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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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This is Delta Launch Control at one hour, 3 minutes, 18 seconds into the flight of the

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OSTM/Jason-2 spacecraft. With us at the console in Mission Director?s Center is Omar

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Baez, our NASA launch director for tonight?s launch. Omar, first of all, we saw something

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we haven?t seen before, and how did it appear to you?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:

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It looks like we visually verified that the spacecraft did separate. It was a beautiful picture

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from the rocket cam. As it drifted away, we could tell that at least one of the solar panels

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did deploy. The picture got a little bit blurry for us, so it?s hard to determine whether the

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second solar panel went off. All indications are that Jason-2 is operating.

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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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Well, from the stand point of the countdown, certainly didn?t seem like there was too much

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to talk about there.

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:

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No, it seemed like from the very beginning of today, and today started this morning at

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10 p.m. for a lot of us. And everything we talked about or worried about, and in

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excruciating detail, went away. In fact, as I walked into the control room today, and saw

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one of the high altitude balloons go red or bad for us. We talked that through for a little

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while and talked about some strategies. And sure enough, within a couple of minutes of

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that, the balloons went green and we were ready to go. So it was a very quiet countdown.

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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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Yes, that seemed to be about it. There was nothing else that seemed to come up that

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brought very much discussion. So after liftoff, how did that appear from the data that was

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coming back?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:

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The data appeared. There were some things in it that we need to go look at. It seemed like

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the first stage went a little short, and looks like the second stage had to make up for some

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of that. This is a high performance mission, in other words, it?s a very light spacecraft for

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this type of rocket. Maybe it?s nothing, but we do have to look at the data a little bit. It

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looks like the satellite?s in the proper orbit, but maybe some of our predicts were a little bit

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off, and we just need to go look at that.

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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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What is going to be the next Delta II mission?  From here it?s out a little ways, isn?t it?

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:

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Yes, the next Delta II mission from here will be in approximately two months, and it?s

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looking to be one of the ULA commercial missions. That will be a Delta II, from SLC 2 
West.

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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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And then I think NASA has one out here after the first of the year, but not a Delta.

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:

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Well yes, we have an Orbital Science's Taurus with the OCO mission, and followed shortly

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will the NOAA N-Prime on a Delta II.

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George Diller/OSTM/Jason-2 Launch Commentator:

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Well Omar, thanks very much. Congratulations. I?m sure the team is looking forward to

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heading back to Florida, because this is two in two weeks.

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Omar Baez/NASA Launch Director:Yes sir.

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George Diller: But it certainly is a good feeling, I think.

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Omar Baez: Yes.

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George Diller:

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So thank you very much and I look forward to seeing you back at the Cape. At this point, I

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think that will conclude our launch commentary here from the Mission Director?s Center at

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Vandenberg Air Force Base. At one hour, 7 minutes, 30 seconds into the mission of

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OSTM/Jason-2 this is Delta Launch Control.