[AZ-Observing] Watch the Shuttle Launch
- From: PHXJeff@xxxxxxx
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:00:25 EDT
See the launch from a camera mounted outside. Launch time is 12:46 PM
local.
From the NASA web site
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/26sept_goosebumps.htm
On October 7th we get to find out.
That's when the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-112) is slated to blast off
from Cape Canaveral on a mission to visit the International Space
Station. For the first time ever, a camera attached to the shuttle will
record the ascent and transmit images live to NASA TV. The point of view
will be similar to the launch scene in Apollo 13.
The camera--called the "ET camera" around NASA--will be mounted near the
top of the shuttle's burnt-orange external fuel tank (ET). It will look
down toward Atlantis's nose, the 40 degree field of view encompassing
most of the fuel tank, one of the white solid rocket boosters (SRBs), and
the shuttle itself.
The camera will "go live" about 15 minutes before liftoff. Nothing much
will happen during that time--consider it a dramatic pause. Then, at T-7
("tee-minus-7") seconds, ground controllers will ignite the shuttle's
main engines (first) and the solid rocket boosters (second). SRBs always
start second because, once they're lit, they can't be turned off again.
***********************
Jeff
Jeff Hopkins
HPO SOFT
*********************************************************************
Phoenix, Arizona Atlanta, Georgia
7812 West Clayton Drive 12170 Boxwood Circle
Phoenix, AZ 85033-2439 U.S.A. Alpharetta, GA 30005 U.S.A.
(623) 849-5889 (Fax) (770) 619-3322 (Phone/Fax)
www.hposoft.com & amug.org/~hposoft dataman.home.mindspring.com
4th Dimension Partner
FileMaker Pro Expert
BASIC/C++ Programmer & Web Site/e-commerce Site Development
Over 25 years of Computer, Programming and Database Development Experience
--
See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please
send personal replies to the author, not the list.
Other related posts:
