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The launch team monitors conditions at the launch site in real time, using data from our on-site buoy, and also weather balloons to monitor winds aloft, by releasing at specific intervals prior to liftoff. |
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Here, our Thuraya customer, Ahmed Ali Al Shamsi, launches one of the weather balloons. |
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Ahmed watches the balloon in flight with (from right to left) Joe Carpico, payload unit launch manager; Suzanne Romero, executive assistant; and Sherry Berner, assistant mission director. (Sea Launch photos by |
