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GEORGE DILLER: This is Delta Launch Control, now one hour, 24 minutes into the mission of NOAA-N.

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Joining us here at the console at the Mission Director Center is NASA launch director Omar Baez.

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And, Omar, as far as the flight that we saw of the Delta, how did the Delta perform?

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MR. BAEZ: The Delta performed nominally. Just the perfect flight today and spacecraft's in the

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correct orbit within a tenth of a nautical mile of what was expected, both in apogee and perigee. And so we're right on

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MR. DILLER: How did the countdown go? MR. BAEZ: Countdown went pretty smoothly.

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We worked a couple issues before we even got on station here today, and that was good. It got the team thinking early on.

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We got on console and we barely worked any issues throughout the -- throughout the four hours.

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The only thing we were kind of worried about towards the end was some slight wind gusts

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that were playing havoc with our guidance system.

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But, luckily, the winds calmed down for us and we were able to get a shot off on the first second of the ten minute window.

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MR. DILLER: What's the next Delta II launch for NASA at this point?

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MR. BAEZ: The next Delta II launch for NASA will be the CALIPSO CloudSat Mission.

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We expect the CALIPSO spacecraft to arrive here at Vandenberg this afternoon, in fact. It's flying over from Europe as we speak.

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MR. DILLER: And CloudSat's already here and undergoing check out. MR. BAEZ: Yes.

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MR. DILLER: About when would the vehicle be able to start going up on stand.

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MR. BAEZ: It takes us about a week or two to do the pad turn around and get everything blasted off and repainted.

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And we'll be ready to put the vehicle up just as soon as that's completed.

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MR. DILLER: Thank you, Omar. Congratulations on a successful launch and another good countdown

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and we'll talk to you back at the Cape.

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MR. BAEZ: Thank you. MR. DILLER: Thanks very much. MR. BAEZ: Appreciate it.

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That will conclude our launch coverage of the NOAA-N launch aboard the Delta II

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at one hour, 26 minutes, 15 seconds into the mission. This is Delta Launch Control.

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