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LIVE: STS-120: Launch Day / Flight Day 1 - Oct 23
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LOX Vent Hood retract.
T-2 minutes.
Close and lock your visors.
God Speed Discovery.
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Time for the "FrankenTank" to fly at last!
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T-31 seconds go for Auto Sequence Start
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Go for main engine start!
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LAUNCH!!
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Into the roll - complete.
Heads down, wings level, heading to Max Q and into the bucket.
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SRB sep.
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Clean first stage from what I could see.
OMS assist.
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3,800 mph
85 miles downrange.
Good second stage so far.
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Negative return.
62 miles high.
5,400 mph.
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Foam liberation flew high over the wing, but was very late into flight and shouldn't be an issue.
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Discovery now in heads-up configuration.
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Into the final few minutes of powered flight, all going well.
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