>> LIVE FROM THE SPACE COAST OF
FLORIDA, THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE
OF NASA'S GOES-U-LAUNCH MISSION.
[♪♪♪]
.
>> IN JUST ABOUT 60 MINUTES,
THIS SPACEX FALCON HEAVY ROCKET
WILL LAUNCH GOES-UGOES-U.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
WHAT A GREAT DAY SO FAR.
>> IT'S A GREAT DAY SO FAR, AND
IT WILL BE AN EVEN BETTER DAY IF
WE CAN GET THAT ROCKET OFF
TODAY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT GOES-U.
WE'VE GOT TO LAUNCH IT ON AN
ROCKET, AND ONCE WE DO, THIS'LL
HELP PROTECT 1 BILLION PEOPLE
ACROSS THE AMERICAS.
>> RIGHT.
WE RELY ON GOES-U TO PROVIDE
REAL-TIME SATELLITE WEATHER
INFORMATION TO THE AMERICAS.
>> SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS WITH
THE HASHTAG #ASKNASA.
PHILIP HARGROVE IS ON THE
BALCONY WITH OUR ADMINISTRATION
WHO'S WATCHING THE LAUNCH.
FIRST, THE NASA LAUNCH MANAGER
FOR THIS MISSION IS ABOUT TO
HOLD THE GO-NO GO POLL, SO LET'S
SEND IT OVER TO MEGAN AND MICK
AND GET THE LATEST.
>> SORRY, FOLKS.
WE WERE PAUSING BECAUSE WE WERE
HEARING SOME CHATTER OVER THE
OPERATIONAL LOOPS THAT YOU WERE
JUST HEARING, AND THAT ALSO JUST
TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE THE CLOCK,
IT SOUNDS LIKE.
>> PAUSING THE CLOCK HERE AT
T-MINUS 58.6.
AS DERROL MENTIONED, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE WEATHER.
WE HAVE A SMALL HOLE THAT WE CAN
LOOK AT THERE, AND THE TEAM
WANTS TO DISCUSS THE WEATHER
THAT'S GOING ON AT THE LAUNCH
PAD BEFORE THEY GET INTO
TANKING.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET
EVERYTHING CORRECT.
>> [indiscernible].
>> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY JUST
MOVED THE T-ZERO TO TEN MINUTES
LATER.
AS YOU JUST SAW, THE T-MINUS
MOVING TO 1:07.
THINGS CONTINUING TO BE FLUID AS
THE LAUNCH TEAM ARE LOOKING AT
THEIR JOB, THE LAUNCH VEHICLE,
AND ALL THE CONSTRAINTS NEEDED
TO GET GOES-U-LAUNCHED TODAY.
>> WE HAVE A LAUNCH WINDOW
THAT'S OPENING AT 5:16.
BECAUSE OF SOME WEATHER
CONCERNS, THAT T-ZERO IS NOW
MOVING TEN MINUTES FROM THEN, SO
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEATHER, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FOR THE LAST 45 MINUTES
AND WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED BY
THE LAUNCH TEAM.
IT IS TRENDING BETTER, AS DERROL
SAID.
45 MINUTES AGO, WE WERE LOOKING
AT A 45% CHANCE OF GO BECAUSE OF
THE WEATHER, AND NOW, WE ARE
LOOKING AT A 60% GO, AND THAT'S
BECAUSE OF SOME STORMS THAT
TEAMS AT THE U.S. SPACE FORCE
WERE WATCHING.
>> THE TEAM, THE UNITED STATES
SPACE FORCE RANGE OPS IS
CONSTANTLY MONITORING THIS
WEATHER AND TALKING TO THE
LAUNCH DIRECTOR AND -- NASA
LAUNCH DIRECTOR AND THE SPACEX
LAUNCH DIRECTOR.
WE'RE SEEING BREEZES COME IN,
COLLIDING JUST A LITTLE BIT
OUTSIDE OF OUR LAUNCH COMPLEX
39-A HERE, SO THE TEAM WANTS TO
LOOK AT THAT AND HOW THE ANVIL
CLOUDS ARE LOOKING UP AND THINGS
CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> BUT THE TEAM IS STAYING
OPTIMISTIC, AGAIN, JUST MOVING
THE T-ZERO BY TEN MINUTES.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE LAUNCH,
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE.
YOU HAVE THE EAST BREEZE COMING
IN, AND STORMS TO THE WEST, SO
REALLY, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
LAUNCH IS EARLIER IN THIS LAUNCH
WINDOW.
>> OUR OPS FROM THE SPACE FORCE
HAS MENTIONED THAT THINGS WILL
GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE IN THE
LAUNCH WINDOW, SO HIS VIABILITY
OF PREVENTION WILL INCREASE AS
WE MOVE IN, SO THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY IS HERE EARLY IN THE
WINDOW, AND THE TEAM IS TAKING
THE EXTRA TEN MINUTES TO LOOK AT
THINGS, THAT THERE'S THE SWEET
SPOT, AS THEY GET READY TO
LAUNCH GOES-U.
>> FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW,
MICK AND I ARE SITTING IN A
WAREHOUSE NEXT TO CAPE CANAVERAL
STATION.
HERE'S A CLOSE-UPSHOT OF THE
ROCKET THERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CLOUDS
IN THE SKY RIGHT NOW.
HONESTLY HERE, THE WEATHER SEEMS
GREAT, AND THE TEAM HOPING THE
WEATHER DOES WORK OUT FOR US AS
THE LAUNCH OFFICERS CONTINUE TO
MONITOR CONDITIONS DURING THE
LAUNCH WINDOW THAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND THE COUNT HAS BEEN VERY
SMOOTH UP TO THIS POINT.
THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING, NO
ISSUES.
THINGS HAVE BEEN LOOKING GOOD.
IT'S JUST THE WEATHER THAT THE
TEAMS HAVE BEEN MONITORING.
THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO PICK UP
AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE T-MINUS
1:03.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET BRIEFS.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO MICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
WITH US.
MICK IS WITH NASA'S LAUNCH
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOUR
EXPERTISE HERE TO WALK US
THROUGH THE COUNTDOWN, BUT FOR
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK
TO DERROL AND MEGAN AT THE HOST
DESK.
>> WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOES-U MISSION
COMING UP IN THE NEXT HOUR,
INCLUDING A NEW INSTRUMENT ON
GOES-U TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AT
ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES IN OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM, THE SUN.
INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM, A
NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER IS HERE TO
TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE FLYING IN
150-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS, AND
WE'LL LOOK AT THE NEXT
GENERATION OF STORM TRACKING
TECHNOLOGY CALLED GEO-XO.
WE ALSO WANT TO INVITE YOU TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN BY
PLAYING GOES-U BINGO.
WE HAVE BINGO WORDS ACROSS THE
CARD, AND WHEN YOU HIT BINGO,
SHOW IT OFF BY SENDING A SHOT OF
THE CARD.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
GOES-U SATELLITE, THE LATEST
GROUP OF SATELLITES THAT FIRST
LAUNCHED IN 2019.
IT HAS A FIVE-PANEL SOLAR ARRAY
THAT PANELS THE SATELLITE.
IT HAS INSTRUMENTS, COMPUTERS,
SENSORS, AND DATA
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
GOES-U HAS MONITORS THAT CAN
TRACK DATA AND ALL THAT DATA IS
SENT BACK TO EARTH.
>> THAT IS REALLY AN
ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORY, AND
IT'S THE MOST ADVANCED OF ITS
KIND.
>> WE HAVE ONE HERE ON THE DESK.
THIS IS A 1/25 SCALE.
>> IT HAS TO BE SECURE AND SAFE
FOR LAUNCH.
IT'S A ROUGH ENVIRONMENT TO GET
BACK INTO SPACE, BUT ONCE IT'S
THERE, WE'LL BE READY TO GO.
>> THE PLAN IS FOR GOES-U TO
LAUNCH TWO SATELLITES INTO
ORBIT.
ONE GOES EAST, AND TOGETHER,
GOES EAST AND WEST PROTECT MORE
THAN 1 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.
>> THIS IS THE NATION'S MOST
ADVANCED WEATHER OBSERVING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
SATELLITE SYSTEM.
AND LIKE THE REST OF THE GOES-R
SERIES SATELLITES, IT WILL HAVE
CAPABILITIES TO MONITOR HOW
TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES
MAY BE CHANGING WITH MORE
INTENSITY.
>> IT CAN DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
YOUR AVERAGE LIGHTNING STRIKE
AND THOSE THAT ARE CONTINUING
CURRENT, AND THOSE ARE LIGHTNING
STRIKES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO
CAUSE A FIRE.
>> ALONG WITH THIS SUITE OF
INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD OTHER AT --
SATELLITES IN THE GOES-U SERIES,
PART OF THE SATELLITE WILL
MONITOR THE OUTER PORTIONS OF
THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE.
WITH THIS AND SIX OTHER HIGH
TECH INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD,
GOES-U WILL CONTINUE NASAs
LEGACY IN BEING ABLE TO PREDICT
THE ENVIRONMENT FROM OCEANS TO
OUTER SPACE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO MEGAN AND
MICK AS WE AWAIT THE START OF
THE NLM POLL.
>> THAT'S THE NLM POLL, THE POLL
FOR NASAs LAUNCH MANAGER FOR
TODAY'S MISSION, AND HE IS GOING
TO POLL THE TEAM FOR --
>> CURRENT NEW ZERO WILL BE
T-MINUS 2126 ZULU
[indiscernible] THAT BEING SAID,
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CONDUCT
THE [indiscernible] FOR THE NASA
ENGINEERING TEAM.
NASA CA.
>> NASA CE, GO.
>> SMA.
>> SMA GO.
>> SMD.
>> SMD IS GO FOR PROPELLANT
LOAD.
>> NASA MIM.
>> NASA MIM IS GO.
>> LSB.
>> GO.
>> THE NASA M-18 IS READY FOR
PROPELLANT GO AND LAUNCH.
>> NASA IS READY TO START
LOADING PROPELLANTS FOR GO.
ALSO, WHAT WE JUST HEARD, WHICH
IS GREAT FOR US, THE TEAM HAS
BEEN WATCHING THE WEATHER THIS
WHOLE TIME LEADING UP TO LAUNCH,
AND BY MOVING THE T-ZERO TO
5:26P.M. EASTERN, THE CHANCES OF
GO FOR LAUNCH BECAUSE OF THE
WEATHER INCREASES TO 70% GO AT
THAT TIME, MICK.
>> YEAH, 30% POV, AS YOU WERE
THINKING.
>> I WAS.
>> THE TEAM IS WORKING NO OTHER
ISSUES BUT WEATHER, WHICH IS
GOOD NEWS, READY TO PROCEED INTO
PROPELLANT LOAD AND GETTING
READY TO LOAD FUEL ONTO THE CORE
HEAVY BOOSTERS.
THIS IS GOOD THAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO ADJUSTMENT.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A
TWO-HOUR WINDOW.
THEY COULD ADJUST THE TIME TO
MEET WHERE THEY NEED TO, AS
DERROL SAID, SO WE CAN MEET THAT
HOLE OR SWEET SPOT IN THAT ANVIL
CLOUD.
>> THEY REALLY DID JUST FIND A
HOLE IN THE CLOUDS, AS YOU SAID,
BECAUSE AT 5:16, THE CHANCES FOR
GO AT WEATHER WERE 60%, AND THEY
WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT TO
70% BY PUSHING IT BACK TEN
MINUTES.
THE NEXT MILESTONE COMING UP
WILL BE FUELING THE ROCKET.
WE'LL JOIN YOU BACK FOR THAT.
FOR NOW, DERROL AND ALEC, TAKE
IT AWAY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BREAKDOWN THE
MAIN INSTRUMENTS.
WE PROMISED THAT, AND WELL,
WE'VE GOT A BEAUTY RIGHT HERE IN
THE MIDDLE, BUT LET'S TAKE A
LISTEN TO THE LAUNCH TEAM REAL
QUICK.
>> MLM, CAN YOU CONFIRM THE
GOVERNMENT TEAM IS READY TO
PROCEED WITH PROPELLANT LOAD?
>> NASA TEAM IS READY TO PROCEED
WITH PROPELLANT LOAD.
>> THAT WAS SPACEX POLLING NASA
TO SEE IF THEY WERE READY TO GO.
>> WE'RE GO FOR PROPELLANT
LOADING AND LAUNCH.
>> GOOD MILESTONE THERE.
WE'RE GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> AWESOME.
>> HOW DOES THIS THING WORK?
>> THIS IS OUR ADVANCED BASELINE
IMAGEER.
IT'S THE PRIMARY IMAGEER ON THE
SATELLITE, AND JUST ABOUT ANY
TIME YOU'VE SEEN WEATHER
SATELLITE IMAGERY ON THE
NEWSCAST, IT IS LIKELY FROM OUR
IMAGERY.
>> THIS IS SO AMAZINGLY
DETAILED.
HOW DOES IT DO THAT?
>> IT SEES THE EARTH FROM THIS
WINDOW, AND INSIDE THE DOOR IS
SUPER COOLS MIRRORS, AND THEY'RE
SUPER COOLED BY A CRYO COOLER.
IT OPERATES AT ABOUT 80 KELVIN,
WHICH IS ABOUT - 350°
FAHRENHEIT.
>> MAN, THAT'S SUPER COOLED.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO OPERATE LIKE
THAT IN SPACE?
>> WELL, IT'S VERY SENSITIVE TO
RADIATION FROM CLOUDS AND COMING
FROM THE EARTH, AND SO TO PICK
UP THESE FINE MEASUREMENTS, IT
HAS TO OPERATE AT A VERY, VERY
COLD TEMPERATURE.
>> SO IT DOES GET WARM, AS YOU
MENTIONED, BY THE SUN IN SPACE.
THE IMAGES THAT COME OFF FROM
THIS IS INCREDIBLE, AND IT'S NOT
JUST STORM CLOUDS.
IF YOU'VE SEEN IMAGERY OF A
HURRICANE BY THIS ABI,
HURRICANES CAN DO TERRIBLE
DAMAGE, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL
FOOTAGE WHEN IT'S ALL STITCHED
TOGETHER.
>> WE CAN SEE THE EYE, WE CAN
SEE MESOSWIRLS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE HURRICANE.
WE CAN SEE MAYBE A FOGGY MORNING
OR MAYBE FOG AT NIGHT, WAS
REALLY HARD TO SEE WITH
TRADITIONAL OLD WEATHER
SATELLITES, BUT NOW WE CAN DO IT
WITH ABI
>> SEEING FOG AT NIGHT, THAT'S
PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
YOU ALSO MENTIONED WILDFIRES.
HOW SMALL OF A FIRE CAN YOU SEE
WITH THIS?
>> THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WILDFIRES
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
[indiscernible].
>> -- FOR THE STARBOARD OUTLET.
>> THIS IS THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
WITH ABORT INSTRUCTIONS.
FOR NONURGENT NO-GO CONDITIONS
[indiscernible] FOR URGENT
ISSUES CONCERNING THE SAFETY OF
THE OPERATION, OPERATOR WILL
CALL OUT HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
AT T-MINUS TEN SECONDS,
OPERATIONS WILL BE SWITCHED TO
AUTOMATED OPERATIONS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE COUNT.
>> THERE YOU HEARD THE SPACE
DIRECTOR HOLDING HIS POLL.
YOU CAN SEE PRETTY SMALL FIRES,
AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CONTACT
EMERGENCY MANAGERS?
>> FOR RURAL FIRES OR DEEP IN
THE FOREST, WE OFTEN HAVE
DETECTION FROM ABI BEFORE LOCAL
911 CALLS.
>> AMAZING, ALEK.
>> WE'LL START FLOWING
PROPELLANT IN PHASE ONE, FILLING
TANKS PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE'LL HEAR A CALLOUT LATER FOR
LOCKS LOAD, WHERE WE START
PUTTING LIQUID OXYGEN INTO THE
FIRST STAGE BOOSTERS ALSO.
THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE WE'VE SET
OUR LAUNCH TIME FOR 5:29
TONIGHT.
THIS'LL CONFIRM FOR US.
>> THE LAUNCH AUTO SEQUENCE HAS
STARTED.
>> AND THERE WE GO.
WE HEARD THEM START THE AUTO
SEQUENCE FOR LOADING, IT SOUNDS
LIKE, SO WE SHOULD START RP-1
INTO THE THREE BOOSTER TANKS,
AND WE ARE SEEING THE TELEMETRY
ON THE ROCKET FUELING THE FIRST
CORE BOOSTERS.
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR US,
MEGAN, AND TEAM IS CONTINUING TO
PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE COUNT
AND WORKING NO OTHER ISSUES AT
THIS TIME.
>> FANTASTIC.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO
LISTEN ALONG FOR THE REST OF THE
BROADCAST, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR
THEM GIVING UPDATES.
>> THE FUEL IS CHILLED DOWN
TO - 423 SO THEY CAN GET AS MUCH
LIQUID OXYGEN INTO THE TANK AS
POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S A REASON WE
NOW PICKED OUR T-ZERO.
ONCE WE GET IT COOLED AND START
FILLING THE VEHICLE WITH IT, WE
CAN'T RECYCLE IT BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THAT THE FUEL BEHAVES.
>> HERE WE GO, GUYS.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO FUEL THE
ROCKET WITH HEAVY GRADE
KEROSENE.
SUPER COOL - 341° FAHRENHEIT, SO
A VERY DELICATE OPERATION, AS
MICK SAID, ONE BEING MONITORED
BY THE TEAM CAREFULLY FROM
LAUNCH PAD 39-A HERE AT KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
YOU'RE SEEING A GREAT SHOT THERE
FROM ONE OF OUR CAMERAS, BUT FOR
NOW, LET'S SEND IT TO DERROL AND
ALEK AT THE HOST DESK.
>> WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
I'LL BE ASKING THEM, ALEK WILL
BE READING THEM.
WHAT IS THE MAIN DRIVING FORCE
FOR WEATHER ON EARTH?
>> IT'S THE SUN, YEAH.
THE SUN CAUSES ALL OF OUR
WEATHER, CLIMATE, SUN LIGHT
DEPENDS ON THE TILT OF THE EARTH
AND THE SEASONS.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
NEXT UP, WE'VE GOT ROB AND KIM
ON INSTAGRAM, AND SHE ASKS, HOW
IS IT DIFFERENT, GOES-U, THAT
IS, FROM OTHER GOES-U
SATELLITES?
>> GOES-U IS THE SAME EXCEPT FOR
THE ADDITION OF THE CCOR, THE
CORONA GRAPH.
IT'S OUR FIRST OPERATIONAL
INSTRUMENT, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO
SEE HOW IT ACTS.
>> ONCE IT'S IN SPACE, IT'LL BE
RENAMED GOES 19.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EXISTING
SATELLITE THAT WAS GOES?
>> ONCE GOES-U FINISHES CHECK
OUT AND IS READY FOR
REPLACEMENT, WE'LL MOVE GOES 16
INTO STORAGE AND IT'LL BE BACK
UP IN CASE THERE'S A PROBLEM
WITH EITHER GOES WEST OR GOES
EAST.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND HOW ARE WE DOING ON BINGO?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVEN'T BEEN WATCHING.
>> I THINK I'M WINNING.
ONE LAST QUESTION ON INSTAGRAM
ASKS --
>> STAGE ONE, BY AND NY HAS
STARTED.
>> THOSE ARE THE BOOSTERS,
LOADING LOOKS INTO THE FIRST
STAGE BOOSTERS.
>> LET'S GO.
>> IT'S HAPPENING.
>> THIS IS A GEO-STATIONARY
SATELLITE.
WITH GOES-U, WE HAVE A COMPLETE
COVERAGE.
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN GEOSTATIONARY
SATELLITES THAT MONITOR OTHER
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
>> EVERY ROCKET THAT LAUNCHES
FROM THE SPACEX HAS A DEDICATED
LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER, AND
LET'S CHECK IN WITH THE 45
WEATHER SQUADRON'S MELODY LOVIN.
>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT MAKES
LAUNCH WEATHER SO UNIQUE?
>> BEFORE I WAS A LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER, I WAS A METEOROLOGIST
WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL FIELD
WHERE YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY, AND YOUR MAIN
GOAL IS TO REALLY GET THE
FORECAST RIGHT, THE RISK, CHANCE
OF RAIN, SEVERE WEATHER, BUT
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
WITH BEING A LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER, IT'S MUCH MORE
DIFFERENT.
IT'S VERY FOCUSED EXACTLY ON THE
PADS WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING
TO PLAY OUT FROM THE PAD AND TEN
MILES OUT FROM THE PAD.
I'M LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT
WOULD NEVER AFFECT THE AVERAGE
PERSON.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR ON LAUNCH
DAY IS THE RISK OF TRIGGERED
LIGHTNING FROM THE ROCKET.
WE'RE SENDING A TENSION ROD INTO
THE SKY, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A
THREAT THAT WOULD GENERALLY NOT
BE A THREAT TO THE AVERAGE
PERSON ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANVIL, SO
THEY'RE REALLY KIND OF
CONVOLUTED THREATS IN THE FIELD.
>> HOW DID THAT GO PERCENT
NUMBER GET DETERMINED?
>> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION.
REALLY, WHAT WE DO IS WE FIRST
DIAGNOSE THE WEATHER PATTERN, SO
WE LOOK AT THE SITUATION.
KIND OF LIKE TODAY, WE KNEW WE
WOULD HAVE WESTERLY FLOW.
NORMALLY, WHEN WE HAVE WESTERN
FLOW, WE HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY
OF FLOW.
WE LOOK AT THE FINITE
DIFFERENCES TODAY VERSUS THE
GENERAL DAY IN WEATHER.
TODAY, WE HAD MUCH HIGHER
MOISTURE THAN WE NORMALLY DO, SO
INITIALLY, IT SEEMED LIKE RTV
WAS UP TO 70% -- POV WAS UP TO
70%, BUT NOW, WE HAVE A WESTERLY
FLOW, WHICH MEANS THAT HAS
DROPPED A LITTLE BIT.
>> THE LWO FOR THE MISSION TODAY
HAS BEEN EARNING THE PAYCHECK,
HELPING SPACEX NAVIGATE THE
LAUNCH WINDOW SO WE CAN GET A
LITTLE BIT BETTER WEATHER IN THE
LAUNCH WINDOW.
GOES-U WILL MONITOR WEATHER ON
EARTH BUT ALSO GEOMAGNETIC
STORMS IN SPACE, AND TO IMPROVE
WEATHER FORECASTING, THERE'S AN
INSTRUMENT CALLED THE EXACT
CORONA GRAPH OR CCOR, AND ALEK
BROUGHT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> WE'VE GOT A LOT TO SHOW OFF.
THIS IS A REAL-LIFE SIZED MODEL.
THIS IS POINTED UP HERE, AND
THIS FACES THE SUN.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A TELESCOPE, AND
IT IS A TELESCOPE TO GET A LOOK
AT THE SUN.
>> BY UNDERSTANDING THE CORONA,
THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE, WE'RE ABLE
TO SEE THE BURSTS THAT COME FROM
THE SUN, PLASMA AND RADIATION,
AND WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THAT
NOW.
SOME OF THESE EXPLOSIONS, WHEN
THEY COME TOWARDS EARTH, THEY
COULD SCRAMBLE COMMUNICATIONS OR
TRIGGER THE BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN
LIGHTS.
>> WE'RE SEEING ALL OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL ENERGY COMING AT US,
WE JUST HAD A PRETTY BIG SOLAR
EVENT THAT LIT UP AURORAS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD NEVER SEE
THEM.
>> A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A CHANCE
TO SEE THEM OUTSIDE OF HER
APARTMENT IN LONDON.
I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN
SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK.
>> I THINK BY THE TIME IT GOT
DOWN TO THIS FAR SOUTH, IT WAS
DIFFICULT TO SEE.
THIS IS AN INSTRUMENT ON GOES-U,
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
WE'VE HAD AN OPERATIONAL CORONA
GRAPH.
OUR SPACE PREDICTION CENTER IN
BOULDER, COLORADO, NEEDS THIS TO
ISSUE SPACE WEATHER WARNINGS.
>> WHEN NASA LAUNCHES ASTRONAUTS
TO THE MOON, NASAs ORION
SPACECRAFT WILL PROTECT THEM
FROM MANY HAZARDS THAT THEY MAY
ENCOUNTER.
WHEN ASTRONAUTS TRAVEL IN SPACE,
THEY CAN'T SEE OR FEEL
RADIATION.
>> IN ABOUT 17 SECONDS, WE
EXPECT FOR SPACEX TO BEGIN
LOADING ROCKET GRADE KEROSENE
INTO THE SECOND STAGE, AND THERE
YOU GO.
THAT'S THE CALLOUT THERE, SO
NOW, WE ARE LOADING RP-1 AND
HEAVY FUEL INTO THE ROCKET.
>> THEY JUST STARTED RP-1 IN THE
SECOND STAGE.
WE SEE IT'S ABOUT 50% ON THE
THREE BOOSTERS, AND LIQUID
OXYGEN IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 30% ON
THE FIRST STAGE, SO GETTING
READY TO START THAT.
NEXT THING WE'LL DO IS LIQUID
OXYGEN ON THE SECOND STAGE, TO
THINGS PROGRESSING WELL AS WE
HEAD TOWARDS A 5:26 LIFT-OFF.
>> TO GET RP-1 INTO THE SECOND
STAGE, IT HAS TO FLOW BACK TO
THE STRONG BACK, AND THAT'S ON
THE SIDE OF THE ROCKET.
IT'S BEHIND ON THE VIEW OF THE
ROCKET THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
AT T-MINUS 22 MINUTES, YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR THE CALL TO CHILL
OUT THAT STRONG BACK, AND THAT'S
TO LOAD THE CHILLED OXYGEN IN
THE SECOND STAGE.
>> WE WANT TO GET THOSE LINES
CHILLED DOWN SO THAT WE CAN GET
THOSE LOCKS IN THAT SECOND
STAGE.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT STEP TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T BREAK
ANYTHING.
>> AS WE LOAD THESE PROPELLANTS,
WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD,
AND KEEP THE TEAM MOVING
FORWARD.
>> I'M JOINED BY LST FLIGHT
DESIGN ANALYST MARK HAMETZ.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT
GEOSTATIONARY MEANS.
>> A GEOSTATIONARY IS A
STATIONARY ORBIT ABOVE THE
EQUATOR.
IT TAKES 24 HOURS TO COMPLETE
ONE REVOLUTION AROUND THE EARTH.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENS IN 24 HOURS?
THE EARTH COMPLETES A ROTATION
ON ITS AXIS EVERY DAY.
AS THE EARTH COMPLETES A
ROTATION ON ITS AXIS AND THE
SATELLITE COMPLETES A ROTATION
IN ONE DAY, THE SATELLITE IS
GOING TO STAY IN ITS POSITION IN
THAT ORBIT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE SUN
IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION IN AN
ASCENT SEQUENCE.
>> SO FOR THIS MISSION, WE KNOW
THAT THERE'S A LONG COAST AFTER
THE SECOND BURN OF THE UPPER
STAGE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT
HAPPENS?
>> YES.
THESE BURNS OCCUR AT ABOUT 28
MINUTES.
AFTER THAT, IT'S ABOUT A
FOUR-HOUR COAST UNTIL WE GET TO
THE LOCATION OF THAT THIRD BURN.
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT HERE,
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BURN, AND
WE'RE GOING TO RAISE THE LOW
SIDE OF THE ORBIT.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOWER THE
ANGLE OF INCLINATION FROM 27°
DOWN TO 4°.
>> THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> SINCE 1975, GOES SATELLITES
HAVE PROVIDED CONTINUOUS
REPORTING ON CONDITIONS,
RESULTING IN MORE ACCURATE
WEATHER.
HERE'S MORE ON NASAs NOAA
SATELLITES.
>> IT ALL BEGAN BACK IN OCTOBER
1975 WITH THE LAUNCH OF NOAAs
GOES-1 SATELLITE.
>> WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS SINCE
THE EARLY BALLOON LAUNCHING OF
EARLIER DAYS THANKS TO GOES
SATELLITES.
>> BUT IT HAD LIMITED
CAPABILITIES AND ONLY VIEWED
EARTH ABOUT 10% OF THE TIME.
BY 1980, A NEW SERIES OF GOES
SATELLITES WENT INTO ORBIT.
IN 1994, GOES-EYE WAS LAUNCHED,
AND WITH IT CAME SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RESOLUTION,
QUANTITY, AND CONTINUITY OF DATA
THANKS TO A NEW METHOD OF
STABILIZATION.
ONCE IT REACHED ORBIT, IT WAS
RENAMED GOES-8 AND GAVE
FORECASTERS MORE ACCURATE
INFORMATION ON STORMS,
WILDFIRES, AND OTHER HAZARDS.
BY THE MID 2000s, GOES-N AND
GOES-P COULD BETTER PINPOINT THE
LOCATIONS OF INTENSE STORMS.
THIS SATELLITE SERIES ALSO HAD
IMPROVED OPTICS, BETTER
BATTERIES, AND MORE POWERING,
ALLOWING FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGING.
>> AS HURRICANE HUNTERS, WE ARE
OPERATE WITH ONE GULFSTREAM 4
AND WE USE THE AIRCRAFT TO FLY
INTO AND AROUND HURRICANES TO
COLLECT WHAT WE CALL INSTITUTE
DATA, SO ACTUALLY SAMPLING THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THE HURRICANE SO
THE FORECASTERS AT THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER CAN HAVE A
CLEARER PICTURE OF HOW THE STORM
IS DEVELOPING AND HOW IT IS
MOVING.
>> SO WHAT IS INSIDE A HURRICANE
THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE
CAN'T GET FROM OTHER
INSTRUMENTS?
>> AN IT IS THAT INSTITUTE DATA.
IT IS THE PRESSURES, THE
TEMPERATURES, THE HUMIDITIES,
THE WIND SPEED, THE WIND
DIRECTION.
THE OCEAN SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURE IS THE DATA WE ARE
ABLE TO COLLECT WITH THE
AIRCRAFT AS WELL AS THE
INSTRUMENTS WE HAVE ON BOARD
WHICH IS VITAL FOR THE
FORECASTERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAVE AMAZING VIDEO THAT YOU
SHARED WITH US FLYING A
HURRICANE.
WE WANT TO PLAY THAT NOW AND YOU
TALKED TO US ABOUT WHAT IT IS
LIKE TO GO IN A HURRICANE AND
THAT IS FLYING THROUGH HURRICANE
FLORENCE IN 2018.
AND ON THE P3, IT IS KIND OF
LIKE BEING ON A WOODEN ROLLER
COASTER INSIDE AN AUTOMATIC CAR
WASH.
A LOT OF VIBRATION.
A LOT OF GETTING BOUNCED AROUND.
WIND AND RAIN SLAPPING AGAINST
THE
.
>> GEO-XO WILL HAVE NEW
TECHNOLOGY ON BOARD.
ONE OF THE NEW INSTRUMENTS WILL
AN INFRARED SOUNDER, WHICH WILL
ALLOW WEATHER FORECASTERS TO SEE
THE ATMOSPHERE IN EXTREMELY FINE
DETAIL.
AWE RAILLY LOOKS AT VERY FINE
SLICES OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS
A WIDE AREA, SO THAT IT BUILDS
UP A 3D VIEW OF WHAT THE
ATMOSPHERE LOOKS LIKE.
AND FORECASTERS CAN USE THAT
INFORMATION TO BE VERY PRECISE
ABOUT THEIR FORECAST.
WHERE A STORM IS GOING TO BE.
HOW SEVERE A STORM IS GOING TO
BE.
AND THEY CAN EVEN DO PREDICTIONS
OF WHAT THE PRECIPITATION LEVELS
ARE GOING TO BE.
>> AS SOUNDER WILL ALSO HELP
DETECT QUICKLY-CHANGING WIND
SPEEDS AND DIRECTION.
AND THAT WILL ASSIST IN
EVERYTHING FROM HURRICANE
PREDICTION TO AVIATION
FORECASTS.
>> SO A BIG PART OF THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE'S MISSION IS TO
FORECAST FOR AVIATION, FOR
SAFETY AND ALSO LOOKING AT THAT
FUEL ECONOMY.
AND LOOKING AT THE DETECTING THE
DIRECTION OF THE WIND, SO THAT
CAPABILITY IS JUST GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FOR AVIATION
AND EARLIER DETECTION, QUICKER
DETECTION OF TROPICAL SYSTEMS
WHEN IT COMES TO RAPID
INTENSIFICATION.
>> THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER NEW
INSTRUMENTS ON GEO-XO AS WELL.
ONE WILL BE AN AIR QUALITY
INSTRUMENT THAT WILL MONITOR AND
TRACK HARMFUL AIR POLLUTANTS,
INCLUDING WILDFIRE SMOKE AND
VOLCANIC GASES.
IT WILL PROVIDE CONTINUOUS
OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS OF
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION WHICH
WILL HELP IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
FORECAST AND ALERTS ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.
>> ANOTHER INSTRUMENT WILL
MEASURE OCEAN COLOR, WHICH HELPS
DETECT AND TRACK THREATS TO OUR
LAKES AND OCEAN, SUCH AS HARMFUL
ALGAE BLOOMS AND OIL SPILLS.
PERHAPS MOST CRITICALLY, NOAA'S
GEO-XO WILL ALSO MEET NEW NEEDS
FOR THE DATA USER COMMUNITY
INCLUDING FORECASTERS,
RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS WHO
DEPEND ON RECEIVING CRUCIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ACROSS
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
>> THESE USERS ARE LOOKING FOR
ADVANCED CAPABILITIES, AND
THEY'VE TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT
TO SEE IN THIS NEXT GENERATION,
WHICH IS GOING TO START
OBSERVING IN THE 2030s, BUT
CONTINUE INTO THE 2050s AND WITH
THE CHANGES ON THE PLANET AND
WITH SOCIETY'S INCREASED
RELIANCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE
THIS WIDER VARIETY OF NEEDS.
♪♪♪
>> GOES-U7 INSTRUMENT WILLS
GATHER DATA THAT CAN HELP
FORECASTERS IN MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS.
FOR MORE ON THAT, LET'S GO BACK
TO PHILLIP HARGROVE.
>> THANK YOU, DARE DERROL.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
>> IT IS A LOT OF WORDS.
YOU ARE A LEADER IN NOAA.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE TO BE THIS CLOSE TO
LIFTOFF?
>> I'LL BE HONEST, THIS IS
EXTREMELY EXCITING.
THIS IS MY SECOND GOES LAUNCH
BUT MY THIRD LAUNCH EVER, AND
THE EXCITEMENT DOESN'T STOP.
I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
FALCON HEAVY AND FEELING THE
RUMBLE.
I'M JUST SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
>> DEFINITELY A UNIQUE LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT MAKES THE
GOES-U UNIQUE TO THE OTHER
SATELLITES IN THE GOES-R SERIES?
>> AND MOSTLY FOES UED CONDITION
WEATHER AND SOME ASPECTS, BUT
THIS GOES-U HAS THE COMPACT
PHONOGRAPH WHICH IS AN AMAZING
INSTRUMENT CAPABILITY THAT WAS
BUILT BY THE NAVAL RESEARCH LAB,
AND IT IS WHAT IT BASICALLY DOES
IS IT'S GONG TO LOOK AT THE SUN,
AND IT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO
SEE A CORONAL MASS INJECTION,
AND A SCIENTIST EXPLAINED THAT
IN SIMPLE DETERMINES.
IRENE, THINK OF THE SUN BURPING
UP A WHOLE LOT OF PLASMA, A LOT
OF GAS, AND IT IS COMING
STRAIGHT AT YOU.
WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO, THIS
INSTRUMENT, THIS CCOR, IS IT'S
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND
DETECT THAT AS IT COMES CLOSER
TO THE EARTH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
DETERMINE THROUGH THE SPACE
WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER AT
NOAA IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A
GEO MAGNETIC STORM.
IF THERE IS A GEO MAGNETIC
STORM, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO MAKE SURE OUR POWER GRID IS
OKAY, OUR ASTRONAUTS ARE OKAY,
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS, AND
THIS SATELLITE IS THE FIRST
SATELLITE IN OUR GOES-R SERIES
WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST ONE
FOR THE GOES-R SERIES TO HAVE
THIS CAPABILITY, AND I'M, LIKE,
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
BUT WHAT'S AMAZING IS THIS IS
JUST OPENING THE DOOR FOR US TO
DO MORE EXTENDED OBSERVATIONS IN
THE FUTURE GEOSERIES FOR GE-XL.
AND IN THAT SERIES, WE'RE GOING
TO GO AND ACTUALLY DO THINGS IN
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS IN
OCEAN COLOR, AND REALLY PUSH THE
BOUNDARIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INTELLIGENCE.
SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
WITH GOES-U THAT HAPPENS TO HAVE
CCOR, BUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF
GEO-XO IS GOING TO HAVE SOME
AMAZING INSTRUMENTS IN THERE.
BUT THE OTHER THING I DON'T WANT
TO FORGET THAT GOES-U IS STILL
DOING IS FOR WEATHER PREDICTION,
RIGHT?
IT IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER FOR
HURRICANE FORECAST, FOR
LIGHTNING, FOR FIRE WEATHER, ALL
OF THESE THINGS, THIS SATELLITE
IS CAPABLE OF DOING.
SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AMAZING
TO SEE THIS FOURTH BIRD LAUNCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AWESOME STUFF TODAY AND AWESOME
STUFF AHEAD.
BACK TO YOU, DERROL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IRENE.
>> THANK YOU.
15 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
CHANCES ARE WHEN YOU GET YOUR
LOCAL FORECAST, DATA FROM GOES-U
SATELLITES HELPED CREATE IT, AND
NO ONE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN
METEOROLOGIST GINGER Z.
>> GINGER Z AT THE GOOD MORNING
AMERICA STUDIOS IN THE WEATHER
CENTER.
WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF
METEOROLOGISTS, AND I KNOW THAT
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENTISTS ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ARE
EXCITED FOR GOES-U.
I KNOW WE ARE.
OF COURSE, THAT HIGH-REZ
EVERYTHING, AND LOOK AT THE
LIGHTNING DATA AND EXCITED FOR
THE AEROSOL INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST GOING TO HELP
FORECAST, AND OF COURSE, WE
COVER ALL THE BIGGEST DISASTERS,
THE WILDFIRES ALL THE WAY TO
HURRICANES.
GOES-U IS GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE SPACE
WEATHER FOLKS AND THAT CORONAL
PATH, WHOA, HAVING A DEDICATED
PEAK AT THE SUN EVERY DAY,
GOES-U IS GOING TO BE BIG.
WE CAN'T WATCH FOR THE LAUNCH.
>> GO, NOAA.
GO, NASA.
AND GO, GOES-U.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHENEVER THERE IS A BIG LAUNCH
AND WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
JOINING US, BUT REAL QUICK ABOUT
THE GINGER Z THING.
SHE TALKS ABOUT AEROSOLS WHICH
ARE DETECTED ON GOES-U AND WILL
BE REALLY BIG IN THE NEXT
GENERATION, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION ON
GEO-XL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
IT BETTER.
>> WHENEVER THERE IS A BIG
LAUNCH, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE TO FEEL AND SEE THE
ROCKET FIRSTHAND, INCLUDING A
SPECIAL GROUP WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU RIGHT NOW.
A SPECIAL GROUP.
OH, ABOUT 80 MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
HOW ARE THEY DOING?
GIVING US A BIG OLD WAVE THERE.
THEY'RE HERE AS PART OF A
STUDENT TO LAUNCH INITIATIVE,
AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY.
THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
NASA, THESE MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENTS HAVE TRAVELED FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY TO SEE TODAY'S
LAUNCH INCLUDING AS FAR NORTH AS
NEW YORK AND MAINE.
AND AS FAR WEST AS NEBRASKA AND
NORTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH THROUGH
TEXAS.
STUDENTS AT LAUNCH EDUCATION
INSPIRE STUDENTS ACROSS THE U.S.
TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND
OBJECTIVES OF SPACE FLIGHT
MISSIONS WHICH CAN SOMETIMES
LEAD TO CAREERS IN AEROSPACE AND
ASTRO NAUGHTICS.
THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
ENTHUSIASTIC GROUPS I HAVE SEEN
AT LAUNCH.
>> THEY WERE AT MY HOTEL THIS
MORNING.
VERY EXCITED.
BREAKFAST WAS A BLAST.
>> ARE YOU EXCITEED?
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> T MINUS 13 MINUTES AND
COUNTING.
THERE YOU SEE THE ROCKET RIGHT
THERE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
TAKE A FEW MORE SOCIAL
QUESTIONS.
SO LET'S POP ONE OF THOSE UP
NOW.
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB,
ALEK, ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE.
THE QUESTION IS FROM SPACE GAL.
WHY THE U IN THE GOES-U NAME?
>> ON THE GROUND?
THE SEQUENCE WE NAME THEM IS
LETTERS.
SO WE HAVE HAD THE GOES-R SERIES
HAS HAD GOES-R, S, T, AND NOW WE
ARE AT U.
ONCE IT REACHES GEO STATIONARY
ORBIT, IT WILL BE RENAMED
GOES-19.
>> PART OF THE NOMENCLATURE ON
THE GROUND AND WHAT HAPPENS TO
IT IN SPACE.
>> AND A FEW MORE QUESTIONS TO
LOOK AS WE WATCH THE FALCON
HEAVY ON THE PAD THERE GETTING
RAETDY TO GO FROM LAUNCH PAD
39A.
>> IT'S COOKING.
>> YEP, THAT IS THAT LOX THAT IS
CONDENSING THE WARM AIR IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
HOW LONG WILL THIS SPACECRAFT BE
IN OPERATION?
>> OKAY.
SO THE OPERATIONAL LIFE IS 10
YEARS.
WE EXPECT PERFORMANCE LONGER
THAN THAT.
IT'S PLANNED FOR PERIOD OF ON
ORBIT STORAGE, SO WE SHOULD HAVE
15 YEARS OF USE, BUT REALLY WE
EXPECT TO BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT
LONGER THAN THAT AS LONG AS FUEL
USAGE GOES OKAY.
>> IT WAS FASCINATING I HEARD IN
THE PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY,
THEY SAID ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE
COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THAT
FALCON HEAVY RIGHT THERE HAS A
LOT OF PERFORMANCE IN IT FOR
THIS SATELLITE, SO IT CAN
STRETCH IT OUT ANOTHER FIVE
YEARS AS YOU MENTIONED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT COULD SAVE US A LOT OF LIFE,
AND YEAH, WE WILL STILL HAVE OUR
GOES-R SERIES SATELLITES WELL
INTO THE 2030s.
>> ALL RIGHT.
KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS COMING.
USE THE HASHTAG A ASK NASA.
WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE
QUESTION IF WE CAN POP THAT UP
AS WE COUNT DOWN.
T MINUS 11 MINUTES AND COUNTING.
WHY FALCON HEAVY AND NOT FALCON
9?
>> OH MAN, THIS IS A BIG
SATELLITE, AND WE'RE GOING TO A
BIG ORBIT.
GET UP TO GEOSTATIONARY 22,236
MILES ABOVE THE EARTH, WE NEED A
BIG RIDE.
SO WHAT ELSE THAN THE FALCON
HEAVY?
>> AND I HEARD SOMEBODY FROM THE
LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM DURING
YESTERDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE SAY
THAT FALCON 9 IS RIGHT THERE AT
THE LIMIT OF THE WEIGHT OF THE
GOES-U SATELLITE, SO THAT FALCON
HEAVY GIVES IT THE ADDITIONAL
PERFORMANCE IT NEEDS TO GO UP.
AND SO WITH JUST A FEW MORE
MINUTES LEFT, YOUR THOUGHTS,
ALEK, AS WE GET DOWN AND READY
TO COUNT THE FINAL MINUTES
BEFORE LIFTOFF.
>> OH MAN, I'M BOTTLED UP.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
IT REPRESENTS SUCH A LEGACY FOR
THE PROGRAM AND WE'RE ALL
EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME
TOGETHER THROUGH THE LAUNCH
TODAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALEK AND I ARE HEADED OUTSIDE TO
WATCH THE LAUNCH, SO WE'LL SPEND
IT TO MEGAN AND NICK FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE COUNT AND
LIFTOFF.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER THE
FIRST BURN OF THE SECOND STAGE.
AWE TAKE IT AWAY.
>> 10 MINUTES LAUNCH AND MICK
AND I ARE STAYING INSIDE THE
MISSION DIRECTOR'S CENTER INSIDE
HANGAR 8E AT NEARBY CAPE
CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION
WHERE WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LAUNCH TEAM AS WE MARCH TOWARDS
THE T0 TO 5:26 P.M. EASTERN TIME
HERE ON THE FLORIDA SPACE COAST.
RIGHT NOW THE SPACECRAFT IS
BEGINNING TO TRANSITION TO
INTERNAL POWER.
THATS A GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE
OF MINUTES, RIGHT?
>> SPACECRAFT IS WORKING THE
PROCEDURES AND VERIFYING THE
HEALTH OF THE SPACECRAFT AND
MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS READY
AND TRANSITION AROUND T MINUS 6
MINUTES, 5 MINUTES, TRANSITION
TO INTERNAL POWER, FINISH UP
THAT PROCEDURE, DISCONNECTING
FROM THE GROUND POWER AT THE
PAD.
AND GETTING READY FOR LAUNCH
TODAY.
>> SO THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS
WERE WITH US, THE LAUNCH TEAM
HAS BEGUN LOADING SUPERCOLD
LIQUID OXYGEN INTO THE HEAVY
SECOND STAGE.
THAT HAPPENED AT T MINUS 18
MINUTES.
THE NEXT MAJOR FUELLING
MILESTONE THAT IS EXPECTED AT T
MINUS 7 MINUTES AND THAT IS WHEN
SPACEX WILL CHILL DOWN THE
HEAVY'S 27 ENGINES ON THE
BOOSTERS TO GET READY FOR ENGINE
STARTUP.
>> YEAH, JUST LIKE WE TALKED
ABOUT ON THE STRONG PATH, THE
TEAM NEEDS TO CHILL DOWN THE
ENGINES SO WE DON'T PROVIDE A
THERMAL SHOCK TO ALL 27 ENGINES.
A LOT OF POW THEY ARE.
WE HEARD DERROL AND ALEK TALKING
ABOUT THAT AND GETTING GOES-U ON
ITS WAY IS A VERY HEAVY
SATELLITE, SO RIGHT ON THE CUSP
OF A FALCON 9, BUT THIS FALCON
HEAVY IS GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF
PERFORMANCE TODAY, AND WE'RE
FINISHING UP, MEGAN, AS WE LOOK
AT TELEMETRY HERE AND RP1 ON THE
FIRST STAGE IS COMING TO FILL
LEVELS AND LOX ON THE FIRST
STAGE IS ALMOST COMPLETE AND
SECOND STAGE LOX IS 50%, SO
WE'RE PROCEEDING VERY WELL WITH
FUEL LOADING TODAY, AND THINGS
ARE GOING GOOD.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
AND SPEAKING OF WEATHER, WE ARE
LAUNCHING --
>> INTERNAL POWER.
>> -- WE ARE LAUNCHING A WEATHER
SATELLITE, SO WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT THE LAUNCH WEATHER, AND WE
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT IN THE
HOURS LEADING UP TO TO T THE
LAURJ TODAY, AND RIGHT NOW --
LEADING UP TO THE LAUNCH TODAY,
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GREAT
NEWS.
WE HAVE FOUND A HOLE WITHIN THE
SOME OF THE STORMS THAT ARE
AROUND OUR AREA.
LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER BRIAN
COSSICK CONFIRMING THAT WE HAVE
FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH
TODAY AT 5:26 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
>> YEAH, THAT TEAM WORKED VERY
QUICKLY, BRIAN HAS BEEN VERY
BUSY THIS AFTERNOON.
BUT WORKING WITH CHARLIE MEYER,
THE SPACEX LAUNCH DIRECTOR AND
DR. JANE GIBSON T NASA LAUNCH
MANAGER, THEY MOVED OUR WINDOW
10 MINUTES, AND THEY WERE ABLE
TO FIND THAT SWEET SPOT IN THE
WEATHER TODAY.
TO GET THINGS DONE.
AND WE'RE HEARING THAT RP1
LOADING IS COMPLETE ON ONE OF
THE SIDE BOOSTERS.
AND THINGS ARE STILL PROGRESSING
TO COMPLETION OF LOADING THE
FALCON HEAVY.
>> IN TOTAL, WE ARE GOING TO BE
LOADING 2.8 MILLION POUNDS OF
PROPELLANT INTO THE FALCON HEAVY
ROCKET THAT YOU SEE ON LAUNCH
PAD 39A HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
AGAIN, SO FAR WE HAVE HEARD CALL
OUTS THAT RP1 LOADING HAS BEEN
COMPLETED IN THE CENTER BOOSTER
AS WELL AS ONE OF THE SIDE
BOOSTERS.
WE EXPECT TO HEAR OUR CALL OUT
THAT THE THIRD AND FINAL BOOSTER
WILL BE COMPLETED FOR FUELLING
OF RP1.
>> YEP, THE TEAM IS STILL
PROGRESSING AND LOOKING AT THE
TELEMETRY ON THE LAUNCH VEHICLE.
THINGS PROGRESSING VERY WELL.
THE DATA --
>> A NEGATIVE Y, FUEL LOAD
COMPLETE.
>> THERE WE HEAR THE NEGATIVE Y,
FUEL LOAD COMPLETE, SO TWO SIDE
BOOSTERS AND CENTER CORE ARE
COMPLETE WITH RP1.
AND THEY'RE FINISHING OFF LIQUID
OXYGEN TANKING INTO THOSE THREE
BOOSTERS.
WE SHOULD HEAR THAT HERE SHORTLY
THAT THAT LOX LOAD WILL BE
COMPLETE AS THE SPACECRAFT GETS
READY TO GO ON INTERNAL POWER
AND CONTINUES PROCESSING THEIR
GOES-U SATELLITE.
>> THAT IS THE SPACECRAFT, AND
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE RIGHT NOW TO BE
TRANSITIONING TO INTERNAL POWER.
AGAIN, WE ARE LAUNCHING GOES-U
TODAY, THE FOURTH AND FINAL
WEATHER SATELLITE IN THE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION'S GOES-R SERIES
OF SATELLITES.
AND ONCE OPERATIONAL, GOES-U
WILL BECOME GOES-EAST AND
PROVIDE CONTINUOUS
.
>> VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM ON
CONSULT TODAY AS THE LAUNCH
MANAGER FOR THE GOES-U MISSION.
>> STAGE ONE, LOX LOAD COMPLETE.
>> THERE WE HEAR THE CALL FOR
STAGE ONE.
ALL THREE BOOSTERS NOW HAVE RP1
AND LOX ON BOARD, SO WE ARE JUST
WAITING FOR THE REMAINING LOX TO
FILL INTO THE SECOND STAGE LOX
TANK, AND FALCON HEAVY WILL BE
TANKED AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
>> AND WE EXPECT THEM TO FINISH
FUELLING THE SECOND STAGE WITH
LIQUID OXYGEN IN ABOUT 20
SECONDS.
>> STAGE Q, LOX LOAD COMPLETE.
>> THE FALCON HEAVY ROCKET IS
COMPLETELY FILLED WITH 2.8
MILLION POUNDS OF PROPELLANT.
>> THE TEAM HAS DONE VERY WELL
TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE ARE SO HAPPY OF EVERYTHING IS
GOING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE
SCREEN RIGHT THERE, WEATHER
OUTSIDE AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 39
LOOKS VERY GOOD.
WE'RE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND 50
SECONDS FROM LAUNCH.
AND THE TEAM'S PROGRESSING DOWN
TO GET THE FLIGHT COMPUTER READY
TO TAKE OVER THE LAUNCH VEHICLE.
AS YOU SEE THERE, MEGAN, THE
LIQUID OXYGEN BEING VENTED OUT.
THE PLUME FROM THE HUMIDITY HERE
IN FLORIDA.
WE CAN SEE THAT --
WE CAN SEE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT
BREATHES.
WE JUST HEARD THE CALL OUT FOR
GROUND GAS CLOSE OUTS WHICH IS
FINALIZING AND VENTING THE
GROUND LINES THAT FILL THE
PRESSURE VESSELS IN THE FALCON
HEAVY.
SO THAT THEY'RE CLOSING OFF ALL
THE GROUND CONNECTIONS, TURNING
EVERYTHING OVER TO INTERNAL,
GETTING THE FALCON HEAVY READY
FOR LIFTOFF.
>> IN A FEW SECOND WE WILL ARM
THE FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM,
AND FALCON WILL BE IN STARTUP.
>> FALCON HEAVY IS IN STARTUP.
>> AND THAT MEANS THE FALCON
HEAVY'S FLIGHT COMPUTER IS NOW
IN CONTROL AND WILL GUIDE THE
ROCKET THROUGH THE LAST SECONDS
BEFORE LIFTOFF.
>> SPACEX LAUNCH DIRECTOR, GO
FOR LAUNCH.
>> ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO TO SEND
NOAA'S GOES-U SATELLITE INTO
SPACE TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE
OVER THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
HELPING SCIENTISTS AND
METEOROLOGISTS TO ISSUE TIMELY
WARNINGS AND FORECASTS.
>> T MINUS 30 SECONDS.
>> THIS WILL BE NASA'S LAUNCH
SERVICES PROGRAM'S 16th MISSION
FOR NOAA.
>> GREAT PARTNERSHIP OVER THE
YEARS WE HAVE HAD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LAUNCH.
>> 15 SECONDS.
>> AND HERE WE GO.
>> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
--
AND LIFTOFF.
>> NO GO, NOAA.
GO, NASA, AND GO, GOES-U.
>> THE VEHICLE IS PITCHING OUT
--
>> THE LATEST SATELLITE TO
MEASURE EARTH AND SUN IN
HIGH-DEFINITION.
>> WE HEAR ALL PRESSURES ON THE
ENGINES LOOK PHENOMENAL.
>> THINGS LOOKING GOOD AS YOU
SEE THE FALCON HEAVY SOARING
TOWARDS THE HEAVENS.
ALL 27 ENGINES POWERFULLY
LIFTING GOES-U ON ITS TRAJECTORY
AND ASSENT ASCENT INTO SPACE.
>> THE ROCKET IS POWERING DOWN
FOR MAX X, THE MAXIMUM MOMENT OF
MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE ON THE
ROCKET.
MAX Q EXPECTED AT 1:07.
THE VEHICLE IS NOW SUPERSONIC.
>> FALCON HEAVY IS SUPERSONIC.
>> TRAVELING FASTER THAN THE
SPEED OF SOUND.
>> MAX Q.
>> THERE WE HEARD THE CALL FOR
MAX Q, MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE
ON THE FALCON HEAVY.
VEHICLE STILL PERFORMS VERY
WELL.
ALL THE DATA LOOKS PHENOMENAL.
>> A GREAT SHOT FROM ON BOARD
THE ROCKET LOOKING DOWN ON THE
EARTH THAT IT IS LEAVING.
AND ALL 27 MERLIN ENGINES
PROVIDING 5.1 MILLION POUND OF
THRUST.
.
COMING UP, THAT T PLUS 2:28.
THE SIDE BOOSTER WILLS SHUT OFF,
WHILE THE CENTER CORE WILL
CONTINUE ON.
WOW, WHAT A SHOT THERE OF,
AGAIN, ALL 27 MERLIN ENGINES
FIRING OFF.
5.1 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST.
>> THE SIDE BOOSTER CUTOFF WILL
BE REFERRED TO AS BIKO.
WE WILL HEAR THAT CALLOUT.
WHEN THE CENTER CORE IS MAIN
ENGINE CUT OFF OR MECO.
>> SIDE BOOSTERS ARE PERFORMING
-- ALL BOOSTERS ARE PERFORMING
NOMINALLY AND EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING GOOD WITH THE 27 MERLIN
ENGINES.
>> AND BOOSTER SEPARATION FOR
AND A SIDE BOOSTER SEPARATION
AND THE IMPACT IS BEING CHILLED
DOWN AND FOR THE MAX STARTUP.
AND THERE WE HEARD THE CALL OUT
FOR BOOST BACK STARTUP.
>> A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING
HERE.
WE HAVE THAT LANDING WINDOWS ONE
AND TWO.
AND THREE BURNS AND WE ARE
SEEING THAT NOMINAL
TRAJECTORIES.
>> ESSENTIALLY THESE BOOSTERS
HAVE FLIPPED BACK AND ARE
RETURNING ON A PATH TO THE CAPE
HERE.
THERE WILL BE TWO MORE RUNS AND
A RE-ENTRY BURN AND A LANDING
BURN.
AND THESE ARE HERE FOR FOLKS ON
THE SPACE COAST.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
SONIC BOOMS A Z THE SIDE
BOOSTERS LAND AT LANDING ZONE
ONE AND TWO.
WE ARE ABOUT 26 SECOND AWAY FROM
MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF AND THE
CENTER CORE SEPARATING.
ONCE THE CENTER CORE SEPARATES,
WE WILL HAVE MVAC WHICH IS THE
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE FOR SPACE
GET READY FOR SES1, SECOND STAGE
ENGINE START ONE.
TODAY WE HAVE THREE BURN FOR
THIS MISSION TO GET GOES-U ON
THE WAY.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE
THREE BURNS.
>> TY, SHUTDOWN.
>> THE TWO SIDE BOOSTERS HAVE
BOOST BACK SHUTOFF.
>> AND MECO.
AND NOW WATCH LIVE FOOTAGE
THERE.
OF MECO.
THE CORE BOOSTER SEPARATING FROM
THE SECOND STAGE, AND THE MVAC
ENGINE ON THE SECOND STAGE
LIGHTING UP.
YOU SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF YOUR SCREEN.
>> WE'RE ABOUT FOUR SECONDS FROM
FAIRING DEPLOYMENT.
>> FAIRING, AGAIN, IS THE TWO
HALVES --
>> ALL FOLLOWING NOMINAL
TRAJECTORIES.
>> FAIRING SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
>> THERE WE HAVE CONFIRMATION
THE FAIRING HAS DEPLOYED.
THE FAIRINGS ARE BRAND-NEW
FAIRINGS FOR THE GOES-U MISSION
AND THEY WILL FALL BACK TO EARTH
AND BE RECOVERED BY THE RECOVERY
SHIP DOUG, BUT SPACEX WILL LOOK
TO REUSE THOSE FAIRINGS ON A
FUTURE SLIGHT ALONG WITH THE
SIDE BOOSTERS AS WE SEE THERE
COMING BACK TO EARTH TO LAND ON
LANDING ZONE ONE AND TWO.
AND THINGS ARE PROGRESSING VERY
WELL HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT A MINUTE AND 23
SECONDS FROM WHAT WE CALL THE
ENTRY BURN WHERE THE PLUS Y AND
NY BOOSTER, SIDE BOOSTERS WILL
FIRE UP THEIR ENGINES TO START
SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE AS IT
GETS READY FOR LANDING.
>> YEAH, A LOT TO WATCH.
AGAIN, THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR
SCREEN WE ARE TRACKING THE
BOOSTERS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO
THE CAPE HERE.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN
IS THE MVAC ENGINE ON THE SECOND
STAGE THAT CONTINUES TO BURN AS
IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE
CORRECT ORBIT TO DROP OFF GOES-U
LATER TODAY.
>> FTS.
>> THERE WE HEAR THE AUTONOMOUS
FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM WAS
SAFED AS IT RETURNS BACK TO
EARTH MAKING SURE THE VEHICLE IS
IN A PROPER CONFIGURATION FOR
LANDING.
>> THE SECOND STAGE IS CURRENTLY
TAKING GOES-U ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC TOWARDS SOUTHERN
AFRICA.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
ACTUALLY A GOES SATELLITE IS
LAUNCHING ON A FALCON HEAVY,
ONLY THE SECOND TIME NASA'S
LAUNCH SERVICE PROGRAM IS USING
A FALCON HEAVY.
>> YEAH, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST
FALCON HEAVY WITH SPACEX IN
OCTOBER OF 2023 WITH THE PSYCHE
MISSION AND THE SIDE BOOSTERS
THAT WE USED ON THAT MISSION
WILL BE USED FOR OUR FUTURE
MOTION UROPA CLIPPER AND
BRAND-NEW HARDWARE FOR GOES-U
AND EVERYTHING IS PERFORMING
WELL.
ALL THE TELEMETRY AND EVERYTHING
LOOKS NOMINAL FOR THE FLIGHT SO
FAR TODAY.
>> THOSE WHO TYPICALLY WATCH THE
LAUNCH BROADCAST --
>> ENTRY BURN STARTUP.
>> THE VEHICLES ARE SLOWING.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS AS A BRAKE
ON YOUR CAR WHERE IT STARTS TO
SLOWING THE BOOSTERS BACK DOWN
VERY QUICKLY AS THEY --
>> ENTRY BURN SHUTDOWN.
>> THIS REHEAR THE SHUTDOWN AS
THE BOOSTERS HAVE SLOWED DOWN.
THE NEXT THING WE WILL SEE --
>> FTS IS SAFED.
>> -- AT LANDING ZONE ONE AND
TWO.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> ALL FALL IN NOMINAL TRA
TRAJECTORIES.
>> BEAUTIFUL IMAGES AS WE TRACK
THE BOOSTERS MAKE THEIR WAY BACK
TO THE CAPE.
WE SAW SOME BIRDS FLY INTO THE
CAMERA'S VIEW AS WELL.
>> AN EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THE
LANDING OF THE SIDE BOOSTERS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AS WE SAID EARLIER, MEGAN,
THE LANDING WILL BE EXCITING FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SEE, GETTING
TWO SIDE BOOSTERS COMING BACK TO
LANDING ZONE ONE AND TWO.
WE WILL GET THOSE SONIC BOOMS.
I KNOW THAT YOU HEAR IN THE
M.D.C., WE WILL --
>> NC TRANS SONIC.
>> FTS IS SAFED.
>> WE WILL GET SOME LOUD SHAKING
RIGHT HERE IN THE MISSION
DIRECTOR'S CENTER.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
BREVARD WILL BE EXCITED WHEN
THEY HEAR THE SONIC BOOMS.
>> LANDING BURN.
>> LANDING BURN IS JUST STARTED
UP.
>> TERMINAL GUIDANCE.
>> WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
AS ITS GUIDES ITS WAY BACK DOWN.
JUST HEARD THE TWO SONIC BOOMS
HERE IN THE ROOM.
>> TY, NY, LANDING LEG DEPLOY.
>> OUR MONITOR IS SHAKING AS WE
WATCH --
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
THAT IS JUST AWESOME TO SEE THE
TWO SIDE BOOSTERS COME DOWN TO
LANDING TWO.
>> LANDING CONFIRMED.
>> SUCCESSFUL LANDING OF THE TWO
SIDE BOOSTERS.
EVERYBODY LOOKS GREAT ON THE
LANDING ZONE ONE AND TWO Z AN
IMPACT CONTINUES ITS MISSION
WITH THIS FIRST BURN.
>> SECO.
>> WE HEARD THE CALL OUT FOR
SECO WHICH IS SECO-1, SECOND
STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF FOR THIS
FIRST BURN.
THINGS LOOK GOOD AND TRAJECTORY
AND CALLOUT THAT NOMINAL ORBIT
EXERTION AND EVERYTHING LOOKS
GREAT FOR THE FIRST BURN, MEGAN.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW,
EVERYONE, ON THE SCREEN, AS THE
TRAJECTORY FOR THE SECOND STAGE
OF THE FALCON HEAVY WITH GOES-U,
SO AGAIN, IT IS MAKING ITS WAY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TOWARDS
SOUTHERN AFRICA.
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF THREE
BURNS FOR THE SECOND STAGE.
THE SECOND STAGE WILL NOW COAST
FOR ABOUT 18 MINUTES BEFORE
RE-IGNITING FOR THE SECOND BURN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN, WE HAVE A PROGRESS BAR
FULL OF THE MILESTONES THAT WE
ARE COVERING DURING THE LIVE
LAUNCH BROADCAST AND SES-2, THAT
IS THE SECOND BURN THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL HAPPEN
AGAIN IN ABOUT 18 MINUTES FROM
NOW.
SO MICK, AS YOU SAID, SO FAR, SO
GOOD.
REALLY EXCITING LAUNCH.
>> VERY EXCITING LAUNCH, AND WE
GOT THROUGH THAT WEATHER, AND
GOES-U IS ON ITS WAY.
>> YEAH, VERY DRAMATIC AND
APPROPRIATE WEATHER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AS WE AS THE LAUNCH TEAM
NAVIGATED THAT TO SEE US LIFTOFF
FROM THE SPACE COAST AT 5:26
P.M. EASTERN TIME.
WE WILL BE WITH YOU FOR SOME OF
THE MILESTONES YOU SEE ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, BUT IFFER
NOW BACK TO THE HOST DESK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US,
WELCOME LIVE TO THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA WHERE WE
JUST SAW GOES-U LAUNCH FROM
RIGHT HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A.
I'M WITH ALEK KRAUTMANN WHO IS
FROM NOAA.
I AM WITH NASA.
AND THIS WAS A HECK OF A LAUNCH.
WE WATCHED IT OUT THERE
TOGETHER.
IT WAS INTERESTING, I MEAN, THAT
RUMBLE, AND THAT ROAR.
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> OH MAN, WHAT A VIEW?
HOW DID WE GET THIS WEATHER
WINDOW?
THAT WAS OUTSTANDING.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE.
>> IT WAS FASCINATING.
YOU MADE THE POINT TO LOOK
BEHIND YOU.
THE MASSIVE CLOUDS THAT HAVE
ACCUMULATED BEHIND US, FAR
ENOUGH OFF TO THE WEST BUT THEN
AS WE LOOKED TO THE EAST, IT WAS
TOTALLY CLEAR.
SAW THE THING GO UP THE WHOLE
WAY.
>> IT IS ROCKING AND ROLLING IN
ORLANDO, BUT WE WERE ALL GOOD
HERE.
>> I TELL YOU, YOU GOT TO LOVE
FLORIDA.
APPRECIATE THEM HOLDING OFF
THOSE STORMS LONG ENOUGH TO GET
THIS THING GOING.
>> NOW T SATELLITE IS SURVIVING
THE RIGORS OF RIDING A ROCKET
INTO SPACE NOW, BUT WE'VE GOT A
LONG WAY TO GO, ALEK.
THERE IS A LOT MORE TO DO.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SHORT BURN AND A
LONG COAST PHASE BEFORE WE HAVE
SEPARATION.
AND THEN A NOAA TEAM WILL START
COMMISSIONING THE SATELLITE, SO
AS WE JUMP AHEAD IN THE
TIMELINE, WHAT DOES THAT ALL
INVOLVE?
>> YEAH, SO THE SATELLITES WILL
BE OPERATED OUT OF OUR NOAA
SATELLITE OPERATIONS FACILITY IN
MARYLAND.
AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
MONTHS, THEY'LL BE, FIRST OF
ALL, LIGHTING THE SATELLITE DO
OUTCASTING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN CALIBRATION AND
VALIDATING AND CHECKING OUT
INSTRUMENTS AND FIRST LIGHT WITH
THE VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS LATER
THIS FALL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AND
WE'LL KEEP CHUGGING ALONG HERE
ON OUR BROADCAST.
IN 2021, PEOPLE LIVING IN
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WERE HIT
WITH CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE FROM
HURRICANE IDA, BUT THERE WAS
FAIR WARNING OF WHAT WAS COMING
THANKS IN PART TO HIGH ADVANCED
RESOLUTION IMAGERY FROM GOES
SATELLITES.
HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK.
>> HURRICANE IDA WILL LONG BE
REMEMBERED FOR ITS DESTRUCTIVE,
DEADLY PATH THAT STRETCHED FROM
LOUISIANA TO THE NORTHEAST.
FOR METEOROLOGISTS AT NOAA'S
NATIONAL HURRICANE SENTER IN
MIAMI, NOAA'S GOES-16 SATELLITE
PROVID
.
>> NOAA FORECASTERS WILL BE ON
TOP OF THE MONSTER STORMS.
>> AND T PLUS 14 MINUTES.
EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THE
SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETS SO FAR.
AND LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH NASA
LEADERSHIP.
PHILLIP HAR GROVE IS WITH NASA'S
SANDRA SANDRA CONNELLY.
>> I AM HERE WITH THE DEPUTY
ADMINISTRATOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH
BEING FOR BEING HERE.
WHAT A DAY, WHAT A MOMENT.
>> WHAT WAS THE LAUNCH
EXPERIENCE LIKE?
>> ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
BEAUTIFUL LAUNCH.
I COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED.
I HAVE TO SAY I AM PRIVILEGED TO
HAVE SEEN SEVERAL LAUNCHES.
GORGEOUS DAY, AND I ACTUALLY GOT
TO SEE THOSE BOOSTERS LAND.
FABULOUS.
>> WHAT A SHOW.
SO BEYOND THE LAUNCH ITSELF,
WHAT IS EXCITING ABOUT THE
GOES-U MISSION FOR YOU?
>> SO GOES-U IS SO IMPORTANT.
AS YOU KNOW, IT IS THE FOURTH IN
THE SERIES OF GEOSTATIONARY
SATELLITES THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORT
OUR WEATHER, WHOLE WEATHER
FORECASTING SYSTEM.
AND SO THEY STARE OVER THE U.S.,
OR OVER THE ACTUALLY WHOLE
WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND PROVIDE
US REALLY CRITICAL DATA AS
STORMS ARE FORMING AND EVOLVING,
SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED IN
ADVANCE OF, DURING AND ACTUALLY
SUPPORT AFTER STORMS OCCUR.
SO IT REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT
SATELLITE SYSTEM FOR US.
>> AWESOME.
THE YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN NASA AND
NOAA AND HOW THAT HAS DEVELOPED
OVER THE YEARS?
>> YES, SO WE HAVE HAD A
PARTNERSHIP FOR 50 YEARS WITH
NOAA.
WE ARE BUILDING THESE KIND OF
SPACECRAFT.
WE DEVELOP THEM.
WE LAUNCH THEM.
WE COMMISSION THEM.
AND THEN NOAA OPERATES THEM.
AND IT'S TO SUPPORT BOTH
TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE WEATHER.
SPACE WEATHER IS BASICALLY THE
SUN SENDING ENERGETIC PARTICLES
TOWARDS OR THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR
SYSTEM, BUT WHEN IT COMES
TOWARDS THE EARTH THAT IT CAN
SOMETIMES IMPACT THE POWER GRIDS
AND CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR US HERE
ON EARTH, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
STUDY SPACE WEATHER AS MUCH AS
TERRESTRIAL WEATHER.
>> AWESOME.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS NEXT IN
THE NASA-NOAA COLLABORATION?
>> YES, AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD A
LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP, SO WE
CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THERE IS A GEO-XO SERIES
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE GOES-R
SERIES FOLLOW ON, AND WE ARE
VERY EXCITING TO BE PARTNERS
WITH NOAA ON THAT, BUT ALSO NASA
HAS ON THE SPACE WEATHER SIDE,
WE HAVE A MISSION CALLED IMAP
THAT IS LAUNCHING IN THE
SFRINGTIME, AND WE HAVE A RIDE
SHARE MISSION CALLED SPACE
WEATHER FOLLOW ALONG WHICH IS A
NOAA MISSION, SO WE WILL BE
ADVANCING OUR WORK IN SPACE
WEATHER AS MUCH AS TERRESTRIAL
WEATHER.
>> VERY EXCITING STUFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
GLAD YOU GOT TO WITNESS THAT IN
PERSON.
AND YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
FABULOUS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BACK TO YOU ALL.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE TALKING, OF COURSE,
ABOUT GOES-U AND THE MISSION AS
WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THE ROCKET
AND SPACECRAFT THERE, T PLUS 17
MINUTES.
THE SECOND STAGE.
AND THE GOES-U MAKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH SPACE GETTING READY FOR
ANOTHER BURN.
ALEK, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT HURRICANE.
YOU WERE A FORECASTER,
METEOROLOGIST, IN THE GULF,
RIGHT?
LOUISIANA.
SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOST
DEADLIEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE
ASPECT OF A HURRICANE.
AND THAT'S STORM SURGE.
HOW CAN GOES-U HELP WITH STORM
SURGE?
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> YEAH, THE DEADLIEST ASPECT OF
THE STORM SURGE IS WATER IN
GENERAL.
STORM SURGE AND INLAND FLOODING.
FROM GOES SATELLITES WE MONITOR
THE STRENGTH AND INTENSITY OF
THE STORM AS IT COMES TO SHORE.
AND AFTER LANDFALL, WE HAVE A
FLOOD MAPPING CAPABILITY WITH
OUR ABI, THIS IS AN IMAGE WITH
FROM A PULL OF SATELLITES AND
THE GEOSATELLITES WITH ABI AND
IT SHOWS THE GENERAL EXTENT OF
INUNDATION AFTER A STORM.
YOU CAN SEE THIS FROM THE
LOUISIANA COAST AFTER HURRICANE
LAURA.
AND IT GIVES EMERGENCY MNGERS AN
IDEA OF -- MANAGERS AN IDEA OF
WHERE FLOODING IS ON THE GROUND.
AND USING ONLY OUR POLAR
SATELLITES, WE CAN DOWN SCALE
THIS IMAGERY TO ABOUT 30 METER
RESOLUTION, SO THIS IMAGE THAT
WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW IS FROM
THE POLAR SATELLITES AND IT
GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE
WATER IS STILL RESIDUAL IN
COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THIS IS RESIDUAL WATER
FROM STORM SURGE AND WATER FROM
FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINS.
>> SO THIS IS A VALUABLE TOOL,
AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR EMERGENCY
MANAGERS, AFTER A STORM BECAUSE
YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR FLOODING
IS.
YOU GOT TO KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE
ARE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY STRANDED
FROM THAT KIND OF WATER NEED
HELP.
>> AND TO DEPLOY RESOURCES AND
TO COORDINATE RESPONSE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD.
SO CONTINUING TALKING ABOUT
HURRICANES A LITTLE BIT, EARLIER
IN THE SHOW WE TALKED ABOUT
NOAA'S FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THIS WILL BE A SUPER ACTIVE
ONE.
FOUR TO SEVEN MAJOR HURRICANES
WITH 110 PLUS MILES PER HOUR
WINDS FORECAST FOR THIS
HURRICANE SEASON.
VERY IMPORTANT TO THE FOLKS HERE
IN FLORIDA, AND ALL THE WAY UP
THE EASTERN SEABOARD AS WELL AS
THE GULF.
WHY SO MANY THIS YEAR?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE REALLY SEEING
EXCEPTIONALLY WARM SEA SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
BASIN, THE CARIBBEAN, INTO THE
GULF, AND THAT IS THE MAIN
DRIVER.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING WEAKER WIND
SHEAR ALOFT THAT WOULD BE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE
STORMS TO TAKE OFF.
>> RIGHT.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO
PLANNING, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A PLAN.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW,
EVERY YEAR WE HEAR, START A PLAN
NOW.
MOST PEOPLE I THINK OR MANY
PEOPLE, I SHOULD SAY, PROBABLY
SAY, I'LL WORRY ABOUT THAT WHEN
I HEAR THERE IS A STORM COMING.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK AN ACTIVE
SEASON FORECAST IS A HELPFUL
REMINDER TO REVISIT YOUR PLANS
EVERY YEAR, RIGHT?
IT TAKES ONE STORM TO IMPACT
YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT COULD EVEN BE A LIGHT SEASON.
[PLEASE STAND BY]
>> WHY ARE THE SATELLITES
RENAMED?
WHY ARE THE SATELLITES RENAMED
ONCE THEY REACH ORBIT?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
SO ON THE GROUND, WE GO BY
LETTERS.
THIS ONE WAS GOES-U.
ONCE IT REACHES ORBIT, WILL BE
RENAMED GOES-19.
THE SUCCESSFUL MISSION ONCE IT
MAKES IT.
THIS IS A RISKY PROCESS, SO IT
GETS A NEW NAME ONCE IT ACHIEVES
THE MILESTONE.
THEN THE GOES EAST AND GOES WEST
POSITIONS.
MEGAN: ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A PACKED BALL COP NY
DURING LAUNCH WITH A MEMBER OF
NOAA'S LEADERSHIP.
PHILLIP.
>> YES, THANKS, DERROL.
I AM HERE JOINED BY ELSAYED
TALAL.
HOW WAS THE LAUNCH?
>> IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS PICTURE PERFECT.
I WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THE SOUND WAS AMAZING M.
YEAH.
IT REALLY, REALLY WAS.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE COME BACK
CORONAGRAPH.
CAN YOU TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT
THE INSTRUMENT AN WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT?
>> SO THE COME PORT CORE
CHOREOGRAPH IS THE FIRST WE FLY
IN SPACE.
IT IS ADVANCED SOLAR TELESCOPE
THAT BLOCKS THE SUN SO WE CAN
MEASURE THE OUTER ATMOSPHERE OF
THE SUN, THE SOLAR CORONA.
I US VERY IMPORTANT TO MEASURE
THAT THAT IS BECAUSE WHERE
EXTREME SPACE WEATHER EVENTS
ORIGINATE.
THE LARGE EXPLOSIONS CALLED
CORONA MASS EJECTIONS THAT CAN
SEND BILLIONS OF TONS OF MATTER
HURDLING TO EARTH AT MILLIONS OF
MILES PER HOUR.
>> IT CREATES THE OWN SOLAR
ECLIPSE.
>> YES.
BASICALLY, THIS TELESCOPE WILL
TAKE A SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND ASCEND
IT DOWN THE FORECASTERS EVERY 30
MINUTES.
WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
SO SOONER THAN THAT.
THEN THEY WILL BE THE TEN OS
OPERATIONS OF HAVING THE SOLAR
ECLIPSE, PASLEY, WITHIN 30
MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE
INSTRUMENT WORKS WITH THE OTHERS
ONBOARD?
>> SO, SO WHAT THIS INSTRUMENT
DOES, IT ALLOWS THE LONG-TERM
FORECASTING SPACE WEATHER.
SO ONE TO FOUR DAYS.
AFTER WE SEE EXPLOSION OFF THE
SUN.
WE MEASURE THE CAR
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EX PLOSES
THEN PUT IT INTO MOLDS THAT PROP
GALE IT TOWARD EARTH AND SEE IF
IT COMES TO EARTH.
THEN ESTIMATE HOW BIG THE IMPACT
IS GOING TO BE.
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE
THAT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECTING
OUR TECHNOLOGICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY CAN AFFECT THE POWER GRIDS,
CIVIL AVIATION.
THEN, OTHER SATELLITE OPERATIONS
AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS AND
NAVIGATIONS AND THIS WORKS IN
TANDEM WELL THE OTHER SOLAR
INSTRUMENTS CRONE BOARD THAT,
SHORE THE SOLAR EUV X-RAY AND
RADIANCE AND IMAGE TO SUN.
THEN THE IMAGE RIFF THE SUN
GIVES US CONTEXT IMAGERY OF THE
SUN THAT IS BASICALLY LIKE,
LOOKING AT THE ATLANTIC PASS SIN
FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES AS THEY
DEVELOP AND THEN, THEY MAY
DEVELOP INTO HURRICANES.
WE LOOK AT THE SUN WITH THE
SOLAR ULTRAVIOLATE IMAGER TO SEE
IF THE REGIONS WHICH ARE
CENTERED AROUND SUN SPOTS IF
THEY ARE FOG DEVELOP AND PRODUCE
FLAIRS AND EX PLOS THE CORONA
MASS EJECTIONS THEN WE MEASURE
WITH THE RADIANS MEASUREMENTS
THEN THE PARTICLE INSTRUMENTS WE
HAVE ON THE GOES SATELLITES.
VERY INTERESTING.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR NOAA?
>> SO, VERY EXCITING TIME FOR
SPACE WEATHER BECAUSE WE ARE
DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING THE
CAPABILITIES.
WE ARE GOING TO FLY NEXT YEAR IN
2025 THE L1 MISSION, THAT IS
GOING TO BE UPSTREAM BUOY FOR
MEASURING THE SOLAR WIND AND
INCOMING SOLAR ELECTS AT ONE
MILLION MILES UPSTREAM OF EARTH
TOWARD THE SUN.
>> VERY EXCITING STUFF.
I WILL TOSS IT BACK TO YOU
MEGAN.
MEGAN: WE ARE BACK HERE AT THE
MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER ON CAPE
CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION
AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE AM
TAS AS THEY CONTINUE THE JOURNEY
TO DELIVER GOES-U TO THE CORRECT
ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH.
>> YEAH.
THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
THE FIRST BURN, ALL THE
TELEMETRY LOOKED GOOD.
NOMINAL.
THE VEHICLE IS IN A COAST PHASE
NOW.
OUR NEXT COMING UP IS SES2.
THE SECOND BURN, WHICH WE SHOULD
BE HEARING HERE IN ABOUT 20-25
SECONDS.
THINGS ARE PROGRESSING WELL AND
GOES-U LOOKS GOOD.
MEGAN: AGAIN, THE MILESTONE BAR
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS
WHERE WE ARE.
SES1 IS THE SECOND BUMP WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
WE ARE TRACKING THAT FOR 2 6:19.
SO FIVE SECONDS FROM NOW.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE WE GO.
WE SEE THE ENGINE ON THE FALCON
HEAVY SECOND SAME LIGHTING UP.
THE SECOND OF THREE BURNS FOR
ASCENSION.
THIS BURN IS GOING TO LAST ABOUT
1:27.
>> THINGS ARE GOING WELL WELL A
LAUNCH VEHICLE AS THEY ARE ON
THIS TRAJECTORY THAT MARK HAMETZ
TALKED ABOUT RAISING THAT UP TOP
GET TO WHERE WE ARE GOING TO
HEAD OUT TO GEO TRANSFER.
THINGS ARE LOOKING WELL.
ALL TELEMETRY ON SECOND STAGE IS
PERFORMING FOOD.
IN FACT, I IS PERFORMING VERY
WELL.
TELEMETRY LOOKS LIKE WE ARE
HEADING UP THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMING
NOMINAL.
MEGAN: THE IMAGE THAT YOU ARE
SEEING THERE, AN ANIMATION OF
WHERE WE ARE.
THE TRAJECTORY WE HAVE BEEN
KEEPING AN EYE ON.
AS WE SAID, WE HAD INTERVIEW
ABOUT EARLIER IN THE BROADCAST.
YEP.
THE VEHICLE IS PROGRESSING IN A
GOOD VELOCITY, STAGE 2 VELOCITY.
AND PUTTING GOES-U WHERE IT
NEEDS TO BE.
MAKING THAT ADJUST PRESIDENT IN
THE TRAJECTORY, THAT PHILLIP AND
MARK TALKED ABOUT AND THINGS
LOOK GOOD AS WE ARE GETTING
READY FOR IMPACT SHUTTLEDOWN
HERE IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS.
THINGS STILL PROGRESSING WELL.
THERE WE SEE SHUTDOWN AND BEGAN
THE COAST PHASE.
MEGAN, THINGS LOOK GOOD ON THE
VEHICLE AS WE ARE WATCHING THE
TELL ALMOST TRY SCREENS HERE
FROM SPACEX.
THE VEHICLE PERFORMED VERY WELL.
THERE WE HEARD THE CALL-OUT FOR
A NOMINAL TRANSFER ORBIT.
WE GET READY FOR THIS LONG COAST
BEFORE OUR THIRD BURN.
MEGAN: ABSOLUTELY A LONG COAST
PHASE.
LOOKING AT A COAST PHASE OF 6:53
MINUTES.
ATTAIN, THIS IS VERY WELL
CHOREOGRAPHED TO THE SECOND
TRAJECTORY THAT GETS USES TO
THAT GEOSTATIONARY TRANSFER
ORBIT THAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
LSP'S MISSION IS TO DELIVER
GOES-U TO THAT GEOSTATIONARY
TRANSFER ORBIT, AND WHILE IT
THERE IS, THEY ARE GOING TO DO
CHECKOUTS OF THE SATELLITE, THEN
ONCE OPERATIONAL IN
GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, THAT IS
WHERE GOES-U BECOMES GOES-EAST
AND WILL KEEP A CONTINUOUS WATCH
OVER THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
>> YEAH.
ADDS WE GET GOES-U ON THE WAY TO
TODAY, THINGS PROGRESSING
FORWARD, AS ALEK SAID.
VERY EXCITING.
THE SECOND STAGE PERFORMING VERY
WELL ON THAT.
AS WE CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN
THERE, THAT STAGE TWO IS
COASTING TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO
GET TO.
THAT NORMAL GEO TRANSFER ORBIT
INSERTION THAT WE HEARD ABOUT
FROM MARK AND PHILLIP, AND
THINGS ARE GOING, GOING TO
PROGRESS VERY WELL AS THE
VEHICLE ORIENTS ITSELF AND GETS
GOES-U ON THE OR WAY FOR THE
THIRD BURN WHICH WILL BE VERY
IMPORTANT BURN TO FINALIZE THE
MISSION TO GET READY FOR
DEPLOYMENT, AND PART OF THAT
WOULD BE THAT, THAT, THE FALCON
HEAVY PERFORMED SO WELL TODAY,
THAT THIS WILL, THAT EXTRA
PERFORMANCE WE HAD WILL GIVE
GOES-U A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA LAV
ON ORBIT BECAUSE THE DON'T HAVE
TO USE SPACECRAFT FUEL.
SO VEHICLE PERFORMANCE LOOKED
VERY GOOD TODAY.
>> YEAH.
GOES SATELLITES ARE DESIGNED TO
HAVE 15 YEARS OF LIFE, BUT
BECAUSE WE ARE SAVING PROPELLENT
ON THE SPACECRAFT BECAUSE FALCON
HEAVY IS DELIVERING IT FURTHER
TOWARD THE ORBIT, WE ARE LOOKING
AT A 20-20-20-PLUS YEAR LIFE.
YEP.
SO AGAIN, JUST ANY OTHER CHECK
OF THE SPACECRAFT BEFORE WE SIGN
OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT FOR THE
COAST PHASEZ IN.
>> NOPE.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD ON THE
SPACECRAFT SIDE.
WE ARE OPERATING ON OPERATE ARE
BATTERIES AS MARK SAID.
THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY
WITH THE SUN IN THE RIGHT
POSITION TO GET READY FOR
DEPLOYMENT.
AFTER DEPLOYMENT, THEY WILL GET
THE SOLAR ARRAYS OUT.
PARTIAL SOLAR ARRAYS TO CHARGE
THE BATTERIES TO GET GOING THEN
BEGIN THEIR WORK AND THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS TO GET TO
GEOSTATIONARY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AGAIN, A COAST PHASE OF UPPER
FOUR HOURS.
NICK AND I HAVE GOING TO POP IN
AT 7:00 AND 8:00 P.M. EASTERN
TIME TO GIVE YOU QUICK UPDATES
ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING.
FOR NOW LET'S TOSS IT BACK TO
PHILLIP.
>> THANKS, MEGAN.
YES.
I AM HERE WITH THE NOAA
ADMINISTRATOR.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH ME.
>> I AM DELIGHTED.
>> TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THE
OCCASION WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE
LIKE IF.
>> SO THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY AWESOME
EXPERIENCING A LAP.
I GOT TO SAY, IT IS AN EVENT
THAT HAPPENS OVER A FEW MINUTES
BUT YOU REALIZE THERE IS
THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYBODY AND
SEE IT COME TOGETHER SO PUT PLY,
SO WELL DONE, SO COMPREHENSIVELY
IS AWESOME IN THE LITERAL SENSE
OF THE WORD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THIS
SATELLITE IS IMPORTANT TO THE
NATION?
>> SO FOR US, AT NOAA, WE FEEL
THAT OUR MAIN RESPONSIBLES
PROVIDING ENVIRNLAL INTELLIGENCE
ABOUT THE EARTH, SO THAT PEOPLE
CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
ECONOMICS, ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY, THIS
SALT LIGHT IS A CRITICAL
COMPONENT AND OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
EARTH.
THE ABILITY TO WATCH IT.
SEE STORMS FORMING.
SEE SMOKE MOVING.
SEE ALL THE CHANGES IN IN THE
PATTERNS OF THE CURRENTS AND THE
OCEANS AND USE THAT THEN TO
PROVIDE DECISIONS SUPPORT.
WE CAN ONLY BE CLIMATE READY AND
BE PREPARED FOR THE IMPACTS OF
CHANGE AND DEVASTATING WEATHER
AND CLIMATE EVENTS IF WE GOT THE
INFORMATION UPON WHICH WE CAN
MAKE TEES.
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW NOAA
COLLABORATES WITH NASA TO
ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS?
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
NASA FOR DECADES.
ATION WONDERFUL COULD LAB
GRATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AT THE
LAUNCH HERE, MANY WORKED IN BOTH
AGE PHYSICIAN SITS FOR MANY
YEARS.
BASICALLY TO FIND THE SORT OF
SWIM LANES OF RESPONSIBILITY,
NASA IS THE ACQUISITION AGENT
AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
MAKING SURE THE SALT LIGHT AND
THE SENSORS ARE BUILD ACCORDING
TO THE SPECIFICATIONS THEN NASA
ALSO OBVIOUSLY PROVIDES THE
LAUNCH SERVICES WE PROVIDE HERE
TODAY.
S NOAAS THE OPERATOR AND MAN
FER.
WHEN THE SYSTEM BECOMES
OPERATIONAL.
WE PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE
ACQUISITION, BUT, BY THIS
SPRING, WHEN GOES-U BECOMES
GOES-19, IT WILL BE AN
OPERATIONAL SATELLITE, THAT WILL
BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE
MONITORING THE HEALTH AND THE
DATA 4-7, 56.
>> AWESOME.
MAN, CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT
YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WITH
THIS COLLABORATION?
>> THE CONTINUATION AND BUILD
THE CAPABILITIES.
NASA BRINGS INCREDIBLE
INNOVATION TABLE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BUILD TO THE NEXT
GENERATION.
GEO XO IS THE CONTINUATION OF
THE GOES-R SERIES.
WE WILL BE LAUNCHING IN 2036 AN
BETWEEN NOW AN 2036 I EXPECT
NOTHING MORE THAN THE CONTINUED
GREAT COLLABORATION AND
INNOVATION WE HAVE SEEN BETWEEN
NASA AND NOAA.
>> AWESOME.
THANKS SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU TELLING ME
ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BACK TO YOU.
GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW GOES-U WILL COAST FOR ALMOST
4 HOURS BEFORE SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION AND AM LEC AND RY
GOING TO STEP ASIDETURING THAT
TIME, OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO
BE KEEPING TRACK ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
A LIVE TRACKING ANIMATION THE
ENTIRE TIME AND BRIEF UPDALE ON
GOES-U FROM MEGAN ON THE HOUR
BUT BEFORE WE BREAK ASH OF THIS
HE K SESFUL LAUNCH OF A WEATHER
SATELLITE, WE WANT TO CELEBRATE
A LITTLE BIT BY SHOWING AND
SHARING SOME OF THE BEST WEATHER
ART SUBMILTED TO US BY KIDS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD AND THE THEME
OF THIS CAMPAIGN, WHAT WAS IT,
ALEK.
>> LIGHTNING.
WE LIKE LIGHTNING IN.
IT THERE IS.
IT IS PART OF NASA'S SPACE PLACE
ART CHALLENGE WHERE EVERY MONTH
WE IN VIT KIDS TO MAKE ART OUT
OF.
AS YOU CAN SEE SHALL WHERE IT
IS NOT ALL DRAWN.
IN HONOR OF GOES-U LAUNCH TODAY.
WE ASK KIDS TO MAKE LIGHTNING
AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF
SUBMISSIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REST 6
THEM.
SCAN THE QR CODE AT THE LOWER
RIGHT HAN PART OF THE SCREEN AND
YOU CAN SEE ALL 23 FINALISTS.
I THINK YOU SAW SOMEBODY MADE
ONE WITH LEG GOES.
>> YEAH.
CASCADES.
THEY WERE ESTIMATED IN THERE.
LIGHTNING OVER MOUNT HOOD.
>> YEAH.
LIGHTNING STRIKING MOUNT HOOD.
YEAH.
THAT IT IS COOL.
FOOD STUFF.
THANK TO YOU THE KIDS WHO
SUBMITTED THAT ART.
NOW STAY TUNED FOR CONTINUED
COVERAGE OF THE GOES-U SATELLITE
DURING THE COAST PHASE.
AL ELECTION AND I WILL REJOIN
COVERAGE AT 9:30 P.M. EASTERN
TIME TO BRING YOU THIRD BURN AND
LIVE IMAGES OF GOES-U
SEPARATEING THE ROCKET.
UNTIL THEN, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I AM DERROL NAIL.
>> HE IS FROM NOAA THE NATIONAL
OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
NOW WE ARE BACK FOR EXCITING
STUFF.
>> IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE
SPACECRAFT OUT THERE ON ITS OWN.
>> ABOUT TO SEE THAT MOMENT
WHERE IT FLOATS TOUGH SPACE
COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT.
NASA'S COVERAGE OF THE GOES-U
MISSION WHICH LAUNCHED THREE AND
A HALF HOURS AGO ABOARD A SPACEX
FALCON HEAVY ROCK DRET THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WAS STARTED
AT 5:26 P.M. WELL A LAUNCH.
IF YOU MISSED IT HERE IS A QUICK
REPLAY.
AND THERE YOU HEAR THE RUMBLE
AND ROAR AT 59:26 P.M. EASTERN
TIME.
SPACEX LIFTED OF THE FALCON
HEAVY WITH A GOES-U SATELLITE
ABOARD.
AND IT WAS A BEAUTY.
FACING EAST, IT WAS CLEAR SKIES
AS THE ROCKET SAILED UP TO SPACE
BEHIND IT, THOUGH, THERE WERE
STORMS THAT STAYED AT BAY OFF IN
THE INLAND PART OF FLOOR DID AND
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE ROCK
KETTLE, IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL
SIGHTING TO SEE THAT ROCKET GET
OFF THE GROUND AND INTO SPACE.
PEOPLE WERE EXCITED AND THRILLED
AS THE ROCKET AND WE WATCHED IT
GO UP.
THAT WAS BEGINNING OF WHAT WOULD
BECOME A THREE AND A HALF HOUR
JOURNEY THAT HAS LED US NOW TO T
PLUS FOUR HOURS.
AND SO, HERE WE REBACK WAITING
FOR THIS BIG MOMENT, UM, AND,
YOU KNOW, THIS SATELLITE ONCE IT
IS DEPLOYED HAS A LOT OF
FEATURES, THAT IS GOING TO HELP
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I WANT TO
ASK YOU FIRST OF ALL.
AFTER LAUNCH, WE FOLLOWED THE
MISSION, LIKE WE SAID FOR TWO
BURNS THEN ENTERED THE COAST
PHASE THEN IN THE COAST PHASE
NOW AND FOLLOW THAT THIRD BURN
AND THEN SPACECRAFT SEPARATION,
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK NOW AT
THIS SATELLITE AND LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT BT THE FUTURES AND
THE THINGS THAT IT CAN TO.
IT.
IT'S THE FOURTH AND THE LAST OF
THE GOES-R SERIES RATED BY NOAA.
GOES-US THE SIZE OF A SMALL
SCHOOL BUS ANDATION OVER
6,000 POUNDS.
HATES A FIVE-PANEL SOLAR ALLY
THAT POWERS THE SATELLITE.
THE INSTRUMENTS, COMPUTERS ,
SENSORRANCE TELECOME IN CATIONS
EQUIPMENT, AND GOES-U HAS SEVEN
ADVANCED IN STREWMENTS THAT CAN
ANALYZE WEATHER HAZARDS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
INCLUDING HURRICANES, LIGHTNING,
SPACE WEATHER AND THE SOLAR
FLARES THEN IT CAN RELAY THE
DATA BACK TO EARTH.
OF COURSE WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING
SATELLITES NOW WEATHER
SATELLITES FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS
AS A PARTNERSHIP.
HOW DOES THIS PARTICULAR
SATELLITE PEN IF IT THE PUBLIC?
>> YEAH.
IT IS REALLY THE REAL-TIME 24-7
MONITORING.
WE, WE NEED THE OBSERVATION
INTERESTS THE SATELLITES TO
ISSUE LIFE SAVING WARNINGS FOR
THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PORT
AND TRACK HURRICANES, TRACK
WILDFIRES.
DERROL: NEW FOR THIS SATELLITE,
IT HAS CORONAGRAPH ON IT.
NOW YOU ARE HELPING WITH SOLAR
WEATHER.
>> YEAH.
THE FIRST EVER OPERATIONAL
CORONA PARAGRAPH.
AGAIN, TO GET THOSE WARNINGS FOR
SPACE WEATHER TO INDUSTRY USERS
AND TO THE PUBLIC.
DERROL:S WHAT HE THE CORONA FAV
INWE GUILTY A MODEL RIGHT HERE?
>> YEAH, IT IS POINTED ON THE
SOLAR PLATFORM, AND SO IT IS, IT
IS COMING OFF.
>> OVER HERE.
>> YEP.
>> SEE.
OOPS SO HOW THESE WORK LIKE, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE THE SOLAR ARRAY
NEEDS TO BE POINTED AT THE SUN,
THE CORONA GRAPH ALSO NEEDS TO
BE POINTED AT THE SUN?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IT ACTUALLY SEES WITH A WHITE
LIGHT AND SO THE LIGHT MAY BE
GOOD FOR EXLE PELL AS
IDENTIFYING COMETS AS THEY PASS
CLOSE TO THE SUN.
DERROL: NOW TWO GOES SATELLITES
UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
DESCRIBE WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN
GOES-U ITS ROLE IN, INDIES
PLACING ONE OF THEM.
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE TWO DIGS OPERATIONAL
POSITIONS.
GOES EAST IS OVER THE EQUATOR,
OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, COVERS
MOST OF THE EASTERN U.S. AND
GOES WEST IS OVER THE EQUATOR
OVER THE PAPA SICK OF OCEAN
COVERING MOST OF THE WESTERN
U.S. AND TOLL THEY COVER THE
WEST COAST OF AFRICA ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO NEW ZE LAP, THE NORTH
FOAL THE SOUTH POLE.
WHY WE NEEDED TO HAVE TO THE
COAST OF AFRICA BECAUSE ONE OF
THE KEYNG THISES THAT THIS IS
FOR IS EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW,
HURRICANES.
MEAN, THESE THINGS THAT COME OFF
THE COAST OF AFRICA AND IMPACT
US SEVERELY NEED TO BE TRACKED
AS EARLY AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO
IT.
>> THAT IS REALLY THE LEGACY OF
A GOES SERIES.
WE HAD AWESOME SCIENCE SESSION
WITH THE GOES TEAM ON SUNDAY,
AND THERE IS A GREAT QUOTE FROM
ONE OF THE FORMER DIRECTORS OF
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
CALLING GOES SATELLITE IMAGERY
THE SINGLE GREATEST ADVANCEMENT
FOR HURRICANE FORECASTS.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT.
YOU WERE ADVANCING GOES INTO THE
NEXT GENERATION OF WEATHER
SATELLITES AS YOU MENTIONED THIS
IS THE LAST IN A SERIES TELL ME
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT FROM GEOXO WHICH IS THE
ONE THAT SUCCEEDS US?
>> OH, THAT IS RIGHT.
SO THE NEXT GENERATION, YOU
KNOW, IT THE FIRST ONE TO LAUNCH
IN 2032 SO TAKE US 2030 ALL THE
WAY TO 25050.
THEY ARE PLAN FOR THIS TODAY.
>> WOW.
>> IT WILL HAVE SIMILAR
INSTRUMENTS LIGHTEDDENING MAPPER
AND IMAGINGER AND THERE WILL BE
NEW INSTRUMENTS LIKE OCEAN COLOR
INSTRUMENTS THAT UNDERSTAND THE
HEALTH OF THE OCEAN AND
ATMOSPHERE SOUNDER SORE THAT
WOULD HELP US IMPROVE NOW
CASTING OF SEVERE STORMS AND TO
GET PROFILES INSIDE OF THE
STORMS AS THEY FORM AND THEN WE
WILL ALSO HAVE ATMOSPHERE
COMPOSITION INSTRUMENT THAT WILL
HELP US UNDERSTAND AIR QUALITY
AND THE CLIMATE IMPACTS
ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
DERROL: SO YOUR THOUGHTS NOW
BEFORE WE TOSS TO IT THE
COMMENTATORS ABOUT GETTING READY
TO WATCH THIS SATELLITE COME OFF
THE ROCKET?
>> OH,WAY.
TO SITE ON ITS OWN IN SPACE.
I CANNOT WAIT.
WE HAVE TO VISIT GOES-U IN THE
CLEAN ROOM AT LOCKHEED MARTIN
COLORADO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
KNOWING IT WAS THERE, THEN, ON
THE ROCKET, NOW, READY TO GO OFF
ON THE OWN IN ORBIT.
CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
DERROL: ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT A THIRD BURN TO START US
OFF FIRST THEN GET TOT THAT
SEPARATION, SO IS THE MOMENT WE
HAVE BEEN WAIT FOR.
LET'S BRING IN MEGAN CRUZ AND
HERE.
MEGAN: YEAH.
GUYS.
WE ARE BACK HERE.
>> THERE WE SEE THE ENGINE
STARTING UP FOR THIS BURN.
LIKE I SAID, IT IS GOING TO TO
BE A 30-SECOND BURN JUST MAN OFF
AING THE SECOND STAGE AND GOES-U
INTO POSITION.
TO GET READY FOREGOES U'S
DEPLOYMENT AND SO FAR, THIS
MISSION, EVERYTHING HAS LOOKED
GREAT TODAY.
MEGAN?
MEGAN: YEAH.
GREAT TOT SEE THE ENGINE
REIGNITED AGAIN FOR THE FINAL
BURN.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
ENGINE WITH THE GOES-U SATELLITE
NOW COASTING FOR ABOUT FOUR
HOURS, SO IT IS NICE TO SEE IT
AGAIN LIT UP AND REIGNITING FOR
THE FINAL 90 SOMETHING OR SO
BURN.
>> THERE WE SEE SHUT JOHN OF THE
END GIN GETTING READY FOR
PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT AND WE HEARD
THE CALL-OUT FOR NOMINAL
INSERTION OF ORBIT GETTING READY
FOR THE GOES-U SATELLITE TO BE
DEPLOYED IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES
FROM NOW.
FOR THE TEAM TOLL TO THAT, SO I
CAN TELL YOU, THE SPACECRAFT IS
WORKING THEIR PROCEDURES.
THEY HAVE POWERED UP THE SYSTEMS
AND GETTING THINGS ALIGNED AND
READY TO FO TO GET READY TO
SEPARATE FROM THE SECOND STAGE
AND DEPLOY IN ORBIT AND START
THERE, THEIR WORK AS WE SEE A
PICTURE THERE OF GHOST YOU ON
THE FRONT OF STAGE TWO.
DERROL:
>> YEAH THE SPACECRAFT NOW
90,000 MILES POF THE EARTH.
EXACTLY WHERE THE TEAM WANTED IT
TO BE.
>> EXACTLY.
GOOD TRAJECTORY TODAY AS I SAID
EARLIER, THE DATA FROM THE TEAM
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD
FALCON HEAVY PERFORMED VERY
WELL.
SECOND STAGE THROUGH THIS THIRD
BURN AS PERFORMED NOMINALLY AND
EVERYTHING LOOKS FOOD.
GOOD INSERTION ORBIT.
WE ARE JUST SITTING, WAITING TO
SEE GOES YOU START THE SCIENCE
MISSIONS.
MEGAN: SO AGAIN, THE TIME DOT
THAT IS LEFT ON THE PROGRESS BAR
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS
GOES-U DEPLOYING, GOES-U
DEPLORING AND EXPECTING THAT IN
ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES NOW, SO T
PLUS HOURS 30:02 AGAIN WATCHING
THE CLOCK THERE ON THE TOP
CORNER OF THE SCREEN WAITING FOR
THE FINAL MILESTONE WE ARE
COVERING ON THE LIVE BROADCAST
TODAY.
ONE COOL THING, MEGAN, WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THE
LIVE VIEW INTERESTS THE
SPACECRAFT AND CAPTURING LIVE
VIEWS OF SEPARATION.
THIS IS A FIRST FOR THE GOES
MISSION.
>> YEAH.
THESE VIEWS WE HAD THROUGH THE
WHOLE COAST PERIOD HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLE TO SEE SECOND STAGE
AND GOES-U OUT IN SPACE AS YOU
HEAD ABOUT 20,000 MILES OUT.
IT HAS BEEN AWESOME SITTING HERE
WATCHING THESE AND BEING A PART
OF THIS MISSION AND AS HE SAID,
THIS IS THE.
WE ARE BEEN WAITING FOR AND VERY
EXCITING TO SEE IT HAPPEN IN
REAL-TIME ON THE VIDEO THAT IS
GOING TO BE A FIRST FOREGOES U
AND I KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
THIS TEAM.
MEGAN: YEAH.
AND GOES-U, YOU KNOW, WILL
CONTINUE NEARLY 50 YEARS OF NOAA
AND NASA PARTNERING TOGETHER TO
KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE EARTH
AND NOW WITH THE NEW COMPACT
CORONAGRAPH, THE NEW INSTRUMENT
ON GOES-U DIFFERENT ARE THE
PREVIOUS GOES-R SATELLITES IN
THIS SERIES, THAT IS REALLY
EXCITING ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO
ADD TO THIS FLEET OF SATELLITES.
>> YEAH.
AS DERROL TALKED EARLIER AT
LAUNCH TIME, THIS INSTRUMENT US
GOING TO PROVIDE US A LOT OF
GREAT DATA LOOKING AT THE SOLAR
FLARES AND SOLAR WORK THAT IS
GOING ON THAT WILL HELP PREDICT
SOME THING THEN HELP WORK OUT
WHAT DISASTERS MAY HAPPEN
BECAUSE OF THOSE AND I THINK
THIS IS GREAT AS WE SAID, GOES-U
WILL BE TALKING OVER FOR GOES-R
ONCE IT GETS ON ORBIT, AND THE
REASON THEY ARE DOING THAT IS TO
GET THIS INSTRUMENT OUT THERE
AND GET THAT TATA, SO THINGS ARE
LOOKING VERY GOOD FROM THAT AS
YOU SAID, A 50-YEAR CAREER WITH
GOES-U HERE FOR ME PERSONALLY,
AND THIS WILL BE MY TENTH GOES
SALT LIGHT AND IN MY AEROSPACE
CAREER AND SO I HAVE VERY MUCH
ENJOYED WORKING WITH NOAA ON THE
GOES SATELLITES AND LAUNCHING
THESE AND VERY HAPPY TO SEE WHAT
ISING IFING TO HAPPEN IN THE
DATA WE GET.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, REALLY, THIS SATELLITE
IS GOING TO HELP INFORM AND HELP
KEEP SAFE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE, IN THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE AND REALLY I MEAN, WE
USE DATA EVERY DAY AND PICK UP
THE CELL PHONES THAT IS INFORMED
AND TODAY'S LAUNCH WEATHER
INFORMED BY DATA TAT SO REALLY,
A MISSION THAT, THAT TOUCHES ON
EVERY DAY LIVES.
>> YES.
VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US
HERE ON MOTHER EARTH TO BE
WATCHING THE DIFFERENT WEATHERS
AND THEMES HERE FOR US LIVING IN
FLOOR TA.
WE LOVE GOES SALT LIGHT AND
GOES-R SERIES HAS BEEN A GREAT
FOR THAT AND FOR US TO GET DATA
IN A FASTER AND MORE DATA
ACTUALLY TO HELP PREDICT
HURRICANES AN TORNADOES ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES AND AUM OF
THOSE KIND OF THINGS, SO IT HAS
BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP
WITH NOAA AND VERY EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT GOES-U WILL PROVIDE TO
THE WORLD IN ITS DATA.
MEGAN: DOW WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AND THE COME
BACK CORONAGRAPH.
I MEAN, HOW TOOELE, RIGHTING IN
TO ADD THIS TO GOES' ARSENAL AS
LAST MACHINE WE HAD THE HUGE
SOLAR STORM.
IT WAS HIGHEST LEVEL GEOMAGNATIC
STORM IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
PAUSE THERE WERE CORONA MASS
EJECTIONS COMING OFF OF THE SUN
THAT AFFECTED OUR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND
OUR SATELLITE NAVIGATIONS OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES, I MEAN, WE SAW
THAT IN REAL LIFE YOU KNOW JUST
A MONTH AGO.
HOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
SUN CAN AFFECT US HERE?
YEAH.
VERY TIMELY.
THAT WILL BE VERY IMPRESSIVE TO
BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT.
I THINK ONE OF THE COOL THINGS
FOR ME AS ENGINEER WORKING ROCK
KETTLES SCIENCE IS HE EXPLAINED
EARLIER IS HO YOU THE
CORONAGRAPH WORKS BASICALLY
GETTING THAT SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEW
ALL THE TIME.
I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE
HOW THE TEAM DESIGNED THAT AND
ARE GETTING THIS DATA SO THEY
CAN MESH SHORE THE SOLAR FLARE
VELOCITIES AND LINKS THAT COME
OFF AND HOW IT AFFECTS US HERE
ON EARTH LATER ON.
I THINK IT IS TIMELY LAUNCH OF
GOES-U AND I KNOW THAT THE
WEATHER FORECASTERS AND
SCIENTISTS WILL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT TATA.
>> YEAH.
>> NOW, CHECK ON THE CLOCK, WE
ARE ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM
WHAT WE HOPE TO SEE SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION AND AGAIN GOES-U
FLOATING AWAY FROM THE FALCON
HEAVY SECOND STAGE AND INTO THE
CORRECT ORBIT AROUND OUR EARTH.
NOW THE SPACECRAFT TEAM PEA HOON
US HERE AT THE MISSION DIRECTORS
CENTER HERE AT HANGAR AE.
THEY ARE PAY HE.
LY AGAIN AWAITING SEPARATION AND
YOU KNOW, NASA IS GOING TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIAL
OPERATIONS OF GOES-U AND BEFORE
TURNING IT OVER FOR LONG TERM
OPERATIONS TO NOAA AND ONCE IN
ORBIT GOES-U BECOMES GOES-9 AND
UNDER GO CHECKOUTS ONCE
OPERATIONAL, WHICH THE
SPACECRAFT TEAM EXPECTING AROUND
SPRING NEXT YEAR AND WILL BECOME
GOES-EAST AND OPERATE IN TANDEM
WELL THE GOES-WEST SATELLITE.
TOGETHER THEY WILL ADVANCE THE
CAPABILITIES AND WEATHER
FORECASTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AS WELL AS DISASTER
RESPONSE, SO AGAIN, A GREAT TOOL
FOR US HERE ON EARTH.
>> YEAH.
>> A MAJORS A SETTLE IN THE
WEATHER FORECASTING AND FOR THE
AGENCY TO NOT ONLY NASA TO BE
ABLE TO LAUNCH THIS IN PARTNERS
WITH THE SPACEX TODAY, AND
WORKING WITH THE OTHER TEAM
MEMBERS, AT THE UNITED STATES
SPACE FORCE AND THEN INCREDIBLE
LAUNCH OF GOES-U AND AS WE SAW
THE REPLAY EARLIER GETTING
THINGS DONE AND WE ARE, WE ARE
COMING UP ON GOES-U DEPLOYMENT
AND AS YOU SEE THE PICTURE THERE
OF GOES YOU ON THE FRONT OF THE
FALCON HEAVY SECOND STAGE AND
THINGS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD IN
THE SPACECRAFT TEAM IS
CONFIGURING THE SPACECRAFT
GETTING READY FOR THIS
DEPLOYMENT AND TO DO THE
OPERATIONS THEY NEEDED TO DO
ONCE DEPLOYMENT OCCURS TO GET
GOES-U UP AND RUNNING AND
GETTING IT READY FOR ITS
CHECKOUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS TO GET INTO DE OH
STATIONARY ORBIT TODAY WE ARE
GOING TO DROP THIS OFF HERE AND
WHAT WE CALL A TRANSFER THAT
GIVING A PINPOINT AREA AND
GIVING MORE LIFE TO GOES-U
SHALL, SO THINGS LOOK VERY GOOD
SO FAR AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARD WAITING FOR GOES-U.
>> SEPARATION CONFIRMED.
MEGAN: THERE IT GOES.
WE ARE GETTING A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE HERE ARE THE SPACECRAFT
TEAM BEHIND US AS WE WATCH
GOES-U FLOAT INTO SPACE.
>> THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE VIEW I
HAVE SEEN GOES-U WITH EARTH
THERE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AS YOU SAID, THIS A FIRST
FOREGOES U SEEING REAL-TIME TEE
PLOYMENT.
I, I AM ACTUALLY, I AM IN AWE.
MEGAN: I KNOW.
YEAH.
REALLY.
VERY NEAT FOE PHOTO TO THERE.
MEGAN: YEAH BEAUTIFUL IM EMMA RY
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEAM TO
REALLY SEE THEIR WORK DOM
FRUATION ARE WIGS RIGHT?
TEAMS HAVE BEEN, TWO ON THE
GOES-U SATELLITE WITH SPACEX TO
GET US TO THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW
WE ARE WATCHING LIVE ON NASA TV,
IT IS JUST WONDERFUL TO SEE
THEIR WORKS AT THE PE GENG OF
THE MISSION RIGHT.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE LAST MISSION
MILESTONE WE ARE COVERING ON
THIS LAUNCH BROADCAST, BUT THIS
IS JUST BEGAN FOREGOES U.
>> OH, YEAH.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TILL TO
TO.
THE TEAM WILL PARKSLY DEPLOY
SOLAR ARRAYS TO START GETTING
THE BATTERIES ROPE BOARD, POWER
POSITIVE AND CHARGED AND THEY
GOT SOME OTHER THINGS THEY NEED
TO CHECK OUT AS WE HEARD FROM
ALEK EARLIER AS THEY MOVE INTO
STATIONARY ORBIT AND THINGS ARE
LOOKING REALLY WELL.
THAT IS JUST AMAZING THE VIDEO,
THE LIVE VIDEO FROM THERE, YOU
KNOW, I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
ALMOST 30 YEARS.
I TELL YOU.
I ENJOY WATCHING THE ROCKET
LAUNCHES.
EVERYONE IS GREAT.
BUT THIS IS REALLY, REALLY COOL
TO SEE LIVE SPACECRAFT
SEPARATION FOR THIS LONG OF THIS
IMPORTANT SATELLITE.
MEGAN: YEAH.
MENT TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN
INNOCENT WRAP YOUR HEADS AROUND
THE FACT WE ARE WATCHING LIVE
VIDEO FROM 90,000 MILES POF THE
EARTH OF THIS INCREDIBLE TOOL
BEING DEPLOYED INTO SPACE.
AS YOU WERE SAYING, NICK, THE
FIRST STEPS AFTER THIS
SEPARATION, THERE IS A COUPLE OF
THINGS THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR, AND THAT IS IN A P
ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
THE GOES-U SPACECRAFT WILL DELOY
THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND THEN
HOPEFULLY, 30 MINUTESES FROM
NOW.
THE SPACECRAFT TEAM HERE CAN
CONFIRM WHAT WE CALL AN
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL.
>> YES.
I KNOW THAT NOAA TEAM IS VERY
HAPPY.
THEY WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY
RIGHT NOW.
AS THEY ARE GETTING THINGS
POWERED UP AND WORKING THE
SPACECRAFT AND GETTING SOME LOW
LEVEL DATA ON THE HEALTH OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND THINGS CONTINUE
TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THIS, SO
VERY HAPPY TO SEE TIE PLOMENT
AND THEM WORK ON THE PROCESS AND
PROCEED PROCEED DOORS TO GETS
THIS MOVING VERY HAPPY FOR GOES
U DEPLOY PRESIDENT.
>> SMILE THEN.
>> I HAVE ACTUALLY, I CAN'T.
I ACTUALLY IN AWE TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU.
JUST WATCHING THE VIDEO THAT IS
JUST INCREDIBLE.
YEAH.
>> REALLY COOL.
>> YEAH.
IT TAKES MY BREATH AWAY.
LOOK I SAID, I LOVE THIS JOB.
LOVE LAMPING ROCKET STUFF.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL BILLION
THERE IS WATCHING THE SPACECRAFT
GET ON THE MISSION AND DO THE
THINGS THEY DO.
I KNOW ALEX IT IS VERY HAPPY NOW
ALONG WITH SELF SPACECRAFT TEAM
BEHIND US THE MISSION DIRECTOR
CENTER.
CON BRT LATES TO THE NOAA TEAM.
THAT IS IN CEP.
YAO YEAH.
WELL SAID ADDS YOU SAID, IT IS
VERY COOL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
VIEWS THAT WE GOT AND WE
ACTUALLY SORRY, THAT WAS OUR
BAD.
WE KEPT TALKING OVER THE QR CODE
THAT OUR TEAM PULLED UP ON THIS
THE SCREEN.
GUYS IF YOU WANT TO
APPROXIMATELY THE QR CODE BACK
UP.
THAT WILL TAKE TO YOU
BLOGS.NATION SA.GOV/GHOST.
GOES.
AGAIN.
JUST SCAN THE QR CODE THERE.
THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN CONTINUE
TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE
MISSION.
1:00 WE'LL BE CONFIRMING THE
SPACECRAFT, SORRY, THE SOLAR
ARRAYS BEING DEPLOYED AGAIN IN
15 MINUTES THEN WE WILL ALSO BE
LOOKING TO CONFIRM ACQUISITION
SIGNAL IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES SO
ALL THOSE MILESTONES THEN WELL
BEYOND WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS
WHOLE MISSION ON THE BLOG YOU
SEE THERE.
SO, CONGRATS TO NASA, NOAA
SPACEX AND THE U.S. SPACE FORCE
WHO GOT US THROUGH THE TOUGH
WEATHER TODAY.
YEAH.
TODAY, REALLY EARNED THEIR KEEP,
AND THEY DID A LOT OF GREAT,
THEY FOUND US, AND WE WERE ABLE
TO LIFT OFF FALCON HEAVY SO
ANOTHER GREAT MISSION AND JUST
EXCITED FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
AGAIN, I SAID IT EARLIER, TODAY,
TO SOMEBODY THAT LAUNCHING
ROCKETS IS A TEAM SPORT.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO
THIS.
JUST VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF
THIS TEAM AND WORKING BESIDE YOU
AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT NOT THIS
MISSION SUCCESSFUL TODAY.
MEGAN: DEFINITELY HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU HERE, NICK.
THANKS SO MUCH.
YOU ADDED SO MUCH EXPERTISE AND
IN SIGHT TODAY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
I HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE IN
THE BOOTH SOON FOR ANOTHER
EXCITING LAUNCH I AM SURE BUT
FOR NOW, BACK TO DER REL AND
ALEK.
DERROL: THANK YOU.
I THINK I SAW A TEAR.
IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE --
GETTING EMOTIONAL THERE.
NO, I ALL SERIOUSNESS IN.
THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE SHOT FROM
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SPACEX
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET.
SEEING THAT SATELLITE WHICH WAS
SORT OF BLOCKING EARTH AND THEN,
THEN DO A REVEAL AS IT GUESS OFF
TO SPACE.
>> YEAH.
UNBELIEVABLE.
WELL, TODAY'S MISSION WAS PAN
AMED BY NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM AND THE TEAM CONSIDERING
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION MISSION
SUCCESS.
WE HAVE NOW WITH US TIM DUNN,
AS? LAUNCH DIRECTOR FOR THE DAY
AND GREAT DAY FOR YOU.
>> TERRIFIC DAY, DERROL.
I LOVE BEING HERE WITH YOU.
ALEK, FOODED TO HE.
>> MEET YOU.
FOOD TO BE HERE.
I DO WISH I WAS WITH THE TEAM
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS YOU EX
PEERED THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT
SPACECRAFT TO BE WITH THE TEAM
ETH EVERY OVER AT HANGAR AE OR
THE SPACEX FACILITY.
THERE IS JUST SOMETHING
INCREDIBLE WITH THE ENERGY IN
THE ROOM OF THAT FINAL MISSION
SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE PUT GOES-U
EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
>> AND YOU, YOU HAD THAT
EXPERIENCE MANY MANY TIME OVER
THE YEARS AT THE END OF A
MISSION, SO IT MUST BE CERTAINLY
SPECIAL.
TALK ME A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE
EARLY PART OF IT.
THIS IS A LITTLE EXCITING AT THE
BEGINNING RIGHT?
WE HAD THE WEATHER IN THE AREA.
WE HAD A T05:00 6:00 P.M.
EASTERN TIME.
THEN, THEN, WE FLIPPED TEN
MINUTES TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.
WELL, LET ME BACK UP A SECOND.
GIVE CRED DILT WHERE REDDIT IS
DUE.
SO TODAY'S MISSION, THE PRIMARY
NASA LAUNCH DIRECTOR WASDENTON
GIBSON.
THIS WAS THE FIRST AS LAUNCH
DIRECTOR.
DERROL: DR. GIBSON.
>> DR. DENTON GIBSON.
HAD THE HONOR OF BACKING HIM OUP
IN THE MISSION, SO HE DID A
FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING THE
TEAM AND BUT, AS YOU INDICATED,
TODAY'S LAUNCH FELT A LOT LIKE
ONE OF THOSE VERY ACTIVE MISSION
DRESS REHEARSALS THAT WE HAVE.
WHERE THE REHEARSAL TEAM IS JUST
THROWING ANOMALY AND GREEN CARD
AFTER ANOMALY AT US.
WE WERE DEALING WITH SOME GROUND
ISSUES OUT AT THE PAD.
WE HAD TO GET A RED TEAM BACK
OUT TOT THE PAD AFTER WE CLEARED
THE PAD TO FIX ONE OF THE GROUND
SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ISSUES.
WE WERE DEALING WITH WEATHER
EARLY WEATHER PHASE ONE
LIGHTNING ADVISORY VERY EARLY IN
THE COUNT.
THAT CLEARED.
AND CLOUDS STARTED ROLLING IN.
THE FIRST ONE CLEARED.
AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A
LAUNCH VEHICLE DISCUSSION THAT
WE RESOLVED QUICKLY, BUT WHAT
GOT US WAS WHAT YOU INDICATED
WAS THAT WHY DID WE MOVE THE
INITIAL TO 0 TEN MINUTES TO THE
RIGHT THIS WELL THERE WAS MORE
PAD WEATHER MOVING IN.
WE HAD THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE
CLASHING WITH THE WEST COAST SEA
PREZ OVER THE PENINSULA OF PLOR
DID AT THE ORANGE COUNTY-BREVARD
COUNTY LINE, ROUGHLY 30-MILES TO
THE WEST.
THAT WAS STIRRING UP SOME REALLY
INTENSE WEATHER OVER THERE.
THAT WE WERE THEN GETTING THE
RESIDUAL CLOUDS THAT DETACH AND
DRIFT OVER THE PAD AND THOSE CAN
HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRIGGER
LIGHTENING IF WE WERE TO TO
LAUNCH.
DERROL: YEAH.
>> ABSOLUTELY CONSTRAINT.
WE HAD A NICE DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER.
HUGE PROPS TO BRIAN CIZEK
INCREDIBLE REALLY GUIDE US
THROUGH THE WHOLE HOLE WE WERE
LOOKING FOR TO LAUNCH THROUGH
SUCCESSFULLY.
SO WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT WE KEY
HAVE LAUNCHED HAD WE COMMITTED
ABOUT AN HOUR TO PRIOR TO
LAUNCH.
WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A
SITUATION WHERE AT THE INITIAL
T0 WE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN RED AND
THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AND
GOOD DAY FOR US SO WE DELAYED
BRIAN RECOMMENDED IF WE DELAYED
TENMEN MACHINES WE COULD AFFORD
ONE OF THOSE RED SITUATIONS AND
HE WAS SPOT ON ACCURATE.
WE DELAYED THE PROP LOAD.
TARGETED 26 MINUTES AFTER THE
HOUR THERE HERE ON THE EAST
COAST AT 5:00 P.M. AND JUST
FLAWLESS FINAL COUNT DOWN.
VERY EYE WHY IT AS ACTIVE AS THE
NET HAD BEEN FOR THE PRIOR TWO
HOURS.
VERY CALM AND QUIET THE LAST 25
MINUTE.
THAT WAS REALLY NICE.
DERROL: THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT
IT.
IT WAS QUITE THE SITE.
WE WERE WATCHING FROM THE PRESS
SUIT.
THEN DIRECTION OF THE ROCKET, IT
WAS CLEAR SKIES.
WE LOOK BEHIND US, THERE IS
DARKNESS OVER ORLANDO, CENTRAL
MORE DID A, BUT HELD THERE.
IT JUST STAYED THERE.
YEAH.
THAT WORKED OUT FOR YOU
WEATHER-WISE.
AS YOU MENTIONED GREAT WORK BY
THE LWO TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS
WERE IN THE GOOD POSITION TO
LAUNCH BECAUSE ONCE YOU START
TANKING, YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO
THAT T0.
RIGHT.
YEAH.
WELL, GREAT.
WE HAVE GOT THIS LAUNCH.
WE GOT THE SPACECRAFT SEPARATED.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS
UP FOR LSP?
I HEAR WE MAY BE SEEING THESE
BOOSTERS AGAIN, RIGHT?
THAT LAUNCHED?
>> WELL, THE BOOSTERS THAT
WERIZED TODAY ON GOES-U, THOSE
SUCCESSFULLY RETURNED HERE TO
THE CAPE.
THEY WILL BE USED AGAIN SPACEX
HAS NOT ASSIGNED THESE TWO
BOOSTERS YET.
DERROL: OK.
>> WE WILL SEE SOME PRIOR FLOWN
BOOSTERS ON THE PSYCHE FLIGHT
FROM LAST FALL, WE WILL SEE
THOSE AGAIN ON THE EUROPA
CLIPPER MISSION.
COMING UP IN OCTOBER OF THIS
YEAR.
LET ME BACK YOU UP FOR A SECOND.
I WANT TO THROW A COUPLE MORE
WORDS OF HUGE PRAISE TO TWO
TEAMS OUT THERE.
THE SPACE LAUNCH DELL TALL 45
RANGE TEAM LED BY COLONEL.
SHE AND HER TEAM DID A FABULOUS
JOB OF CLEARING DOWN RANGE FOR
US.
AL THE INSTRUMENT TAGS WE NEEDED
HERE AT THE CAPE PERFORMED
FLAWLESSLY.
I WAS DAYTIME LAUNCH.
HERE IN THE SUMMER OF FLOOR TA,
THERE WERE A LOT OF BOATS
OFFSHORE.
THAT WE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT
ALL THE AREAS WERE CLEAR AND SO,
THAT SURVEILLANCE CONTROL
FUNCTION THAT THE RANGE PROVIDES
US PERFORMED MALLING NIF SENTLY
TODAY.
SO COLONEL, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THEN, ALSO, WE DON'T GO ANYWHERE
UNLESS OUR LAUNCH PROVIDER TAKES
US THERE.
AND SPACEX DID AN INCREDIBLE BE
WHERE, SO THANK YOU TO THE
WONDERFUL WORK OF SPACEX, BOTH
THE HAWTHORNE TEAM, AND THE TEAM
HERE AT THE CAPE.
JUST WORKED GREAT TO GET US
RIGHT TO T0 AND GET US ON THE
WAY TO SPACE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT LIES
AHEAD FOR LSV, NICK.
>> OK.
SO THIS FALL WE ARE GOING TO
LAUNCH ANOTHER FALCON HEAVE RY.
WE ARE ON THE WAY TO THE MOON
EUROPA, ONE OF JUPITER'S MOONS.
VERY EXCITING THRILLING SCIENCE
MISSION.
EUROPA CLIPPER IS THE NAME OF
THE MISSION AND FLY ON A FALCON
HEAVY OCTOBER FENth OF THIS
YEAR.
WE WILL REPLY THE SIDE WE FLEW
SUCCESSFULLY ON PSYCHE LAST
OCTOBER.
AND THEN WE GOT A COUPLE OF
MISSIONS COMING UP IN 2025.
WE GOT A MISSION FROM
VANDENBERG.
WE GOT ANOTHER ONE CALLED I MAP
FROM HERE AT THE CAPE AGAIN.
SO THOSE ARE THE BIG PRIMARY
MISSIONS FOR LSN ARE COMING UP
THEN WE ARE HAVING SOME FUN.
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE RISK WITH
EXCITING SPACECRAFT ANDING IF TO
SEND SPACECRAFT TO MARS LATER
THIS YEAR ON THE FIRST FLIGHT OF
THE ROCKET FROM BLAH OR BIN ARE
GINS.
>> RIGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE
ALONGING FORWARD.
AND A COUPLE OF MISSIONS ONE IS
CALLED TRACERS THEN WE GET THOSE
OFF IN 9025 AND THE MISSION.
THAT BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET AND
BUILD DONE THE ROAD THEN I THINK
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT
INWE HAD THAT KIND OF SETUP
WHERE THEY ROLL THE ROCKET OUT
IN LAUNCH ONE OF THE LSP MISSION
NASA YEAH.
THERE MAY BE LAUNCH HISTORIANS
OUT THERE THAT CAN CORRECT US.
IN MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU HAVE
BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.
>> THE FIRST TIME I CAN IMAGINE
HARDWARE BEING BUILD HERE IN
BREVARD COUNTY AND LAUNCHED
HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO THAT IS EXCITING FOR US.
DERROL: A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
ABOUT EUROPE PAP CL CLIPPER WITH
REGOINGING TO AISLESY MOON.
THAT IS GENERATING A LOT OF
BUZZ.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
YOU MENTIONED, I MEAN, THE SIDE
CORES WE LAUNCHED TODAY