yES BUT IN THAT VIDEO BELOW IT IS CLEASRLY OFF THE PAD AND MOVING UP AT T-3 SECONDS.
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On 6/5/2010 5:57 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
SpaceX starts all nine engines and makes sure they are operating to spec before releasing the rocket from the pad. The shuttle does the same thing with the three shuttle engines before they light the solids.
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From: "vk1pe.peter"vk1pe.peter@gmail.com Sent: Jun 5, 2010 4:59 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Falcon 9 video - moving early?
I think that my eyes are not deceiving me.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP5gykvTBpM or http://bit.ly/dx9Vot. Falcon 9 appears to move at about T -3s. The count is still running towards zero in the video, and the "call" seems to be between 4 and 3. What do others think?
Also, were the umbilicals meant to "tear away" (as it moved) or "drop away" (before it moved)?
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