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#60
by
cb6785
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:43
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Main events of first stage flight:
- T-2.5sek: ignition sequence starts
- T-1.6sek: first stage ignition, 40% thrust
- T-0.9sek: 100% thrust
- T-0: Liftoff
- T+1min6sec: Max Q
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#61
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:43
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LAUNCH!
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#62
by
cb6785
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:43
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Liftoff!!!
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#63
by
Chris Bergin
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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Into the roll and flying through MaxQ
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#64
by
eeergo
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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So many sparks... but that looked nominal.
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#65
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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#66
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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clear night, so tracking will be good
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#67
by
maxx
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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#68
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:44
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#69
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:45
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#70
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:45
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separation!
mentions the fire in the hole type staging
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#71
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:45
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#72
by
rocketnerd
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:46
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"Proton is shining like a star in the night over Kazakhstan"
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#73
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:46
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#74
by
eeergo
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:46
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Beautiful separation, you could see the exhaust escaping through the stage 1-2 interface!
Also the first stage falling away is some sight.
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#75
by
cb6785
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:46
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2nd/3rd stage sep scheduled at T+5min32sec
Fairing sep at T+5min46sec
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#76
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:46
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#77
by
maxx
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:48
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#78
by
Andrewwski
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:48
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"Still visible in the sky."
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#79
by
eeergo
on 18 Aug, 2008 22:48
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Getting short of things to say...
"Get her on the phone!!"
