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For the first time since the space shuttle Challenger disaster, four optical web strips now introduce synchronized film and video frames from the 51-L fireball. This second strip presents the three possible two-at-a-time combinations from the following NASA sources: (1) an end view from metric video camera M3 (westerly), (2) a slant side view from metric video camera M1 (southwest), and (3) a slant side view from the boresight video camera for UCS-10 (northwest).
The frame rate of these three cameras is 30 f/s. The footage was obtained via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). All four strips provide the linked aerial photo
Fireball Exit for a 'top view' reference. This strip begins with the segment combination described by the heading below.
Kennedy Space Center (Westerly) vs Cape Canaveral DSIF (W by SW)
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73.17
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Solid evidence of NASA's "midbody flash" can be found in
the frames above.
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In the above frames, notice the evidence of an aft propellant explosion, on the vehicle's north side.
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Compare the above video with this
synchronized
E216 Frame,
from a film camera to the west.
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73.33
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73.37
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73.37
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The booster-crossing sequence begins above. The 3-D evidence of this secret crossing has great legal significance, since it disproves the fireball "veering" alleged by NASA. Any "right-aft burnthrough" should have shown up in the frame on the left above, as well as in the next five frames on the left below. Yet there is obviously no sign of such an upward "blowtorch plume."
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On the left above, the right booster is nosing south.
The LOX sphere is seen on the right above.
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In the frames above, the left booster has pivoted to the north, its LOX sphere diminishing.
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Kennedy Space Center (Westerly) vs Cape Canaveral DSIF (W by SW)
This page continues with the next segment combination, as described by the heading below.
Kennedy Space Center (W by NW) vs Kennedy Space Center (Westerly)
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Notice the sudden disappearance of NASA's "R-aft burnthrough," in
the frame on the above left.
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Compare the above video with this
synchronized
E216 Frame,
from a film camera to the west.
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The booster-crossing sequence begins above. Any "right-aft burnthrough" should be apparent there and in the next few frames below. Yet we see no sign of such an upward "blowtorch plume."
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On the right above, notice how the right contrail has now merged with the rotating LOX sphere.
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On the left above, the brighter (and more vertical) left-booster exhaust appears lower in the frame.
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Kennedy Space Center (W by NW) vs Kennedy Space Center (Westerly)
This page concludes with the final segment combination, as described by the heading below.
Kennedy Space Center (W by NW) vs Cape Canaveral DSIF (W by SW)
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Compare the above video with this
synchronized
E216 Frame,
from a film camera to the west.
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In the frames above, the left booster has pivoted to the north, its LOX sphere diminishing.
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The frames below conclude this segment. Those on the right were the first to show a booster exit.
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In the frame on the above right, the right booster has begun its fireball exit.
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Kennedy Space Center (W by NW) vs Cape Canaveral DSIF (W by SW)
The other web strips are
Strip 1,
Strip 3, and
Strip 4. Go to the main page by clicking
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