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Old 5th November 2022, 09:01     #442
StN
I have detailed files
 
Remember when the Government banned rockets for Guy Fawkes...

Catch me if you can!

Spolier : Nonminative determinalism?

T - 0:15 - Lift off from a lovely morning at Mahia.

T + 2:30 - MECO and staging.

T + 7:50 - Video catches up with telemetry from stage 2 and battery jettison is seen. Just after that, stage 1 starts to generate plasma around the engine end heat shield.

T + 8:15 - Plasma picks up a bit, and if you've ever watched a crew return in real-time, you know that the plamsa burst makes radio comms difficult - so they switch to the chopper cam as it cruises around off Banks Peninsula for the catch while telemetry is tricky...


Maybe next time. All data is valid data!

Also, Sweden is probably stoked their satellite is now in sun synchronous orbit, so mission win!
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