELATIONSHIPS AND ARE STRIVING 204 00:10:09,675 --> 00:10:11,210 TO MEET THE WEATHER AND 205 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:13,346 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 206 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:14,680 REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. AND THE 207 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:15,247 WORLD. 208 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:16,782 I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR 209 00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:18,484 PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO BE 210 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:19,852 STRONG AND SUCCESSFUL. 211 00:10:19,852 --> 00:10:21,120 BACK TO YOU, JASMINE. 212 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:23,255 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 213 00:10:23,255 --> 00:10:26,258 BEFORE NOAA CAN PERFORM IT'S 214 00:10:26,258 --> 00:10:29,295 SCIENTIFIC MISSION, IT HAS TO 215 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:29,595 LUNCH. 216 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:34,600 HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IS 217 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,569 TIM DUNN AT KENNEDY'S SPACE 218 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:37,236 CENTER. 219 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:39,205 OVER TO YOU, TIM. 220 00:10:39,205 --> 00:10:40,873 >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. 221 00:10:40,873 --> 00:10:43,309 I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY TO 222 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,244 REPRESENT THE WOMEN AND MEN OF 223 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:47,046 NASA'S LAUNCH PROGRAM AND I'M 224 00:10:47,046 --> 00:10:49,115 PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO BE 225 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:51,484 DIRECTOR OF THE GOES MISSION. 226 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:54,420 THE ENGINEERS AND ANALYSTS TAKE 227 00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:57,323 GREAT PRIDE IN LAUNCHING THIS 228 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,659 NEXT GENERATION WEATHER 229 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,594 SATELLITE, A TRUE NATIONAL 230 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:02,662 ASSET. 231 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:08,434 AND AS A HURRICANE-WEARY 232 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:11,337 FLORIDIAN, I APPRECIATE THIS 233 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,071 SPACECRAFT. 234 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:14,306 GROWING UP IN ALABAMA, EVERYONE 235 00:11:14,306 --> 00:11:17,076 WATCHED THE BEST METEOROLOGIST 236 00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:20,246 IN THE VALLEY, H.D. BAGLEY IN 237 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:20,646 HUNTSVILLE. 238 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:23,582 H.D. WOULD HAVE LOVED GOES-R 239 00:11:23,582 --> 00:11:25,084 SERIES OF DATA. 240 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:28,521 NASA HAS A TERRIFIC RECORD 241 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:31,624 FLYING ON ATLAS 5. 242 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:35,161 GOES-T WILL BE OUR 22ND MISSION. 243 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:38,197 WE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED 244 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:42,802 MISSIONS TO JUPITER, THE MOON, 245 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:46,672 THE SUN, FIVE SPACECRAFT TO 246 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:46,972 MARS. 247 00:11:46,972 --> 00:11:50,076 TWO PREVIOUS GOES AS WELL AS 248 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:52,778 THREE TEACHER SPACECRAFT. 249 00:11:52,778 --> 00:11:55,781 ADDITIONALLY GOES-T WILL BE THE 250 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:57,950 92ND ATLAS 5 LAUNCH OVER ALL AND 251 00:11:57,950 --> 00:12:00,519 THE 99TH OVER ALL MISSION FOR 252 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:02,455 NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM. 253 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:11,397 GOES 2, WILL RAUNCHING ON AN AT 254 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:12,531 SLICK 41. 255 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,468 IF HAS LAUNCHED 45 LAUNCHES TO 256 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:15,768 DATE. 257 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:17,536 NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU 258 00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:19,638 SOME VIDEO WITH GREAT VIEWS OF 259 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:23,109 FLIGHT HARDWARE ASSEMBLING THE 260 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:26,245 FLIGHT LAUNCH VEHICLE AND 261 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:27,379 SPACECRAFT. 262 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:28,447 PLEASE ROLL THE VIDEO. 263 00:12:28,447 --> 00:12:32,151 HERE YOU SEE IT BEING OFF LOADED 264 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:33,119 BACK LAST FALL. 265 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:34,787 THIS IS THE ARRIVAL OF THE 266 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:38,157 ROCKET SHIP CARRYING THE ATLAS 5 267 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,859 BUILT IN DECATUR, ALABAMA. 268 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:43,829 YOU SEE THE TRANSPORT OF THE 269 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:45,664 SECOND STAGE AND TO THE FIRST 270 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:45,998 STAGE. 271 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:53,906 WE ERECOGNIZED THE FIRST STAGE 272 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:54,507 ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO. 273 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:56,442 AND YOU CAN SEE THE POSITIONING 274 00:12:56,442 --> 00:12:59,612 OF THE SPACECRAFT OVER IN 275 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,347 TITUSVILLE, YOU SEE IT 276 00:13:01,347 --> 00:13:04,383 INCAPSULATED IN THAT BEAUTIFUL 277 00:13:04,383 --> 00:13:05,751 PAYLOAD BEARING. 278 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:07,753 THIS WAS JUST LAST WEEK, 279 00:13:07,753 --> 00:13:10,689 TRANSPORT OF THAT ASSEMBLY 280 00:13:10,689 --> 00:13:14,860 ACROSS KENT SPACE CENTER TO THE 281 00:13:14,860 --> 00:13:18,030 CAPE, AND THIS IS THE ERECTION 282 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:21,167 OF THAT ENCAPSULATED ASSEMBLY 283 00:13:21,167 --> 00:13:25,104 AND MATE TO THE TOP OF THE ATLAS 284 00:13:25,104 --> 00:13:25,871 5 ROCKET. 285 00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:29,375 GREAT CARE IN HANDLING HERE, AND 286 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:31,377 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT 287 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:33,779 WE'LL SEE ON MONDAY WITH ROLL 288 00:13:33,779 --> 00:13:35,347 OUT TO THE LAUNCH BAD. 289 00:13:35,347 --> 00:13:37,683 THIS IS A VIDEO FROM FOUR YEARS 290 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:41,887 AGO WHEN WE LAUNCHED GOES-S. 291 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:43,455 BEFORE I PROCEED ON, IF THOSE 292 00:13:43,455 --> 00:13:44,757 VIDEOS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE A LOT 293 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:48,527 OF FUN AND THEY INTEREST 294 00:13:48,527 --> 00:13:49,995 UNFORTUNATELY SO A NOTE TO THE 295 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:54,867 NEXT GENERATION OF SPACECRAFT 296 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:57,837 WORKERS, ROCKET SCIENTISTS, 297 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:02,341 PROGRAM HALLELUJAHS WITH, 298 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:04,376 WONDERFUL WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE 299 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:05,778 TO GET TO DO IT, I WOULD 300 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:08,347 ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP AIMING 301 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:14,954 HIGH TOWARDS YOUR SPACE DREAMS. 302 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:18,724 THE GOES-T LAUNCH CAMPAIGN HAS 303 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,693 GONE VERY SMOOTH THIS PAST 304 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,595 TUESDAY WE PERFORMED THE 305 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:24,163 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS TEST BETWEEN 306 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:25,598 THE SPACECRAFT AND ROCKET. 307 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:28,300 ALSO THAT DAY, NASA AND LAUNCH 308 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,936 TEAM HELD OUR FLIGHT READINESS 309 00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:31,337 REVIEW. 310 00:14:31,337 --> 00:14:34,907 WE ASSESSED ALL PRE-LAUNCH 311 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:35,641 PREPARATION FOR THE MISSION. 312 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,710 THEN ON WEDNESDAY WE PERFORMED A 313 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:42,314 MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL, AND WE 314 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:43,582 EXERCISED THE ENTIRE LAUNCH 315 00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:47,253 TEAM, NOAA, LOCKHEED MARTIN AND 316 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:47,853 SPACE FORCE. 317 00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:49,588 EARLIER THIS MORNING WE 318 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:51,490 CONDUCTED THE LAUNCH READINESS 319 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:54,927 REVIEW FOR THE GOES T MISSION. 320 00:14:54,927 --> 00:15:05,104 SENIOR PASSENGERS WE ASSETTED 321 00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:06,839 THE ENTIRE READINESS OF THE 322 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:09,008 ROCKET AND RANGE ASSETS TO 323 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:09,642 PROCEED WITH LAUNCH NEXT 324 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:10,442 TUESDAY. 325 00:15:10,442 --> 00:15:13,779 ON MONDAY, WE'LL BEGIN OUR FINAL 326 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:15,381 LAUNCH PREPARATIONS AT 327 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:17,149 10:00 A.M. EASTERN APPROXIMATELY 328 00:15:17,149 --> 00:15:20,319 ONE QUARTER MILE NORTH TO THE 329 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:21,820 LAUNCH PAD COMPLEX 41, AND THEN 330 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:25,925 THE CREW WILL LOAD APPROXIMATELY 331 00:15:25,925 --> 00:15:28,294 26,000 GALLONS OF RP 1 FUEL IN 332 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:28,761 THE FUEL TANK. 333 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,796 ON THE NEXT DAY, TUESDAY, THE 334 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:33,098 LAUNCH CREW WILL BEGIN THE 335 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:35,067 POWER-ON SEQUENCE FOR THE 336 00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:36,201 SPACECRAFT. 337 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:42,608 THE LAUNCH CREW WILL PURCHASE. 338 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:43,943 FOLLOWING TUESDAY AFTERNOON BY 339 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:48,280 THE LOADING OF THE CRYOGENIC 340 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:49,949 PROPEL ATLANTAINGS. 341 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,383 THE LIQUID OXYGEN WILL BE LOADED 342 00:15:51,383 --> 00:15:54,053 IN THE FIRST STAGE AND THEN 343 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:56,689 LIQUID HYDROGEN IN THE SECOND 344 00:15:56,689 --> 00:15:58,190 STAGE FUEL TANK. 345 00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:00,426 FLIGHT TESTS WILL BE PERFORMED 346 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:04,430 ALONG WITH TESTS WITH THE 347 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:08,100 EASTERNEL. 348 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:14,473 AND THEN WE'LL LAUNCH AT WITH A 349 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:15,374 TWO HURRY LAUNCH WINDOW. 350 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:19,044 THE SPACECRAFT, THE LAT HAS 5 351 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:20,579 ROCKET AND SPACE EQUIPMENT IS 352 00:16:20,579 --> 00:16:24,316 ALL READY IN THE COMBINED 353 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:28,721 GOVERNMENT-LAUNCH CONTRACT, AND 354 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:37,730 THEY'LL CONTINUE WITH THESE. 355 00:16:37,730 --> 00:16:39,398 >> JOINING US NOW TO TALK IS 356 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,134 SCOTT MESSER PROGRAM MANAGER 357 00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:49,875 WITH UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 358 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:52,444 >> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE 359 00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:54,313 GOES-T LAUNCH AND TELL YOU HOW 360 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:56,415 EXCITED WE ARE TO BE HERE AS WE 361 00:16:56,415 --> 00:17:00,219 PREACH TO LAUNCH GOES-T FOR NOAA 362 00:17:00,219 --> 00:17:01,920 IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA. 363 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:07,192 AS TIM MENTIONED, LAUNCH PRESS 364 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:13,065 ENGINES ARE PROCEEDING OH 365 00:17:13,065 --> 00:17:14,233 UNDERGOING FINAL LAUNCH 366 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:14,967 PREPARATIONS. 367 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:18,337 REALLY TO THE PAD IS PLANNED FOR 368 00:17:18,337 --> 00:17:18,871 MONDAY, THE 28TH. 369 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:22,875 ONCE AT THE PAD WE'LL UNDER GO 370 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,044 FINAL LAUNCH PREPARATION IN 371 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:26,445 PREPARATION FOR A LAUNCH 372 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:26,879 1ST LAUNCH. 373 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,047 WE'RE PROUD OF THE TRUST THAT 374 00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:30,549 HAS BEEN PLACED IN US FROM NASA 375 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:33,919 AND NOAA TO DELIVER GHOST-T TO 376 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:35,721 ITS ORBIT. 377 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:37,689 SATELLITES HAVE PLAYED A VITAL 378 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:53,172 ROLL IN WEATHER FORECASTING AND 379 00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:53,839 IN FACT, ACTUAL A AND IT'S 380 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,507 LAUNCH HISTORIES HAVE LAUNCHED 381 00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:57,543 EVERY SATELLITES THAT HAVE EVER 382 00:17:57,543 --> 00:18:02,514 BEEN LAUNCHED. 383 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:11,156 THE ULA WILL DELIVER GHOST GHOST 384 00:18:11,156 --> 00:18:14,560 WHICH WILL PLACE THE SPACECRAFT 385 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:19,698 CLOSER TO IT AND ALLOW FOR A 386 00:18:19,698 --> 00:18:20,566 LONGER MISSION LIFE. 387 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:29,875 THE FIRST FIVE ATLAS P- THE 388 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:35,013 VEHICLE HAS A FIVE-METER FARING 389 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:36,715 AND FOUR SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 390 00:18:36,715 --> 00:18:45,157 AND WILL STAND 196 FEET TALL 391 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:52,264 WHEN IT IS FULLY READY TO 392 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:52,598 LAUNCH. 393 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:53,332 THE ATLAS WILL WEIGH MORE THAN 394 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:53,899 $1 MILLION AND PRODUCE 395 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:54,566 $2 MILLION OF THRUST AT LIFT 396 00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:54,833 OFF. 397 00:18:54,833 --> 00:19:00,105 AS MENTIONED THIS WILL BE THE. 398 00:19:00,105 --> 00:19:02,908 >> WE HAVE THE LAUNCH OF ATLAS 5 399 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:06,745 OVER ALL ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN 400 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:07,446 DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE MISSION 401 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:08,280 SUCCESS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. 402 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,082 NOW WE'LL HAVE A SHORT VIDEO 403 00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:11,583 SHOWING THE LAUNCH PROFILE AND 404 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:20,526 WHAT TO EXPECT ON LAUNCH DAY. 405 00:19:20,526 --> 00:19:22,060 ♪ 406 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:26,231 >> AND WE HAVE LIFT OFF ATLAS 5 407 00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:27,633 ROCKET. 408 00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:31,170 >> THE RD MAIN ENGINE AND SOLID 409 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,704 ROCKET BOOSTERS UNITE TO LIFT 410 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,007 THE ATLAS 5 ROCKET AWAY FROM THE 411 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:35,440 PAD. 412 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,443 TOGETHER, THE MAIN YENGICH AND 413 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:44,283 SRBs GENERATE A. 414 00:19:44,283 --> 00:19:48,020 SHORTLY AFTER LIFT OFF, PAT HAS 415 00:19:48,020 --> 00:20:09,308 BEGINS A PITCH OVER MILE NO. THE 416 00:20:09,308 --> 00:20:10,008 ATLAS 5 REACHES MACH 1, THE 417 00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:12,077 SPEED OF SOUND, IN 35 SECONDS. 418 00:20:12,077 --> 00:20:12,744 51 SECONDS INTO FLIGHT, THE 419 00:20:12,744 --> 00:20:13,445 FIRST TWO GEM 63 SOLID ROCKET 420 00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:14,046 BOOSTERS ARE JETTISONED. 421 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:14,780 THE REMAINING TWO ARE JETTISONED 422 00:20:14,780 --> 00:20:15,280 TWO SECONDS LATER. 423 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,014 DURING DESCENT, THE SPACECRAFT 424 00:20:16,014 --> 00:20:19,184 IS PROTECTED BY A PAYLOAD 425 00:20:19,184 --> 00:20:19,952 FARING. 426 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:24,756 AT APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES 427 00:20:24,756 --> 00:20:26,358 3003 SECONDS, THE PAYLOAD FARING 428 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,261 IS JETTISONED. 429 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:34,433 AT 4 MINUTES 23 SECONDS THE MAIN 430 00:20:34,433 --> 00:20:36,301 ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. 431 00:20:36,301 --> 00:20:41,406 SIX SECONDS LATER THE P.M. THE 432 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:44,176 VEHICLE NOW WEIGHS A LITTLE MORE 433 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:46,378 THAN 5% OF WHAT IT DID AT LIFT 434 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:47,179 OFF. 435 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:50,849 AT FOUR MINUTES 45 SECONDS THE 436 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:54,119 FIRST MAIN BERTH BEGINS. 437 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,321 THE MAIN ENGINE WILL PERFORM 438 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:56,822 THREE ENGINE. 439 00:20:56,822 --> 00:21:00,959 THREE HOURS, 32 MINUTES 56 440 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:03,862 SECONDS AFTER LIFT OFF, ULA 441 00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:07,232 SEASON TOUR RELEASES THE GOES-T 442 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:09,568 SATELLITE WHERE IT WILL PROVIDE 443 00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:13,171 NOAA AND NASA MEASUREMENTS OF 444 00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:16,141 THE EARTH'S WESTERN HEMISPHERE, 445 00:21:16,141 --> 00:21:19,645 SOLAR ENERGY AND SPACE WEATHER 446 00:21:19,645 --> 00:21:20,846 MONITORING. 447 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:24,816 >> YEAH, EVEN AFTER DOING THIS 448 00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:28,020 OVER 52 TIMES IN MY CAREER, I 449 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:35,227 TILL AS WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE 450 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:38,463 GOING TO DO WITH THE GOES-T 451 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:39,164 SPACECRAFT. 452 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:40,565 THE ENTIRE TEAM IS LOOKING 453 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:42,334 FORWARD AND VERY EXCITED FOR A 454 00:21:42,334 --> 00:21:48,974 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH. 455 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:55,180 BACK TO YOU, JASMINE. 456 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:56,014 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT. 457 00:21:56,014 --> 00:21:56,782 WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED WITH YOU. 458 00:21:56,782 --> 00:21:57,482 BEFORE GOES-T CAN MEASURE THE 459 00:21:57,482 --> 00:21:58,150 WEATHER WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE 460 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:58,817 THAT IT IS READY TO LAUNCH. 461 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:00,352 WE'LL TALK WITH JESSICA WILLIAMS 462 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:02,421 AT SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 45. 463 00:22:02,421 --> 00:22:04,222 >> WELL, THANK YOU, JASMINE. 464 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:06,124 WE'VE HAD BEAUTIFUL WEATHER HERE 465 00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:09,828 IN FLORIDA, SUN, DRY CONDITIONS 466 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:11,430 AND ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITIONS. 467 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:13,031 UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WILL COME TO 468 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:15,267 AN END WHERER EARLY TOMORROW 469 00:22:15,267 --> 00:22:19,004 WE'LL HAVE A COLD FRONT MOVE 470 00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:19,871 THROUGH, THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 471 00:22:19,871 --> 00:22:21,873 AND WHAT THIS WILL DO, IT WILL 472 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:24,343 GIVE US ENHANCED CHANCES FOR 473 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,312 CONVECTIVE RAIN SHOWERS MOVING 474 00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:28,380 ONSHORE. 475 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,916 VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR 476 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:43,195 LIGHTNING. 477 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:49,634 WE'RE BE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY 478 00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:51,837 IF WE GO TO OUR LAUNCH DAY 479 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:52,871 FORECAST, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT 480 00:22:52,871 --> 00:22:55,607 FRONT DOES NOT JUST GET OUT OF 481 00:22:55,607 --> 00:22:56,842 HERE ON MONDAY. 482 00:22:56,842 --> 00:23:10,055 IT LINGERS AND WE'RE GOING TO 483 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,791 SEE AN ELEVATED CHANCE OF 484 00:23:12,791 --> 00:23:16,595 CONVECTIVE RAIN POWERS MOVING 485 00:23:16,595 --> 00:24:06,778 FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS. 486 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:08,013 WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 487 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:10,615 THE SAME 68 DEGREES, IF 488 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:10,949 ANY,ITE. 489 00:24:10,949 --> 00:24:13,251 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 490 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:13,685 BACK TO YOU. 491 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:14,319 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 492 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:16,221 AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR 493 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:17,622 PANELISTS FOR THOSE 494 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:18,356 INTRODUCTIONS AND OVERVIEW OF 495 00:24:18,356 --> 00:24:18,790 THE MISSION. 496 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:22,294 NOW IT IS TIME FOR OUR Q&A 497 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:23,562 PORTION OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE. 498 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:25,397 WE'RE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM THE 499 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:27,232 MEDIA OVER THE PHONE TO SUBMIT 500 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:28,867 YOUR QUESTION PLEASE PRESS STAR 501 00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:29,100 1. 502 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,669 YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON 503 00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:35,240 SOCIAL MEDIA USING #READY TO 504 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:35,540 GOES. 505 00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:37,175 OUR FIRST COMES FROM STEPHEN 506 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:38,076 CLARK OVER THE PHONE. 507 00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:52,190 ARE YOU WITH US, STEPHEN? 508 00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:55,694 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SPACEX 509 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,629 LAUNCH NEXT WEEK. 510 00:24:57,629 --> 00:24:59,498 AND WILL IT SUPPORT YOUR LAUNCH 511 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,133 AND THE FALCON 9 LAUNCH THE SAME 512 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:03,602 DAY IF IT COMES TO IT. 513 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:06,238 AND ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STEVE, 514 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:37,502 I BELIEVE. 515 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:38,637 THANKS. 516 00:25:38,637 --> 00:25:39,070 >> OKAY. 517 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:41,406 I'LL TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THAT 518 00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:50,982 THANK YOU, TUESDAY IS CONFIRMED 519 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,284 FOR OUR PRIMARY DATE. 520 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:54,119 AND SHOULD WE NOT BE ABLE TO 521 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,187 LAUNCH ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO 522 00:25:56,187 --> 00:26:20,979 DAYS OR THEY ARE APPROVED FOR A 523 00:26:20,979 --> 00:26:23,281 LAUNCH ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD. 524 00:26:23,281 --> 00:26:25,216 RIGHT NOW AFTER OUR PRELIMINARY 525 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:27,018 DISCUSSIONS, IT DOES LOOK LIKE 526 00:26:27,018 --> 00:26:30,889 ALL PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO 527 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:33,124 SUPPORT MORNING FALCON 9 LAUNCH 528 00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:34,392 FOR SPACEX SINCE THEY HAVE FIRST 529 00:26:34,392 --> 00:26:36,795 APPROVAL ON THAT DATE, AND THEN 530 00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:38,697 IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE AN 531 00:26:38,697 --> 00:26:41,566 OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH IN THAT 532 00:26:41,566 --> 00:26:45,070 AFTERNOON 4:37 SLOT WHEN IT 533 00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:46,071 COMES TO THURSDAY. 534 00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:48,106 THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLEXITY TO 535 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,274 THAT QUESTION, STEVE. 536 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,209 THERE ARE OVERFLIGHT CONCERNS. 537 00:26:51,209 --> 00:27:10,095 CAN CREWS SUCCESSFULLY BUT I'M 538 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:12,330 REALLY PROUD, THE WHOLE TEAM HAS 539 00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:12,764 COME TOGETHER. 540 00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,866 WE'VE SEEN THE SCENARIO POSSIBLY 541 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:16,768 PRESENT ITSELF OVER THE PAST FEW 542 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:23,408 WEEKS. 543 00:27:23,408 --> 00:27:24,909 THERE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING AMOUNT 544 00:27:24,909 --> 00:27:25,644 OF TEAM WORK, AND IT DOES LOOK 545 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:26,444 ACHIEVABLE IF WE GET OURSELVES 546 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:26,978 IN THAT SITUATION. 547 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:27,779 WE'LL VERY DIRECT EVERYONE. 548 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:29,981 WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE TUESDAY 549 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:31,983 LAUNCH, MARCH 1ST FOR GOES AND 550 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:33,585 EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY GOOD FOR 551 00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:42,560 THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW. 552 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,795 >> WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT 553 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:45,764 CONTINUITY AND THE LONG HISTORY 554 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:47,932 OF SUCCESSFUL GOES OPERATIONS, 555 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:50,101 LAUNCHES, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 556 00:27:50,101 --> 00:27:51,503 THE MISSIONS. 557 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:54,839 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 558 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:57,308 ONE AND THE FOURTH ONE IN TWO 559 00:27:57,308 --> 00:27:57,609 YEARS. 560 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,744 BUT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR A 561 00:27:59,744 --> 00:28:00,345 LONG TIME. 562 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,514 THESE ARE LONG-TERM ASSETS AND 563 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,916 TAKE A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP 564 00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:08,553 PROPERLY, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON 565 00:28:08,553 --> 00:28:08,953 CONTINUITY. 566 00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:11,956 BUT WE HAVE LOWERED OUR 567 00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:15,126 SATELLITES THAT DO WEATHER 568 00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:18,229 FORECASTING AND SPACE WEATHER 569 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:18,630 OPERATIONS. 570 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:24,669 IN THAT MIX OF SATELLITES, WE 571 00:28:24,669 --> 00:28:26,104 ARE WORKING WITH NOAA AND 572 00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:28,473 WORKING IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, 573 00:28:28,473 --> 00:28:30,875 SOME COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR 574 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:31,576 HOSTING PAYLOADS. 575 00:28:31,576 --> 00:28:34,012 WE'RE FLYING A HOSTED PAYLOAD 576 00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:35,580 THIS SUMMER FOR ONE OF OUR 577 00:28:35,580 --> 00:28:37,248 PIECES OF PORTFOLIO. 578 00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:39,284 AND IN THE LEO CONSTELLATION 579 00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:42,687 WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE IN THE 580 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,389 MIXTURE OF GOVERNMENT AND 581 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:45,123 GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 582 00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:47,792 IN THE WAY WE DELIVER SMALL 583 00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:49,928 SATELLITES AND MEDIUM SATELLITES 584 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:51,596 IN SPACE. 585 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:55,433 THE NEXT GOES, GOXO, IS A LARGE 586 00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:57,902 SATELLITE SIMILAR IN NATURE OF 587 00:28:57,902 --> 00:28:59,003 WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. 588 00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:00,739 BUT LOOKING BEYOND THE STRAIGHT 589 00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:03,608 WEATHER FORECASTING TO DOING ALL 590 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:10,749 NOAA OBSERVATIONS, ATMOSPHERIC 591 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,452 COMPOSITION IN DECISION TO THE 592 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:15,687 IMAGING MAPPING THAT WE HAVE 593 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:16,354 RIGHT NOW. 594 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:19,257 SO THE GROWING CLIMATE AND 595 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:24,829 OPERATION I THINK INSTRUMENTS 596 00:29:24,829 --> 00:29:26,264 THAT ARE NEEDED TO ENHANCE THE 597 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:27,866 INFORMATION THAT WE DELIVER. 598 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:29,501 SHORT ANSWER, IS IT ACROSS THE 599 00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,836 BOARD LOOKING AT THE LEGACY 600 00:29:31,836 --> 00:29:34,038 APPROACHES OF LARGE SATELLITES. 601 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:35,840 GEOSTATIONARY IS THE BEST PLACE 602 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,308 FOR THOSE. 603 00:29:37,308 --> 00:29:41,579 BUT OTHER PIECES OF OUR 604 00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:47,051 PORTFOLIO INCLUDING BUSINESS 605 00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:48,319 PARTNERSHIPS GETTING OUR 606 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:49,053 SATELLITE NOOSE ORBIT. 607 00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:51,122 >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE 608 00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:51,523 QUESTIONS. 609 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:53,691 THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 610 00:29:53,691 --> 00:29:55,393 TWITTER FOR SCOTT MESSER. 611 00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,862 WHAT THRESHOLDS ARE THERE FOR 612 00:29:57,862 --> 00:30:00,064 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE? 613 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:02,534 >> YES, JESSICA MIGHT BE ABLE TO 614 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,602 ANSWER THE SPECIFICS OF THAT 615 00:30:04,602 --> 00:30:09,340 MORE CAREFULLY, BUT OUR TEAM HAS 616 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:10,675 A VERY COMPLEX AND EFFICIENT 617 00:30:10,675 --> 00:30:12,010 PROCESS FOR MEASURING THOSE 618 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:13,578 UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND GETTING 619 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:20,652 READY TO GO. 620 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:26,925 AND JESSICA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 621 00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:33,565 KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS. 622 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:34,332 >> I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC 623 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:34,666 NUMBERS. 624 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:35,433 WE CALL IT A BLACK BOX BUT WE DO 625 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:36,167 FORECAST AT LEAST LOW, MODERATE 626 00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:36,868 OR HIGH AT TIMES AND SHOW THE 627 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:37,569 UPPER LEVEL WIND CHARTS SO WE 628 00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:38,236 CAN SEE ANY SPIKES THAT MAY 629 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:38,736 CAUSE WIND SHEAR. 630 00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:39,237 >> THANK YOU. 631 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:39,737 WE APPRECIATE IT. 632 00:30:39,737 --> 00:30:40,438 THE NEXT WILL BE FOR STEVE OR 633 00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:41,606 PAM, THE SUN IS GOING INTO AN 634 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:43,708 ACTIVE PERIOD WITH THE NEXT 635 00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:46,444 SOLAR MAXIMUM PREDICTED TO BE 636 00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:46,744 2025. 637 00:30:46,744 --> 00:30:51,282 HOW WILL GOES-T HELP MONITOR 638 00:30:51,282 --> 00:30:54,085 SOLAR FLAIRS AND MASS EJECTS 639 00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:56,688 THAT CAN LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES 640 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:59,324 AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS ON EARTH? 641 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,693 >> YES, A BIG PART OF THOSE OF 642 00:31:01,693 --> 00:31:04,262 THAT MISSION IS DOING SOLAR 643 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:06,331 OBSERVATIONS AND ALSO 644 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:07,899 MEASUREMENTS OF SPACE WEATHER. 645 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:10,201 WE'RE CARRYING FOUR DIFFERENT 646 00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:12,237 SPACE WEATHER INSTRUMENTS. 647 00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:15,740 WE HAVE AN ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER 648 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:19,277 THAT WILL SEE THINGS LIKE THE 649 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:20,411 SUN'S MASS EJECTIONS. 650 00:31:20,411 --> 00:31:22,547 WE HAVE THE RADIANCE MONITOR 651 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:27,418 THAT MONITORS THE OUTPUT OF THE 652 00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:27,685 SUN. 653 00:31:27,685 --> 00:31:30,655 THAT'S ONE WAY TO SEE THE 654 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:31,422 INCREASED ACTIVITY AS WE MOVE 655 00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:32,891 TOWARDS SOLAR MAX. 656 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:38,196 AND OH TWO OTHER SENSORS, WE 657 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:40,098 MEASURE THE FLUX OF THE 658 00:31:40,098 --> 00:31:42,333 SATELLITE AND THE MAGNETIC 659 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:42,700 FIELD. 660 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:44,402 THOSE SENSORS SEE WHEN THE SUN 661 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:47,205 IS BEING VERY ACTIVE AND CAUSING 662 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:49,707 DISTURBANCES NEAR THE EARTH. 663 00:31:49,707 --> 00:31:54,279 THAT'S ONE THE GOES-R, GOES-S 664 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:56,881 AND T SATELLITE ALSO MICK UP 665 00:31:56,881 --> 00:31:58,316 THOSE. 666 00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:05,924 AND ON GOES-U WE'LL BE CARING A 667 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:06,257 PAYLOAD. 668 00:32:06,257 --> 00:32:11,162 A KHRONOGRAPH THAT WILL DETECT 669 00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:13,298 WHERE OUR INSTRUMENT RIGHT NOW 670 00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:16,434 CAN SEE FLAIRS AS THEY HAPPEN ON 671 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,670 THE SUN, THIS WILL BE ABLE TO 672 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:19,704 SEE THE FLAIRS AS THEY MOVE AWAY 673 00:32:19,704 --> 00:32:22,240 FROM THE SUN, AND GIVE US A 674 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,675 BETTER SENSE OF WHAT DIRECTION 675 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:25,677 THEY'RE MOVING AND WHETHER OR 676 00:32:25,677 --> 00:32:27,445 NOT THEY WOULD AFFECT THE EARTH. 677 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:28,746 STEVE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU 678 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,248 WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? 679 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:31,649 >> YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB 680 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:33,017 ANSWERING IT, THANK YOU. 681 00:32:33,017 --> 00:32:35,320 AND THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR 682 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:35,620 JOHN. 683 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:40,058 YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE LONG HITTER 684 00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:46,764 OF LAB RATION WHAT IS THE NEXT 685 00:32:46,764 --> 00:32:47,365 STEP COMING UP. 686 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:50,068 >> STEVE DID ANSWER THE QUESTION 687 00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:51,369 ABOUT GOXO. 688 00:32:51,369 --> 00:32:54,906 AND WE'RE WORKING WITH PAM, THE 689 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:58,743 DIRECTOR FOR GOES-R. 690 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:01,145 WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH NASA ON 691 00:33:01,145 --> 00:33:02,447 A COUPLE OF NEW PROGRAMS. 692 00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:05,883 ONE IS THE NEXT GENERATION LOWER 693 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:06,351 EARTH PROGRAM. 694 00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:08,786 THE OTHER ONE IS A SERIES OF 695 00:33:08,786 --> 00:33:10,588 SPACE WEATHER ADMISSIONS THAT 696 00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:13,024 ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY 697 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:16,461 STARTED BY THE DISCOVER MISSION, 698 00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:18,396 IT WILL BE CONTINUED WITH THE 699 00:33:18,396 --> 00:33:21,332 FOLLOW-ON MISSION IN 2025, AND 700 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:23,568 THEN CARRYING MISSIONS BEYOND 701 00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:24,235 THAT. 702 00:33:24,235 --> 00:33:25,737 WE'RE ACTIVELY COLLABORATING ON 703 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:27,338 THOSE AND ALSO LOOKING AT 704 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:28,806 OPPORTUNITIES TO HOST PAYLOADS. 705 00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:32,477 WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL THAT ON 706 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:34,379 THE JOINT POLAR SATELLITE SYSTEM 707 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:36,514 THREE MISSION, NOAA WAS ABLE TO 708 00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:39,350 PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 709 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,351 HOSTED PAYLOAD. 710 00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:41,452 DELIBERATE INSTRUMENT WHICH IS 711 00:33:41,452 --> 00:33:45,590 GOING TO CONDUCT VITAL RADIATION 712 00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:46,691 VITAL INSTRUMENTS. 713 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:48,359 THAT ARE MANY WAYS THAT WE'RE 714 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:49,660 COLLABORATING IN THE FUTURE. 715 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:50,595 >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. 716 00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:52,263 >> AND IF I COULD, I WOULD LIKE 717 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:53,865 TO ADD TO THAT. 718 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,166 JOHN REFERRED WELL TO THE 719 00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:57,135 MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 720 00:33:57,135 --> 00:33:58,536 PIPELINE, ALREADY IN 721 00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:58,970 DEVELOPMENT. 722 00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:02,373 BUT THE NEXT ONE IS A LOWER 723 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:05,977 EARTH ORBIT QUICK SOUNDER THIS 724 00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:07,945 ANSWERS THE EARLIER QUESTION. 725 00:34:07,945 --> 00:34:10,348 HOW DO WE SHORTEN THE TIMELINE 726 00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:11,783 OF DEVELOPING MISSIONS AND HOW 727 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:15,153 DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 728 00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:18,222 INVESTMENT IN LOWER EARTH 729 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:18,623 SATELLITE. 730 00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:21,192 ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO FIND A 731 00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,361 FLEXIBLE WAY TO WORK WITH NASA 732 00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:25,696 AND ENGAGE THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR 733 00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:28,199 IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACECRAFT 734 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:28,866 DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY WE'VE 735 00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:30,334 DONE IN THE PAST SO WE CAN TAKE 736 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,136 ADVANTAGE OF THESE LINE, IF YOU 737 00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:33,805 WILL, OF SPACECRAFT WHILE WE 738 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:37,275 FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL PART, THE 739 00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:38,376 INSTRUMENTATION AND THE DATA WE 740 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:39,143 HAVE DOWN. 741 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,345 AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF 742 00:34:41,345 --> 00:34:42,613 INVESTMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH 743 00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:42,914 NASA. 744 00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:44,115 AND THE LAST POINT I WOULD SAY 745 00:34:44,115 --> 00:34:46,084 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HARDWARE. 746 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:47,819 THIS IS WHERE LAUNCHING BIG 747 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,387 HARDWARE INTO SPACE. 748 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:51,989 THE MOST EXCITING LABOR RATION 749 00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:53,491 IS IN THE RESEARCH OF USING THE 750 00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:55,726 DATA AND HOW TO USE IT 751 00:34:55,726 --> 00:34:57,028 EFFECTIVELY AND THE TRANSLATION 752 00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:59,564 OF THE DATA TO USERS AROUND THE 753 00:34:59,564 --> 00:35:01,065 WORLD WHO BENEFIT FROM THE 754 00:35:01,065 --> 00:35:02,400 INFORMATION WE PROVIDE. 755 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,569 THAT'S ABOUT THE RESEARCH AND 756 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:07,371 SHARED PARTNERSHIP, AND ALONG 757 00:35:07,371 --> 00:35:08,639 WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS IN 758 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:10,508 MAKING THE DATA USEFUL. 759 00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:12,577 THAT'S THE RICH RETURN OF 760 00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:15,480 INVESTMENT ON THESE SATELLITES 761 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,148 ON THE UTILIZATION ON THESE 762 00:35:17,148 --> 00:35:17,815 DATA. 763 00:35:17,815 --> 00:35:19,283 >> I BELIEVE STEPHEN CLARK IS ON 764 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:22,186 THE PHONE WITH ANOTHER QUESTION. 765 00:35:22,186 --> 00:35:23,754 STEPHEN, ARE YOU WITH US? 766 00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:25,123 >> I AM, THANKS FOR GIVING ME 767 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:26,390 ANOTHER ROUND. 768 00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:27,992 THE QUESTION FOR JESSICA, HOW IS 769 00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:30,461 THE WEATHER FORECAST LOOKING FOR 770 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:32,230 ROLL OUT ON MONDAY MORNING? 771 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:34,532 I THINK THAT COLD FRONT IS 772 00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:35,199 COMING THROUGH. 773 00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:37,135 ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH 774 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:38,803 WINDS AND WEATHER IMPACTING THE 775 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,872 ROLL OUT ON MONDAY MORNING? 776 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:43,174 AND FOR TIM, LOOKING AHEAD, JUST 777 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:45,676 CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE FOR 778 00:35:45,676 --> 00:35:46,744 THE REST OF THE YEAR ON THE 779 00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:48,613 LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM MISSIONS 780 00:35:48,613 --> 00:35:52,917 PLAN FOR THE REST OF 2022? 781 00:35:52,917 --> 00:35:53,751 THANKS. 782 00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:54,719 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 783 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,321 WE'LL GET A MOSTLY DRY COLD 784 00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:59,023 FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH EARLY 785 00:35:59,023 --> 00:36:00,958 IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY. 786 00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:03,261 THAT WILL SWITCH THE WIND 787 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:03,895 DIRECTION AROUND FROM THE 788 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:06,831 NORTHWEST AND PICK UP THE WIND 789 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:10,168 SPEED TO 15 TO 20 MPH ON THE TOP 790 00:36:10,168 --> 00:36:12,503 OF THE ROCKET AROUND 200 FEET OR 791 00:36:12,503 --> 00:36:12,770 SO. 792 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:18,309 THIS IS NOT A CONCERN FOR ROLLS, 793 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:24,815 WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 794 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:25,716 BUT WE COULD SEE INCREASED 795 00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:26,450 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATER IN 796 00:36:26,450 --> 00:36:27,185 THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING WHICH 797 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:27,785 IS ALSO NOT A CONCERN. 798 00:36:27,785 --> 00:36:28,586 THE ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE IF WE 799 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:30,021 GET ANY LIGHTNING NEARBY. 800 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:33,357 RIGHT NOW THAT THREAT LOOKS VERY 801 00:36:33,357 --> 00:36:49,941 LOW. 802 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:50,942 THE CAPSTONE MISSION GOING TO 803 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:59,016 THE MOON WE'LL WATCH THE 804 00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:02,486 ELECTRON ROCKET. 805 00:37:02,486 --> 00:37:06,891 THAT WILL LAUNCH IN SPRING, MAY 806 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:07,558 SOMETIME. 807 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,327 WE'LL LAUNCH WITH A NEW PROVIDER 808 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:29,680 ON THE ROCKET 3.3 WE HAVE THE 809 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,350 MISSION TARGETED FOR PLANE TEAR 810 00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:33,584 WINDOW OF AUGUST 1ST. 811 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:36,587 THAT'S ON A FALCON HEAVY COMPLEX 812 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:36,988 39 A. 813 00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:43,027 AND THEN WE'RE REJOINING SCOTT'S 814 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:46,330 TEAM ON THE WEST COAST FOR 815 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:52,770 ANOTHER JOINT NASA NOAA MISSION 816 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:53,537 THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD 817 00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:53,871 TO THAT. 818 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:54,572 EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK FOR A 819 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:57,475 LAUNCH. 820 00:37:57,475 --> 00:37:59,910 THEN WE'LL WRAP UP THE YEAR IN 821 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:02,747 NOVEMBER WITH AN INTERNATIONAL 822 00:38:02,747 --> 00:38:06,684 COLLABORATION WITH EUROPEANS THE 823 00:38:06,684 --> 00:38:10,154 SWAT MISSION, OCEAN SURFACE 824 00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:11,155 OBSERVATION MISSION. 825 00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:13,524 THAT'S ON FALCON 9 FROM 826 00:38:13,524 --> 00:38:14,725 VANDENBERG AS WELL. 827 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:16,360 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 828 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,396 A VERY EXCITING YEAR AHEAD. 829 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:20,698 OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM THE 830 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:22,099 VIRTUAL SOCIAL. 831 00:38:22,099 --> 00:38:23,934 BESIDES WEATHER FORECAST AND 832 00:38:23,934 --> 00:38:24,702 CLIMATE CHANGE WHAT ARE SOME OF 833 00:38:24,702 --> 00:38:26,237 THE SURPRISING THINGS THAT GOES 834 00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:30,508 CAN HELP US MONITOR? 835 00:38:30,508 --> 00:38:32,510 PAM SULLIVAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 836 00:38:32,510 --> 00:38:34,445 HELP US WITH THAT QUESTION? 837 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:35,946 >> YES, SURE. 838 00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:38,115 IT'S BEEN A GREAT TOOL, AND 839 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:39,083 WE'RE SURPRISED SOME OF THE 840 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:41,152 THINGS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 841 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:41,485 MONITOR. 842 00:38:41,485 --> 00:38:42,820 ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS IS 843 00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:45,756 THE MONITORING OF FIRES. 844 00:38:45,756 --> 00:38:48,225 THE ADVANCE BASELINE CAMERA HAS 845 00:38:48,225 --> 00:38:51,228 INCREDIBLE CAPABILITIES TO SEE 846 00:38:51,228 --> 00:38:55,032 MUCH SMALLER SPATIAL--IT HAS 847 00:38:55,032 --> 00:38:55,866 BETTER SPATIAL RESOLUTION AND WE 848 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:58,903 CAN SEE MUCH SMALLER FIRES WHICH 849 00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:00,705 MANY TIMES THE FIRES ARE 850 00:39:00,705 --> 00:39:03,374 DETECTED FIRST BY THE SATELLITE 851 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:05,509 BEFORE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY EVEN 852 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:06,243 KNOWS THAT THEY'RE THERE. 853 00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:07,978 IT HAS HAD A BIG ROLE THERE. 854 00:39:07,978 --> 00:39:12,416 I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT OUR 855 00:39:12,416 --> 00:39:14,452 LIGHTNING MAP INSTRUMENT HAS 856 00:39:14,452 --> 00:39:17,555 ALSO HAD AN INTERESTING ROLE. 857 00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:19,657 IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DETECT 858 00:39:19,657 --> 00:39:21,292 LIGHTNING, OF COURSE, BUT IT IS 859 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:23,361 ABLE TO DETECT WHEN THE 860 00:39:23,361 --> 00:39:24,695 LIGHTNING STRIKE IS CONTINUING 861 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:26,230 CURRENT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS 862 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:28,265 LASTING A LONG TIME AND PUTTING 863 00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:30,134 A LOT OF ENERGY INTO THE STRIKE. 864 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:31,335 THOSE CONTINUING CURRENT STRIKES 865 00:39:31,335 --> 00:39:33,604 ARE THE ONES MOST LIKELY TO 866 00:39:33,604 --> 00:39:36,107 CAUSE FIRES TO START. 867 00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:43,614 SO IN COMBINATION THE IT HAS 868 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:45,683 PROVEN VERY EFFECTIVE FOR 869 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:46,117 FIREFIGHTING. 870 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:48,119 AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAS 871 00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:49,420 SURPRISED US. 872 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:52,490 THE LIGHTNING MAPPER CAN DETECT 873 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:52,823 METEORS. 874 00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:54,692 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHETHER 875 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:56,494 OFFICES SOMETIMES GET CALLED 876 00:39:56,494 --> 00:39:56,927 ABOUT. 877 00:39:56,927 --> 00:40:04,402 SOMETIMES PEOPLE SEE A BIG FLASH 878 00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:05,169 IN THE SKY OR SOMETIMES WHEN IT 879 00:40:05,169 --> 00:40:12,476 IS CLOUDY THEY'LL HEAR A NOISE 880 00:40:12,476 --> 00:40:13,210 AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, 881 00:40:13,210 --> 00:40:14,011 BUT WITH OUR LIGHTNING MAP WE'RE 882 00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:14,779 ACTUALLY ABLE TO SAY, YEP, THAT 883 00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:15,346 WAS A METEOR THAT WAS 884 00:40:15,346 --> 00:40:16,080 REENTERING, AND I WOULD SAY THE 885 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:16,814 LAST THING THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF 886 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:19,483 FUN IN OUR I THINK IMAGER, IT IS 887 00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:21,652 ABLE TO WATCH LAUNCHES. 888 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:24,021 OUR GOES-16 IS UP THERE AND WILL 889 00:40:24,021 --> 00:40:26,891 BE WATCHING GOES-18 WHEN IT 890 00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:27,258 LAUNCHES. 891 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:31,295 AND IT CAN SEE THE SIGNATURE 892 00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:32,163 FROM THE HEAT PLUME FROM THE 893 00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:34,198 ROCKET AND SEE HOW THE ROCKET 894 00:40:34,198 --> 00:40:35,466 MOVING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE 895 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:37,134 CAUSE AS WARMING OF THE 896 00:40:37,134 --> 00:40:37,535 ATMOSPHERE. 897 00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:39,937 SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD LIST. 898 00:40:39,937 --> 00:40:41,972 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAM. 899 00:40:41,972 --> 00:40:43,741 I BELIEVE STEVE HAS SOMETHING TO 900 00:40:43,741 --> 00:40:44,775 ADD. 901 00:40:44,775 --> 00:40:46,877 >> YES, A COUPLE OF NEAT THINGS 902 00:40:46,877 --> 00:40:48,112 FROM A SCENARIO SCIENCE 903 00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:50,347 PERSPECTIVE, THE ONE THING IS 904 00:40:50,347 --> 00:40:52,316 THAT GRAVITY WAVES. 905 00:40:52,316 --> 00:40:55,419 WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE MOVES UP AND 906 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:57,555 DOWN YOU CAN SEE THE WEIGHT OF 907 00:40:57,555 --> 00:41:00,057 GRAVITY ON ATMOSPHERE CHANGES 908 00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:01,292 DENSITY AND WE CAN SEE IT MOVE 909 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:01,959 OVER TIME. 910 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:04,562 WE CAN SEE THE RIPPLES FROM 911 00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:06,630 SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENTS. 912 00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:07,832 IT'S BEEN UNDERSTOOD THAT IT 913 00:41:07,832 --> 00:41:09,333 WOULD HAPPEN, BUT NOW WITH GOES 914 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:10,868 WE'RE SEEING IT MANY TIMES AND 915 00:41:10,868 --> 00:41:12,169 IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE 916 00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:13,370 PHYSICS AND DYNAMICS. 917 00:41:13,370 --> 00:41:15,706 THE OTHER ONE IS NOT ADVERTISED, 918 00:41:15,706 --> 00:41:20,644 BUT WITH THE VOLCANO IN THE 919 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:22,613 SOUTH PACIFIC WE CAN SEE THE 920 00:41:22,613 --> 00:41:24,014 PLANET RING FROM THE EXPLOSION 921 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:26,450 FROM THE UNDERWATER VOLCANO. 922 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:30,621 THIS IS FROM THE ABI IMAGER 923 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:31,355 SEEING DIFFERENT BANDS AND THE 924 00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:33,891 YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL WAVE 925 00:41:33,891 --> 00:41:34,959 PROPAGATE AROUND THE PLANET AND 926 00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:36,327 COME BACK A SECOND TIME. 927 00:41:36,327 --> 00:41:38,262 I THINK THE TOTAL WAS SEVEN 928 00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:40,831 TIMES RINGING OF THAT ONE SINGLE 929 00:41:40,831 --> 00:41:41,198 VOLCANO. 930 00:41:41,198 --> 00:41:42,566 WHICH IS NEAT, NUMBER ONE. 931 00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:43,734 IT'S KIND OF COOL. 932 00:41:43,734 --> 00:41:45,870 BUT NUMBER TWO, THAT DYNAMIC 933 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:52,543 LOOK AT THE WHOLE. 934 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:54,512 IF YOU PROBE THE SYSTEM AND SEE 935 00:41:54,512 --> 00:41:57,081 HOW IT RESPONDS YOU CAN SEE HOW 936 00:41:57,081 --> 00:41:59,717 THE PIECES CONNECT, AND WE'RE 937 00:41:59,717 --> 00:42:01,418 CONSTANTLY FINDING WITH GREATER 938 00:42:01,418 --> 00:42:02,786 RESOLUTION AND GREATER BANDS OF 939 00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:03,821 FREQUENCY LOOKING AT IT FROM 940 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:05,923 DIFFERENT WAYS WE SEE PHENOMENON 941 00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:07,658 THAT WE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT 942 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:09,393 ABOUT, BUT SOME WE NEVER THOUGHT 943 00:42:09,393 --> 00:42:11,562 ABOUT AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE MORE 944 00:42:11,562 --> 00:42:13,097 OF AN ULTIMATE FROM THE OVER ALL 945 00:42:13,097 --> 00:42:15,099 SYSTEM AT A RESULT. 946 00:42:15,099 --> 00:42:16,667 >> WE HAVE KIM CRAMER FROM SPACE 947 00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:17,468 UP CLOSE. 948 00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:19,203 KEN, ARE YOU WITH US? 949 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:19,837 >> YES, I AM. 950 00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:21,272 THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND FOR 951 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:24,241 ALL THE GOOD INFORMATION. 952 00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:24,909 YEAH, I HAVE A COUPLE OF 953 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:25,309 QUESTIONS. 954 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:27,144 ONE IS THE LIGHTNING. 955 00:42:27,144 --> 00:42:29,013 I'M WONDERING, THE DATA YOU GET 956 00:42:29,013 --> 00:42:31,749 FROM THAT, ARE YOU ABLE TO 957 00:42:31,749 --> 00:42:33,384 PROVIDE ADVANCE WARNING AT ALL? 958 00:42:33,384 --> 00:42:35,619 ANOTHER QUESTION IS YOU'RE GOING 959 00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:37,922 TO RETIRE THE GOES-S. 960 00:42:37,922 --> 00:42:39,757 HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE 961 00:42:39,757 --> 00:42:41,825 POSITIONING IT ELSEWHERE TO KEEP 962 00:42:41,825 --> 00:42:42,326 IT ACTIVE? 963 00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:45,296 OR COULD YOU USE IT TO COLLECT 964 00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:47,865 MORE 3D DATA SOME HOW? 965 00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:50,301 AND FOR TIM, CAN YOU TELL US 966 00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:53,537 ABOUT THOSE ASTRO PAYLOADS, AND 967 00:42:53,537 --> 00:42:55,472 WHAT THEY MIGHT BE. 968 00:42:55,472 --> 00:42:55,806 THANKS. 969 00:42:55,806 --> 00:43:05,282 >> LET ME START--GOES-S ACTUALLY 970 00:43:05,282 --> 00:43:05,783 WON'T BE RETIRED. 971 00:43:05,783 --> 00:43:06,517 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT 972 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:07,952 INTO--WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN 973 00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:11,555 A--IT WILL BE ONE OF OUR SPARE 974 00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:15,025 SATELLITES. 975 00:43:15,025 --> 00:43:16,093 REMIND ME. 976 00:43:16,093 --> 00:43:23,767 THERE WAS A TAIL-END QUESTION. 977 00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:24,835 >> YES, THE ADVANCE WARNING. 978 00:43:24,835 --> 00:43:31,775 CAN YOU GIVE ADVANCE WARNING 979 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:32,142 WITH THAT? 980 00:43:32,142 --> 00:43:32,977 >> YES, THAT IS ACTUALLY MAINLY 981 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:33,544 DESIGNED FOR THAT. 982 00:43:33,544 --> 00:43:34,278 WHEN IT'S WATCHING A STORM THAT 983 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:34,979 HAS LIGHTNING IN IT RIGHT NOW, 984 00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:35,713 THE--AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES, 985 00:43:35,713 --> 00:43:36,513 THE RATE OF LIGHTNING INCREASES. 986 00:43:36,513 --> 00:43:38,582 AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 987 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:40,150 FORECASTERS ARE ACTIVELY 988 00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:44,488 WATCHING FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE 989 00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:46,223 LIGHTNING JUMP BECAUSE STORMS 990 00:43:46,223 --> 00:43:54,465 THAT EXHIBIT THAT ARE MORE THAN 991 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:55,399 LIKELY TO HAVE TORNADOES. 992 00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:56,133 SO IT IS USED FOR FORECASTING 993 00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:56,800 AND ISSUING SEVERE "WEATHER 994 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,069 WATCHES" AND WARNINGS WHEN THEY 995 00:43:59,069 --> 00:44:01,005 SEE INCREASED LIGHTNING 996 00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:01,372 ACTIVITY. 997 00:44:01,372 --> 00:44:02,573 >> IF I COULD ADD ONE QUICK 998 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:03,574 THING, TOO. 999 00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,442 THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE RICHNESS 1000 00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:10,014 OF THE INFORMATION, AND IT'S 50 1001 00:44:10,014 --> 00:44:11,615 TIMES THE PREVIOUS DATA SET FROM 1002 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:17,454 PREVIOUS DATA. 1003 00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:20,958 THIS ALLOWS US TO BUILD UP A 1004 00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:23,694 HISTORYGRAHAM, AND TO LOOK AT 1005 00:44:23,694 --> 00:44:25,796 THESE DATA HISTORICALLY NOW THAT 1006 00:44:25,796 --> 00:44:26,730 WE SEE SOMETHING. 1007 00:44:26,730 --> 00:44:28,098 WE CAN LOOK BACK IN THE BACK 1008 00:44:28,098 --> 00:44:32,336 RECORDS AND SEE WHAT ARE THE 1009 00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:34,371 PRECURSORS WE MAY NOT HAVE 1010 00:44:34,371 --> 00:44:35,439 NOTICED. 1011 00:44:35,439 --> 00:44:37,541 THIS WILL ALLOW US TO USE AI IN 1012 00:44:37,541 --> 00:44:40,210 OTHER WAYS TO HELP FORECASTERS 1013 00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:42,446 AND SEE FORECASTS THAT WE 1014 00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:45,616 WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN PREVIOUSLY. 1015 00:44:45,616 --> 00:44:49,319 THIS IS AN EXPLOSIVE GROWTH WITH 1016 00:44:49,319 --> 00:44:51,288 AI AND MACHINE LEARNING AND TO 1017 00:44:51,288 --> 00:44:52,690 ANTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY FOR 1018 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:55,759 THE FORECASTERS TO USE THE DATA. 1019 00:44:55,759 --> 00:44:56,026 FUL. 1020 00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:57,561 >> I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SECOND 1021 00:44:57,561 --> 00:44:57,995 QUESTION. 1022 00:44:57,995 --> 00:44:59,563 >> YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE 1023 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:00,631 BURIED IN THERE. 1024 00:45:00,631 --> 00:45:03,100 HEY KEN, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOUR 1025 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:03,734 VOICE. 1026 00:45:03,734 --> 00:45:05,202 HEARING YOUR VOICE TAKES ME BACK 1027 00:45:05,202 --> 00:45:09,039 TO THE SUMMER OF 2011 WHEN WE 1028 00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:09,873 WERE WALKING AROUND COMPLEX 17. 1029 00:45:09,873 --> 00:45:10,941 THAT WAS A WARM DAY WHEN YOU 1030 00:45:10,941 --> 00:45:12,676 WERE TAKING PICTURES. 1031 00:45:12,676 --> 00:45:16,113 TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT WHAT A 1032 00:45:16,113 --> 00:45:19,616 LAUNCH DIRECTOR KNOWS ABOUT 1033 00:45:19,616 --> 00:45:20,017 COMMENTS. 1034 00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:25,222 I'M GOING TO REFER YOU TO THE BE 1035 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:27,157 BUSCH WE DID ACQUIRE THE LAUNCH 1036 00:45:27,157 --> 00:45:29,193 SERVICES FROM AS TRADITION, AND 1037 00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:31,729 TROPICS IS A NEAT MISSION 1038 00:45:31,729 --> 00:45:33,430 BECAUSE IT IS SMALL SPACECRAFT. 1039 00:45:33,430 --> 00:45:36,900 AND WE'LL BUNCH TWO AT A TIME. 1040 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,903 FOR A TOTAL OF SIX SPACECRAFTS 1041 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,973 THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THREE 1042 00:45:42,973 --> 00:45:43,640 DIFFERENT PLANES. 1043 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,409 WE'RE LOOKING AT TROPICAL 1044 00:45:45,409 --> 00:45:47,911 SYSTEMS AND STUDYING THAT, 1045 00:45:47,911 --> 00:45:48,679 CYCLONE, HURRICANE FORMATION AND 1046 00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:49,913 THAT TYPE. 1047 00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:53,584 BUT I'M ONLY A HALF INCH DEEP ON 1048 00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:54,685 THAT TROPICS MISSION. 1049 00:45:54,685 --> 00:45:57,788 THE OPERATION SIDE OF LAUNCHING 1050 00:45:57,788 --> 00:45:58,922 THREE ROCKETS IN 45,054 DAYS IS 1051 00:45:58,922 --> 00:45:59,857 VERY EXCITING. 1052 00:45:59,857 --> 00:46:01,458 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 1053 00:46:01,458 --> 00:46:03,327 >> ARE THOSE ALL FROM KENNEDY OR 1054 00:46:03,327 --> 00:46:04,628 DIFFERENT SITES? 1055 00:46:04,628 --> 00:46:07,331 >> THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE FROM 1056 00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:11,301 COMPLEX 46, 46 HERE AT THE TIP 1057 00:46:11,301 --> 00:46:12,569 OF THE CAPE HERE ON THE EASTERN 1058 00:46:12,569 --> 00:46:13,971 RANGE. 1059 00:46:13,971 --> 00:46:14,404 >> OKAY. 1060 00:46:14,404 --> 00:46:15,205 THANK YOU. 1061 00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:17,141 >> THANK YOU TO OUR PANELIST 1062 00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:18,742 FORCE ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. 1063 00:46:18,742 --> 00:46:20,010 NOW WE HAVE ONE FOR JOHN. 1064 00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:23,580 HOW DO THE SATELLITES OF NASA'S 1065 00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:30,954 JOINT AGENCY INDICT OFFING HOW 1066 00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:31,955 DO THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER. 1067 00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:34,291 >> I COULD TURN TO MY NOAA 1068 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:35,325 COLLEAGUES TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY 1069 00:46:35,325 --> 00:46:38,395 THE POLAR ORBITING SATELLITES 1070 00:46:38,395 --> 00:46:39,830 AND GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES 1071 00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:40,397 WORK TOGETHER. 1072 00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:42,332 BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GETTING 1073 00:46:42,332 --> 00:46:44,802 OUT OF THE GOES-R SATELLITES 1074 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:47,738 INCLUDING GOES-T. IS CONSTANT 1075 00:46:47,738 --> 00:46:48,839 MONITORING. 1076 00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:56,013 THEY'RE ABLE TO DWELL POUR 1077 00:46:56,013 --> 00:46:57,214 POFFLE THAT'S COUPLED WITH 1078 00:46:57,214 --> 00:46:59,716 SLIGHTLIES IN LOWER ORBITS THAT 1079 00:46:59,716 --> 00:47:00,184 SCAN THE EARTH. 1080 00:47:00,184 --> 00:47:04,188 AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET HIGHER 1081 00:47:04,188 --> 00:47:06,523 RESOLUTION IMAGERY BECAUSE 1082 00:47:06,523 --> 00:47:07,624 THEY'RE CLOSER. 1083 00:47:07,624 --> 00:47:09,660 THOSE DATA SETS WORKING TOGETHER 1084 00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:12,229 AND I COULD TURN TO JESSICA OR 1085 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:13,163 STEVE ON THAT ONE. 1086 00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:14,231 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND 1087 00:47:14,231 --> 00:47:17,100 NICELY DONE, JOHN. 1088 00:47:17,100 --> 00:47:19,002 THE COMPLIMENTARY HIGHER 1089 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:22,472 RESOLUTION WITH THE WHOLE PLANET 1090 00:47:22,472 --> 00:47:22,773 VIEW. 1091 00:47:22,773 --> 00:47:24,441 AND STATIONARY GIVES YOU ONE 1092 00:47:24,441 --> 00:47:25,776 SIDE OF THE PLANET. 1093 00:47:25,776 --> 00:47:27,911 WE REALLY DO BENEFIT FROM THE 1094 00:47:27,911 --> 00:47:33,350 JASON 3 WHERE THE ALTIMITRY 1095 00:47:33,350 --> 00:47:36,019 ALLOWS US TO SEE SUR VAS HEIGHTS 1096 00:47:36,019 --> 00:47:38,589 AND DEFORMATION. 1097 00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:43,894 WHEREAS THE WE CAN SEE A BULGE 1098 00:47:43,894 --> 00:47:45,596 IN THE WATER WHICH USUALLY 1099 00:47:45,596 --> 00:47:47,764 HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE WARM 1100 00:47:47,764 --> 00:47:48,665 WATER. 1101 00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:50,968 AND THAT TELLS US THE SEA 1102 00:47:50,968 --> 00:47:52,202 SURFACE TEMPERATURE. 1103 00:47:52,202 --> 00:47:55,806 AND THAT ENERGY GOES INTO A 1104 00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:56,173 HURRICANE. 1105 00:47:56,173 --> 00:47:57,140 THE HURRICANE FORECAST CAN TELL 1106 00:47:57,140 --> 00:47:59,243 US WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM GSSS 1107 00:47:59,243 --> 00:48:01,078 THE POLAR SATELLITE, BUT CAN'T 1108 00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:05,315 TELL YOU THE BASE TEMPERATURE 1109 00:48:05,315 --> 00:48:06,083 FROM THE OCEAN BLOW IT. 1110 00:48:06,083 --> 00:48:08,652 BUT COMBINING THOSE TWO FOR 1111 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:10,153 HURRICANE FORECASTING MODELS 1112 00:48:10,153 --> 00:48:11,622 ALLOWS US TO KNOW WHEN IT IS 1113 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:14,858 GOING TO GO FROM CAT 2 TO CAT 4 1114 00:48:14,858 --> 00:48:16,660 BECAUSE IT IS GOING OVER A WARM 1115 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:19,229 SPOT IN THE OCEAN END DATED BY 1116 00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:21,632 THE OPTIMITRY. 1117 00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:24,167 AND THEN A PLUG FOR THE OTHER 1118 00:48:24,167 --> 00:48:26,336 MISSION THAT TIM MENTIONED SWAT, 1119 00:48:26,336 --> 00:48:31,008 THE NEXT GENERATION OF OCEAN 1120 00:48:31,008 --> 00:48:31,742 ALTIMITRY. 1121 00:48:31,742 --> 00:48:33,310 WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT THAT. 1122 00:48:33,310 --> 00:48:35,379 THAT WILL GIVE HIGHER RESOLUTION 1123 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:38,248 AND ACCURACY OF THOSE SAME 1124 00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:40,751 MEASUREMENT THAT IS WILL ALLOW 1125 00:48:40,751 --> 00:48:44,855 US TO DO THOSE MEASUREMENTS 1126 00:48:44,855 --> 00:48:45,188 BETTER. 1127 00:48:45,188 --> 00:48:46,256 IT MAY TAKE A GENERATION BUT 1128 00:48:46,256 --> 00:48:47,557 WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE 1129 00:48:47,557 --> 00:48:47,958 GENERATION. 1130 00:48:47,958 --> 00:48:50,427 IT IS NOT A PROBLEM TO LOOK 1131 00:48:50,427 --> 00:48:52,863 FIVE, TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD TO 1132 00:48:52,863 --> 00:48:55,265 SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR 1133 00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:56,099 SERVICES. 1134 00:48:56,099 --> 00:48:59,202 REALLY, THE COMPLIMENTARY OF THE 1135 00:48:59,202 --> 00:49:03,907 LEO AND GEOTOGETHER WE USE THE 1136 00:49:03,907 --> 00:49:05,108 EXPLOITATION OF THE DATA 1137 00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:08,612 TOGETHER TO USE IT AS A GROUP. 1138 00:49:08,612 --> 00:49:09,546 >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. 1139 00:49:09,546 --> 00:49:18,555 THE NEXT IS FOR JESSICA AT THE 1140 00:49:18,555 --> 00:49:18,855 END. 1141 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:19,990 AS AN END USER OH FOR GOES DATA 1142 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:20,757 CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE USE THAT 1143 00:49:20,757 --> 00:49:24,127 SLD HAS FOR THESE SATELLITES? 1144 00:49:24,127 --> 00:49:24,962 >> YES, HAVING BEEN A 1145 00:49:24,962 --> 00:49:25,762 METEOROLOGIST FOR SEVERAL YEARS 1146 00:49:25,762 --> 00:49:28,665 I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN THE GOES-R 1147 00:49:28,665 --> 00:49:31,635 SERIES CAME BECAUSE WE USED TO 1148 00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:33,437 GET IMAGE UPDATES EVERY 30 1149 00:49:33,437 --> 00:49:33,770 MINUTES. 1150 00:49:33,770 --> 00:49:36,206 NOW WE GET THEM EVERY FIVE 1151 00:49:36,206 --> 00:49:37,774 MINUTES AND SOMETIMES DURING 1152 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:44,181 EVENTS EVERY ONE MINUTE. 1153 00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:45,048 IT IS VERY GOOD TO SEE THESE 1154 00:49:45,048 --> 00:49:45,382 IMAGING. 1155 00:49:45,382 --> 00:49:46,817 YOU CAN SEE WAY AHEAD WHEN THESE 1156 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:49,386 CUMULUS CLOUDS BEEN TO INCREASE 1157 00:49:49,386 --> 00:49:52,022 IN THEIR HEIGHT AND BECOME A 1158 00:49:52,022 --> 00:49:52,756 THUNDERSTORM YOU CAN WARN PEOPLE 1159 00:49:52,756 --> 00:49:53,223 AHEAD OF TIME. 1160 00:49:53,223 --> 00:49:56,393 I MISSED THE SECOND PART OF THE 1161 00:49:56,393 --> 00:49:56,760 QUESTION. 1162 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,095 I GOT ON MY TANGENT. 1163 00:49:58,095 --> 00:50:00,130 >> WHAT USE DOES IT HAVE FOR THE 1164 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:01,131 DATE IT IN GENERAL. 1165 00:50:01,131 --> 00:50:02,632 >> WE USE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 1166 00:50:02,632 --> 00:50:05,235 WE HAVE MONITORS WITH DIFFERENT 1167 00:50:05,235 --> 00:50:06,770 SATELLITE BANDS ON OUR FORECAST 1168 00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:07,270 WALL. 1169 00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:10,207 SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT INFRARED 1170 00:50:10,207 --> 00:50:12,642 BANDS AND INVISIBLE BAND AND 1171 00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:14,177 DIFFERENT SCALES SO WE'RE 1172 00:50:14,177 --> 00:50:15,879 MONITORING NOT ONLY TOPICS OVER 1173 00:50:15,879 --> 00:50:18,615 THE ATLANTA BUT UP STREAM TO OUR 1174 00:50:18,615 --> 00:50:19,349 WEST FOR WINTERTIME WEATHER AND 1175 00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:20,350 THINGS LIKE THAT. 1176 00:50:20,350 --> 00:50:23,520 SO WE USE IT 24-7 EVERY SINGLE 1177 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,054 DAY. 1178 00:50:24,054 --> 00:50:24,554 >> FANTASTIC. 1179 00:50:24,554 --> 00:50:26,056 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1180 00:50:26,056 --> 00:50:29,860 OUR NEXT IS FOR TIM DUNN, OUR 1181 00:50:29,860 --> 00:50:31,061 LAUNCH DIRECTOR. 1182 00:50:31,061 --> 00:50:33,630 A UNIQUE THIRD BURN IS REQUIRED 1183 00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:39,903 TO GET GOES-T TO ITS DESIRED 1184 00:50:39,903 --> 00:50:40,203 ORBIT. 1185 00:50:40,203 --> 00:50:42,606 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? 1186 00:50:42,606 --> 00:50:45,876 >> THE FLIGHT DESIGN GIVEN THE 1187 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:47,177 MASS OF THE SPACECRAFT, AND WE 1188 00:50:47,177 --> 00:50:50,514 WANT TO GO 24 MILES OUT IN 1189 00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:51,581 SPACE, REQUIRES SCOTT AND HIS 1190 00:50:51,581 --> 00:50:53,950 UNITED LAUNCH TEAM TO DO SOME 1191 00:50:53,950 --> 00:50:56,653 REALLY INTENSE AND COMPLEX 1192 00:50:56,653 --> 00:50:58,321 MISSION TRAJECTORY DESIGN WORK. 1193 00:50:58,321 --> 00:51:01,825 IN THIS CASE, IT REQUIRED THAT 1194 00:51:01,825 --> 00:51:02,526 FINAL BURN. 1195 00:51:02,526 --> 00:51:06,430 WE USE THE FIRST BURNS TO GET 1196 00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:09,166 INTO THE PROPER LOW-EARTH ORBIT, 1197 00:51:09,166 --> 00:51:11,535 THEN WE USE THE FINAL BURNS TO 1198 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:12,903 GO OUT TO GEO. 1199 00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:14,471 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TIM. 1200 00:51:14,471 --> 00:51:15,572 SCOTT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO 1201 00:51:15,572 --> 00:51:17,007 ADD TO THAT? 1202 00:51:17,007 --> 00:51:18,875 >> YEAH, I THINK TIM COVERED IT 1203 00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:19,276 PRETTY WELL. 1204 00:51:19,276 --> 00:51:22,612 THE FIRST TWO BURNS GET US READY 1205 00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:23,947 TO DO THE LONG THREE-HOUR COAST, 1206 00:51:23,947 --> 00:51:26,283 AND THEN THE SPACECRAFT COAST 1207 00:51:26,283 --> 00:51:28,652 WAY OUT TOWARDS THE GEOORBIT, 1208 00:51:28,652 --> 00:51:31,054 AND THEN WE DO THAT FINAL THIRD 1209 00:51:31,054 --> 00:51:32,923 BURN TO JUST GET THEM RIGHT 1210 00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:33,924 WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. 1211 00:51:33,924 --> 00:51:36,593 AND YOU KNOW, THE ATLAS VEHICLE 1212 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:38,995 HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD OVER THE 1213 00:51:38,995 --> 00:51:39,296 YEARS. 1214 00:51:39,296 --> 00:51:40,730 GETTING THE SPACECRAFT RIGHT 1215 00:51:40,730 --> 00:51:42,432 WHERE THEY WANT TO BE DROPPED 1216 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:42,732 OFF. 1217 00:51:42,732 --> 00:51:45,068 SO WE HOPE TO DO THE SAME THING 1218 00:51:45,068 --> 00:51:47,704 HERE WITH THAT THIRD BURN FOR 1219 00:51:47,704 --> 00:51:48,038 GOES-T. 1220 00:51:48,038 --> 00:51:49,306 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1221 00:51:49,306 --> 00:51:50,907 OUR NEXT QUESTION CAN BE FOR 1222 00:51:50,907 --> 00:51:52,642 STEVE OR PAM. 1223 00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:54,978 WHAT INFORMATION HAVE THE GOES 1224 00:51:54,978 --> 00:51:57,447 SATELLITES REVEALED ABOUT 1225 00:51:57,447 --> 00:52:01,818 CLIMATE CHANGE? 1226 00:52:01,818 --> 00:52:03,220 >> YEAH, THE GOES SATELLITES 1227 00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:04,554 GOING BACK TO THE 70s. 1228 00:52:04,554 --> 00:52:06,156 THEY REALLY PROVIDE THAT 1229 00:52:06,156 --> 00:52:09,326 LONG-TERM RECORD OF ALL KINDS OF 1230 00:52:09,326 --> 00:52:10,060 DIFFERENT CLIMATE VARIABLES 1231 00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:12,629 WHETHER THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF 1232 00:52:12,629 --> 00:52:14,631 CLOUDS, THE AMOUNT OF 1233 00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:19,069 PRECIPITATION, VEGETATION 1234 00:52:19,069 --> 00:52:20,704 RECORDS AND IT'S REALLY THE 1235 00:52:20,704 --> 00:52:23,707 BENEFIT OF THE 40-YEAR ON AIR 1236 00:52:23,707 --> 00:52:24,708 TRACK RECORD. 1237 00:52:24,708 --> 00:52:25,976 NOW WITH THE LIGHTNING MAPPER 1238 00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:28,411 WE'RE STARTING ANEW MEASUREMENT 1239 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,714 THAT WILL GO ON INTO THE FUTURE 1240 00:52:30,714 --> 00:52:31,448 AS WELL. 1241 00:52:31,448 --> 00:52:34,384 AND LIGHTNING IS ALSO AN 1242 00:52:34,384 --> 00:52:35,352 IMPORTANT CLIMATE VARIABLE. 1243 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:36,786 >> I WOULD ADD TO THAT, TOO. 1244 00:52:36,786 --> 00:52:38,722 TO FOLLOW UP ON PAM'S POINT. 1245 00:52:38,722 --> 00:52:40,891 IF YOU TRY TO DIAGNOSE A PATIENT 1246 00:52:40,891 --> 00:52:43,693 YOU WANT A RECORD OF WHAT THE 1247 00:52:43,693 --> 00:52:45,262 PROPER BEHAVIOR, THE PROPER 1248 00:52:45,262 --> 00:52:47,797 HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE. 1249 00:52:47,797 --> 00:52:49,032 WHAT PAM DESCRIBED AS CLIMATE 1250 00:52:49,032 --> 00:52:51,168 RECORDS ARE LONG-TERM DATA 1251 00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:54,471 RECORDS IN SOME CASES GOING BACK 1252 00:52:54,471 --> 00:52:55,205 HUNDREDS OF YEARS THROUGH THREE 1253 00:52:55,205 --> 00:53:01,745 RINGS AND MAPPING THE 1254 00:53:01,745 --> 00:53:02,345 ENVIRONMENT OVER TIME. 1255 00:53:02,345 --> 00:53:02,979 THE PRECISION OF THAT. 1256 00:53:02,979 --> 00:53:03,647 IF YOU HAVE AN IS IT FAIRLY 1257 00:53:03,647 --> 00:53:04,347 INACCURATE OR PROXIMATE RECORD 1258 00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:05,081 IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO SEE A 1259 00:53:05,081 --> 00:53:05,415 TREND. 1260 00:53:05,415 --> 00:53:08,218 BUT IF YOU HAVE PRECISE RECORDS, 1261 00:53:08,218 --> 00:53:10,787 AND THE SIX GENERATION OF THE 1262 00:53:10,787 --> 00:53:12,789 SATELLITE WE CAN TRACE THE 1263 00:53:12,789 --> 00:53:15,592 MEASUREMENTS BACK TO 1980 AND 1264 00:53:15,592 --> 00:53:17,360 1990 WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SEE 1265 00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,463 THE DATA RECORD WHICH IS 1266 00:53:20,463 --> 00:53:21,698 TRACEABLE AND ACCURATE. 1267 00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:25,135 FROM THAT INFER ACTUAL PHYSICAL 1268 00:53:25,135 --> 00:53:26,269 CHANGES AND THE NUMBER OF 1269 00:53:26,269 --> 00:53:27,771 STORMS, THE AMOUNT OF FIRE THAT 1270 00:53:27,771 --> 00:53:29,339 WE SEE. 1271 00:53:29,339 --> 00:53:32,542 THE GREEN VEGETATION INDICES. 1272 00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:35,011 HOW GREEN THE PLANET IS OVER 1273 00:53:35,011 --> 00:53:37,914 TIME, NOW ARE QUANTIFIABLE 1274 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:38,348 MEASUREMENTS. 1275 00:53:38,348 --> 00:53:42,085 WE CAN SAY THAT IT LOOKS .001% 1276 00:53:42,085 --> 00:53:43,920 GREENER THAN A YEAR AGO, AND I 1277 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:46,423 MADE THAT NUMBER UP, BUT YOU GET 1278 00:53:46,423 --> 00:53:47,324 THE POINT. 1279 00:53:47,324 --> 00:53:49,326 WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE PROJECTIONS 1280 00:53:49,326 --> 00:53:51,428 OF THE DATA AND THEN PROJECT IT 1281 00:53:51,428 --> 00:53:52,329 INTO THE FUTURE. 1282 00:53:52,329 --> 00:53:54,030 THAT'S WHY THESE MEASUREMENTS 1283 00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:56,600 NEED TO BE HE CAN QUESTION ITALY 1284 00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:56,967 ACCURATE. 1285 00:53:56,967 --> 00:53:59,903 NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW 1286 00:53:59,903 --> 00:54:03,206 THE MEASURE WITHIN A TENTH OF A 1287 00:54:03,206 --> 00:54:04,874 DEGREE BUT FOR THE ACCURATE 1288 00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:14,517 MODELS THAT WE USE THE DATA FOR. 1289 00:54:14,517 --> 00:54:15,252 >> CLIMATE CHANGE IS VERY 1290 00:54:15,252 --> 00:54:15,885 IMPORTANT TO US. 1291 00:54:15,885 --> 00:54:16,553 WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE 1292 00:54:16,553 --> 00:54:16,920 QUESTION. 1293 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:17,654 HOW LONG ONCE GOES-T GETS INTO 1294 00:54:17,654 --> 00:54:18,588 THE DESIRED ORBIT THAT WE'LL 1295 00:54:18,588 --> 00:54:20,523 START TO SEE IMAGERY FROM IT. 1296 00:54:20,523 --> 00:54:22,626 >> YEAH, OUR PLAN IS OUR FIRST 1297 00:54:22,626 --> 00:54:24,995 LINE IMAGES WILL BE RELEASED IN 1298 00:54:24,995 --> 00:54:31,201 EARLY TO MIDDLE MAY. 1299 00:54:31,201 --> 00:54:32,535 >> WELL, WE'LL BE LOOKING 1300 00:54:32,535 --> 00:54:33,703 FORWARD TO MAY THIN. 1301 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:35,705 I WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS 1302 00:54:35,705 --> 00:54:37,440 FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND 1303 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,310 FOR THE MEDIA AND THOSE WHO 1304 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