The web accessible (or iPhone etc) Nasa TV feed showed it. What were you watching?
Gregg Wonderly On 7/8/2011 11:45 AM, B J wrote: > > > --- On Fri, 7/8/11, [email protected]<[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> The glitch was a non confirmation of the gaseous vent arm >> retract. They turned a camera to it and validated that it >> had in fact retracted and resumed the count from there. >> about a 2 minute hold. > > I heard that being mentioned. > > I was surprised, however, that the count resumed at T-31 seconds where it was > halted. I thought that it would be restarted at a point earlier in the > sequence, such as T-9 minutes. I don't ever recall a launch, even as far > back as Mercury, in which a countdown was stopped so close to ignition and > then continued from where it left off. > >> A nominal launch, good enough to eliminate the OMS-1 Burn. > > I noticed that. > > It's too bad that there was no live TV transmission of the ET separation seen > from the tank itself. I always liked the view of the orbiter heading off. > > <snip> > > >>> There was a glitch just as control was about to be >> handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that, >> it was a good launch. > > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
