Launch: All Systems Go [Opening]
Channel: ivanmyles
Date: 2013-09-29

"Everything's looking good." Launch: All Systems Go provides stunning views of the space shuttles' ascent from main engine ignition through Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) separation. The full-length video is presented in multiple versions as listed below. This opening clip is also available with subtitles: http://youtu.be/uKv7qYA8LD4

Video footage was recorded by NASA engineering and television cameras. Motion stabilization of long-range shots provides excellent close-up views of the spacecraft in flight. Audio was captured by microphones positioned near the launch pad and aboard the orbiter. The soundtrack also features mission audio from launch team members at the Kennedy Space Center, flight control personnel in Houston, and the astronauts in the shuttle. 

The opening title sequence provides a view of the STS-124 liftoff that was recorded by a camera on the Fixed Service Structure and played back at 1/4 speed. At T-0 the SRBs fire and the umbilical structure swings away from the external fuel tank. Water floods the Mobile Launcher Platform to absorb energy. There is a clear view of the exhaust plume as the shuttle rises above the pad.

The opening audio track includes an edited version of the pre-launch status check conducted by the NASA Test Director (NTD). Each team member gives the "go" for launch, ending with the NTD reporting back to the Launch Director. The status check is presented here in rapid succession. In actuality there is a brief discussion between the NTD and each team member.

Launch: All Systems Go is available in the following formats:

Split Screen: http://youtu.be/p23pvy78cpQ
Special Edition: http://youtu.be/kLa4-tm-B9U

Main sequence 
60 fps: https://youtu.be/kqMYqGZGIYI
30 fps with English subtitles: http://youtu.be/-o2KgHvVn6Q

50 fps: https://youtu.be/iMKMTyhqyeM
25 fps with English subtitles: http://youtu.be/IMjDIXLYdP4

Higher bitrate copies of these videos are available for viewing and download at Internet Archive: http://archive.org/details/launch-asg.

The video was developed in conjunction with Launch: Maximum Thrust -- a similar video that shows up to five synchronized camera views simultaneously: http://youtu.be/tjkufd_OaJE.

Produced and edited by Ivan Myles. Footage provided by NASA courtesy of NASASpaceFlight.com, nasa.gov, Internet Archive, and SpaceFlightNowPlus.com. Clips used in the full-length versions of this video are from the following sources:

http://archive.org/details/ksc_053108_sts124_launch_1080i.mov
http://archive.org/details/best-of-the-best-provides-new-views-commentary-of-shuttle-launches-vFwqZ4qAUkE
http://archive.org/details/sts135-final-launch-of-the-space-shuttle-program-3deA3BXAnHs
http://archive.org/details/new-views-of-endeavours-launch-from-booster-cameras-bJla-JsVNpw
http://archive.org/details/Sts-135SolidRocketBoosterCameraVideoOfAtlantisLaunch
http://archive.org/details/JSC_1741_STS91_Post_Flight_Presentation.wmv
http://archive.org/details/JSC_1888_STS100_Post_Flight_Presentation.wmv
http://archive.org/details/JSC_1941_STS112_Post_Flight_Presentation.wmv
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/content.php?i=6208 (login required)

There are several audio sources including mission audio from STS-121, 133, 134, and 135; STS-132 and 135 Flight Control audio; STS-124 and 133 launch broadcasts; STS-124 post-flight presentation; and the NASA launch sounds archive:

http://archive.org/details/STS-121
http://archive.org/details/STS-133
http://archive.org/details/STS-134
http://archive.org/details/STS-135
http://archive.org/details/ascent-team-helps-shuttle-crew-into-space-cT6cDLTAvaY
http://archive.org/details/Sts-135AscentFlightControlTeamVideo
http://archive.org/details/ksc_053108_sts124_launch_1080i.mov
http://archive.org/details/NASAKennedy-RxFwUG9PiYM
http://archive.org/details/Jsc_2135_sts_124_postFlight1.wmv
http://archive.org/details/NasaAudioHighlightReels

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