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Re: Discovery STS 51-G / A Royal Effort in Space
« Reply #40 on: 01/22/2012 09:02 pm »
PAO: T-12… 11… 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…  We have booster ignition and lift-off. Lift-off of Discovery and the shuttle has cleared the tower.

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Re: Discovery STS 51-G / A Royal Effort in Space
« Reply #49 on: 01/22/2012 09:31 pm »
PAO: Discovery has cleared the tower at pad 39 rolling around to the proper azimuth to place the spacecraft on a 28.5 degree inclination orbit… all three Auxiliary Power Units are operation at 100 plus percent of their rated rpm of 72,000 rpm…

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Re: Discovery STS 51-G / A Royal Effort in Space
« Reply #50 on: 01/22/2012 09:35 pm »
PAO: Throttling down to 84 and then 65 percent… the main engines… as the spacecraft passes through the maximum point of atmospheric compression…

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Re: Discovery STS 51-G / A Royal Effort in Space
« Reply #57 on: 01/22/2012 09:50 pm »
CapCom: Discovery, Houston, you are go at throttle up.

Brandenstein: Roger, Houston, go at throttle up.

PAO: Throttling back up to 104 percent… all engines showing 104 percent at this time…  14 miles downrange, velocity 4,890 feet per second…

Brandenstein: Pc less than 50, Houston.

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