That is probably it. It does appear on the Russian Mission Control channel long before (as in minutes) there is any indication of a problem. As with any significant incident, the final picture will turn out to be more complicated, and this may well be a clue.
73,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: Mike Diehl [mailto:diehl.mike.a@gmail.com] <Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 22:10 PM <To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG <Cc: B J va6bmj@gmail.com; Burns Fisher burns@fisher.cc; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe! < <Here you go. <http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/histind/Soyuz1Land/SoyRadio.htm < < <73, <Mike Diehl <W8LID/VE6LID < <On Oct 11, 2018, at 21:54, Alan <wa4sca@gmail.com <mailto:wa4sca@gmail.com > wrote: < < < < Extra points if you can identify the source and purpose of the CW <which you can hear in the background. Mostly the letters A,N and at least one <S. Or more likely the Cyrillic equivalent. < < 73, < < Alan < WA4SCA < < < <-----Original Message----- < <From: B J [mailto:va6bmj@gmail.com] < <Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 20:46 PM < <To: Burns Fisher <burns@fisher.cc mailto:burns@fisher.cc > < <Cc: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE@mailaps.org <mailto:APBIDDLE@mailaps.org >; AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org <mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org > < <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Soyuz launch failure. Crew safe! < < < <On 10/12/18, Burns Fisher <burns@fisher.cc <mailto:burns@fisher.cc > wrote: < <> Did you see the video from the cockpit and the long-range camera? <It was < <> pretty clear something happened as the boosters fell off. WAY too <much < <> stuff falling to be just the boosters. And the picture in the cockpit < <> shows the cosmonauts vibrating around like crazy. The NASA <commentator < <did < <> not say anything, and then the animation kept showing the velocity <going up < <> and up while you heard on the air-to-ground link "we are <weightless now". < < < <<snip> < < < <I noticed that as well. I would have expected that, normally, the < <boosters would have been jettisoned symmetrically and fall away in <a < <star pattern. < < < <73s < < < <Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL < < _______________________________________________ < Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org mailto:AMSAT-BB@amsat.org . <AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available < to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <Opinions expressed < are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <AMSAT-NA. < Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur <satellite program! < Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat- <bb <