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To: petuniasevan

Sweeet image! If One looks at the flight path approximately 45% (of the width of the picture) from the left (just after the path is coincident with the star trail) there are a couple of small blips slightly brighter than the path. Separation charges, maybe? Kind of a while after the apparent burnout of the major engines, but maybe?


4 posted on 07/22/2004 8:01:55 PM PDT by solitas (I just want to hear three words from kerry: "Oh, my heart!")
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To: solitas

One blip is a star trail right in the flight arc. There is a brightening in the first part of the launch--probably where the engines are throttled up after max-Q. The first stage path has a slightly greater bend after throttle up, but efficiency is close to maximum anyway. Delta and Atlas are the two sweetest big launchers on the planet.


5 posted on 07/22/2004 9:30:08 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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