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NASA Sets Coverage for Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate Mission
NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) observatory is inspected and processed on a spacecraft dolly in a high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.
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NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming mission to study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate.
Launch of the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission is targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 6, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Once in orbit above Earth, PACE will shed light on the impact of tiny things – microscopic life in water and microscopic particles in the air.
Sunday, Feb. 4
* Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
* Marjorie Haskell, PACE program executive
* Laura Lorenzoni, PACE program scientist
* Ivona Cetinic, PACE ocean scientist
* Juli Lander, PACE deputy project manager
11 a.m. – PACE Science Briefing on NASA+ with the following agency participants:
* Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor
* Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
* Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist
* Andy Sayer, atmospheric scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate
* Erin Urquhart, program manager, Water Resources Application Area
12 p.m. – Immediately after the science briefing, the following NASA subject matter experts will be available for one-on-one media interviews at the Kennedy News Center on a first come, first-served basis.
* Nicola Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
* Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
* Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor
* Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist
* Andy Sayer, atmospheric scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate
* Erin Urquhart, program manager, Water Resources Application Area
* Mark Voyton, PACE project manager
* Juli Lander, PACE deputy project manager
* Gary Davis, PACE mission systems engineer
Monday, Feb. 5
8 a.m. – NASA EDGE will host the PACE rollout show. The rollout show will air live on NASA+, NASA TV, and YouTube.
9 a.m. – PACE Prelaunch News Conference on NASA+ and NASA TV with the following participants:
* NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
* Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA
* Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
* Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX
* Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force
Tuesday, Feb. 6
12:45 a.m. – Technical feed begins on NASA TV media channel.
12:45 a.m. – Live launch coverage will begin on NASA+ and NASA TV public channel.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
NASA Website Launch Coverage
Launch day coverage of NASA’s PACE mission will be available on the agency’s website. Coverage will include blog updates as well. Streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. Images of PACE’s processing and launch are available in this album.
Follow mission coverage on the PACE launch blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/pace/
Audio Only Coverage
Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135. On launch day, “mission audio,” countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135. A “tech feed” of the launch without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel.
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