MEGAN: HELLO AND WELCOME TO
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
I AM NASA A KENNEDY CRUZ.
ARE WATCHING GOES-U SALT LIGHT
WHICH IS TARGETED FOR LAUNCH ON
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET TOMORROW
JUNE 25th FROM KFC'S LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A.
THE TWO-HOUR LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS
AT 5:16 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND
THE LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM IS
MANAGING THE LAUNCH.
NOW GOES-U IS THE FOURTH AND
FINAL SATELLITE IN THE NATIONAL
OCEAN ATTIC ADMINISTRATION'S GEO
STATIONARY OPERATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES R
SORRIES THAT PROVIDE CONTINUOUS
WATCH HELPING SCIENTISTS AND
FORECAST HES TO ISSUE TIMELY
WARNINGS AND FORECAST AND GOES U
WILL IMPROVE DETECTION AND
MONITORING OF SPACE WEATHER
HAZARDS USEING A NEW COMPACT
CORONAGRAPH INSTRUMENT.
NOW THE MISSION TEAM JUST
COMPLETED THE LAUNCH READINESS
REVIEW, TO SO TO SHARE THE
LATEST WE HAVE STEVE VOLZ,
NOAA'S SATELLITE AND INFORMATION
SERVICE.
NEXT TO HIM IS PAM SULLIVAN,
DIRECTOR SHALL GOES-R PROGRAM AT
NOAA.
JOHN GAGOSIAN, DIRECTOR, JOINT
AGENCY SATELLITE DIVISION.
NEXT TO HIM DR. DENTON GIBSON,
LAUNCH DIRECTOR, LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM HERE AT NASA.
JULIANNA SHY MAN AT SPACEX AND
THE MAN IN THE HOT SEAT BRIAN
CIZEK AT THE U.S. SPACE FORTH.
NOW WE HAVE OPENING REMARKS THEN
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THOSE
IN THE ROOM HERE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAISE YOUR
HAND.
FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE.
YOU CAN DIAL STAR 1.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, TURN IT
OVER TO STEVE.
STEVE: THANK YOU, MEGAN.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
WE ARE 20 HOURS A I WAY.
THE LAST AND THE BEST OF THE
FOUR SATELLITES IN THE GO R
SERIES M WHEN WE WERE HERE IN
2016 TO LAUNCH GOES-R, THE FIRST
SATELLITE IN THE SERIES, IT
SHALLERRED EARTH-MONITORING
TECHNOLOGIES TO EVER ORBIT IN
SPACE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COLLEAGUES TELL US THIS
TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE GAME
FOR WEATHER PREDICTION AND
FORECASTING.
GOES-U IS MAKING HISTORY OF ITS
OWN AND GARYS WITH IT THE
WORLD'S FIRST EVER CORONAGRAPH
CALLED COME BACK CORONAGRAPH
THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IM PROCH
THE ABILITY TO MONITOR THE SUN
AND FORECAST POTENTIALLY HARMFUL
SPACE WEATHER EVENTS SUCH AS
CORONA MASS EJECTIONS WHICH WE
SAW A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE
COUNTRY.
BUT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
REASON GOES-U IS HISTORIC
BECAUSE IT IS THE BRIDGE THAT
CONNECTS TODAY'S GEO STAKESARY
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW THAT
PROMISES TO BE PROVIDE EVEN MORE
IMPACTFUL THAN WHAT THE GOES U
SATELLITE SERIES CURRENTLY
PROVIDES.
BRING UP THE SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH CONGRESS
RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT THE
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DE
OH STATIONARY EXTENDED
OBSERVATIONS OR GOX SATELLITE,
GOXO SATELLITE SYSTEM, THAT WILL
BE READY TO CONTINUE THE GOES
MISSION WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS TO
THE FUTURE.
GOXO WILL FEATURE A SUITE OF
INSTRUMENTATION THAT PROVIDES
CONTINUITY AND INTRODUCES NOVEL
NEW MEASUREMENTS IN SOUNDING IN
OCEAN COLOR AND THE ANALYSIS.
PAM SULLIVAN WILL BE GIVING YOU
MORE DETAILS ON SOME OF THESE.
GOES U IS A NOA MISSION BUT
ACCOMPLISH THROUGH PARTNERSHIP.
NASA HAS PLAYED ESSENTIAL ROLE
IN BRINGING THIS SATELLITE TOT
THE LAUNCHPAD AND TO ORBIT.
THE NOAA NASA PARTNERSHIP HAS
LAUNCHED MANY INTO THE ORBIT
OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS FOR THE
GEO STATIONARY OBSERVATIONS THEN
NOAA RELIES ON THE CITY THERE TO
BUILD THE SPACECRAFT WHO PROVIDE
LAUNCH VEHICLES AND HELP US
PROCESS MANAGE AND IN CORPORATE
THE DATA.
GOES TRULIATION NATIONAL AND
PUTTING THE BEST FIP SPACE TO
MACHINER TO WEATHER, WATER AND
CLIMATE AND THE SUN WHICH
UNPARALLELED ACCURACY AND
TIMELYstNESS WITH THAT I
TURN OVER TO PAM SULLIVAN.
THANK YOU.
OVER TO YOU, PAM.
PAM: THANK YOU, STEVE.
HI, I AM PAM SULLIVAN.
THE PROGRAM MAN FER FOR THE GEO
STATIONARY SATELLITES.
SO NOAA'S SATELLITES ARE
INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR
PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES AND
THE ONE BILLION PEOPLE WHO LIB
AND WORK IN THE MARKERS.
THEY PROVIDE A CONSTANT
REAL-TIME VIEW OF WEATHER AND
DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTAL
PHENOMENON ACROSS THE WESTERN
HEM FEAR.
GOES US THE FOURTH AND FINAL
SALT LIGHT IN THE GOES-R SERIES
WHICH.
IT'S THE GENERATION SYSTEM.
IF WE COULD BRING UP THE
TRAFFIC, PLEASE.
SINCE 2016 THEY HAVE BROUGHT
AMAZING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP
FORECASTERS BETTER MONITOR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS
LIKE HURRICANES, THUNDERSTORMS,
FLOODS AND FIRES.
THE MAIN CAMERA ON THE GOES R
SERIES SANS THE EARTH'S DISK
EVERY TEN MINUTE AND CAN ZOOM IN
TO TRACK DANGEROUS CONSIDER
CONDITIONS AS OFTEN AS EVERY 30
SECONDS THEN INCLUDE A LIGHTNING
CALM RAM WHICH TAKES PICTURES OF
THE EARTH 500 TIMES PER SECOND
TO TRACK LIGHTNING TO HELP
IDENTIFY SEVERE STORMS TO SPAWN
TORNADOES, HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
GOES U WAS DEVELOPED A TEAM OF
PEOPLE FROM NOAH, NASA, AND
CONTINUES THE DECADES LONG NOAA
NASA PARTNERSHIP TO GET THE BEST
INTO SPACE FOR ACCURATE UP
THOUGH MINUTE FORECAST AND
LONG-TERM CLIMATE MONITORING.
THE PRIMARY INDUSTRY PARTNERS
FOREGOES R ARE LOCKHEED MARTIN
WHICH DEVELOPED THE SPACE CRAFT
AND THE LIGHTNING MAPPER IN
STREWMENT AND L3 HARRY WHICH
BUILD THE IMAGER AS WELL ADDS
THE OPERATIONAL GROUND SYSTEM.
GOES-U CARRIES FIVE INSTRUMENTS
TO HELP MONITOR SPACE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THEY ARE A PARTICLE
FLUX SENSOR BUILT BY TECHNOLOGY.
SOLAR RADIANS MACHINER TO FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO THE
SOLAR IMAGER FROM LOCKHEED AND A
MAGNETOMETER DEVELOPED BYE-BYES
IN SA GODDARD.
THE NEW INSTRUMENT ON GOES-U WAS
DEVELOPED BY THE NAVAL RESEARCH
LAB AND LAUNCHED ON A FALCON
HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLE BUILT BY
SPACEX.
GOES U IS PART OF A MULTI
GENERATION FAMILY THAT BEGAN
WITH THE WEATHER SATELLITE IN
1975 AND IT WILL CONTINUE
OPERATIONS INTO THE 2030'S.
TO ENSURE THE CRITICAL
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE AFTER
THAT, NOW, NOAA IS NOW
DEVELOPING THE SIXLE GENERATION
GEO STATIONARY CALLED GAE OH XO.
GEO XO WILL HAVE ADVANCED
INSTRUMENTS TO PROVIDE MORE
DATA, THESE INCLUDE IMAGER WITH
IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION FOR
MORE PRECISE TRACKING OF FIRES
AND STORMS THEN OCEAN COLOR
SENSOR TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY
AND HAZARDS THEN ATMOSPHERIC
SENSORS TO TRACK AIR POLLUTION
AND IMPROVED MIRACLE WEATHER
MODELING.
GEO XO CAPABILITIES WILL HELP US
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF THE
CHANGING PLANET FOR MORE WEATHER
TO MORE PREVALENT HARMFUL ALGAL
BLOOMS TO MORE WIDESPREAD
WILDFIRES AS WE PREPARE FOR THE
LAUNCH OF THE FINAL GOES R SAT
LATE TY TOMORROW WE ARE WORKING
HARD TO HAVE THE SATELLITE READY
FOR LAUNCH IN 2032 IN ORDER TO
END TO ENSURE THE CRITICAL
OBSERVATION.
NEXT.
WILL PASS IT ON TO JOHN
GAGOSIAN.
JOHN: THANK YOU, PAM.
AM JOHN GAGOSIAN.
OUR DIVISION IS PART OF THE NASA
SCIENCE DIRECT A ATE AND MAN AME
ON NOAA'S BEHALF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF OPERATIONAL WEATHER
SATELLITES LIKE GOES-U.
OUR FIVE DECADE PARTNERSHIP WITH
NOAA HAS RESULTED IN THE
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF MORE
THAN 60 SATELLITES, DEDICATED TO
WEATHER FORECASTING, SEVERE
STORM AND HURRICANE PREDICTION,
AND CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO COMPLETE
THE FOUR SALT LIGHT GOES-R
SERIES WITH THE MOST CAPABLE
WEATHER SATELLITE IN OUR
NATION'S HISTORY.
NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
FORMULATION, DEPARTMENT, LAUNCH,
AND INITIAL OPERATION OF THE
GOES U SATELLITE.
OUR TEAM HAS IN CORP
INCORPORATED MANY LESSONS
LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS THREE
SATELLITES IN THE GOES-R
PROGRAM.
CONSEQUENTLY, GOES U HASES A
WELL PROVEN DESIGN IN ADDITION
TO THE EXCITING NEW CAPABILITY
REP ACCEPTED BY THE COMPACT
CORONAGRAPH.
OUR JOINT NOAA NASA TEAM HAS
BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE
INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO BE FULLY
READY FOR THE LAUNCH TOMORROW.
WE ARE ALSO DELIGHTED TO
CONTINUE THE NOAA NASA
PARTNERSHIP INTO THE FUTURE AS
WE MOVE THROUGH THE TEE SIGN GEO
XO, THE SYSTEM OF GE OH
STATIONARY SATELLITES THAT WILL
DEPLOY IN THE 2030'S WHICH WAS
DESCRIBED BY STEVE AND PAM
EARLIER.
I AM PROUD THAT NOAA AN NASA
HAVE COLLABORATED SO WELL OVER
THE LIFE OF THE DOESR PROGRAM
AND POISED FOR A STRONG FINISH.
NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
DENTON GIBSON.
DENTON.
HI.
I AM DENTON GIBSON.
WILL BE THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR, THE
NASA LAUNCH DIRECT FOR FOR THE
GOES-U MISSION.
I AM A EXCITED AND HUMBLED TO BE
HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
WORKING WITH THIS TEAM IN FRONT
OF US.
THIS TEAM HASP DONE A LOT OF
HARD TO WORK FETUS TO THIS
POINT.
I JUST WANT TO TICK A MINUTE TO
RECOGNIZE THE WORLD CLASS
ORGANIZATIONS NASA, NOAA,
SPACEX, AND U.S. SPACE FORCE
LAUNCH DELTA IV 5.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO
GET US TO THIS POINT.
I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THIS WILL BE NASA LSP'S NINTH
MISSION, WITH SPACEX.
SECOND ON THE FALCON HEAVY.
THIS IS A SPACEX OF 10 FALCON
HEAVY AS A MATTER OF FACT AND
TAKE EVER OFF HERE FROM 39A
WHICH IS HISTORIC LAUNCHPAD, AND
VERY ICONIC VEHICLES LAUNCHING
THIS.
FALCON BEING THE THIRD OF THAT
WHICH WAS OF COURSE, THE LAUNCH
TO SPACE SHUTTLE AS WELL AS THE
SATURN FIVE SO HISTORIC.
AND, AND, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WE
STARTED OUR PREPARATIONS FOR
GETTING THE LAUNCH TEAM READY AN
PREPARED BY DOING A MISSION
DRESS REHEARSAL WHERE WE PUT OUR
TEAM THROUGH THE RUNNINGER.
I MEAN, WE EXERCISE THE TEAM
MAKING THE TEAM IS READY FOR THE
LAUNCH CAN'TDOWN.
MAKING SURE OUR TEAM IS READY
FOR THIS MISSION.
AND THEN, ABOUT LAST THURSDAY,
WE HAD OUR FLIGHT READINESS
REVIEW WHICH WENT WELL, WHERE
ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS CAME IN
AND AGREED THAT WE WERE GOOD TO
CONTINUE WITH LAUNCH PROCESSING.
AND ALSO ON THURSDAY, THE
SPACECRAFT WAS MATED TO THE
FALCON HEAVY.
AND SHORTLY, SHORTLY, ACTUALLY,
IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW IS THE
FALCON HEAVY, HAS LEFT THE
HANGAR AT 9A AND ON THE WAY TO
UP TO THE PAD DECK.
NOW, NOW I HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW
YOU.
TO SHOW YOU THE HARD WORK THAT
THIS TEAM HAS DONE.
CAN YOU PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO.
HERE IS TRANSPORTING FROM THE
LANDING.
THEN HEADING TO THE PILLAR
PROCESSING FACILITY.
THEN THERE IS A SHOT OF THE
SPACECRAFT AUM BAGGED.
THEN SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE
PROCESSING AND THE LIFT
OPERATIONS AND HERE IT IS BEING
MATED TO THE ADAPTER, WHICH
HAPPENS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND YOU
CAN SEE THE OPERATION GOING ON
THERE THEN YOU SEE, THE NEXT
DAY, THE SPACECRAFT BEING
ENCAPSULATED TO THE FALCON HEAVY
PAYLOAD FARINGS.
THEN YOU CAN SEE, IT IS
COMPLETELY END CAPS LATED THEN
IT TRAPS PORTS ON THE WAY TO
HANGAR AT 39A.
AND HERE IS SOME REPRESENTATIVE
SHOT INTERESTS THE MISSION.
WHAT THE ROLE LOOKS LIKE AND
TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
HERE IS A LIVE SHOT OF THE TROLL
THE PAD LOOKING LIKE IT IS ABOUT
TO GET TO THE PAD DECK AND
HOPEFULLY GOING VERTICAL
SOMETIME TONIGHT.
>> YEP.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THIS MORNING WE HAD THE SPACE
LAUNCH DELTA IV 5 LAUNCH
READINESS REYOU HAVE AND EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAD THE JOINT
NASA SPACEX LAUNCH READINESS
REVIEW WHERE THE LEADERSHIP OF
SPACE LAUNCH DELTA, NASA, NOAA
AND SPACE X ALL AGREED TO
CONTINUE TO GO TO THE LAUNCH
COUNT TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, IT IS ONLY FITTING
THAT WEATHER IS A FACTOR FOR
THIS.
THIS WEATHER SATELLITE, RIGHT?
AND I AM SURE YOU WILL HEAR A
LOT ABOUT THAT COMING UP HERE
SHORTLY.
BUT WEATHER PERMITTING, LAUNCH
TEAM WILL ARRIVE ON CONSOLE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND PERFORM
THE TIME VEHICLE CHECKOUTS.
AND THEN TOMORROW AN HOUR BEFORE
THE TARGETED T ZERO YOU WILL
HEAR THE TEAM GET THE TIME GO TO
LOAD ON TO THE VEHICLE.
AND AFTER COMPLETING THE
PROPELLANT LOADING AND THE
CHECKOUTS AT LAUNCH VEHICLE AND
SPACE WILL BE READY FOR THE
TARGETED T05:16 P.M. EASTERN
TIME TOMORROW.
JUST TO SUMMARIZE.
THE SPACECRAFT IS READY.
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS READY.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THIS SPACECRAFT ON ORBIT
TO GET SOME GROUNDBREAKING SPACE
WEATHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO US FOLKS
LIVING HERE IN FLOOR TA WHERE
WEATHER CAN GET SPICY AT TIMES.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE.
JULIANNA.
MEGAN: THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK NASA NOAA.
IT IS HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY
WITH ALL OF YOU.
EVERY TIME I COME HERE, I TALK
ABOUT HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THE
MISSION, AND THIS MISSION IS NO
DIFFERENT.
GOES-U IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR
WEATHER FORECASTERS AND CLIMATE
RESEARCHERS ALIKE.
BUT WHAT IS THE COOLEST IS WHEN
YOU TURN ON THE NEWS OR YOU OPEN
THE WEATHER APP, THAT, THAT DATA
FROM THESE GOES SALT LIGHTS IS
GOING TO THAT FORECAST.
SO WE AT SPACEX ARE INCREDIBLY
PROUD TO SUPPORT SUCH AN
IMPORTANT MISSION THAT HAS
IMPACT ON ALL OF THE EVERY DAY
LIVES.
NOW FOR STATS TO REIT RATE WHAT
DENTON SAID.
THIS IS THE NINTH LAUNCH FOR THE
NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM AND
OUR TENTH FALCON HEAVY LAUNCH
AND ALSO BE OUR 65th MISSION
OF THE YEAR.
THIS YEAR.
AND AFTER LIFTOFF, THE TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS FOR FALCON HEAVY WILL
RETURN TO LAND SO IF YOU ARE THE
GREATER CAPE CANAVERAL AREA,
MAKE SURE TO LISTEN TO THE SONIC
BOOMS.
AS YOU HEARD THE TEAM MISSION.
THE GOES SPACECRAFT OPERATES
MORE THAN 35,000-KILOMETERS POF
THE SERVICE OF THE EARTH IN AN
ORBIT AND INCREDIBLY HIGH ENERGY
ORBIT THAT NECESSITATES
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL ROCK KETTLE
TO GET THERE AND IT IS THIS
ORNATE DRIVES THE EXTENDED
PAYLOAD DEPLOY.
SO PAYLOAD DEPLOY FOR THIS
MISSION WILL BE FOUR AND A HALF
HOURS AFTER LIFTOFF.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT
THIS MISSION IS WE PARTNERED
VERY CLOSELY WITH NASA AND
LOCKHEED, AND, TO LEVERAGE
FALCON HEAVY'S PERFORMANCE, SO
MUCH SO, THIS, THIS LAUNCH OF
GOES U WILL BE THE MOST
PERFORMANCE LAUNCH.
WE HAVE THE MOST PERFORMANCE, A
GOES SPACE CRAFT HAS SEEN ON OR
BUTTER.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE
SPACECRAFT CAN PRESERVE
PROPELLANT AND EX CONTINUE THE
OVERALL MISSION LIFETIME AND
SOMETHING WE WORK WITH NASA AND
LOCKHEED AND SOMETHING WE ARE
PROUD TO ENABLE FOR THE GOES
TEAM.
AND SO YES.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO FALCON HEAVY
MISSIONS WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE GOES COMING UP TEM AND
EUROPA CLIPPER IN K.
OCTOBER.
EUROPA CLIPPER WILL HELP US
UNDER STAND PHYSICIAN THERE IS A
HAN ABOUT ITABLE WORMED IN OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MISSION AND
THIS MISSION AS WELL.
FOREGOES, THINGS ARE LOOKING
REALLY GREAT.
SOME OF THE TEAM MAY BE AWARE.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY TRACKING TO
ROLL OUT THE VEHICLE LAST NIGHT.
BUT INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE AS YOU
SAW FROM THE LIVE FEED IS
ACTIVELY BEING ROLL OUT RIGHT
NOW.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHEN WE,
FIRST OF ALL, WE ROLL OUT WHEN
WE ARE READY.
WHEN WE ARE SAFE AND RELIABLE
AND ALL THE SYSTEMS WE NEED TO
DO SO.
AND ONE OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE
NEED DURING ROLL-OUT IS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM.
A TRAPS PORT AIR-CONDITIONING
SYSTEM BECAUSE THE SPACECRAFT
WHEN IT IS END CAP LATED
ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO MAIN TAN THE
HUMIDITY AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO PROTECT IT BEFORE WE PUT IT
SAFELY IN SPACE.
AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT
TRANSPORT AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT
WITH ALL THE REDUPED SY IT NEEDS
FOR ROLL-OUT.
SO DURING PREPARATION FOR
ROLL-OUT LAST MIGHT.
WE DISCOVERED THAT EVENTUALLY
THE SYSTEM HAS REDUNDANT
PARALLEL SYSTEMS UNIT AND ONE OF
THOSE LEGS OF THAT SYSTEM WAS
NOT OPERATING.
SO WE DECIDED TO KEEP THE
VEHICLE SAFE, KEEP THE
SPACECRAFT SAFE IN THE HANGAR.
MAKE SURE THAT THAT TRANSPORT AC
UNIT WAS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND
ROLLING OUT THAT TRANSPORT AC
UNIT IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND,
PROVIDING VERY COLD AIR TO THE
SPACECRAFT, SO, THINGS ARE
LOOKING REALLY GREAT ON THE
ROCKET AS YOU HEARD FROM DENTON.
WE ARE ON TRACK.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TOW MAN OF
THE HOUR TO TELL US ABOUT THE
WEATHER.
BRIAN: THANK YOU, JULIANNA.
I ADMIT, I FEEL THE WEIGHT OF
THE WEATHER WORLD ON MY
SHOULDERS A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS
LAUNCH WITH IT BEING A WEATHER
SATELLITE.
A SATELLITE THAT MYSELF AND MY
COG LEAGUES WILL LOOK AT ON A
DAILY BASIS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN
FLORIDA, AND SPEAKING OF
FLORIDA, WE ARE IN, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE IN LATE UNION.
WE ARE NOW IN OUR SUMMER WET
SEASON HERE IN FLORIDA WHERE WE
GET KIND OF OUR DAILY
THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP.
EACH AFTERNOON, AS WE GET
HEATING FROM THE SURFACE AND
SPEAKING OF THAT, I FIGURED WHY
DON'T WE SHOW A LIVE IMAGE RIGHT
NOW OF THE CURRENT GOES EAST
SATELLITE, SO THIS IS THE,
SATELLITE THAT GOES IN U IS
GOING TO BE REPLACING.
THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF SHOWING KIND OF A
TYPICAL FLORIDA SUMMERTIME
PATTERN HERE.
SO IF YOU NOTICE, ON BOTH COSTS
THERE, WE CAN SEE THE SEA BREEZE
FRONT PUSHING INLAND.
NOTICE NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL,
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
YOU SEE IT CLEARING OUT BEHIND
IT.
THAT IS BEHIND THE SEA BREEZE.
YOU CAN SEE OUT AHEAD OF IT.
WE ARE SEEING THE CUMULUS
CLOUDS, SHOWERS, EVEN SOME
THUNDERSTORMS FIRING UP.
S THAT THE DRIVER OF OUR WEATHER
HERE IN FLORIDA AND IN THE
SUMMERTIME.
LAND HEATS UP ALLOT FASTER THAN
THE OCEAN DOES THAT TRIGGER.
IT'S THE SEA BREEZE TO FORM AND
PUSH INLAND AND THE SEA BREEZE
ACTS AS MONEY COLD FRONT THAT
COULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND STORMS
ALONG IT.
SO THESE ARE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
YOU CAN SEE THE STORMS TO THE
NORTH.
YOU CAN SEE, THE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP THEN WE SEE THE
ANDVILLE CLOUDS SO THOSE ARE
THOSE KIND OF HIGH WISPY CLOUDS
THAT FORM OFF THE TOP OF
THUNDERSTORMS WHEN THEY HIT THE
TOP OF THE SPHERE AND THEY
TRAVEL WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
WINDS SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE
WILL HAVE TO WATCH TOMORROW AS
WELL BECAUSE THOSE ANDVILLE
CLOUDS CAN ACTUALLY CARRY A
CHARGE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS TO FLY THROUGH OR MARE
SO SPEAKING OF THE FORECAST
TOMORROW.
I DO EXPECT TRADITIONS TO BE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
WE SAW TODAY.
THERE IS A COLD FRONT DIGGING TO
THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
THAT IS FOG INCREASE MOISTURE
AND IN OUR AREA AS WELL AND
THEN, ALSO, SHIFTED WINDS A
LITTLE BIT SOUTHWESTERLY A
LITTLE BIT MORE OFFSHORE THAN WE
ARE SEEING TODAY AND THEN BEFORE
THE SEA BREEZE KICKS IN AND
SHIFTS WINDS MORE SOUTH EARLY.
SO THAT TENDS TO FOCUS THE SEA
BREEZE AND THE ASSOCIATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS A LITTLE BIT
CLOSINGER THAT TO THE EAST COAST
AND WE GET SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
BECAUSE IT PINS THAT SEA BREEZE
AND A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE
COASTLINE THERE.
AND SO FOR TOMORROW, WE ARE
GOING TO GO WITH THE 70% PROCT
OF VIOLATIONS OR A 30% CHANCE OF
GO FOR THE WEATHER RUMS THAT WE
EVALUATE AND EVAL WILT A SET OF
TEN LIGHTNING LAUNCH THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO PROTECT NOT AGAINST
NATURAL LIGHTING THEN ROCKET AND
A ROCKET CAN ACTUALLY TRIGGER
THE LIGHTNING STRIKE OR FLYING
THROUGH AND AND UP TO 400 TIMES
SO THAT IS WHAT THE RULES ARE
DESIGNED TO PROTECT AGAIN THE UP
WITHS I AM HIGHLIGHTING HERE AND
THE CUMULOUS CLOUDS ROLL THEN
SEVERAL ANDVILLE CLOUD RULES
THEN WE HAVE DETACHED RULE THAT
IS WHAT I MENTIONED THE HIGH
CLOUDS THAT COME OFF THE TOP OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS AND WESTERLY
FLOW TOMORROW AND I THINK THE
STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PUSH A
LITTLE BIT INLAND AND SOUTHWEST
FLOW IS FAIRLY LIABILITY AND THE
SEA BREEZE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PUSH IT AND DEVELOP AND PUSH THE
UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND TRY TO
BRING THE ANDVILLE BACK TO WARD
THE LAUNCHPADS SO THE SWEET SPOT
I THINK TOMORROW IF WE CAN FIND
THAT WINDOW THEN THE TWO-HOUR
LAUNCH WINDOW I THINK WE HAVE A
DECENT CHANCE HERE TO FIND SOME
SORT OF WINDOW IN HERE WHERE THE
SWEET SPOT WHEN THE STORMS PUSH
INLAND BUT BEFORE WE SEE KIND OF
ANDVILLE DEVELOPMENT OFF OF THAT
AND BEFORE THEY ARE ABLE TO PUSH
BACK TOWARD THE COAST THEN EVENT
WE USE THE BACKUP DAY, THEN
PREALLOT SY SIMILAR CONDITIONS
AGAIN THEN WE HAVE OFFSHORE FLOW
AND MOIST AIR IN PLACE AND
MODERATE INSTABILITY I WOULD SAY
SO AGAIN, ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE TO
SEE SOME OF THOSE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE
WILL HAVE TO DODGE FOR THE
BACKUP DAY AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE A FULL LAUNCH
WEATHER TEAM ON CONSULT TOMORROW
AND THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICERS
THEN FORECASTERS THEN MONITORING
THINGS CLOSELY AND MOM
COMMUNICATION WITH THE LAUNCH
TEAM AND FIND A WINDOW WE'LL
TAKE IT.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD ELABORATE
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THEN WHAT ARE WORKING ON WITH
THEM AND LOOKING FOR MORE
FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL
TECHNOLOGY OR A SECOND ROUND OF
GOES OR WHAT?
>> SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
THEN YES WE ARE WORKING ALL THE
SATELLITES THESE ARE NATIONAL
SALT LIGHTS NOAA AS AGENCY
FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS FROM
CONGRESS AND WORKING WITH THE
CONGRESS EVERY TIME WHEN WE ARE
DEVELOPING AND ESTABLISHING A
NEW MISSION AS WE SAID THE GOES
YOU WE INITIATE IN THE EARLY
2,000'S THEN THE LAST AND DONE
WITH A SERRIE IN TERMS OF
BUILDING AND OPERATE FOR ANOTHER
10 TO 15 YEARS THEN BUILD THEM
TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY SEE THE
LAUNCH OF THE FOURTH ONE AND TO
ENSURE CONTINUITY IN THE
MEASUREMENTS AS YOU SAW ON THE
SCREEN SHOW A CALM DAY THEN WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THOSE
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUOUSLY DURING
EVERY DAY AND WE ARE BUILDING
RIGHT NOW THE NEXT GENERATION OF
SATELLITES WHICH WE CALL GEO XO
THE EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS THAT
REQUIRES A NEW COMMITMENT OF
FUNDING AND AOPERATIONSES FROM
THE CONGRESS FROM THE CONGRESS
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THEN WE STARTED THIS ABOUT FIVE
YEARS AGO THEN IN THE LATE TEENS
TALKING ABOUT THE GAE OH
STATIONARY EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS
THEN WORKED WITH CONGRESS WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION WITH THE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT BUDGET AND
ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS ON HOW TO
QUANTIFY THE PROGRAM AND PAM
SULLIVAN HAS BEEN THE KEY LEAD
ON THIS AND DIE FINING THE
PERIMETERS OF THE MISSION AND
TELLING WHAT THE COST OF THE
MISSION WILL BE FOR THE NEXT 30
YEARS THEN BUILD SALT LIGHTEDS
AND SYSTEMS THAT LAST A
GENERATION.
SO THE GEO XO CONSTELLATION WILL
LAUNCH IN 36 THE LAST WILL
LAUNCH IN THE EARLY 40'S THEN
OPERATING WELL TO THE 2050'S SO
TALKING ABOUT A 90-YEAR PROGRAM
WHICH COSTS ON THE ORDER
$620 BILLION BUT MORE TIES OVER
A LONG TIME SO YOU DON'T DO THAT
ON A TURN OF.
>> DIME AND TAKES A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME AND EFFORT AND WE HAVE
WORKED WITH MOST ALL
PARTICIPANTS IN CONGRESS WHO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS IN THE
CRITICALITY.
WE HAVE GOOD SUPPORT AND THE
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AS ALL
AUTHORIZED OR THE APPROPRIATIONS
TO CONTINUE THE DEVELOPMENTS OF
THE MISSION AS PAM MAY SPEAK TO
IT LATER ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ARE
UNDER CONTRACT.
AND GOOD SUPPORT FOR THE
CONGRESS BECAUSE OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSION.
>> ALREADY ALLOCATED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
KIM KRAMER SPACE UP CLOSE.
A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION FOR
SPACEX.
YEAH THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THE
DELAY AND I THINK WE WERE
WONDERING ABOUT THAT THE OTHER
THING I AM WONDERING ABOUT IS
THE FALCON HEAVY.
WHY A FALCON HEAVY IS CHOSEN FO
THIS.
IT SEEMS A LITTLE OVERPOWERED
THEN EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT
THAT, THAT, YOU CAN SAVE
PROPELLANT BECAUSE YOU CAN
DELIVER IT TO A BETTER ORBIT AND
QUANTIFY THAT AND GOING TO SOME
MORE DETAIL, PLEASE.
LIKE HOW MANY MORE YEARS, HOW
MANY POUNDS OF PROPELLANT ARE
SAVED THEN WHAT IS THAT
TRANSLATE INTO YEARS OF SERVICE
IF YOU CAN, THANKS?
>> SURE.
I AM HAPPY TO HELP.
THEN HAPPY TO BE TRANSPARENT
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
SO, SO, I THINK, THE BEST WAY,
THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT DEFINING
THE ORBIT INJUNCTION FROM THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE PER SPECULATIVE
FOR A MISSION THAT IS ON THE WAY
TO GEO STATIONARY ORBIT IN TERMS
OF DELTA V TO GO.
THE OPERATIONAL LIFE WE ARE
SAVING FOR THE SPACECRAFT WHICH
IS SOMETHING WE ARE PROUD TO
SUPPORT AND SO, I WOULD SAY, IT
IS JUST THE RIGHT SIZE FOR THAT.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
HOPEFULLY.
LET ME ADD TO THAT.
THE NUMBER OF YEARS OUR NORMAL
SPACECRAFT SPECIFICATION
LIFETIME IS 15 YEARS WITH THE
ADDED CAPABILITY THAT THE FALCON
HEAVY IS GIVING US AND EXPECT TO
BE 20-PLUS YEARS OF FUEL LIFE.
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
>> RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
SPACE.COM AND THE ENTERPRISE
HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU GUYS TODAY.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THE FIRST
ONE IS FOR BRIAN FOR TOMORROW.
HOW MANY FORECAST UPDATES ARE WE
LOOKING AT?
AND FOR PEOPLE AT HOME, WHAT CAN
WE EXPECT FOR THAT PROCESS THEN
THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN, I
THINK FOR SPACEX, WHAT CAN WE
LOOK AT AS FAR AS BEFORE THE
CLOCK HITS 0 OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE
FUELING DIFFERENT THAN THE ATLAS
V ROCKET THAT WE SAW BEFORE AND
SO, SO HORN HOW DOES IT GO, I
HI, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN ABOUT
THE PROCESS WITH THE FUELING
THEN WITH THE WINDOW AND HOW
THAT COEN SIDES.
>> SURE.
SO I WILL START, SO TYPICALLY,
OUR FINAL FORECAST PRODUCT THAT
WE POSTS WOULD BE ON L MINUS ONE
DAY AND THE ONE OUT TODAY WOULD
BE THE TIME ONE YOU SEE ON THE
WEBSITE.
HOWEVER, THE REASON FOR THAT IS,
ON DAY 6 LAUNCH, WE GET IN CONE
SOL AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE
LAUNCH TEAM.
FOR TOMORROW, ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS I WILL DO AND LOOK OVER
THE FORECAST DATA THEN, THEN MY
FIRST TOUCH BASE WITH THE RANGE
COORDINATOR OF THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR OF I WILL GIVE A POV
UPDATE AND THEN ADDITIONALLY
TOMORROW, WITH WITH THE PA TEAM,
WITH THE LIVE COVERAGE, I WILL
MAKE SURE TO BE IN COMMUNICATION
WITH THE PA TEAM, WITH THE MEGAN
OVER AT NASA TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE UP TO ADULT AS WELL WITH THE
LATEST FORECASTS THEN THE LATEST
PROB K OF VIOLATION THEN WE ALSO
HAVE A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THE 5th WEATHER
SQUADRON OUT HERE AT THE PRESS
SITE SO THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO HELP TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THE LATEST WHICH IS
THE WEATHER.
>> AND TO SPEAK TO THE FALCON
HEAVY LAUNCH OPERATIONS, SO, WE
WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE
NATIONAL LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM.
NASA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM
TEAM AND THE SPACECRAFT TEAM TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL WELL COOTER
MADED ON LAUNCH DAY, THEN ONE OF
THE IMPORTANT MILESTONES THAT
HAPPENS IN THE COUNT IS WHEN WE
LOAD THE CRYOCOOL PROPELS ON THE
VEHICLE WITH THE TWO-HOUR WINDOW
FOREGOES THEN WORK CLOSELY WITH
DENTON AS THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
FOR NASA TO TEE SIDE WHEN IT
MAKES SENSE FOR US TO LOAD THAT
PROPEL ENT ONCE WE LOAD THAT WE
ARE WORKING WITH A FIXED T0 AND
DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE
THAT LAUNCH TIME.
SO WITH THAT TWO-HOUR WINDOW AND
WE TALK TO BRIAN AND TALKING TO
DENTON TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE
MOST OPTIMALLY PK THE LAUNCH
TIME AND LOAD PROPEM HOUR BEFORE
LAUNCH AND A JOINT CONVERSATION
TRYING TO FIND THAT GAP IN THE
CLOUDS.
>> OK.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM AND GO TO
THE PHONE REALLY QUICK THIS IS
SAWYER FROM NASA SPACEFLIGHT.
>> HI.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALLS.
MY QUESTION HERE, I APPRECIATE.
ALSO, I WAS DONE WONDERING IF
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE
STRUGGLES YOU HAD UNTERMS OF
INTERGRATING PAYLOAD THAT IS
NORMALLY INTEGRATED VERTICALLY
THIS TIME HORIZONTALLY AND
REALLY QUICKLY IF YOU CAN
SPECIFY WHICH BOOSTER IS PY AND
PX.
THANKS.
>> UM, SURE.
SO FIRST OF ALL.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO BE
LAUNCHING THIS GOES U SPACECRAFT
AND WE HAVE WORKED RM CLOSELY
WITH THE LOCKHEED TEAM WITH THE
NASA TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM
TIP TO TAIL, WE HAVE A GREAT
INTEGRATION PLAN AND EXCITED
SUCCESSFULLY SO FAR.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS THAT WE
ARE DONE TO SUPPORT THE GOES
SPACECRAFT IS ENABLED WHAT WE
CALL TELEMETRY WHERE THE
SPACECRAFT BASICALLY THE
SPACECRAFT HEALTH DATA ON LAUNCH
ON ACCEPT WILL BE ACTUALLY
TRANSMITTING FROM THE SPACEX
FROM THE FALCON TRANSMITTERS TO
UNIQUE ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF
THE UNIQUE MODIFICATION WE HAVE
MADE TO SUPPORT THE GOES
MISSION.
ON THE SPACEX SIDE AS FAR AS
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION IS
CONCERNED WE DO THIS INTEGRATION
OPERATION THE SAME WAY WE DO
ANYONE OF THE OTHERS AND
OPERATIONS AND NO CHANGE TO OUR
STANDARD OPS.
AND, AND I THINK THERE WAS
ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE
BOOSTERS.
>> WAY.
WHICH ONE IS WHICH ONE IS PX?
WHICH IS WHICH?
FROM A SERIAL NUMBER PER
SPECULATIVE.
>> YEAH.
WHICH SIDE EVENTUALLY FROM
SERIAL NUMBER ONE.
>> I THINK IT IS INTERESTING TO
NOTE WE ARE FLYING NEW POST A
BOOSTERS FOR GOES.
AND AT THE TIMES WE DO THAT.
BASICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE HAD WITH REUSABILITY
RIGHT.
WE ARE REUSING THE VEHICLES BUT
ALSO NEED TO REPLENISH THE NEAT
AND DECISION WE MADE
INCOORDINATION WITH THE NATION
SA LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM IS IT
MAKES SENSE TO REPLENISH THE
FLEET NOW WITH THE NEW BOOSTERS
SO THE TWO SIDE BOOSTERS WILL
COME BACK AND REUSE THEM ON A
FUTURE MISSION AND BE EXTENDED
THEN NOT REUSE IT ON FUTURE
MISSION.
>> YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE PART
ABOUT WORRYING WITH THE
SPACECRAFT THAT WAS NORMALLY
VERTICALLY INTEGRATED AND WAS
INTEGRATED HORIZONTALLY.
SO PART OF THE LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM WHAT WE DO IS WORK WITH
THE SPACECRAFT AND UNDERSTAND
THE REQUIREMENTS THEN WORK WITH
SPACEX TO COME UP WITH PLAN HOW
TO INTERFREIGHT THEM THAT
SOMETHING THE TEAM HAS WORKED WE
HAVE THE SPACECRAFT AND
SOMETHING WE WORKED YEARS OUT
AND WE LAYOUT A PLAN SOMETIMES
AS JULIANNA MISSION MENTIONED
THEN WE WORK THROUGH TO ENSURE
THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THIS
SPACECRAFT TO THIS LAUNCH
VEHICLE AND THAT IS WORK WE DO
FOR EACH ONE OF THE LSP MISSIONS
WE WORK SO A STANDARD PART OF
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES IS ENSURING
THAT THE SPACECRAFT CAN BE
INTEGRATED INTO THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE WHETHER IT IS VERTICALLY
OR HORIZONTALLY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, BOTH.
REMINDER TO THOSE ON THE PHONE,
STAR 1 TO GET TO THE QUESTION
CUE AND HEAD BACK TO THE ROOM
HERE.
WILL, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
YEAH.
WILL ROBINSON SMITH WITH
SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
A QUESTION FOR JULIANE MA.
YOU MENTIONED THIS IS THE TENTH
FALCON HEAVY LAUNCH AND THE
CENTER WILL BE EXTENDED GIVEN
WHAT YOU LEARNED ON THE FALCON
HEAVY VEHICLE TO THIS POINT.
ARE THERE MANS DOWN THE ROAD TO
BE ABLE TO REUSING THAT CENTER
CORE OR STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURE MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE
THE MOST SENSE TO EX TEB THAT
CENTER CORE.
THANK YOU.
I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BOOSTER
REUSABILITY WHETHER WE ARE
LANKING A BOOSTER ON LAN OR
RATHER WE ARE LANDING A BOOSTER
DOWN RANGE AND DRONE SHIP AND EX
TENNING THE BOOSTER THAT CHOICE
HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HOW
MUCH PERFORMANCE THE CUSTOMER
REQUIRES SO SOME MISSIONS
REQUIRE LESS PERFORMANCE IN
WHICH CASE WE CAN PRESERVE THAT
TO RETURN THAT VEHICLE TO LAND
IN SOME CASES WE HEED TO PROVIDE
MORE PERFORMANCE TO OUR
CUSTOMER.
SO FOR FALCON HEAVY WE CAN DO
DIFFERENT AS YOU CAN I AGE GIN
WITH THREE, FOR EXAMPLE AGAPE
FOREGOES U THE TWO SIDE BOOSTERS
ARE COMING BACK TO LAPPED AND
THAT WAS PERFORMANCE POINT THAT
MADE THE MOST SENSE TO MEET WITH
THE SPACECRAFT TO MEET THE
SPACECRAFT REQUIRE AM FOS ARE
THE EUROPA CLIPPER AS AN EXAMPLE
AND FULLY EXTEND AM FALCON HEAVY
AND TURNS OUT THE MOON OF
JUPITER IS FAR AWAY.
AND SO, IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF
MATCHING THE PERFORMANCE BY THE
ROCK KETTLE WITH WHAT THE
SPACECRAFT US CUSTOMER NEEDS.
>> ANY MORE IN THE ROOM HERE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> SPACE!
COM.
THIS THE CAN IS FOR BRIAN.
PRESIDENT TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE
THE DATA WITH THE OTHER THREE
GOES.
HOW HAS IT BEEN WITH THE
PERCENTAGE BEING LOW LIKE THIS
THAT WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED ON
TIME.
IS THERE HOPE WITH THE WEATHER
THAT WE COULD START H STILL, I
KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT IS.
THAT SWEET SPOT BUT HISTORICALLY
HOW HOW HAVE WE DONE WITH THAT.
SO HISTORICALLY WHAT WE AIM FOR
IS TO TRY TO MATCH OUR PROB KS
THAT WE FORECAST FOR WITH KIND
OF LOOK THE PROBABILITIES THAT
IT ACTUALLY OCCURSES SO YOU
KNOW, A PERFECTLY RELIABLE
FORECAST WOULD BE IF WE HAVE A
30% PROC OF GO, 90% OF THE
LAUNCHES TEP TO HAPPEN ON TIME.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE EX AC
NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY 45ED
BUT WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD
OVER THE LAST MAYBE 10 TO 90
YEARS THEN LOOK AT THE SAT TA
SET IT US RELIABLE IN THE SENSE
THAT THE FORECASTED PROCTS ARE
FARLEY CLOSE TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY
OBSERVED.
>> OK.
MEGAN: OVER HERE.
>> QUESTION FOR BRIAN TO FOLLOW
UP.
KEN KRAMER, SPACE UPCLOSE.
SOMETIMES YOU, UM, WHEN YOU MAKE
THE FORECASTS FOR SPACEX,
ESPECIALLY, YOU HAVE A RANGE OF
PROCS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE
END.
SOMETIMES THEY GET BETTER.
SOMETIMES THEY GET WORSE.
I WONDER IF YOU HAVE THAT FOR
THIS LAUNCH?
THAT IS A FOOD QUESTION.
WE DO THAT BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES
WITH THE STAR LINK LAUNCHES WE
MAY HAVE A FOUR HONOR LAUNCH
WINDOW AND THERE COULD BE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FROM THE START OF THE
WENT DOVER SUSS THE END OF THE
WINDOW OR EVEN SOMETIMES IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW, THAT MAY
WORK, WORK THE BEST OR THE WORST
IF WE SEE A PRETTY STRONG TREND
WE DO TRY TO REFLECT THAT AND IN
OUR LAUNCH FORECAST.
FOR TOMORROW, AS OF RIGHT NOW.
IL IS KIND OF HARD TO DETERMINE
WHERE EXACTLY IN THE WINDOW THAT
IS GOING TO BE.
I THINK THERE IS A HIRE CHANCE
TO SEE MORE CUMULUS CLOUD, AND
WITH THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
WINDOW POTENTIALLY BEE DEPENDING
IN HOW FAR INLAND THEY GET
TOWARD THE END OF THE WHIP DOE
MAY BE ANDVILLE CONCERN BECAUSE
I EXPECT THE SHOWERS AND STORMS
TO BE FURTHER INLAND BUT THERE
WILL BE MORE TIME FOR THOSE
UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS TO WORK THE
WAY BACK TOWARD THE COAST.
SO IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I
THINK TOMORROW WE HAVE TO SEE
HOW THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS PLAY OUT AND HOW FAR
INLAND THE SEA BREEZE GETS AND
WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHEN WE
GET ON CONSULT AS WE GO THROUGH
THE COUNTDOWN AND WHEN WE ARE
ABLE TO HOPE IN ON WHEN THE BEST
TIME IN THE WINDOW IS.
WILL YOU BE ABLE TO INFORM US
AFTER NASA STARTS THEIR WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKING?
SURE.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO RELAY ON
THE FORECASTED PROBABILITY OF
VIOLATION TO THE PA FOLKS A AS I
MENTIONED WE HAVE A FEW LAUNCH
WEATHER OFFICERS OUT HER AT THE
PRESS SITE AND THEY WILL BE,
THEY WILL SEE THE LATEST
COMMUNICATION SO WE WILL
CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO GET THE
LATEST FORECASTED PROBABILITIES
OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
MEGAN: KEN WE'LL PASS IT ALONG
AS THE LAUNCH AS WELL.
WE'LL BE ARE IN CONTACT.
ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI, JIM SIEGEL AGAIN FROM
FLORIDA MEDIA NOW.
A QUESTION FOR PAM.
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT LIGHTNING.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT FLORIDA IS
LIGHTNING CAPITAL OF THE UNITED
STATES IF NOT THE WORLD.
AND I AM INTERESTED IN BEFORE A
COMPARISON OF BEFORE THE GOES
PROCESS.
AGAIN, NOW WE HAVE FOUR GOES
SATELLITES IN.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF
HOW WELL OR HOW DIFFERENTLY YOU
COMMUNICATE ABOUT LIGHTNING THEN
VERSUS NOW?
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD
A LIGHTNING MAP WE'RE THE SERIES
AND FORECASTERS -- IT TOOK
AWHILE FOR THEM TO REALIZE WHAT
IT COULD DO.
BUT THE MAIN THING THAT I HEAR
FROM FORECASTERS IS THEY HAVE
MORE CONFIDENCE IN A FORECAST
RIGHT NOW.
IF THEY SEE A TORM.
THERE IS A LOT OF LIGHTNING THEY
CAN SAY THAT IS DESEVERE.
I AM GOING TO ISSUE THAT WARNING
THAT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MORE
CONFIDENCE IN DOING THAT AND
DEFINING WHERE THAT WARNING YOU
KNOW DE OH GRAPHICALLY APPLIES
TO WHEN THEY PUT THAT OUT.
BUT WE ARE ALSO LEARNING THINGS
ABOUT LIGHTNING AS PHENOMENON.
WITH GLM, WE HAVE SEEN THE WORLD
RECORD LONG LIGHTNING STRIKE OF
477 MILES.
NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA.
I TOP THINK THEY COULD BE THAT
LONG.
AND THEN THAT ONE TOUCH GROUND
LIKE 100 DIFFERENT TIMES ALONG
ITS PATH, SO YOU KNOW THE OTHER
INTERESTING PHENOMENON WE ARE
SEEING WITH THE LIGHTNING MAPPER
IS SOMETIMES FIRES.
FIRES HAVE ENOUGH SMOKE AND THEY
NOT ENOUGH UPDRAFT THEY ACTUALLY
FORM CLODS-THE CLOUDS COULD HAVE
LIGHTNING SO SOMETIMES THE FIRE
CAN CREATE LIGHTNING THAT
CONTINUES THEM AND SO THERE IS
IN THEY ARING THINGS LIKE THAT
THAT YOU KNOW, NOW WE GOT THE
CONSTANT VIEW UP THERE AND
SEEING INTERESTING PHENOMENON
THAT IS IMPROVING THE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WEATHER
SYSTEMS AS WELL AS BEING THE DAY
TO DAY THE HELP THE FORECASTER
NEEDS IN THAT CONFIDENCE.
>> DAD ANSWER.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ADD HERE.
SOMEBODY FORECAST LIGHTNING HERE
IN FLORIDA, QUITE OFTEN, I CAN
TELL YOU, IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL,
HAVING HAVING GLM BEING ABLE TO
SEE THE LIGHTNING THEN ALSO
FORECASTING THE WHERE ON SET OF
LIGHTNING BEFORE IT OCCURS THE
MORE RAPID SCAN RATES WE GET
FROM GOES WE CAN SEE THE STORMS
AS THEY ARE STARTING TO GROW AND
THAT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL
HERE IN PLOR DAR WHERE WE GET
RAPID CONVECTION SO YOU COULD
GET, A CELL GO FOR ALMOST
NOTHING TO A THUNDERSTORM AND
VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME SO
HAVING A MORE RAPID SCAN RATE
WHERE WE CAN SEE THE CLOUD AS IT
IS GROWING IS VERY HELPFUL TO
FORECAST THEYON SET OF LIGHTNING
BEFORE IT OCCURS.
>> ONE OTHER POINT IT IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE AS PAM WAS MENTIONED
ABOUT FIRES CREATING THE OWN
LIGHTNING IN CASES WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE WHOLE DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE FORM STORES THEN YOU
SEE CONNECTIONS THAT WERE NEVER
AVAILABLE OR VISIBLE BEFORE SO
BRIDGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT
OBSERVATIONS OF THE SAME
PHENOMENON REVEALS HUE
UNDERSTANDING OF IT AND GOXO IS
DOING TO BRING NOT LIGHTNING
MAPPER AND HIGH RES COLLISION
AND SOUNDING THEN OCEAN COLOR
OBSERVATIONS LOOKING AT ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT MANY DIFFERENT
VIEW POINTS OF THE SAME IF I
NONE NONE YOU SEE CONNECTIONS
WERE NOT AVAILABLE BEFORE WHICH
GIVES YOU A MUCH BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE ABILITY TO
FORECAST IT AS WELL.
>> AND SINCE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT CAPABILITIES I AM SEEING A
LOT OF CHATTER ONLINE WE AT NASA
INVITE PEOPLE TO USE THE
#ASKNASA SO THERE IS TALL LAY
QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA NOW.
HOW FAR FROM SPACE CAN THE
GOES-U EYE DEPARTMENT FY A
FIRE-BASED EYE VENT M WHY IS
THAT IMPORTANT WHEN FIGHTING
WILDFIRES.
DO YOU WANT TO START THAT?
>> YEAH.
SURE.
WELL, THE MAIN CAMERA ON GOES-U
LIKE GOES-R WILL BE LOOKING AT
THE ENTIRE WE WERE HEMISPHERE
ONCE EVERY TEN MINUTES.
THE ENTIRE U.S. EVERY FIVE
MINUTES.
AGAIN, IT IS ZOOMING IN, DOING
WHAT WE CALL SMALLER SCALE
AREAS, AS TREE YEPLY AS EVERY 30
SECONDS SO IT REALLY CAN SEE A
FIRE WITHIN MINUTES OF WHEN IT
STARTS YOU KNOW FROM THE START
OF A FIRE YOU CAN YOU KNOW, THAT
INFORMATION IS REALLY IN THE
LOCAL OFFICIALS HANDS TO DEAL
WITH, 1:00.
ONE OF OTHER THING WE ALSO ADDED
WORKING WITH SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING WE GOT FROM CONGRESS
FROM THIS HOW TO NOT TAKE THE
OBSERVATION BUT USING THE
OBSERVATION SO BORKING WITH THE
WEATHER SERVICE THE FOR INDUSTRY
SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGERS HAVE INTERGRATED THAT
GOES DATA TO THE WHOLE PIPELINE
OF THE VALUE FREE APPLICATIONS
SO THERE IS A FIRE WEATHER TEST
BED AND WEB APPLICATION AS
DEVELOPED THAT IS WORKING WITH
THE WEATHER SERVICE WHICH MAKES,
YOU CAN DROP DOWN TO SEE FIRES
OCCURRING ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES OR BY REG BEEN TO TO SEE
WHEN SOMETHING OCCURS IN NEAR
REAL-TIME SO A AVAILABLE, THE
INFORMATION IS IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE TO RESPONDERS IN THE
COMMUNITIES SO THEY CAN GO OFF
AND OFTEN TURNS OUT GOES IS THE
FIRST INDICATION YOU HAVE A FIRE
BEFORE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY MAY
CALL IT IN BECAUSE WE SEE IT
FROM SPACE BEFORE IT IS
INDICATED BY THE LOCALS AROUND
THERE SO THE FIRST CALL MIGHT
GET ARE THE WEATHER SERVICE
SAYING OUR SATELLITES SPOTTED A
FIRE OVER THE HORIZON IN THIS
LITTLE COUNTY LOCATION.
YOU BETTER GO LOOK AT IT.
IT IS GETTING THE WHOLE PIPELINE
TOGETHER NOT JUST THE
OBSERVATION BUT THE HANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO NEED TO RESPOND
BECAUSE WE ALERT THE FIRE.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY RESPOND TO IT.
IT TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
JOIN IN CREDIBLE TOOL.
WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
>> YES.
SPACEFLIGHT NOW AGAIN.
QUESTION FOR, I THINK, STEVE
AND/OR PAM.
IN BEING ABLE TO TRACK THIS DATA
FROM THER YAS THAT VARIOUS GOES
SATELLITES HAVE BEEN ON ORBIT,
CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW SORT OF IN
TOTALITY THAT ALLOWING YOU AND
YOUR TEAMS TO CREATE BETTER
CLIMATE MODELS TO HAVE A BETTER
FRAME OF MIND FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS AND YOU OH, IF THAT
HELPS TO TIE INTO THE PITCH TO
CONGRESS AND LAWMAKERS IN, YOU
KNOW, MOVING FORWARD.
THANKS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO START IN.
>> SURE.
I WILL FINISH.
>> OK.
GOOD.
PAM.
SO YEAH.
HAVING THAT LAUNCH LONG HISTORY
SINCE THE '70'S IS REALLY USED
TO MONITOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THERE IS DIFFERENT KINDS OF
PERIMETERS THAT, THAT ARE
EVIDENCED AT THE CLIMATE IS
CHANGING THEN A WARMER PLANET
AND IS A CLOUDIER PLANET THEN SO
THE CLOUD RECORD THAT WE HAVE
OVER THOSE 50 YEARS SHOWS THAT
INCREASE OF CLOUD COVER.
AND ALSO, WITH GLM, A WARMER
PLANET HAS MORE LIGHTNING AS
WELL.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER CLIMATE
VARIABLE THAT IS TRACKED WITH
THE SERIES AND AND, THE
SATELLITES THEMSELVES ARE
LOOKING AT SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURE, LAND TEMPERATURE,
AND SO IT IS SEEING THAT DIRECT
MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE AS
WELL AS THESE, UM, THE
PHENOMENON THAT ARE AFFECTED BY
IT.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE
INCREDIBLY INTENSIFYING
HURRICANES THAT WE HAVE SEEN
RECENTLY THAT REALLY GET FED BY
THE WARM YOU KNOW TROPICAL WATER
THEN THE FACT AND THE STORMS CAN
INCREASE BY 400 MILES PER HOUR
IN THE 24-HOUR PERIOD THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED
BEFORE, AND SO THAT IS AGAIN,
SOMETHING THAT IS TRACKED THEN A
REASON THAT YOU REALLY HEED TO
BE WATCHING THESE STORMS IN
REAL-TIME TO SEE THAT
INTENSIFICATION WHEN IT HAPPENS.
>> VERY LITTLE TO ADD.
I WILL COMMENT THAT PAM SAID,
THAT CLIMATOLOGY OF 50 YEARS OF
THE GEO STATIONARY IS NOT EASY
TO DO EITHER.
RECENTLY WE WORKED WITH THE
SCIENCE TEAM TO DEVELOP AND
COLLECT DATA FROM 1 THROUGH 18
TO MAKE ALL THE DATA SETS
INTERCONNECTED BECAUSE DIFFERENT
IN STREWMENTS THEN DIFFERENT
INSTRUMENT THEN CANNOT PUT THEM
TOGETHER AND GET A CONTINUOUS
DALT TA STREAM AND THE SCIENCE
TEAM WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS
IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE R HAVE
MACHINAGED TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS
CLIMATOLOGY OF CLOUDS FROM THE
PLAN THE AND THESE THINGS DO
CHANGE SLOWLY OVERTIME AND SEE
THAT WITH THE LONG TERM
CLIMATOLOGY AS THE POINT MADE
EARLIER ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE OF
THE LISTENED AND THE WATER
SIMILAR LAND CLIMATOLOGY AND
WATER TEMPERATURES YOU SEE THOSE
CONNECTION THEN WE CAN DO FEED
INTO AS YOU SUGGESTED CLIMATE
MODELS AS A VERIFI
DETAILED INDICATION OF WHERE WE
ARE GOING AND WHAT WE ARE
TAKING, SO OF CONTINUE THE
WEATHER DATA IS WHO CARES ABOUT
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER AND CARE
ABOUT YESTERDAY AND THE LAST
DECADES AND 50 YEARS AGO BECAUSE
IT GIVES US A BETTER LOOK AT
WHAT IS GOING ON THE PLANET.
>> AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD, I
WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
WENT OUT NOT USER COMMUNITY FOR
DOXO AND SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU NEED IN THE 2030'S AND
2040'S, I AM SEEING MORE FIRES.
I AM SEEING STRONGER HURRICANES.
I AM SEEING HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS
IN PLACES THEY NEVER HAPPEN
BEFORE SO THE COMMUNITY SAID YOU
HEED TO HELP WITH US THE TOOLS
SO WE CAN MONITOR THE THINGS
THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE
WARMER PLANET.
>> WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YES.
>> SO YES.
>> YES AND NO.
I WOULD SAY YES FOR CERTAIN
AUDIENCES BUT DRIVEN NOT BY THE
NEED BUT THE MOLS YOU HAVE TO
KNOW THE TEMPERATURE AROUND THE
PLANET TO START MODEL THAT
REQUIRES PRECISE SO THAT, THAT
REQUIREMENT ALONE DRIVES THE
INSTRUMENT MEP TATION WE FLY BUT
ALSO SUPPORTS THE CLIMATE USE OF
THE DATA SETS BECAUSE THEY ARE
ACCURATE AND PRECISE GOING
THROUGH THE FUTURE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE
QUESTION.
YEAH.
I THINK A LOT BROADCAST
METEOROLOGETS AND THE BACK
GROUND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT
ARE THE WEATHER PERIMETERS THEN
WE TALK ABOUT VIOLATION AND
EXPLAINING THIS TO THE PUBLIC
AND I LO, WE TALKED ABOUT CLOUD
ANDVILLE AND LIGHTNING THEN
CERTAIN MILE RANGE AND ANYTHING
MORE PACIFIC WE COULD KIND OF
BREAK IT DOWN AND WHAT YOU ARE K
LOOKING FOR.
SO I MENTIONED THE LIGHTNING
LAUNCH CRITERIA SO WE HAVE A
RESOURCE ON OUR WEBSITE AND GO
TO THE 45th WEATHER SQUADRON
WEBSITE AND GOOD INFO GRAPHIC
THERE.
AND DIFFERENT RULESES THAT WE
LOOK AT TO LOOK AT THE RISK FOR
BOTH NATURAL AND ROCKET
TRIGGERED LIGHTNING SO DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CLOUDS THAT WE KNOW
COULD HAVE POTENTIAL TO HOLD A
CHARGE THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS
TO LAUNCH THROUGH OR NEAR SO FOR
EXAMPLE WITH CUMULOUS CLOUDS
THEN THAT IS MORE SO LIKE THE
CORE OF A THUNDERSTORM, AND/OR
YOU KNOW, JUST ON THE DALLY PASS
SIS YOU COULD SEE OUT IN THE
PUFFY ON COLTON BALL LOOKING
CLOUDS THEN THOUGH START SMALL
AND GROW TALLER AND TALLER TO
THUNDERSTORMS OS SO THE TALLER
THEY GET THE MORE LIKELY THEY
ARE TO HOL A CHARGE SO THE
TALLER THEY GET TO THE FURTHER
THE STANDOFF DISTANCE ARE AND
LOOK AT THOSE THOSE COULD CARRY
A CHARGE AND WE LOOK AT CLOUDS
THAT MAY BREAK OFF OF A
THUNDERSTORM AND THAT COULD
CARVE ARE CARRY THE CHARGE WITH
IT AS WELL THEN WE LOOK AT SOME
LAYERED CLOUDS AND FORM TYPE OF
CLOUDS THAT ARE THICK ENOUGH TO
VIOLATE A THICK CLOUD LAYER AND
IN A CERTAIN LEVE