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George Diller/SDO Launch Commentator:  This is Atlas Launch Control, one hour, 55 minutes,

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28 seconds into the mission of the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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And joining us here in the broadcast both in 
the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center is 
Omar Baez.

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He was our 
NASA launch director for today's liftoff.

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And Omar, first of all, I know you've gotten some spacecraft status on SDO. Can you tell us what they're reporting, how they look?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:  Absolutely. Shortly after separation, they deployed their solar arrays.

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They acquired the sun, they are sun-pointing,

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they are power-positive. So all the right 
things that they wanted to do in those crucial first few minutes,

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it's happened like clockwork. They have their command carrier up,

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they're communicating and watching it through Hawaii tracking station now. So, they're doing great.

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George Diller/SDO Launch Commentator:  All right, that's good news.

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So, now looking back a little bit as far as the Atlas and Centaur, how did they perform during the flight?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:  The Atlas and Centaur were flawless. They got us to where the satellite needed to go.

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We hit the window right at the beginning, right where we wanted to and weather held in there for us.

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And so everything appears nominal for the flight.

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George Diller/SDO Launch Commentator:  Anything of interest during the countdown that occurred?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:  Well, we stared at the wind rose for a long time today,

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after our experience yesterday. But nothing surprising.

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And you know, we expected a few clouds and the range had their aircraft interrogating clouds for us.

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We had some cells that were heading our way toward the end of the window,

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but luckily we went at the beginning and none of that affected us. So, it's good to get SDO off.

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George Diller/SDO Launch Commentator:  
All right. Well, thank you, Omar.

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It's good to know we've had a good flight. SDO is just fine.

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And I guess at this point that means that we can bring to conclusion our coverage of the

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Atlas V launch countdown and launch today for the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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At one hour, 57 minutes, 42 seconds into the SDO mission, this is Atlas Launch Control.

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