Launch: All Systems Go [Special Edition] with Subtitles & Notes
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. This video is presented with two simultaneous camera views, subtitles, and technical notes; a list of alternative versions is included below.

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 aboard the shuttle. 

Material for the following notes was provided by the content sources listed below and Wikipedia.

0:00 - (Opening title sequence) At T-0 the booster rockets detonate and the umbilical structure swings away from the external fuel tank.
0:20 - T-16 seconds: Sound Suppression System activated and water floods the launch pad.
0:26 - T-10 seconds: Free Hydrogen Burn Off System activated.
0:29 - T-6.6 seconds: Main engines fire at 0.12 second intervals.
0:31 - Thrust of the main engines causes the shuttle to tilt forward.
0:35 - T-0: SRBs ignite when the vehicle rocks back to a vertical position.
0:41 - Left: Engine nozzles pivot to initiate the roll maneuver. Right: View through the orbiter's overhead window. 
0:57 - Right: Forward view from the cockpit looking over the nose of the orbiter.
1:01 - Right: View from a helicopter capturing the shuttle's speed and rapid acceleration.
1:05 - Left: A vapor stream briefly trails off the top of the orbiter cockpit.
1:09 - Engines are throttled down to reduce stress on the shuttle in the region of maximum dynamic pressure.
1:18 - Left: Aerodynamic forces cause the body flap below the main engines to vibrate.
1:27 - Left: Shock waves are generated as the shuttle travels faster than the speed of sound.
1:35 - Left: A dark patch forms on the bottom of the external fuel tank as recirculating gases burn the tank's insulating foam.
1:43 - Right: SRB-mounted camera looking forward shows the sky transitioning from blue to black. The "limb of the Earth" refers to the blue halo that appears when the atmosphere is viewed from the side.
1:46 - Communications with the shuttle switch to the Ponce de Leon Tracking Station when the SRB plume blocks radio signals to the MILA Tracking Station at Kennedy Space Center.
1:56 - Left: The SRB exhaust plume expands as the shuttle ascends because atmospheric pressure decreases at higher altitudes.
2:21 - Right: SRB-mounted camera looking back toward the Earth shows the exhaust plume rising above the clouds.
2:36 - Two minutes into the flight at an altitude of 146,000 ft (28 miles, 45 km) the SRBs are jettisoned from the shuttle when the diminishing thrust is neutralized by the weight of the rockets. Right: View from the cockpit as the booster separation motors fire.
2:45 - After SRB separation the shuttle rolls slightly and the orbiter's maneuvering engines fire to provide additional thrust.

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

Split Screen: http://youtu.be/p23pvy78cpQ

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.

This video was developed in conjunction with Launch: Maximum Thrust -- a similar video that shows up to five synchronized camera views: 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. Please refer to the opening title sequence clip for links to the source content: http://youtu.be/d37OE61_0eU.

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