1 00:00:56,039 --> 00:01:13,356 ♪ 2 00:01:15,825 --> 00:01:33,076 ♪ 3 00:01:33,076 --> 00:01:35,812 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO 4 00:01:35,812 --> 00:01:36,746 VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE ON 5 00:01:36,746 --> 00:01:37,881 THE CENTRAL COAST OF 6 00:01:37,881 --> 00:01:38,281 CALIFORNIA. 7 00:01:38,281 --> 00:01:40,583 I'M NASA'S MEGAN CRUZ, AND YOU 8 00:01:40,583 --> 00:01:42,719 ARE WATCHING THE PRELAUNCH NEWS 9 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:45,155 CONFERENCE FOR SWOT. 10 00:01:45,155 --> 00:01:46,656 SWOT IS THE SURFACE WATER AND 11 00:01:46,656 --> 00:01:47,524 OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY SATELLITE 12 00:01:47,524 --> 00:01:50,059 TARGETED TO LIFT OFF TOMORROW, 13 00:01:50,059 --> 00:01:53,363 DECEMBER 15 AT 3:46 A.M. 14 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:55,899 PACIFIC TIME ATOP A SpaceX 15 00:01:55,899 --> 00:01:58,535 FALCON 9 ROCKET FROM LAUNCH PAD 16 00:01:58,535 --> 00:01:59,769 4-EAST HERE AT VANDENBERG. 17 00:01:59,769 --> 00:02:01,538 THE LAUNCH WILL BE MANAGED BY 18 00:02:01,538 --> 00:02:03,540 NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM. 19 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,308 SWOT WILL SURVEY NEARLY ALL 20 00:02:05,308 --> 00:02:06,576 WATER ON THE PLANET'S SURFACE 21 00:02:06,576 --> 00:02:08,311 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THIS 22 00:02:08,311 --> 00:02:10,480 GLOBAL INVENTORY OF OUR WATER 23 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:11,915 WILL HELP SCIENTISTS BETTER 24 00:02:11,915 --> 00:02:13,049 UNDERSTAND WHERE THE WATER IS, 25 00:02:13,049 --> 00:02:15,351 WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, AND 26 00:02:15,351 --> 00:02:16,419 WHERE IT'S GOING. 27 00:02:16,419 --> 00:02:18,721 THESE OBSERVATIONS WILL PROVIDE 28 00:02:18,721 --> 00:02:20,290 INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE OCEAN 29 00:02:20,290 --> 00:02:21,691 INFLUENCES CLIMATE CHANGE, HOW 30 00:02:21,691 --> 00:02:24,627 A WARMING WORLD AFFECTS LAKES, 31 00:02:24,627 --> 00:02:26,496 RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS AND HOW 32 00:02:26,496 --> 00:02:27,564 COMMUNITIES CAN HELP BETTER 33 00:02:27,564 --> 00:02:30,033 PLAN FOR DISASTERS LIKE FLOODS. 34 00:02:30,033 --> 00:02:32,101 SWOT IS A JOINT MISSION BETWEEN 35 00:02:32,101 --> 00:02:35,738 NASA AND FRANCE'S SPACE AGENCY 36 00:02:35,738 --> 00:02:36,573 CNES WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 37 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:38,274 THE U.K. AND CANADIAN SPACE 38 00:02:38,274 --> 00:02:38,741 AGENCIES. 39 00:02:38,741 --> 00:02:39,876 TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 40 00:02:39,876 --> 00:02:41,311 MISSION, WE HAVE A 41 00:02:41,311 --> 00:02:42,312 DISTINGUISHED PANEL GATHERED 42 00:02:42,312 --> 00:02:42,846 FOR YOU. 43 00:02:42,846 --> 00:02:45,682 TO THE FAR RIGHT, WE HAVE KAREN 44 00:02:45,682 --> 00:02:47,650 ST. GERMAIN, NASA'S DIRECTOR OF 45 00:02:47,650 --> 00:02:48,518 EARTH SCIENCE. 46 00:02:48,518 --> 00:02:52,222 NEXT TO HER, TIM DUNN, LAUNCH 47 00:02:52,222 --> 00:02:53,923 DIRECTOR, NASA'S LAUNCH 48 00:02:53,923 --> 00:02:56,092 SERVICES PROGRAM. 49 00:02:56,092 --> 00:02:58,695 JULIANNA SCHEIMAN DIRECTOR OF 50 00:02:58,695 --> 00:03:01,731 SpaceX'S CIVIL SATELLITE 51 00:03:01,731 --> 00:03:02,332 MISSIONS. 52 00:03:02,332 --> 00:03:04,067 PARAG VAZE, SWOT PROJECT 53 00:03:04,067 --> 00:03:08,938 MANAGER, NASA'S JET PROPULSION 54 00:03:08,938 --> 00:03:15,111 LABORATORY. 55 00:03:15,111 --> 00:03:18,681 THIERRY LAFON. 56 00:03:18,681 --> 00:03:20,750 EACH WILL HAVE OPENING REMARKS 57 00:03:20,750 --> 00:03:21,851 AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 58 00:03:21,851 --> 00:03:22,252 REPORTERS. 59 00:03:22,252 --> 00:03:24,053 ANYONE IN THE ROOM WITH RAISE 60 00:03:24,053 --> 00:03:25,822 THEIR HANDS AND THOSE ON THE 61 00:03:25,822 --> 00:03:28,691 PHONE CAN GET INTO THE QUESTION 62 00:03:28,691 --> 00:03:30,927 QUEUE BY DIALING STAR 1. 63 00:03:30,927 --> 00:03:33,329 THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA CAN POSE 64 00:03:33,329 --> 00:03:35,431 QUESTIONS USING #ASKNASA. 65 00:03:35,431 --> 00:03:37,066 KAREN, KICK US OFF. 66 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:40,803 >> GREAT, THANK YOU, MEGAN. 67 00:03:40,803 --> 00:03:41,604 SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT 68 00:03:41,604 --> 00:03:44,073 THE PLANET THAT NASA STUDIES 69 00:03:44,073 --> 00:03:47,243 MOST IS OUR HOME PLANET, THE 70 00:03:47,243 --> 00:03:48,478 EARTH, AND IN THE VIDEO, I 71 00:03:48,478 --> 00:03:51,214 THINK WE'RE GOING TO SHOW HERE 72 00:03:51,214 --> 00:03:53,650 IN JUST A MINUTE, WE HAVE A 73 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,385 FLEET OF 25 MISSIONS THAT, 74 00:03:55,385 --> 00:03:57,220 TODAY, ARE LOOKING DOWN AT THE 75 00:03:57,220 --> 00:03:59,422 EARTH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW 76 00:03:59,422 --> 00:04:01,925 THE EARTH WORKS AS A SYSTEM, 77 00:04:01,925 --> 00:04:04,527 AND OBSERVING ICE AND WATER AND 78 00:04:04,527 --> 00:04:05,862 LAND IN THE ATMOSPHERE. 79 00:04:05,862 --> 00:04:10,266 SO WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE 80 00:04:10,266 --> 00:04:11,434 LATEST ADDITION TO OUR EARTH 81 00:04:11,434 --> 00:04:14,103 SCIENCE FLEET. 82 00:04:14,103 --> 00:04:15,972 THIS WILL BE THE SWOT MISSION 83 00:04:15,972 --> 00:04:17,073 THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING 84 00:04:17,073 --> 00:04:18,775 TOMORROW MORNING. 85 00:04:18,775 --> 00:04:22,879 EARTH IS A WATER PLANET, AND 86 00:04:22,879 --> 00:04:26,182 SWOT WILL BRING US A 87 00:04:26,182 --> 00:04:29,152 REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCE IN OUR 88 00:04:29,152 --> 00:04:32,055 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WATER 89 00:04:32,055 --> 00:04:34,557 MOVES AROUND OUR PLANET, AND 90 00:04:34,557 --> 00:04:36,759 STARTS IN THE OCEANS, IT GETS 91 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:37,560 DELIVERED TO LAND THROUGH THE 92 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,328 ATMOSPHERE, AND EVENTUALLY 93 00:04:38,328 --> 00:04:40,096 RETURNS TO THE OCEANS. 94 00:04:40,096 --> 00:04:41,965 THAT'S THE WATER CYCLE. 95 00:04:41,965 --> 00:04:44,400 AND AS OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING, 96 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,804 THE WATER CYCLE IS AMPLIFIED, 97 00:04:47,804 --> 00:04:50,440 SO SWOT IS GOING TO GIVE US A 98 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,141 VERY HIGH-FIDELITY 99 00:04:52,141 --> 00:04:53,176 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WATER IS 100 00:04:53,176 --> 00:04:54,444 MOVING AROUND THE PLANET. 101 00:04:54,444 --> 00:04:58,114 WE'RE BUILDING, OF COURSE, ON A 102 00:04:58,114 --> 00:05:00,116 40 YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH CNES, 103 00:05:00,116 --> 00:05:02,719 IN ADVANCING THE TECHNOLOGIES, 104 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:03,953 AND AGAIN, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS 105 00:05:03,953 --> 00:05:08,024 FROM THE U.K. AND CANADIAN 106 00:05:08,024 --> 00:05:09,625 SPACE AGENCIES, AND THIS NEW 107 00:05:09,625 --> 00:05:11,361 TECHNOLOGY WILL GIVE US TEN 108 00:05:11,361 --> 00:05:14,564 TIMES IMPROVEMENT IN THE 109 00:05:14,564 --> 00:05:15,231 FIDELITY, THE SPATIAL 110 00:05:15,231 --> 00:05:17,500 RESOLUTION IN OUR MEASUREMENTS 111 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:18,468 OF WATER HEIGHT. 112 00:05:18,468 --> 00:05:20,903 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS 113 00:05:20,903 --> 00:05:23,072 THE CLIMATE WARMS, OCEANS ARE 114 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:26,009 RISING, OUR COASTLINES ARE 115 00:05:26,009 --> 00:05:28,211 CHANGING AND WE'RE SEEING LARGE 116 00:05:28,211 --> 00:05:30,446 FLUCTUATIONS IN INLAND WATER 117 00:05:30,446 --> 00:05:31,781 BODIES. 118 00:05:31,781 --> 00:05:36,219 LAKES, RESERVOIRS AND RIVERS. 119 00:05:36,219 --> 00:05:37,954 FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE, 120 00:05:37,954 --> 00:05:41,357 THE MEASUREMENTS FROM SWOT WILL 121 00:05:41,357 --> 00:05:42,825 HELP US REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW 122 00:05:42,825 --> 00:05:45,528 THIS WATER CYCLE IS CHANGING 123 00:05:45,528 --> 00:05:46,896 AND THE ROLE, THE CRITICAL ROLE 124 00:05:46,896 --> 00:05:50,233 THE OCEANS PLAY IN CLIMATE 125 00:05:50,233 --> 00:05:50,566 CHANGE. 126 00:05:50,566 --> 00:05:51,768 FROM A USER PERSPECTIVE, THIS 127 00:05:51,768 --> 00:05:53,836 IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE MOST 128 00:05:53,836 --> 00:05:57,407 EXCITED ABOUT, THE DATA FROM 129 00:05:57,407 --> 00:06:00,309 SWOT WILL INFORM COMMUNITIES 130 00:06:00,309 --> 00:06:02,378 AROUND THE WORLD, FROM WATER 131 00:06:02,378 --> 00:06:03,780 MANAGERS AND AGRICULTURE 132 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:05,481 PRODUCERS INLAND TO COASTAL 133 00:06:05,481 --> 00:06:06,449 COMMUNITIES WHO ARE DEALING 134 00:06:06,449 --> 00:06:09,719 WITH INCREASED RISK OF 135 00:06:09,719 --> 00:06:11,954 FLOODING, AND DISASTER PLANNING 136 00:06:11,954 --> 00:06:13,222 AND PREPAREDNESS. 137 00:06:13,222 --> 00:06:14,257 ANOTHER EXCITING THING ABOUT 138 00:06:14,257 --> 00:06:16,325 SWOT IS NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE 139 00:06:16,325 --> 00:06:18,361 DOING BUT HOW WE'RE DOING IT. 140 00:06:18,361 --> 00:06:21,397 WE'LL BE SHARING THE DATA FROM 141 00:06:21,397 --> 00:06:23,466 SWOT BROADLY AND FREELY TO 142 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:25,301 PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE WHO CAN 143 00:06:25,301 --> 00:06:26,602 USE IT TO INFORM THEIR 144 00:06:26,602 --> 00:06:27,003 DECISIONS. 145 00:06:27,003 --> 00:06:30,640 THIS WILL HAPPEN JUST A FEW 146 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,543 MONTHS AFTER WE ARE ALSO 147 00:06:33,543 --> 00:06:34,644 BUILDING TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE 148 00:06:34,644 --> 00:06:37,213 MAKE BEST USE OF THE DATA. 149 00:06:37,213 --> 00:06:40,450 SO REALLY EXCITING MISSION. 150 00:06:40,450 --> 00:06:41,751 INCREDIBLE ADVANCES IN SCIENCE, 151 00:06:41,751 --> 00:06:43,920 AND WE JUST CAN'T WAIT. 152 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,587 THANKS, MEGAN. 153 00:06:44,587 --> 00:06:46,756 >> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT LAUNCH. 154 00:06:46,756 --> 00:06:49,225 WITH THAT, WHY DON'T WE GO TO 155 00:06:49,225 --> 00:06:49,559 TIM? 156 00:06:49,559 --> 00:06:50,626 >> THANK YOU, MEGAN. 157 00:06:50,626 --> 00:06:51,527 PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY 158 00:06:51,527 --> 00:06:52,862 REPRESENTING THE WOMEN AND MEN 159 00:06:52,862 --> 00:06:55,765 OF NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES 160 00:06:55,765 --> 00:06:56,732 PROGRAM, AND I'M ALSO VERY 161 00:06:56,732 --> 00:06:58,835 PROUD TO BE THE NASA LAUNCH 162 00:06:58,835 --> 00:07:00,770 DIRECTOR FOR THIS INCREDIBLE 163 00:07:00,770 --> 00:07:01,237 MISSION, SWOT. 164 00:07:01,237 --> 00:07:02,839 I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE A SMALL 165 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,374 PART OF A VERY AMAZING TEAM 166 00:07:05,374 --> 00:07:07,743 THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. 167 00:07:07,743 --> 00:07:10,113 SWOT IS THE SIXTH NASA SCIENCE 168 00:07:10,113 --> 00:07:11,614 MISSION THAT WE WILL LAUNCH ON 169 00:07:11,614 --> 00:07:14,417 A FALCON 9 ROCKET, AND IT WILL 170 00:07:14,417 --> 00:07:16,085 DEPART EARTH FROM HISTORIC 171 00:07:16,085 --> 00:07:18,554 SLICK 4 HERE AT VANDENBERG 172 00:07:18,554 --> 00:07:22,992 SPACE FORCE BASE. 173 00:07:22,992 --> 00:07:23,826 I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE 174 00:07:23,826 --> 00:07:24,494 FALCON 9 SWOT LAUNCH TEAM. 175 00:07:24,494 --> 00:07:30,600 SpaceX, NASA, CNES, TALIS AND 176 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,701 U.S. SPACE FORCE DELTA 30. 177 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:34,370 THIS ASSEMBLED GROUP OF 178 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:35,505 PROFESSIONALS IS EXCEPTIONAL 179 00:07:35,505 --> 00:07:36,706 AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT 180 00:07:36,706 --> 00:07:38,608 TO GIVE YOU GUYS A PEEK BEHIND 181 00:07:38,608 --> 00:07:39,542 THE CURTAIN. 182 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,611 SO WE REPRESENT EACH OF OUR 183 00:07:41,611 --> 00:07:42,545 ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IF YOU COULD 184 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:46,115 SEE WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE 185 00:07:46,115 --> 00:07:46,849 SCENES WITH THE TEAMWORK 186 00:07:46,849 --> 00:07:48,117 INVOLVED, WITH WORKING WITH 187 00:07:48,117 --> 00:07:50,253 KAREN'S TEAM AT HEADQUARTERS 188 00:07:50,253 --> 00:07:55,158 AND PARAG'S TEAM AT JPL AND 189 00:07:55,158 --> 00:07:56,592 JULIANNA REPRESENTS AN 190 00:07:56,592 --> 00:07:58,327 INCREDIBLE LAUNCH VEHICLE TEAM 191 00:07:58,327 --> 00:08:00,363 AT SpaceX, IT'S AMAZING HOW 192 00:08:00,363 --> 00:08:03,232 WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ALL OF THIS 193 00:08:03,232 --> 00:08:05,535 TOGETHER TO BRING THIS SWOT 194 00:08:05,535 --> 00:08:08,371 CAPABILITY TO ALL OF US HERE ON 195 00:08:08,371 --> 00:08:08,704 EARTH. 196 00:08:08,704 --> 00:08:10,573 SO WE GET TO SEE THAT EVERY DAY 197 00:08:10,573 --> 00:08:12,608 IN WHAT WE DO, BUT JUST WANTED 198 00:08:12,608 --> 00:08:15,144 TO HAVE A MOMENT TO SHARE THAT 199 00:08:15,144 --> 00:08:16,946 WITH YOU GUYS. 200 00:08:16,946 --> 00:08:18,447 AND ONE OTHER PERSONAL ITEM. 201 00:08:18,447 --> 00:08:20,583 I'M THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR FOR 202 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:22,351 THIS MISSION, BUT I BY FAR 203 00:08:22,351 --> 00:08:25,154 DON'T DO IT ALONE, I HAVE AN 204 00:08:25,154 --> 00:08:27,323 INCREDIBLE TEAM FROM LSP. 205 00:08:27,323 --> 00:08:29,158 THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL THIS IS 206 00:08:29,158 --> 00:08:31,694 HIS LAST LSP MISSION, THAT IS 207 00:08:31,694 --> 00:08:35,031 THE SENIOR LAUNCH DIRECTOR OMAR 208 00:08:35,031 --> 00:08:35,998 BAEZ, I KNOW YOU MAY BE OUT 209 00:08:35,998 --> 00:08:37,233 THERE WATCHING. 210 00:08:37,233 --> 00:08:39,435 YOU'VE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, YOU 211 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:42,238 BROUGHT ME INTO THIS ROLE OVER 212 00:08:42,238 --> 00:08:44,640 THE PAST DECADE PLUS, AND IF 213 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,776 MANY PEOPLE HAVE WORKED WITH 214 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:48,744 OMAR AND KNOW HIM, HE'S 215 00:08:48,744 --> 00:08:49,779 INCREDIBLE TO WHAT HE'S BROUGHT 216 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:53,616 TO LSP AND HOW HE HAS STEADIED 217 00:08:53,616 --> 00:08:55,251 OUR LAUNCH TEAM FOR SO MANY 218 00:08:55,251 --> 00:08:55,585 YEARS. 219 00:08:55,585 --> 00:08:57,653 WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM WHEN HE 220 00:08:57,653 --> 00:09:06,629 RETIRES IN FEBRUARY, BUT DON'T 221 00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:07,463 GO FAR, I'LL BE PICKING UP THE 222 00:09:07,463 --> 00:09:08,097 PHONE TO CALL YOU OFTEN. 223 00:09:08,097 --> 00:09:08,798 ALL RIGHT, SO THE INTEGRATED 224 00:09:08,798 --> 00:09:09,465 FALCON 9 TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY 225 00:09:09,465 --> 00:09:10,600 WITH FINAL LAUNCH PREPARATIONS. 226 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,702 LAST WEEK WE ENCAPSULATED THE 227 00:09:12,702 --> 00:09:14,237 SWOT SPACECRAFT INSIDE THE 228 00:09:14,237 --> 00:09:17,206 PAYLOAD FERRING AND INFORMED A 229 00:09:17,206 --> 00:09:19,508 DRESS REHEARSAL. 230 00:09:19,508 --> 00:09:21,978 LAST FRIDAY, WE HELD THE FLIGHT 231 00:09:21,978 --> 00:09:22,945 READINESS REVIEW AND LATER THAT 232 00:09:22,945 --> 00:09:24,547 SAME DAY PERFORMED A STATIC 233 00:09:24,547 --> 00:09:27,650 FIRE WITH A SUCCESSFUL 7-SECOND 234 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:29,185 STATIC FIRE LIGHTING OF ALL 235 00:09:29,185 --> 00:09:31,587 NINE OF THE FALCON 9 ENGINES. 236 00:09:31,587 --> 00:09:33,356 SUBSEQUENTLY THE ROCKET WAS 237 00:09:33,356 --> 00:09:36,325 RETURNED TO THE SLICK 4 HANGER 238 00:09:36,325 --> 00:09:39,428 WHERE THE SWOT SPACECRAFT WAS 239 00:09:39,428 --> 00:09:42,431 MATED ON MONDAY ON THIS WEEK. 240 00:09:42,431 --> 00:09:48,871 I'D LIKE TO SHOW A VIDEO TO GET 241 00:09:48,871 --> 00:09:49,505 READY FOR THE LAUNCH. 242 00:09:49,505 --> 00:09:51,507 HERE YOU SEE A 747 BRINGING A 243 00:09:51,507 --> 00:09:54,543 LOT OF GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 244 00:09:54,543 --> 00:09:56,245 FOR THE SWOT SPACECRAFT FROM 245 00:09:56,245 --> 00:09:57,913 EUROPE WHERE IT WAS 246 00:09:57,913 --> 00:09:58,381 MANUFACTURED. 247 00:09:58,381 --> 00:09:59,815 SO THIS ALL OCCURRED A COUPLE 248 00:09:59,815 --> 00:10:01,984 MONTHS AGO IN OCTOBER RIGHT 249 00:10:01,984 --> 00:10:04,820 HERE AT VANDENBERG, AND THERE 250 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:08,157 IS AN AIR FORCE C-5 BRINGING 251 00:10:08,157 --> 00:10:10,593 THE ACTUAL SWOT SPACECRAFT. 252 00:10:10,593 --> 00:10:12,695 THERE'S SWOT IN ITS SHIPPING 253 00:10:12,695 --> 00:10:15,898 CONTAINER COMING OFF OF THE C-5 254 00:10:15,898 --> 00:10:16,265 AIRCRAFT. 255 00:10:16,265 --> 00:10:17,033 MANY THANKS TO THE AIR FORCE 256 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,734 FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THE 257 00:10:18,734 --> 00:10:20,670 AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT, AND HERE 258 00:10:20,670 --> 00:10:23,673 IS SWOT UNVEILED IN THE ASTRO 259 00:10:23,673 --> 00:10:25,675 TECH FACILITY ON NORTH 260 00:10:25,675 --> 00:10:26,842 VANDENBERG, A GORGEOUS 261 00:10:26,842 --> 00:10:28,511 SPACECRAFT, AND THEN AFTER WE 262 00:10:28,511 --> 00:10:30,313 PROCESSED ON NORTH VANDENBERG, 263 00:10:30,313 --> 00:10:33,115 WE PUT IT BACK IN ITS SHIPPING 264 00:10:33,115 --> 00:10:34,684 CONTAINER AND BROUGHT IT TO 265 00:10:34,684 --> 00:10:36,319 SOUTH VANDENBERG TO SLICK 4, 266 00:10:36,319 --> 00:10:38,254 AND THERE IT IS GOING INTO 267 00:10:38,254 --> 00:10:41,924 SpaceX'S PAYLOAD PROCESSING 268 00:10:41,924 --> 00:10:43,359 FACILITY AT SLICK 4. 269 00:10:43,359 --> 00:10:45,861 THERE'S A GREAT STILL PHOTO OF 270 00:10:45,861 --> 00:10:48,597 SWOT UNVEILED IN THE PPF AT 271 00:10:48,597 --> 00:10:51,701 SLICK 4, AND THERE IT IS ABOUT 272 00:10:51,701 --> 00:10:55,304 TO BE ENCAPSULATED WITH THE 273 00:10:55,304 --> 00:10:57,373 PAYLOAD FERINGS ON EITHER SIDE. 274 00:10:57,373 --> 00:10:58,507 HERE IS FOOTAGE FROM THE PAST. 275 00:10:58,507 --> 00:11:04,347 THIS IS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN 276 00:11:04,347 --> 00:11:04,980 WE ROLLED OUT SENTINEL. 277 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:05,648 THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE 278 00:11:05,648 --> 00:11:06,949 YESTERDAY AS WE ROLLED TO THE 279 00:11:06,949 --> 00:11:07,750 PAD. 280 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:09,585 WE WENT VERTICAL OVERNIGHT, AND 281 00:11:09,585 --> 00:11:11,921 WE'RE SITTING ON THE PAD 282 00:11:11,921 --> 00:11:13,522 GETTING READY. 283 00:11:13,522 --> 00:11:15,257 SO YESTERDAY WE DID ALSO HOLD 284 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:16,959 THE SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 30 285 00:11:16,959 --> 00:11:20,062 LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW, AND WE 286 00:11:20,062 --> 00:11:21,664 FOLLOWED THAT WITH THE JOINT 287 00:11:21,664 --> 00:11:25,401 SpaceX-NASA LRR, WE RECEIVED 288 00:11:25,401 --> 00:11:28,237 APPROVAL FROM SENIOR NASA JPL, 289 00:11:28,237 --> 00:11:29,472 SpaceX AND U.S. SPACE FORCE 290 00:11:29,472 --> 00:11:30,473 LEADERSHIP TO CONTINUE 291 00:11:30,473 --> 00:11:32,041 PROCESSING TOWARD LAUNCH 292 00:11:32,041 --> 00:11:32,441 COUNTDOWN. 293 00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:35,478 YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO 294 00:11:35,478 --> 00:11:36,612 REPRESENTATIVE ROLL-OUT THAT 295 00:11:36,612 --> 00:11:39,315 DID OCCUR YESTERDAY AND WE'RE 296 00:11:39,315 --> 00:11:40,216 VERTICAL ON THE SLICK 4 LAUNCH 297 00:11:40,216 --> 00:11:43,486 MOUVENLT MOUNT. 298 00:11:43,486 --> 00:11:45,755 WE ARE PERFORMING A FEW 299 00:11:45,755 --> 00:11:47,757 ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS OF THE 300 00:11:47,757 --> 00:11:49,225 ROCKET TODAY THAT JULIANNA WILL 301 00:11:49,225 --> 00:11:50,426 TELL YOU ABOUT. 302 00:11:50,426 --> 00:11:51,427 EARLY TOMORROW MORNING THE 303 00:11:51,427 --> 00:11:53,729 LAUNCH TEAM WILL ARRIVE ON 304 00:11:53,729 --> 00:11:54,663 CONSOLE TO PROVIDE LAUNCH 305 00:11:54,663 --> 00:11:55,731 VEHICLE CHECKOUTS. 306 00:11:55,731 --> 00:11:57,366 LAUNCH TEAM WILL BE POLLED 307 00:11:57,366 --> 00:11:58,701 AROUND 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME 308 00:11:58,701 --> 00:12:01,570 FOR CONCURRENCE TO LOAD THE 309 00:12:01,570 --> 00:12:04,507 FALCON 9 PROPELLANTS, RP1 KER 310 00:12:04,507 --> 00:12:07,309 SEEN AND DENSEIFIED LIQUID 311 00:12:07,309 --> 00:12:08,644 OXYGEN INTO THE STAGE 1 AND 312 00:12:08,644 --> 00:12:10,079 STAGE 2 TANKS. 313 00:12:10,079 --> 00:12:12,314 AFTER SERIES OF FINAL LAUNCH 314 00:12:12,314 --> 00:12:13,783 VEHICLE CHECKS, WE'LL BE READY 315 00:12:13,783 --> 00:12:19,688 FOR TARGETED T-0 AND LAUNCH AT 316 00:12:19,688 --> 00:12:21,323 3:46:47 A.M. PACIFIC TIME 317 00:12:21,323 --> 00:12:22,224 THURSDAY MORNING. 318 00:12:22,224 --> 00:12:28,164 TO SUMMARIZE, THE FALCON 9 319 00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:30,366 SPACECRAFT AND SWOT ARE READY 320 00:12:30,366 --> 00:12:31,167 TO LAUNCH THIS VERY IMPORTANT 321 00:12:31,167 --> 00:12:31,801 WATER SURVEY MISSION. 322 00:12:31,801 --> 00:12:33,969 BACK TO YOU, MEGAN. 323 00:12:33,969 --> 00:12:37,173 >> TIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 324 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:38,407 OKAY, JULIANNA? 325 00:12:38,407 --> 00:12:38,908 >> THANK YOU ALL. 326 00:12:38,908 --> 00:12:41,944 FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE 327 00:12:41,944 --> 00:12:42,945 TEAM SIMILAR TO TIM. 328 00:12:42,945 --> 00:12:45,114 IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY 329 00:12:45,114 --> 00:12:45,948 WITH NASA HEADQUARTERS TEAM, 330 00:12:45,948 --> 00:12:47,516 THE NASA LAUNCH SERVICES 331 00:12:47,516 --> 00:12:52,388 PROGRAM TEAM, THE NASA JPL 332 00:12:52,388 --> 00:12:56,492 TEAM, THE FRENCH TEAM CNES. 333 00:12:56,492 --> 00:12:58,594 NICE TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF 334 00:12:58,594 --> 00:12:58,894 YOU. 335 00:12:58,894 --> 00:13:02,731 WE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A 336 00:13:02,731 --> 00:13:04,300 STATIC FIRE TEST, AFTER THE 337 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:05,768 STATIC FIRE TEST, MANY HAVE 338 00:13:05,768 --> 00:13:07,870 SEEN A BIT OF WEATHER IN 339 00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:08,270 CALIFORNIA. 340 00:13:08,270 --> 00:13:10,840 PEOPLE OFTEN THINK ABOUT RAIN 341 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:12,007 IN FLORIDA, NOT SO MUCH RAIN IN 342 00:13:12,007 --> 00:13:13,442 CALIFORNIA, HERE WE ARE AND 343 00:13:13,442 --> 00:13:15,077 CALIFORNIANS ARE HAPPY WITH IT. 344 00:13:15,077 --> 00:13:16,679 AS PART OF THE STANDARD 345 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,214 CHECKOUTS WE DO ON THE LAUNCH 346 00:13:18,214 --> 00:13:19,949 VEHICLE, WE CHECK TO CONFIRM 347 00:13:19,949 --> 00:13:22,184 THERE ISN'T MOISTURE INTRUSION 348 00:13:22,184 --> 00:13:23,953 IN THE ENGINES ON OUR VEHICLE. 349 00:13:23,953 --> 00:13:26,222 AS PART OF THE STANDARD CHECKS 350 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,224 WE DID SEE ON TWO ENGINES 351 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:29,225 SIGNATURE THAT THERE IS 352 00:13:29,225 --> 00:13:30,526 MOISTURE IN TWO OF THE ENGINES. 353 00:13:30,526 --> 00:13:33,295 WHAT WE'RE DOING IN PARTNERSHIP 354 00:13:33,295 --> 00:13:34,530 WITH THE NASA LAUNCH SERVICE 355 00:13:34,530 --> 00:13:36,699 PROGRAM TEAM, WE'RE WORKING TO 356 00:13:36,699 --> 00:13:38,567 CONFIRM WHAT FLUID IS IN THOSE 357 00:13:38,567 --> 00:13:40,636 ENGINES, IF IT'S WATER FROM THE 358 00:13:40,636 --> 00:13:42,137 STORM OR ANOTHER FLUID, SO IF 359 00:13:42,137 --> 00:13:43,672 IT IS WATER FROM THE STORM, WE 360 00:13:43,672 --> 00:13:46,842 WILL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 361 00:13:46,842 --> 00:13:48,043 NASA TO PREPARE FOR LAUNCH WHEN 362 00:13:48,043 --> 00:13:49,812 WE'RE IN A POSITION TO DO SO 363 00:13:49,812 --> 00:13:53,749 TOMORROW MORNING AT 3:46 A.M. 364 00:13:53,749 --> 00:13:54,583 LIKELY. 365 00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:56,285 IF IT IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN 366 00:13:56,285 --> 00:13:57,253 WATER, WE'D NEED TO STAND DOWN 367 00:13:57,253 --> 00:13:59,855 ON THE LAUNCH AND REMOVE AND 368 00:13:59,855 --> 00:14:02,057 REPLACE THE ENGINES TO ENSURE 369 00:14:02,057 --> 00:14:03,392 WE LAUNCH RELIABLY. 370 00:14:03,392 --> 00:14:04,660 THAT'S A LITTLE OF THE ISSUE 371 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:06,896 THAT TIM MENTIONED. 372 00:14:06,896 --> 00:14:08,097 AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LIFTOFF OF 373 00:14:08,097 --> 00:14:10,366 THE SWOT MISSION, WE'LL BE 374 00:14:10,366 --> 00:14:12,668 RECOVERING THE FIRST STAGE 375 00:14:12,668 --> 00:14:13,068 BOOSTER. 376 00:14:13,068 --> 00:14:14,703 SO FOR THOSE LOCAL ON THE 377 00:14:14,703 --> 00:14:16,305 CENTRAL COAST, I WANT TO LET 378 00:14:16,305 --> 00:14:18,007 YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT HEAR A 379 00:14:18,007 --> 00:14:21,277 COUPLE SONIC BOOMS QUITE EARLY 380 00:14:21,277 --> 00:14:23,879 IN THE MORNING, EXCITED ABOUT 381 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:25,314 THAT, HOPE WE DON'T WAKE YOU UP 382 00:14:25,314 --> 00:14:27,049 TOO MUCH. 383 00:14:27,049 --> 00:14:28,183 AND YEAH, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF 384 00:14:28,183 --> 00:14:30,386 THE SpaceX TEAM, WE'RE REALLY, 385 00:14:30,386 --> 00:14:31,487 REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT SO MANY 386 00:14:31,487 --> 00:14:34,390 OF THE NASA SCIENCE MISSIONS, 387 00:14:34,390 --> 00:14:34,857 ESPECIALLY SWOT. 388 00:14:34,857 --> 00:14:36,892 WE HAVE SUCH A LONG PARTNERSHIP 389 00:14:36,892 --> 00:14:39,328 WITH THE JPL, CNES AND THE NASA 390 00:14:39,328 --> 00:14:41,130 TEAM AND PROUD TO SUPPORT A 391 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:43,265 COOL SIGNS MISSION LIKE SWOT. 392 00:14:43,265 --> 00:14:44,600 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 393 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,402 >> JULIANNA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 394 00:14:46,402 --> 00:14:47,570 WE'LL TRANSITION TO THE 395 00:14:47,570 --> 00:14:50,272 SPACECRAFT TEAM, PARAG, TAKE IT 396 00:14:50,272 --> 00:14:50,573 AWAY. 397 00:14:50,573 --> 00:14:52,107 >> SURE. 398 00:14:52,107 --> 00:14:54,009 I'M PARAG VAZE WITH JPL, THE 399 00:14:54,009 --> 00:14:55,744 PROJECT MANAGER FOR SWOT AND 400 00:14:55,744 --> 00:14:57,746 HAVE BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER 401 00:14:57,746 --> 00:14:58,948 SINCE DAY ONE. 402 00:14:58,948 --> 00:15:01,116 IT'S A LONGTIME COMING. 403 00:15:01,116 --> 00:15:02,451 I THINK WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING 404 00:15:02,451 --> 00:15:04,853 AND WORKING ON THE CONCEPT FOR 405 00:15:04,853 --> 00:15:08,424 ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND NASA, AS 406 00:15:08,424 --> 00:15:10,225 KAREN DESCRIBES, TAKES ON 407 00:15:10,225 --> 00:15:12,394 CHALLENGING MISSIONS, TAKE ON 408 00:15:12,394 --> 00:15:13,295 CHALLENGING MISSIONS TO SOLVE 409 00:15:13,295 --> 00:15:15,965 GLOBAL PROBLEMS, AND WATER IS 410 00:15:15,965 --> 00:15:18,300 ONE OF THOSE GLOBAL PROBLEMS, 411 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:21,770 AND WATER UNITES ALL OF US, AND 412 00:15:21,770 --> 00:15:23,472 BETWEEN THE U.S. AND EUROPE, WE 413 00:15:23,472 --> 00:15:25,874 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 414 00:15:25,874 --> 00:15:28,043 CONCEPT FOR MORE THAN 20, 30, 415 00:15:28,043 --> 00:15:31,547 40 YEARS AS KAREN SAID, SO SWOT 416 00:15:31,547 --> 00:15:34,683 IS THE CULMINATION OF ALL THOSE 417 00:15:34,683 --> 00:15:37,152 EFFORTS FROM OUR SCIENTISTS, 418 00:15:37,152 --> 00:15:38,320 ENGINEERS AND MANAGEMENT TEAMS 419 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:40,522 REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO BE 420 00:15:40,522 --> 00:15:42,358 ABLE TO FORM THIS MISSION AND 421 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:44,026 BRING IT TO REALITY. 422 00:15:44,026 --> 00:15:47,997 SO IT'S A LONG JOURNEY THAT WE 423 00:15:47,997 --> 00:15:49,465 COME UP AGAINST, AND NOW THE 424 00:15:49,465 --> 00:15:52,768 LAST PART OF IT, FRANKLY, IS 425 00:15:52,768 --> 00:15:54,470 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION 426 00:15:54,470 --> 00:15:56,105 OF THE SATELLITE. 427 00:15:56,105 --> 00:15:57,906 ALTHOUGH, THAT HAS HAD ITS 428 00:15:57,906 --> 00:15:58,774 SHARE OF CHALLENGES, WHICH WE 429 00:15:58,774 --> 00:16:00,409 HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BETWEEN 430 00:16:00,409 --> 00:16:02,311 THE U.S. AND FRENCH TEAM, TO 431 00:16:02,311 --> 00:16:04,146 SOLVE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO 432 00:16:04,146 --> 00:16:05,748 GET TO THIS POINT TODAY. 433 00:16:05,748 --> 00:16:07,349 I WANT TO SHOW YOU, ILLUSTRATE 434 00:16:07,349 --> 00:16:09,785 A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, MAYBE IF 435 00:16:09,785 --> 00:16:12,388 YOU CAN PUT UP THE FIRST 436 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:14,890 GRAPHIC OF OUR MORE RECENT 437 00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:15,257 JOURNEY. 438 00:16:15,257 --> 00:16:18,560 YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STARTED THE 439 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,195 DEVELOPMENT OF THE -- I WOULD 440 00:16:20,195 --> 00:16:22,364 SAY CORE PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC 441 00:16:22,364 --> 00:16:23,732 PORTION OF THE SPACECRAFT, 442 00:16:23,732 --> 00:16:27,636 WHICH WE CALL THE PAYLOAD 443 00:16:27,636 --> 00:16:29,738 MODULE, AND THE U.S., AGAIN 444 00:16:29,738 --> 00:16:31,840 WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CNES 445 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,677 AND U.K. SPACE AGENCY AND THE 446 00:16:34,677 --> 00:16:36,612 CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY AND JPL, 447 00:16:36,612 --> 00:16:39,815 WHERE WE INTEGRATED THE FULL 448 00:16:39,815 --> 00:16:41,984 PAYLOAD, BUT THAT WAS THE START 449 00:16:41,984 --> 00:16:42,785 OF THE JOURNEY. 450 00:16:42,785 --> 00:16:47,122 WE DEVELOPED IT, TESTED IT, AND 451 00:16:47,122 --> 00:16:48,057 THEN WE ACTUALLY PACKAGED IT 452 00:16:48,057 --> 00:16:50,759 UP, SHIPPED IT TO FRANCE AND 453 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:53,028 THEN CONTINUED ITS JOURNEY. 454 00:16:53,028 --> 00:16:54,797 YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPHIC ON 455 00:16:54,797 --> 00:16:57,599 THE BOTTOM LEFT, TIM SHOWED US 456 00:16:57,599 --> 00:16:58,400 ARRIVING, BUT WELL BEFORE, THAT 457 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:03,505 WE MADE OUR JOURNEY TO EUROPE 458 00:17:03,505 --> 00:17:07,176 FIRST, AND THEN SPENT ABOUT 14 459 00:17:07,176 --> 00:17:10,145 MONTHS IN EUROPE AT THE 460 00:17:10,145 --> 00:17:12,514 FACILITIES OF TALIS SPACE, 461 00:17:12,514 --> 00:17:14,883 PUTTING TOGETHER OUR 462 00:17:14,883 --> 00:17:17,186 CONTRIBUTIONS AND CNES HAS 463 00:17:17,186 --> 00:17:19,354 THANKFULLY CONTRIBUTED THE 464 00:17:19,354 --> 00:17:21,190 SPACECRAFT BUS OR SPACECRAFT 465 00:17:21,190 --> 00:17:22,591 PLATFORM THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, 466 00:17:22,591 --> 00:17:26,161 AND THEN AS WE WENT THROUGH A 467 00:17:26,161 --> 00:17:27,930 SERIES, A LONG SERIES OF TESTS 468 00:17:27,930 --> 00:17:30,899 AND CHECKOUTS OF THE SATELLITE, 469 00:17:30,899 --> 00:17:33,235 EVENTUALLY BROUGHT THAT BACK 470 00:17:33,235 --> 00:17:34,970 HERE TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A 471 00:17:34,970 --> 00:17:37,473 BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH ON A SpaceX 472 00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:40,008 FALCON 9 ROCKET, AND THAT 473 00:17:40,008 --> 00:17:41,910 ITSELF WAS CHALLENGING AND 474 00:17:41,910 --> 00:17:42,778 PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OF THE 475 00:17:42,778 --> 00:17:46,682 TEAMS, THE LOGISTICS, 476 00:17:46,682 --> 00:17:47,516 TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA, TO 477 00:17:47,516 --> 00:17:48,884 GET TO THIS POINT, AND TIM 478 00:17:48,884 --> 00:17:50,319 SHOWED A BEAUTIFUL SHOT, I 479 00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:54,289 THINK, OF US ARRIVING HERE. 480 00:17:54,289 --> 00:17:57,593 BOTTOM LEFT IS A SHOT OF US 481 00:17:57,593 --> 00:17:59,027 ARRIVING ON THE U.S. AIR FORCE 482 00:17:59,027 --> 00:18:02,698 C-5 THAT NASA SUPPLIED TO GET 483 00:18:02,698 --> 00:18:04,533 THIS PRETTY LARGE SPACECRAFT 484 00:18:04,533 --> 00:18:05,701 AND ALL OF THE SUPPORT 485 00:18:05,701 --> 00:18:08,637 EQUIPMENT OVER TO VANDENBERG 486 00:18:08,637 --> 00:18:10,506 SPACE FORCE BASE HERE, THAT WE 487 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:12,241 NOW HAVE STARTED, OVER THE LAST 488 00:18:12,241 --> 00:18:14,176 TWO MONTHS, DONE OUR FINAL 489 00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:15,110 CAMPAIGN TO CHECK OUT THE 490 00:18:15,110 --> 00:18:16,845 SPACECRAFT AND GET IT READY FOR 491 00:18:16,845 --> 00:18:17,312 LAUNCH. 492 00:18:17,312 --> 00:18:18,981 SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT 493 00:18:18,981 --> 00:18:22,484 PAGE, I THINK TIM SHOWED THIS, 494 00:18:22,484 --> 00:18:24,119 MAYBE ON THE NEXT GRAPHIC, THE 495 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:25,888 SATELLITE, IN ITS FINAL 496 00:18:25,888 --> 00:18:26,922 CONFIGURATION JUST BEFORE WE 497 00:18:26,922 --> 00:18:30,325 SAID OUR GOOD-BYES AND WISHING 498 00:18:30,325 --> 00:18:34,129 IT WELL IN THE ENCAPSULATED 499 00:18:34,129 --> 00:18:35,964 FERRING OF THE FALCON 9, THE 500 00:18:35,964 --> 00:18:38,033 SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN CHECKED, 501 00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:40,702 IT'S IN GOOD HEALTH, AND WE 502 00:18:40,702 --> 00:18:42,771 JUST FINISHED SOME LAST CHECKS 503 00:18:42,771 --> 00:18:45,140 DURING THE NIGHT, AND WE'RE 504 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:47,910 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 505 00:18:47,910 --> 00:18:53,949 CONTINUING ITS JOURNEY OFF INTO 506 00:18:53,949 --> 00:18:54,716 SPACE, AND REALLY MAKING THE 507 00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:55,417 FIRST PART OF THE REALIZATION 508 00:18:55,417 --> 00:18:56,118 OF SWOT, WHICH IS REALLY 509 00:18:56,118 --> 00:18:58,253 GETTING UP INTO LAUNCH IN ORBIT 510 00:18:58,253 --> 00:19:01,456 AND STARTING TO PRODUCE THE 511 00:19:01,456 --> 00:19:02,291 IMPORTANT DATA WHICH WE EXPECT 512 00:19:02,291 --> 00:19:05,294 IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL 513 00:19:05,294 --> 00:19:07,062 IN MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS AND 514 00:19:07,062 --> 00:19:08,697 REALLY DEVELOP THE NEXT 515 00:19:08,697 --> 00:19:10,232 GENERATION OF MEASUREMENTS AND 516 00:19:10,232 --> 00:19:12,701 INFORMATION ULTIMATELY TO HELP 517 00:19:12,701 --> 00:19:13,669 SOLVE OUR GLOBAL SOCIETAL 518 00:19:13,669 --> 00:19:16,872 PROBLEMS THAT I KNOW KAREN IS 519 00:19:16,872 --> 00:19:18,740 DEDICATED TOWARDS HELPING 520 00:19:18,740 --> 00:19:19,174 SUPPORT. 521 00:19:19,174 --> 00:19:20,709 SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE MAYBE 522 00:19:20,709 --> 00:19:25,247 AND HAND IT OFF TO MY PARTNER 523 00:19:25,247 --> 00:19:26,381 THIERRY LAFON AND HE'LL TALK 524 00:19:26,381 --> 00:19:29,618 ABOUT THE JOURNEY AND MORE 525 00:19:29,618 --> 00:19:32,254 DETAILS ON THE SPACECRAFT. 526 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:32,754 >> GO AHEAD. 527 00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:34,489 >> THANK YOU, PARAG. 528 00:19:34,489 --> 00:19:36,124 SAME AS PARAG, I'VE BEEN 529 00:19:36,124 --> 00:19:38,961 WORKING AND LUCKY TO WORK ON 530 00:19:38,961 --> 00:19:42,264 THIS MISSION SINCE DAY ONE. 531 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,732 THAT'S UNIQUE. 532 00:19:43,732 --> 00:19:46,468 PARAG AND I PRETTY WELL KNOW 533 00:19:46,468 --> 00:19:53,842 EVERY DETAIL OF THAT MISSION, 534 00:19:53,842 --> 00:19:54,676 THE HARDWARE, THE MISSION, THE 535 00:19:54,676 --> 00:19:55,244 OPERATION AND SO ON. 536 00:19:55,244 --> 00:19:57,980 SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME 537 00:19:57,980 --> 00:19:59,314 INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAYLOAD. 538 00:19:59,314 --> 00:20:00,482 THE FIRST SLIDE WILL SHOW SOME 539 00:20:00,482 --> 00:20:04,019 OF THE INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD THE 540 00:20:04,019 --> 00:20:05,153 SATELLITE. 541 00:20:05,153 --> 00:20:06,922 SO THE PAYLOAD BASICALLY IS 542 00:20:06,922 --> 00:20:08,190 COMPRISED OF TWO PARTS. 543 00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:12,494 THE ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE 544 00:20:12,494 --> 00:20:15,163 MAJOR PAYLOAD, CLASSIC SUITE OF 545 00:20:15,163 --> 00:20:16,999 INSTRUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN 546 00:20:16,999 --> 00:20:20,035 ALREADY FLOWN ON OTHER 547 00:20:20,035 --> 00:20:24,339 ALTIMMETRY MISSION, RISING 548 00:20:24,339 --> 00:20:27,542 ALTIMETER, WE SEE PICTURES OF 549 00:20:27,542 --> 00:20:29,878 THE SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES 550 00:20:29,878 --> 00:20:30,879 ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 551 00:20:30,879 --> 00:20:32,481 SATELLITE POSITION IN SPACE, 552 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:34,449 WHICH IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE, 553 00:20:34,449 --> 00:20:37,185 OF COURSE, TO DETERMINE THE 554 00:20:37,185 --> 00:20:39,187 WATER HEIGHT, AND THE MAIN 555 00:20:39,187 --> 00:20:40,422 INSTRUMENT OF THE MISSION, 556 00:20:40,422 --> 00:20:42,958 WHICH IS, OF COURSE, THE 557 00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:45,294 CARRYING INSTRUMENT, 558 00:20:45,294 --> 00:20:46,428 BREAKTHROUGH INSTRUMENT THAT 559 00:20:46,428 --> 00:20:49,431 WILL HELP PROVIDE WILL 560 00:20:49,431 --> 00:20:51,233 BRAND-NEW DATA THAT ALL -- WE 561 00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:55,671 ARE ALL EXPECTING. 562 00:20:55,671 --> 00:21:01,543 IT IS A UNIQUE INSTRUMENT, 563 00:21:01,543 --> 00:21:03,879 INFRARED ALTIMETER AND THE NEW 564 00:21:03,879 --> 00:21:05,948 GENERATION OF ALTIMETERS IN 565 00:21:05,948 --> 00:21:06,915 SPACE. 566 00:21:06,915 --> 00:21:11,653 SO THIS PAYLOAD WAS BUILT BY 567 00:21:11,653 --> 00:21:15,390 JPL AND DELIVERED IN FRANCE IN 568 00:21:15,390 --> 00:21:19,294 JUNE '21, AND WE INTEGRATE 569 00:21:19,294 --> 00:21:23,665 PATCHWORK OF VIEWS OF THE 570 00:21:23,665 --> 00:21:26,835 INTEGRATION OF THE SATELLITE. 571 00:21:26,835 --> 00:21:30,439 SO THE SATELLITE INTEGRATION 572 00:21:30,439 --> 00:21:34,376 BEGINS IN AUGUST '21, IT WAS 573 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:36,211 14-MONTH EFFORT, COMPLICATED 574 00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:39,915 BECAUSE THE PAYLOAD IS UNIQUE. 575 00:21:39,915 --> 00:21:49,758 WE HAVE A VERY BIG SPACECRAFT 576 00:21:49,758 --> 00:21:51,693 AND HAD TO FACE THE COVID 577 00:21:51,693 --> 00:21:56,231 PERIOD. 578 00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:56,932 THAT IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T 579 00:21:56,932 --> 00:21:57,632 EXPECT, OF COURSE, AND WE 580 00:21:57,632 --> 00:22:00,702 MANAGED THAT VERY SPECIFIC 581 00:22:00,702 --> 00:22:02,571 PERIOD. 582 00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:04,339 AGAIN, AS I SAID, THANKS TO THE 583 00:22:04,339 --> 00:22:07,476 CLOSE COOPERATION, THE 584 00:22:07,476 --> 00:22:10,078 RESILIENT EFFORTS OF EVERYBODY, 585 00:22:10,078 --> 00:22:10,812 WE'RE ABLE TO RECOVERY TO 586 00:22:10,812 --> 00:22:13,548 RESUME THE ACTIVITIES IN TIME 587 00:22:13,548 --> 00:22:14,549 AND NOT JEOPARDIZE THE 588 00:22:14,549 --> 00:22:14,916 SCHEDULE. 589 00:22:14,916 --> 00:22:18,053 SO THAT WAS A UNIQUE WAY TO 590 00:22:18,053 --> 00:22:21,256 SHOW HOW THESE TEAMS ARE 591 00:22:21,256 --> 00:22:23,692 WORKING CLOSE TOGETHER. 592 00:22:23,692 --> 00:22:27,029 THE SATELLITE WHICH IS ACTUALLY 593 00:22:27,029 --> 00:22:32,434 -- WHICH WAS BUILT BY TALIS 594 00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:37,706 SPACE PROVIDED THE PLATFORM AND 595 00:22:37,706 --> 00:22:40,809 TALIS SPACE PROVIDED 596 00:22:40,809 --> 00:22:48,250 INTEGRATION AND TESTS, 14-MONTH 597 00:22:48,250 --> 00:22:50,052 EFFORT WITHOUT MAJOR ANOMALIES, 598 00:22:50,052 --> 00:22:55,223 WE WERE ABLE TO SHIP THANKS TO 599 00:22:55,223 --> 00:22:58,493 NASA PROVIDING THE C-5 BECAUSE 600 00:22:58,493 --> 00:23:03,365 WE HAD ANOTHER THING TO FIX ON 601 00:23:03,365 --> 00:23:04,199 THE STANDARD ANTONOV PLANE THAT 602 00:23:04,199 --> 00:23:05,600 WE USE, THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE 603 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,436 BECAUSE OF THE UKRAINIAN 604 00:23:07,436 --> 00:23:07,769 CRISIS. 605 00:23:07,769 --> 00:23:10,405 WE HAD A SOLUTION THAT HELPED 606 00:23:10,405 --> 00:23:12,040 US MEET THE SCHEDULE. 607 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,242 SO ANOTHER PROBLEM, WE DIDN'T 608 00:23:14,242 --> 00:23:15,544 THOUGHT WE HAD TO FACE. 609 00:23:15,544 --> 00:23:21,349 AFTER THAT, WE CAME TO THE, OF 610 00:23:21,349 --> 00:23:25,854 COURSE, TO THE -- TO OUR OWN 611 00:23:25,854 --> 00:23:26,588 ACTIVITIES, WE DID ALL THE 612 00:23:26,588 --> 00:23:27,456 CHECKS AND THE SPACECRAFT IS 613 00:23:27,456 --> 00:23:28,657 READY TO GO TODAY, AND AT THIS 614 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:30,725 POINT, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE 615 00:23:30,725 --> 00:23:32,794 ALSO, THAT OKAY, WE'LL SEND THE 616 00:23:32,794 --> 00:23:34,796 SPACECRAFT IN SPACE, IT WILL BE 617 00:23:34,796 --> 00:23:37,966 A SMALL JOURNEY FOR IT, AND 618 00:23:37,966 --> 00:23:41,002 THEN, WE HAVE ALL THE TEAMS IN 619 00:23:41,002 --> 00:23:42,204 TOULOUSE THAT WILL TAKE OVER 620 00:23:42,204 --> 00:23:43,772 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BABY, 621 00:23:43,772 --> 00:23:48,110 THE NEWBORN BABY IN SPACE, AND 622 00:23:48,110 --> 00:23:49,811 I'M SURE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE 623 00:23:49,811 --> 00:23:51,446 THAT HAVE WORKED, AS YOU CAN 624 00:23:51,446 --> 00:23:59,054 SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PEOPLE 625 00:23:59,054 --> 00:23:59,788 IN THE MAIN CONTROL ROOM 626 00:23:59,788 --> 00:24:00,655 WORKING DAY AFTER DAY TO MAKE 627 00:24:00,655 --> 00:24:04,092 THINGS, OF COURSE, SMOOTH OR 628 00:24:04,092 --> 00:24:06,294 POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN 629 00:24:06,294 --> 00:24:06,595 DAYS. 630 00:24:06,595 --> 00:24:08,163 WE HAVE THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS 631 00:24:08,163 --> 00:24:11,099 THAT ARE VERY CRITICAL TO GET 632 00:24:11,099 --> 00:24:14,169 EVERYTHING SET IN PLACE, AND, 633 00:24:14,169 --> 00:24:16,138 OF COURSE, WE'RE STARTING FOR 634 00:24:16,138 --> 00:24:19,241 3 1/2 YEARS OF OPERATIONS AND 635 00:24:19,241 --> 00:24:21,710 PROVIDING THE WORLD A NEW SET 636 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:27,782 OF UNIQUE DATA FOR BETTER 637 00:24:27,782 --> 00:24:29,351 UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE. 638 00:24:29,351 --> 00:24:39,461 >> EXCITING TO SEE WHAT YOU 639 00:24:39,461 --> 00:24:39,961 WILL ACCOMPLISH. 640 00:24:39,961 --> 00:24:40,362 WONDERFUL. 641 00:24:40,362 --> 00:24:40,896 LAST BUT NOT LEAST. 642 00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:41,630 CAPTAIN, HOW ARE WE LOOKING FOR 643 00:24:41,630 --> 00:24:41,997 LAUNCH? 644 00:24:41,997 --> 00:24:42,497 >> LOOKING GREAT. 645 00:24:42,497 --> 00:24:43,932 THE WEATHER WAS BAD THIS PAST 646 00:24:43,932 --> 00:24:46,835 WEEKEND AND AFTER THAT WE'VE 647 00:24:46,835 --> 00:24:48,670 SEEN A NICE CULL. 648 00:24:48,670 --> 00:24:51,940 THIS DIRECTS MY FIELD DIRECTLY 649 00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:53,608 AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP THIS 650 00:24:53,608 --> 00:24:54,910 MISSION ALONG AND INTO SPACE. 651 00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:56,878 SO IF WE CAN BRING UP THE 652 00:24:56,878 --> 00:24:58,146 SATELLITE SHOT, I CAN SHOW YOU 653 00:24:58,146 --> 00:25:02,050 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT 654 00:25:02,050 --> 00:25:02,350 NOW. 655 00:25:02,350 --> 00:25:03,852 S THAT STORM HAS MOVED PAST, WE 656 00:25:03,852 --> 00:25:05,921 ARE PRETTY CLEAR LOOKING OUT 657 00:25:05,921 --> 00:25:07,222 THERE RIGHT NOW. 658 00:25:07,222 --> 00:25:08,924 WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CIRRUS 659 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:10,725 CLOUDS OVER THE WATER, AND IF 660 00:25:10,725 --> 00:25:13,094 ANYTHING, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE 661 00:25:13,094 --> 00:25:15,130 THE LAUNCH LOOK PRETTY COOL 662 00:25:15,130 --> 00:25:16,531 BECAUSE THE ROCKET PUNCHING 663 00:25:16,531 --> 00:25:18,733 THROUGH THE THIN CIRRUS CLOUDS 664 00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:20,302 COULD CREATE AN O-RING AND 665 00:25:20,302 --> 00:25:20,902 LOOKS NICE. 666 00:25:20,902 --> 00:25:22,003 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING 667 00:25:22,003 --> 00:25:23,905 THIS LAUNCH, AND THE LANDING AS 668 00:25:23,905 --> 00:25:26,208 WELL, OF COURSE, SO THAT'S 669 00:25:26,208 --> 00:25:27,275 GOING TO BE A GREAT SHOW 670 00:25:27,275 --> 00:25:30,845 HOPEFULLY FOR US THIS MORNING. 671 00:25:30,845 --> 00:25:33,548 IF WE GO TO THE NEXT CHART, I 672 00:25:33,548 --> 00:25:36,451 CAN SHOW YOU THE OFFICIAL 673 00:25:36,451 --> 00:25:37,185 FORECAST THAT WE HAVE FOR 674 00:25:37,185 --> 00:25:37,519 LAUNCH. 675 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:41,056 WE'RE PRETTY CLEAR, LOOKING AT 676 00:25:41,056 --> 00:25:42,591 CIRRUS CLOUDS UP AROUND 19,000 677 00:25:42,591 --> 00:25:42,958 FEET. 678 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:45,493 VISIBILITY IS GOING TO BE GREAT 679 00:25:45,493 --> 00:25:48,597 AS I MENTIONED SO WE'LL SEE THE 680 00:25:48,597 --> 00:25:49,297 LAUNCH AND LANDING WELL. 681 00:25:49,297 --> 00:25:52,000 IF WE COULD BRING UP THE 682 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,436 PRIMARY DAY, THE NEXT CHART, 683 00:25:54,436 --> 00:25:55,237 AND TEMPERATURE, IT'S A LITTLE 684 00:25:55,237 --> 00:25:56,204 COLD OUT THERE. 685 00:25:56,204 --> 00:25:57,906 IT'S CALIFORNIA, BUT WE'RE 686 00:25:57,906 --> 00:26:00,575 SEEING THAT IT'S PRETTY COLD IN 687 00:26:00,575 --> 00:26:01,810 DECEMBER, TOO. 688 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,144 THIS IS THE CENTRAL COAST. 689 00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:04,112 IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 690 00:26:04,112 --> 00:26:05,580 WINDS ARE SUPER LIGHT AND WE'RE 691 00:26:05,580 --> 00:26:08,717 LOOKING AT A GO PERCENTAGE OF 692 00:26:08,717 --> 00:26:10,719 100% FOR WEATHER, AND BACKUP 693 00:26:10,719 --> 00:26:13,455 DAY IS LOOKING VERY, VERY 694 00:26:13,455 --> 00:26:14,889 SIMILAR WITH THE UPPER LEVEL 695 00:26:14,889 --> 00:26:18,093 CIRRUS CLOUDS, VISIBILITY IS 696 00:26:18,093 --> 00:26:19,961 GOING TO BE FAIRLY GOOD AS 697 00:26:19,961 --> 00:26:22,631 WELL, AND WINDS LIGHT, 100% GO 698 00:26:22,631 --> 00:26:24,532 FOR BACKUP DAY AS WELL, AND 699 00:26:24,532 --> 00:26:25,300 THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 700 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:27,035 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. 701 00:26:27,035 --> 00:26:28,003 THANKS, MEGAN. 702 00:26:28,003 --> 00:26:29,738 >> YOU HAD GREAT NEWS. 703 00:26:29,738 --> 00:26:31,239 TWO DAYS, 100% GO. 704 00:26:31,239 --> 00:26:32,407 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 705 00:26:32,407 --> 00:26:33,775 THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR OPENING 706 00:26:33,775 --> 00:26:34,142 REMARKS. 707 00:26:34,142 --> 00:26:35,176 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS 708 00:26:35,176 --> 00:26:36,678 FROM REPORTERS. 709 00:26:36,678 --> 00:26:38,346 PLEASE KEEP IT TO ONE QUESTION 710 00:26:38,346 --> 00:26:39,914 AND TRY TO ADDRESS WHO YOU WANT 711 00:26:39,914 --> 00:26:41,383 TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 712 00:26:41,383 --> 00:26:43,718 FOR THOSE WHO JUST JOINED US IN 713 00:26:43,718 --> 00:26:44,886 THE ROOM, RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN 714 00:26:44,886 --> 00:26:47,088 YOU ARE READY TO ASK A 715 00:26:47,088 --> 00:26:47,455 QUESTION. 716 00:26:47,455 --> 00:26:50,392 THOSE ON THE PHONE, GET INTO 717 00:26:50,392 --> 00:26:51,926 THE QUESTION QUEUE BY DIALING 718 00:26:51,926 --> 00:26:55,096 STAR 1 AND THOSE ON SOCIAL 719 00:26:55,096 --> 00:26:57,532 MEDIA #ASKNASA. 720 00:26:57,532 --> 00:27:00,201 OKAY, START WITH ONE ON THE 721 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:02,570 PHONE, STEVEN CLARK, 722 00:27:02,570 --> 00:27:09,477 SPACEFLIGHT NOW. 723 00:27:09,477 --> 00:27:12,714 >> Reporter: CURIOUS ABOUT THE 724 00:27:12,714 --> 00:27:17,118 ORBIT, WHAT'S THE ALTITUDE FOR 725 00:27:17,118 --> 00:27:20,155 DEPLOYMENT FROM THE FALCON 9 726 00:27:20,155 --> 00:27:24,159 AND QUESTION, THERE'S A LAUNCH 727 00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:26,728 THAT SHOWS UP TOWARDS THE 728 00:27:26,728 --> 00:27:28,396 SOUTHWEST THAT DOESN'T MATCH 729 00:27:28,396 --> 00:27:30,332 WITH WHAT I THINK THE 730 00:27:30,332 --> 00:27:33,101 INCLINATION IS, 78 DEGREES, IS 731 00:27:33,101 --> 00:27:36,371 THAT AN ERROR OR IS THERE A 732 00:27:36,371 --> 00:27:38,273 MAJOR DOG LEG MANEUVER AND WHY 733 00:27:38,273 --> 00:27:40,775 IS THAT THE CASE? 734 00:27:40,775 --> 00:27:42,677 >> THANK YOU, STEVEN, YOU ARE 735 00:27:42,677 --> 00:27:44,179 CORRECT, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT 736 00:27:44,179 --> 00:27:46,448 DOG LEG, INITIAL TRAJECTORY OUT 737 00:27:46,448 --> 00:27:47,982 OF VANDENBERG IS SOUTHWESTERLY, 738 00:27:47,982 --> 00:27:50,218 BUT WE WILL BE TURNING, MAKING 739 00:27:50,218 --> 00:27:53,588 THAT DOG LEG A LITTLE LEFT 740 00:27:53,588 --> 00:27:54,422 AFTER THAT. 741 00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:57,392 AS FAR AS THE ORBITAL 742 00:27:57,392 --> 00:28:00,228 PARAMETERS, PARAG, DO YOU KNOW 743 00:28:00,228 --> 00:28:00,662 ALTITUDE? 744 00:28:00,662 --> 00:28:05,166 >> 850 KILOMETERS, 78 DEGREES 745 00:28:05,166 --> 00:28:05,633 INCLINATION. 746 00:28:05,633 --> 00:28:07,335 DID YOU GET THAT? 747 00:28:07,335 --> 00:28:07,669 STEVEN. 748 00:28:07,669 --> 00:28:09,137 >> 850 KILOMETERS. 749 00:28:09,137 --> 00:28:10,872 78 DEGREES. 750 00:28:10,872 --> 00:28:12,440 YOU WERE CORRECT IN THE 751 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,677 INCLINATION, ONCE INSERTED INTO 752 00:28:15,677 --> 00:28:16,010 ORBIT. 753 00:28:16,010 --> 00:28:17,011 >> Reporter: WHY IS THAT DOG 754 00:28:17,011 --> 00:28:21,549 LEG THERE FOR THIS MISSION? 755 00:28:21,549 --> 00:28:22,484 >> I THINK -- JULIANNA, DO YOU 756 00:28:22,484 --> 00:28:23,084 KNOW SPECIFICALLY? 757 00:28:23,084 --> 00:28:24,686 >> I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU, 758 00:28:24,686 --> 00:28:25,553 STEVEN, ON THE SPECIFICS. 759 00:28:25,553 --> 00:28:28,690 I THINK THAT HELPS US CLEAR 760 00:28:28,690 --> 00:28:31,893 CONCERNS ABOUT WHEN WE DEPART 761 00:28:31,893 --> 00:28:33,461 VANDENBERG, WE HAVE EXCESS 762 00:28:33,461 --> 00:28:35,397 PERFORMANCE USING FALCON 9 WITH 763 00:28:35,397 --> 00:28:36,698 THE SWOT PAYLOAD, AND WE'RE 764 00:28:36,698 --> 00:28:39,734 PROBABLY USING THAT TO MAKE OUR 765 00:28:39,734 --> 00:28:41,636 LAUNCH PROBABILITIES BETTER IN 766 00:28:41,636 --> 00:28:43,271 REGARDS TO THINGS LIKE LAUNCH 767 00:28:43,271 --> 00:28:46,775 DAY DEBRIS RISK AND THE 768 00:28:46,775 --> 00:28:47,142 FLYBACK. 769 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:48,777 >> THANK YOU, THE NEXT PERSON 770 00:28:48,777 --> 00:28:53,715 ON THE PHONE IS MIKE WALL, 771 00:28:53,715 --> 00:28:54,115 SPACE.COM. 772 00:28:54,115 --> 00:28:54,916 >> Reporter: THANK YOU, ALL FOR 773 00:28:54,916 --> 00:28:55,750 DOING THIS. 774 00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:58,486 THIS IS PROBABLY FOR KAREN. 775 00:28:58,486 --> 00:29:01,556 COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT ARE 776 00:29:01,556 --> 00:29:04,726 THERE ANY SATELLITES IN NASA'S 777 00:29:04,726 --> 00:29:06,561 STABLE OF OBSERVATION MISSIONS 778 00:29:06,561 --> 00:29:08,563 THAT ARE SIMILAR CAPABILITY OF 779 00:29:08,563 --> 00:29:10,131 THIS, WHAT SWOT CAN DO? 780 00:29:10,131 --> 00:29:13,034 OR IS THIS BRAND-NEW AND GOING 781 00:29:13,034 --> 00:29:14,769 TO PROVIDE AN ENTIRELY NEW DATA 782 00:29:14,769 --> 00:29:16,671 SET FOR YOU GUYS? 783 00:29:16,671 --> 00:29:17,071 THANK YOU. 784 00:29:17,071 --> 00:29:20,041 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 785 00:29:20,041 --> 00:29:24,479 WE'VE BEEN DOING SATELLITE 786 00:29:24,479 --> 00:29:25,180 ALTIMMETRY, MEASURING SEA 787 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:25,947 SURFACE HEIGHT FOR 30 YEARS, 788 00:29:25,947 --> 00:29:28,817 THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE RECORD 789 00:29:28,817 --> 00:29:30,351 WE RELY ON TO UNDERSTAND 790 00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:33,488 CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR EXAMPLE, 791 00:29:33,488 --> 00:29:38,092 BUT WHAT SWOT WILL DO IS GIVE 792 00:29:38,092 --> 00:29:40,195 US A TEN-FOLD IMPROVEMENT IN 793 00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:43,765 THE FIDELITY, THE SPATIAL 794 00:29:43,765 --> 00:29:46,968 RESOLUTION OF OUR MEASUREMENT 795 00:29:46,968 --> 00:29:49,103 OF WATER HEIGHT, SO IF YOU 796 00:29:49,103 --> 00:29:51,406 THINK OF NORMAL SATELLITE 797 00:29:51,406 --> 00:29:52,841 IMAGERY TELLS US WHERE THE 798 00:29:52,841 --> 00:29:55,510 WATER IS, AN ALTIMETER TELLS US 799 00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:58,947 HOW HIGH IT IS, SO WE KNOW HOW 800 00:29:58,947 --> 00:30:01,149 MUCH WATER IS THERE. 801 00:30:01,149 --> 00:30:02,717 WELL, WITH SWOT, WITH THE 802 00:30:02,717 --> 00:30:04,219 INCREASED SPATIAL RESOLUTION, 803 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:06,187 WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS A FEW 804 00:30:06,187 --> 00:30:07,622 IMPORTANT THINGS. 805 00:30:07,622 --> 00:30:10,992 THE FIRST ONE IS WE'LL BE ABLE 806 00:30:10,992 --> 00:30:15,296 TO SEE DETAILS IN EDDIES AND 807 00:30:15,296 --> 00:30:16,664 CURRENTS AND CIRCULATIONS IN 808 00:30:16,664 --> 00:30:18,166 THE OCEAN THAT WE'VE NEVER BEEN 809 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,434 ABLE TO SEE BEFORE. 810 00:30:19,434 --> 00:30:21,669 ALONG OUR COASTLINES, BECAUSE 811 00:30:21,669 --> 00:30:22,670 WE HAVE THE FINE SPATIAL 812 00:30:22,670 --> 00:30:24,272 RESOLUTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO 813 00:30:24,272 --> 00:30:26,274 SEE CHANGES ALONG OUR COASTLINE 814 00:30:26,274 --> 00:30:28,510 THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF 815 00:30:28,510 --> 00:30:31,513 RISING SEAS, AND THEN, INLAND, 816 00:30:31,513 --> 00:30:33,882 WITH RESERVOIRS, LAKES AND 817 00:30:33,882 --> 00:30:36,251 RIVERS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE 818 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:37,986 WATER BODIES THAT WE'VE NEVER 819 00:30:37,986 --> 00:30:39,153 BEEN ABLE TO SEE BEFORE. 820 00:30:39,153 --> 00:30:41,122 SO THINK ABOUT PUTTING ON 821 00:30:41,122 --> 00:30:42,891 GLASSES. 822 00:30:42,891 --> 00:30:45,159 WE'LL HAVE A CRISP PICTURE OF 823 00:30:45,159 --> 00:30:48,263 THESE INLAND WATER BODIES AND 824 00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:50,698 HOW MUCH WATER IS THERE, SO 825 00:30:50,698 --> 00:30:53,968 GLOBALLY, WE'LL GO FROM BEING 826 00:30:53,968 --> 00:30:56,271 ABLE TO SEE A COUPLE THOUSAND 827 00:30:56,271 --> 00:30:59,908 INLAND WATER BODIES, LAKES AND 828 00:30:59,908 --> 00:31:02,911 RESERVOIRS TO MILLIONS. 829 00:31:02,911 --> 00:31:05,113 SO AN ENORMOUS POSITIVE SPAKT 830 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:09,784 FOR THOSE WHO RELYOG OF WATER 831 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:13,955 LEVELS INLAND TO MANAGE WATER 832 00:31:13,955 --> 00:31:15,623 FOR EVERYTHING FROM AGRICULTURE 833 00:31:15,623 --> 00:31:17,191 TO HUMAN CONSUMPTION. 834 00:31:17,191 --> 00:31:19,761 >> THANK YOU, MIKE, NAR 835 00:31:19,761 --> 00:31:20,395 QUESTION. 836 00:31:20,395 --> 00:31:23,965 NEXT PERSON ON THE PHONE, JEFF 837 00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:25,366 FOUST WITH SPACE NEWS. 838 00:31:25,366 --> 00:31:26,401 >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON, A 839 00:31:26,401 --> 00:31:27,702 QUESTION FOR JULIANNA. 840 00:31:27,702 --> 00:31:30,438 YOU MENTIONED IF THE MOISTURE 841 00:31:30,438 --> 00:31:32,340 IS NOT WATER YOU WILL HAVE TO 842 00:31:32,340 --> 00:31:33,541 REPLACE THE ENGINES. 843 00:31:33,541 --> 00:31:35,310 JUST CURIOUS, WHAT OTHER 844 00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:36,144 POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE FOR 845 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:36,978 THAT MOISTURE? 846 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,581 AND IF YOU HAVE TO REMOVE AND 847 00:31:39,581 --> 00:31:40,915 REPLACE THOSE ENGINES, WHAT 848 00:31:40,915 --> 00:31:43,518 SORT OF DELAY ARE WE LOOKING 849 00:31:43,518 --> 00:31:43,818 AT? 850 00:31:43,818 --> 00:31:44,452 >> THANK YOU, JEFF. 851 00:31:44,452 --> 00:31:47,088 I THINK I CAUGHT THE END OF 852 00:31:47,088 --> 00:31:48,189 YOUR QUESTION. 853 00:31:48,189 --> 00:31:49,924 I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS BOTH 854 00:31:49,924 --> 00:31:50,992 ASPECTS. 855 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:51,793 FIRST, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT 856 00:31:51,793 --> 00:31:53,628 FLUID MIGHT BE IN THE ENGINES, 857 00:31:53,628 --> 00:31:55,029 IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL OF 858 00:31:55,029 --> 00:31:59,534 WATER, WE COULD SEE RP1 OR 859 00:31:59,534 --> 00:32:03,805 ROCKET GRADE KEROSENE OR ISO 860 00:32:03,805 --> 00:32:07,375 PAR WHICH WE SEE ON THE 861 00:32:07,375 --> 00:32:10,645 REFURBISHMENT OF THE ENGINES. 862 00:32:10,645 --> 00:32:11,546 THAT'S ONE. 863 00:32:11,546 --> 00:32:13,247 AS FAR AS ENGINE REMOVED AND 864 00:32:13,247 --> 00:32:15,149 REPLACE, I CAN'T GIVE SPECIFICS 865 00:32:15,149 --> 00:32:16,150 BUT LOOKING ON THE ORDER OF 866 00:32:16,150 --> 00:32:18,720 MANY DAYS, IT'S NOT A QUICK ON 867 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,723 THE HOUR, IF I SOMETHING WE 868 00:32:21,723 --> 00:32:23,191 COULD MAKE OUR CURRENT OR 869 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:24,359 PRIMARY BACKUP LAUNCH DATE. 870 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:26,027 >> WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM 871 00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:27,495 SOCIAL NOW. 872 00:32:27,495 --> 00:32:28,796 CAN WE GET A MIC OVER TO 873 00:32:28,796 --> 00:32:33,835 ALLISON HERE? 874 00:32:33,835 --> 00:32:35,770 HI, TROY FROM TWITTER HAS A TWO 875 00:32:35,770 --> 00:32:36,270 PART QUESTION. 876 00:32:36,270 --> 00:32:39,140 THE FIRST PART IS WHEN IS FIRST 877 00:32:39,140 --> 00:32:41,676 LIGHT, AND WHEN WILL DATA BE 878 00:32:41,676 --> 00:32:42,377 AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC? 879 00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:46,814 >> MAYBE I CAN TAKE THAT. 880 00:32:46,814 --> 00:32:47,148 YEAH. 881 00:32:47,148 --> 00:32:55,590 SO AS THIERRY WAS DESCRIBING, 882 00:32:55,590 --> 00:32:57,358 THE BRAND-NEW SPACE LOAD HAS 883 00:32:57,358 --> 00:33:00,528 THE KAREN INSTRUMENT AND 884 00:33:00,528 --> 00:33:02,797 TRADITIONAL ALTIMMETRY 885 00:33:02,797 --> 00:33:04,332 INSTRUMENTS AS KAREN MENTIONED, 886 00:33:04,332 --> 00:33:05,466 THERE'S THE HERITAGE PORTION 887 00:33:05,466 --> 00:33:07,035 THAT WE KNOW QUITE WELL AND 888 00:33:07,035 --> 00:33:08,536 KNOW HOW TO COMMISSION IT WELL 889 00:33:08,536 --> 00:33:10,538 AND KNOW HOW TO PRODUCE THE 890 00:33:10,538 --> 00:33:11,706 DATA PRETTY WELL. 891 00:33:11,706 --> 00:33:13,941 SO THAT PORTION OF THE PAYLOAD, 892 00:33:13,941 --> 00:33:16,911 WE SHOULD HAVE IT ACTIVATED BY 893 00:33:16,911 --> 00:33:18,613 THE END OF JANUARY AND START 894 00:33:18,613 --> 00:33:22,784 HAVING SOME, I WOULD SAY FIRST 895 00:33:22,784 --> 00:33:26,454 LIGHT RESULTS BY MIDDLE OF 896 00:33:26,454 --> 00:33:27,121 FEBRUARY TIME FRAME. 897 00:33:27,121 --> 00:33:30,358 IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT DATA 898 00:33:30,358 --> 00:33:33,394 OUT, YOU KNOW, SWOT HAS A 899 00:33:33,394 --> 00:33:34,696 UNIQUE OPERATIONAL PLAN. 900 00:33:34,696 --> 00:33:36,497 SO THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE 901 00:33:36,497 --> 00:33:38,566 MISSION FROM LAUNCH, WE'RE 902 00:33:38,566 --> 00:33:41,703 LAUNCHING INTO A UNIQUE 903 00:33:41,703 --> 00:33:44,372 CALIBRATION VALIDATION ORBIT, 904 00:33:44,372 --> 00:33:46,541 IT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED SO 905 00:33:46,541 --> 00:33:48,576 WE'RE ABLE TO COMMISSION AND 906 00:33:48,576 --> 00:33:51,579 UNDERSTAND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE 907 00:33:51,579 --> 00:33:52,413 INSTRUMENTATION, AND THEN MOVE 908 00:33:52,413 --> 00:33:53,981 INTO OUR SCIENCE ORBIT WHICH IS 909 00:33:53,981 --> 00:33:57,518 A LITTLE HIGHER, 891 910 00:33:57,518 --> 00:34:00,955 KILOMETERS, SAME INCLINATION, 911 00:34:00,955 --> 00:34:02,190 WHERE WE'LL START A MORE 912 00:34:02,190 --> 00:34:03,691 CONSISTENT REPEAT OF THE GLOBE 913 00:34:03,691 --> 00:34:05,593 EVERY 21 DAYS COLLECTING DATA. 914 00:34:05,593 --> 00:34:08,162 THE REASON I MENTIONED ALL OF 915 00:34:08,162 --> 00:34:10,298 THAT IS BECAUSE WE'LL ACTUALLY 916 00:34:10,298 --> 00:34:11,666 START OUR SCIENCE MISSION ABOUT 917 00:34:11,666 --> 00:34:13,835 SIX MONTHS AFTER LAUNCH, AND 918 00:34:13,835 --> 00:34:17,905 WE'LL START PRODUCING PRODUCTS 919 00:34:17,905 --> 00:34:22,844 FROM THOSE -- FROM THAT PERIOD 920 00:34:22,844 --> 00:34:23,211 FORWARD. 921 00:34:23,211 --> 00:34:25,213 THE NADIR PRODUCT PAYLOADS WILL 922 00:34:25,213 --> 00:34:27,982 BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC 923 00:34:27,982 --> 00:34:29,617 LAUNCH PLUS NINE, TEN MONTHS, 924 00:34:29,617 --> 00:34:33,087 IN THAT TIME ORDER, AND WE'RE 925 00:34:33,087 --> 00:34:34,722 LOOKING TOWARDS A SIMILAR 926 00:34:34,722 --> 00:34:38,025 TARGET FOR OUR NEW PAYLOAD, 927 00:34:38,025 --> 00:34:41,696 WHICH IS THE KAREN INSTRUMENT, 928 00:34:41,696 --> 00:34:43,965 WITH MORE CHECKED AND VALIDATED 929 00:34:43,965 --> 00:34:46,467 PRODUCTS IN THE LAUNCH PLUS 930 00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:47,301 14-MONTH PERIOD. 931 00:34:47,301 --> 00:34:50,905 YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? 932 00:34:50,905 --> 00:34:53,374 >> LET'S HAVE ANOTHER SOCIAL 933 00:34:53,374 --> 00:34:53,741 QUESTION. 934 00:34:53,741 --> 00:34:54,509 BETTY FROM TWITTER WANTS TO 935 00:34:54,509 --> 00:34:57,979 KNOW WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF 936 00:34:57,979 --> 00:34:59,947 TRACKING WATER? 937 00:34:59,947 --> 00:35:03,317 >> WELL, THERE'S SO MANY, 938 00:35:03,317 --> 00:35:05,787 THERE'S SO MANY IMPORTANT 939 00:35:05,787 --> 00:35:07,955 BENEFITS, BUT I'LL MENTION JUST 940 00:35:07,955 --> 00:35:08,689 A FEW. 941 00:35:08,689 --> 00:35:12,760 IN OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES, 942 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,662 ACTUALLY LET ME BACK UP A STEP. 943 00:35:14,662 --> 00:35:15,997 SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE 944 00:35:15,997 --> 00:35:17,298 SEEING WITH THE WARMING CLIMATE 945 00:35:17,298 --> 00:35:19,500 IS AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE WATER 946 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:20,067 CYCLE. 947 00:35:20,067 --> 00:35:22,737 AND THAT GENERALLY MEANS THAT 948 00:35:22,737 --> 00:35:24,605 IN MANY PLACES THAT HAVE WATER, 949 00:35:24,605 --> 00:35:27,175 THEY'RE SEEING EVEN MORE, AND 950 00:35:27,175 --> 00:35:30,311 IN MANY PLACES THAT ARE DRIER, 951 00:35:30,311 --> 00:35:34,682 IT'S GETTING EVEN DRIER, SO IN 952 00:35:34,682 --> 00:35:37,185 THOSE AREAS WHERE TOO MUCH 953 00:35:37,185 --> 00:35:41,155 WATER IS A PROBLEM, SWOT WILL 954 00:35:41,155 --> 00:35:45,726 HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 955 00:35:45,726 --> 00:35:48,196 WATER IS MOVING AND GET BETTER 956 00:35:48,196 --> 00:35:51,165 AT PREDICTING WHEN THERE MAY BE 957 00:35:51,165 --> 00:35:52,266 INUNDATION, WHETHER IT'S 958 00:35:52,266 --> 00:35:55,503 FLOODING IN A COASTAL COMMUNITY 959 00:35:55,503 --> 00:35:57,371 FROM A STORM SURGE OR 960 00:35:57,371 --> 00:36:00,174 VULNERABILITY TO FLOODING DUE 961 00:36:00,174 --> 00:36:02,476 TO SEVERE WEATHER INLAND. 962 00:36:02,476 --> 00:36:06,714 IN AREAS WHERE THE CLIMATE IS 963 00:36:06,714 --> 00:36:10,618 GETTING DRIER, THERE, MANAGING 964 00:36:10,618 --> 00:36:12,653 WATER AS A RESOURCE IS A 965 00:36:12,653 --> 00:36:13,054 CHALLENGE. 966 00:36:13,054 --> 00:36:14,889 SO THE HIGH-FIDELITY 967 00:36:14,889 --> 00:36:16,390 MEASUREMENTS OF HOW MUCH WATER 968 00:36:16,390 --> 00:36:19,627 IS IN THE RESERVOIRS AND LAKES 969 00:36:19,627 --> 00:36:21,796 AND RIVERS CAN BE REALLY 970 00:36:21,796 --> 00:36:24,131 CRITICAL PIECE OF INFORMATION 971 00:36:24,131 --> 00:36:27,168 FOR SMART MANAGEMENT OF WATER, 972 00:36:27,168 --> 00:36:27,869 WHETHER THAT'S FOR FOOD 973 00:36:27,869 --> 00:36:30,805 PRODUCTION OR, AGAIN, JUST TO 974 00:36:30,805 --> 00:36:32,907 SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 975 00:36:32,907 --> 00:36:34,575 >> WATER IS AN EVER CHANGING 976 00:36:34,575 --> 00:36:37,245 RESOURCE AND ONE OF OUR MOST 977 00:36:37,245 --> 00:36:37,845 IMPORTANT RESOURCES. 978 00:36:37,845 --> 00:36:39,247 IT'S WORTH TO TRACK. 979 00:36:39,247 --> 00:36:42,083 BACK TO THE PHONE, STEVEN CLARK 980 00:36:42,083 --> 00:36:44,952 HAS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. 981 00:36:44,952 --> 00:36:46,053 >> Reporter: I THINK MY 982 00:36:46,053 --> 00:36:48,856 QUESTION IS FOR PARAG, YOU 983 00:36:48,856 --> 00:36:51,893 MENTIONED THE CONDITIONING, BUT 984 00:36:51,893 --> 00:36:52,627 TALK ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF 985 00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:55,096 THE MISSION, HOW THE TIMELINE 986 00:36:55,096 --> 00:36:56,264 WILL PLAY OUT WITH FIRST 987 00:36:56,264 --> 00:36:57,431 ACQUISITION OF THE SIGNAL AND 988 00:36:57,431 --> 00:37:00,501 PARTICULARLY THE DEPLOYMENT OF 989 00:37:00,501 --> 00:37:03,971 THE ANTENNA? 990 00:37:03,971 --> 00:37:05,573 >> MAYBE -- WHAT WAS THE 991 00:37:05,573 --> 00:37:05,940 QUESTION? 992 00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:09,143 YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE 993 00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:11,279 FIRST FEW DAYS? 994 00:37:11,279 --> 00:37:13,247 >> Reporter: RIGHT, HOW THE 995 00:37:13,247 --> 00:37:14,115 TIMELINE WILL PLAY OUT. 996 00:37:14,115 --> 00:37:14,982 >> JUST TO BE CLEAR. 997 00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:19,120 SO FIRST OF ALL, AFTER WE HAVE 998 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,788 OUR BEAUTIFUL SEPARATION FROM 999 00:37:20,788 --> 00:37:23,424 THE ROCKET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO 1000 00:37:23,424 --> 00:37:24,325 THROUGH BASICALLY ABOUT A 1001 00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,861 THREE-HOUR PERIOD, LET'S SAY, 1002 00:37:26,861 --> 00:37:30,298 IN AN AUTOMATIC MODE SO THAT WE 1003 00:37:30,298 --> 00:37:32,600 CAN FIRST ACQUIRE TELEMETRY 1004 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:33,935 FROM THE SATELLITE AND HAVE THE 1005 00:37:33,935 --> 00:37:37,004 SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED SO WE CAN 1006 00:37:37,004 --> 00:37:39,774 CHECK THE BASIC HEALTH AND 1007 00:37:39,774 --> 00:37:41,342 SAFETY OF THE SATELLITE. 1008 00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:42,944 LOOK GOOD AND POWER POSITIVE. 1009 00:37:42,944 --> 00:37:45,046 SO WE EXPECT TO DO THAT ROUGHLY 1010 00:37:45,046 --> 00:37:49,550 IN ABOUT THREE HOURS, AND THEN 1011 00:37:49,550 --> 00:37:51,953 AS THIERRY DESCRIBED, THE 1012 00:37:51,953 --> 00:37:53,020 SATELLITE CONTROLLERS IN FRANCE 1013 00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:54,388 WILL BE CONTINUING THE PROCESS 1014 00:37:54,388 --> 00:37:58,259 OF CHECKING OUT THE BASIC 1015 00:37:58,259 --> 00:38:00,594 FUNCTIONS OF THE SATELLITE AND 1016 00:38:00,594 --> 00:38:03,331 PARTICULARLY THE PLATFORM IN 1017 00:38:03,331 --> 00:38:06,367 TERMS OF THE BASIC CAPABILITIES 1018 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:07,168 OF THE PLATFORM, AND THEN WE 1019 00:38:07,168 --> 00:38:09,870 KIND OF MOVE, STARTING RIGHT 1020 00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:12,840 FROM ABOUT DAY FOUR INTO AN 1021 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,109 IMPORTANT PERIOD FOR OUR NEW 1022 00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:16,644 INSTRUMENT, THE KAREN 1023 00:38:16,644 --> 00:38:17,445 INSTRUMENT WHERE, WE'LL START 1024 00:38:17,445 --> 00:38:19,981 THE ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT, AND THE 1025 00:38:19,981 --> 00:38:22,249 ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT IS A 1026 00:38:22,249 --> 00:38:24,685 MULTIPART DEPLOYMENT. 1027 00:38:24,685 --> 00:38:25,853 A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND DESIGN THAT 1028 00:38:25,853 --> 00:38:27,421 WE HAVE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE 1029 00:38:27,421 --> 00:38:29,156 OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT FOUR 1030 00:38:29,156 --> 00:38:33,361 DAYS, SO WE PLAN TO DO IT STEP 1031 00:38:33,361 --> 00:38:37,531 BY STEP CAREFULLY, BUT ROUGHLY 1032 00:38:37,531 --> 00:38:40,901 ABOUT LAUNCH PLUS EIGHT DAYS, 1033 00:38:40,901 --> 00:38:43,671 EIGHT, NINE DAYS WE EXPECT TO 1034 00:38:43,671 --> 00:38:45,006 FINISH THIS IMPORTANT ACTIVITY 1035 00:38:45,006 --> 00:38:47,908 AND MOVE BACK TOWARDS OUR 1036 00:38:47,908 --> 00:38:49,210 NOMINAL ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE 1037 00:38:49,210 --> 00:38:51,345 SUN AND START THE REST OF THE 1038 00:38:51,345 --> 00:38:53,748 TURNON AND COMMISSIONING OF THE 1039 00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:54,515 SPACECRAFT. 1040 00:38:54,515 --> 00:38:56,817 THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? 1041 00:38:56,817 --> 00:38:57,051 . 1042 00:38:57,051 --> 00:38:57,885 >> Reporter: IT DOES, AND DO 1043 00:38:57,885 --> 00:39:00,421 YOU HAVE ANY CAMERAS ONBOARD IT 1044 00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:02,123 MONITOR THIS OR ALL THROUGH 1045 00:39:02,123 --> 00:39:02,556 TELEMETRY? 1046 00:39:02,556 --> 00:39:05,226 >> YEAH, WE HAVE AN 1047 00:39:05,226 --> 00:39:07,395 INTERESTING, LET'S SAY, ADD-ON, 1048 00:39:07,395 --> 00:39:11,265 A SET OF CAMERAS, WE HAVE FOUR 1049 00:39:11,265 --> 00:39:14,301 CAMERAS MOUNTED ON THE PAYLOAD 1050 00:39:14,301 --> 00:39:15,136 MODULE, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO 1051 00:39:15,136 --> 00:39:16,771 US, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE PLENTY OF 1052 00:39:16,771 --> 00:39:17,938 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION TO 1053 00:39:17,938 --> 00:39:19,940 ACTUALLY MONITOR THE HEALTH, 1054 00:39:19,940 --> 00:39:22,777 SAFETY AND STATUS OF THE 1055 00:39:22,777 --> 00:39:24,545 SPACECRAFT AND THE DEPLOYMENT, 1056 00:39:24,545 --> 00:39:26,981 BUT WE DO HAVE CAMERAS THAT ARE 1057 00:39:26,981 --> 00:39:28,516 -- SHOULD BE ABLE TO IMAGE THE 1058 00:39:28,516 --> 00:39:30,851 SOLAR ARRAYS ON ONE SIDE AND 1059 00:39:30,851 --> 00:39:33,754 ALSO THE ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT 1060 00:39:33,754 --> 00:39:34,555 AFTER THAT. 1061 00:39:34,555 --> 00:39:38,125 SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE SOME 1062 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:39,727 BEAUTIFUL IMAGERY AND ALSO A 1063 00:39:39,727 --> 00:39:42,463 MOVIE OF THE ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT 1064 00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:44,365 IN PARTICULAR, AND ARE 1065 00:39:44,365 --> 00:39:46,300 EXPECTING IT TO BE A NICE END 1066 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:47,701 OF YEAR PRESENT FOR ALL OF US. 1067 00:39:47,701 --> 00:39:49,370 >> THAT'S A NICE PRESENT. 1068 00:39:49,370 --> 00:39:50,671 VERY UNIQUE PRESENT. 1069 00:39:50,671 --> 00:39:55,576 OKAY, WE ALSO HAVE LUCY FROM 1070 00:39:55,576 --> 00:39:56,477 AFT ON THE PHONE. 1071 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:57,611 >> Reporter: HI. 1072 00:39:57,611 --> 00:39:59,980 THANKS FOR DOING THIS. 1073 00:39:59,980 --> 00:40:02,616 MY QUESTION IS FOR THIERRY, I 1074 00:40:02,616 --> 00:40:05,019 THINK YOU MENTIONED THE 1075 00:40:05,019 --> 00:40:07,254 LIFETIME OF 3 1/2 YEARS, IS 1076 00:40:07,254 --> 00:40:09,223 THIS THE REQUIREMENT, AND ARE 1077 00:40:09,223 --> 00:40:11,959 YOU LOOKING FOR MORE THAN THAT, 1078 00:40:11,959 --> 00:40:16,530 AND ALSO, IF I MAY, ASK A 1079 00:40:16,530 --> 00:40:20,568 SECOND QUESTION, COULD YOU 1080 00:40:20,568 --> 00:40:21,368 EXPAND ON THE MAIN SCIENTIFIC 1081 00:40:21,368 --> 00:40:22,570 INSTRUMENT KAREN, YOU CAN 1082 00:40:22,570 --> 00:40:26,006 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT FOR THE 1083 00:40:26,006 --> 00:40:27,775 BROAD PUBLIC IN THE AUDIENCE 1084 00:40:27,775 --> 00:40:29,677 HOW IT WORKS. 1085 00:40:29,677 --> 00:40:30,478 THANK YOU? 1086 00:40:30,478 --> 00:40:32,847 >> SO FOR MISSION DURATION, OF 1087 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:38,619 COURSE, EVERY TIME WE LAUNCH A 1088 00:40:38,619 --> 00:40:39,353 MISSION, WE ARE ABLE TO SPECIFY 1089 00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:46,260 A MISSION DURATION. 1090 00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:50,164 HERE IT'S 42 MONTHS. 1091 00:40:50,164 --> 00:40:53,067 IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. 1092 00:40:53,067 --> 00:40:56,570 THE PLATFORM DESIGNED BY 1093 00:40:56,570 --> 00:41:00,107 TALIESIN SPACE IS TEN YEARS ON 1094 00:41:00,107 --> 00:41:01,475 ORBIT. 1095 00:41:01,475 --> 00:41:03,978 SO, OF COURSE, OUR SYSTEM WILL 1096 00:41:03,978 --> 00:41:07,114 NOT LIMIT THE LIFETIME OF SWOT, 1097 00:41:07,114 --> 00:41:11,519 AND IF EVERYTHING IS OKAY ON 1098 00:41:11,519 --> 00:41:12,286 BOARD, CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE 1099 00:41:12,286 --> 00:41:14,155 AN EXTENSION OF THE MISSION, 1100 00:41:14,155 --> 00:41:17,124 FIVE YEARS IS COMPLETELY 1101 00:41:17,124 --> 00:41:17,925 REACHABLE, AND MANY MORE YEARS 1102 00:41:17,925 --> 00:41:20,761 AS WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 30 1103 00:41:20,761 --> 00:41:24,131 YEARS ON OUR MISSION THAT 1104 00:41:24,131 --> 00:41:26,300 ACHIEVED AROUND 10 YEARS EVERY 1105 00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:27,434 TIME. 1106 00:41:27,434 --> 00:41:28,903 SO I CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE'LL 1107 00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:30,371 BE ABLE TO MAKE A LONG MISSION 1108 00:41:30,371 --> 00:41:33,174 BECAUSE WE NEED THIS DATA FOR A 1109 00:41:33,174 --> 00:41:35,609 LONG TIME. 1110 00:41:35,609 --> 00:41:38,212 WITH REGARD TO THE PAYLOAD, AS 1111 00:41:38,212 --> 00:41:41,615 WE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE A 1112 00:41:41,615 --> 00:41:43,551 CLASSICAL NADIR SUITE OF 1113 00:41:43,551 --> 00:41:47,021 INSTRUMENTS, THE SAME AS WE USE 1114 00:41:47,021 --> 00:41:54,728 ON THE JASON SERIES, THE 1115 00:41:54,728 --> 00:41:56,197 SENTINEL THAT PROVIDE THE SAME 1116 00:41:56,197 --> 00:41:58,766 INSTRUMENT LIKE THE DORIS 1117 00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:01,969 INSTRUMENT, THE RADIO MATTER, 1118 00:42:01,969 --> 00:42:05,940 WHICH PROVIDE CORRECTIONS OF 1119 00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:08,142 THE WATER CONDENSED IN THE 1120 00:42:08,142 --> 00:42:10,778 ATMOSPHERE TO CORRECT THE RATE 1121 00:42:10,778 --> 00:42:12,446 OF SIGNAL IT'S SENT TO THE 1122 00:42:12,446 --> 00:42:14,648 GROUND AND THE KAREN 1123 00:42:14,648 --> 00:42:15,816 INSTRUMENT, A BRAND-NEW 1124 00:42:15,816 --> 00:42:18,285 INSTRUMENT, IT'S A RADAR 1125 00:42:18,285 --> 00:42:20,020 BASICALLY, A RADAR IS AN 1126 00:42:20,020 --> 00:42:23,257 INSTRUMENT THAT SENDS A SIGNAL 1127 00:42:23,257 --> 00:42:24,158 TO THE GROUND AND WE RECEIVE 1128 00:42:24,158 --> 00:42:25,192 BACK THE ECHO. 1129 00:42:25,192 --> 00:42:28,229 IN THIS CASE, THE PARTICULARITY 1130 00:42:28,229 --> 00:42:31,065 WITH KAREN IS THAT THE SIGNAL 1131 00:42:31,065 --> 00:42:34,501 IS SENT BY -- YOU'VE SEEN ALL 1132 00:42:34,501 --> 00:42:38,939 THESE ANTENNAS, IMPRESSIVE 1133 00:42:38,939 --> 00:42:40,908 ANTENNAS SEPARATED BY A METAL 1134 00:42:40,908 --> 00:42:43,510 BASE, THE ANTENNAS SEND THE 1135 00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:44,912 RADAR SIGNAL TO THE GROUND, AND 1136 00:42:44,912 --> 00:42:47,181 THE ECHO REFLECTED BY THE WATER 1137 00:42:47,181 --> 00:42:50,050 SURFACE IS RECEIVED BY THE TWO 1138 00:42:50,050 --> 00:42:52,319 ANTENNAS OF THE SAME MOMENT OR 1139 00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:55,923 SLIGHTLY DEFERRED, AND THIS IS 1140 00:42:55,923 --> 00:42:57,424 THIS MEASUREMENT WITH THE SAME 1141 00:42:57,424 --> 00:43:00,828 SIGNAL RECEIVED BY THE TWO 1142 00:43:00,828 --> 00:43:03,030 ANTENNAS THAT PROVIDE SUCH AN 1143 00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:06,200 ACCURACY FOR WATER DETECTION 1144 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,369 AND RESOLUTION. 1145 00:43:08,369 --> 00:43:10,904 THE OTHER FEATURE OF THE SWOT 1146 00:43:10,904 --> 00:43:13,707 IS THE TWO ANTENNAS ABLE TO 1147 00:43:13,707 --> 00:43:16,477 COVER THE SWATH OF 120 1148 00:43:16,477 --> 00:43:18,946 KILOMETERS ON THE SURFACE OF 1149 00:43:18,946 --> 00:43:23,584 THE PLANET, WHICH OUTBURST TO 1150 00:43:23,584 --> 00:43:25,753 COVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE WHOLE 1151 00:43:25,753 --> 00:43:27,488 PLANET WHICH IS UNIQUE TO PAST 1152 00:43:27,488 --> 00:43:31,325 MISSIONS WHICH ALLOW ONLY TO 1153 00:43:31,325 --> 00:43:34,528 MEASURE UNDER THE TRACE OF THE 1154 00:43:34,528 --> 00:43:36,130 ALTIMETER ON BOARD. 1155 00:43:36,130 --> 00:43:36,964 >> THAT WAS THE LAST REPORTER 1156 00:43:36,964 --> 00:43:37,431 ON THE PHONE. 1157 00:43:37,431 --> 00:43:40,034 SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY 1158 00:43:40,034 --> 00:43:40,801 QUESTIONS HERE IN THE ROOM, 1159 00:43:40,801 --> 00:43:42,670 WE'RE GOING TO WRAP UP TODAY'S 1160 00:43:42,670 --> 00:43:43,637 NEWS CONFERENCE. 1161 00:43:43,637 --> 00:43:45,105 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ASKED 1162 00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:48,042 QUESTIONS FOR YOUR INTERESTS, 1163 00:43:48,042 --> 00:43:49,109 AND THOSE WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF 1164 00:43:49,109 --> 00:43:50,311 THEIR DAY TO ANSWER THE 1165 00:43:50,311 --> 00:43:50,844 QUESTIONS. 1166 00:43:50,844 --> 00:43:54,748 LIFTOFF IS TARGETED FOR 3:00 1167 00:43:54,748 --> 00:43:57,117 A.M. 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