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#180
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daveglo
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:23
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From my vantage point, it looks like I saw the fairing seperate. There were three bright points of light flickering as they moved away from the central booster. Looked pretty cool. I will have to play with my photos to see what I really saw and post it.
Should have been FOUR pieces if the animation was accurate.
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#181
by
robertross
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:25
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From my vantage point, it looks like I saw the fairing seperate. There were three bright points of light flickering as they moved away from the central booster. Looked pretty cool. I will have to play with my photos to see what I really saw and post it.
Cool. Yes please!
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#182
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:25
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Have to wonder whether HTV-2A and this launch were related.... or just a coincidence
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#183
by
Chris Bergin
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:26
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Photo by Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance.
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#184
by
William Graham
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:30
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hopefully that isn't a centaur feed line leaking H2 or O2
It's a centaur vent line intentionally leaking H2.
Really? I was under the impression it was just a quick disconnect that didn't pop off.
I've checked, and it is definitely normal.
It was much clearer on the LRO launch, if you look in the videos section or on Youtube.
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#185
by
Seattle Dave
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:31
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Beautiful time of evening for a launch. Atlas is a good looking vehicle, compared to Delta IVs.
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#186
by
Damon Hill
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:32
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Atlas and Delta both look better running 'clean' --without solids and their opaque exhaust.
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#187
by
William Graham
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:37
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Centaur should have just restarted for its second (disposal/depletion) burn.
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#188
by
William Graham
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:40
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T+47:37, MECO-2
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#189
by
robertross
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:41
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Photo by Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance.
Beauty.
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#190
by
Blackstar
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:47
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Have to wonder whether HTV-2A and this launch were related.... or just a coincidence
HTV-2A was splashed in the water by the time of the X-37B launch.
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#191
by
mike robel
on 23 Apr, 2010 00:48
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OK, three shots, 1st one is just as it came from the camera, of course I zoomed in a lot. The second I adjusted the brightness, and the third fiddled with the blue.
It looks to me like there are definantly 2 shround sections, and maybe 4 that you can see in the more processed versions. I suppose the dimmer ones could be stars, but at 1/250th of a second, I don't think I would be seeing them in the light that we had.
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#192
by
mike robel
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:10
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OK, heres some more from ignition/liftoff to altitude. The 2nd to last could be the shroud coming off, while the last one shows the shroud seperated.
6 and 7 I think are very striking with the white of the payload shroud against the dark sky, lit up by the sun.
300mm Zoom Lens with a Nikon D80. Manual Focus, 1/650th of a second.
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#193
by
Kim Keller
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:27
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From my vantage point, it looks like I saw the fairing seperate. There were three bright points of light flickering as they moved away from the central booster. Looked pretty cool. I will have to play with my photos to see what I really saw and post it.
Yeah, fairing sep was very visible. The acoustic blankets occasionally caught the sun and flashed like a strobe light.
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#194
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jgoldader
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:36
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This is probably a stupid question, but I can't shake the feeling the video cutoff just before PLF sep was on purpose.
Is there some reason to prevent people from seeing the event- ITAR type stuff, maybe?
If not, why cut the feed? Could there have been another payload inside, or unannounced mods to the spacecraft that we aren't supposed to know about?
Thanks for your patience,
Jeff
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#195
by
SpaceInformer
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:46
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#196
by
SpaceInformer
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:47
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#197
by
SpaceInformer
on 23 Apr, 2010 01:47
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#198
by
HIPAR
on 23 Apr, 2010 02:13
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There's mention on Spaceflight Now of a reinforcement member that supports the base of that bulbous shroud assembly also being jettisoned.
--- CHAS
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#199
by
Jim
on 23 Apr, 2010 02:18
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OK, three shots, 1st one is just as it came from the camera, of course I zoomed in a lot. The second I adjusted the brightness, and the third fiddled with the blue.
It looks to me like there are definantly 2 shround sections, and maybe 4 that you can see in the more processed versions. I suppose the dimmer ones could be stars, but at 1/250th of a second, I don't think I would be seeing them in the light that we had.
two are the fairing and two are the CFLR deck. (centaur forward load reactor)
