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Topic: SRB's
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Ashy
Member Posts: 157
From: Preston, England
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 05-07-2004 10:05 AM
   
Can anyone tell me at what height the SRB seperate from the shuttle and fuel tank after launch and how far out from the shore do they eventually splash down? ThanksSi |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-07-2004 10:27 AM
The twin SRB expend their solid fuel after 124 seconds and separate at an altitude of 30 statue miles ( 48 kilometers ) but after separation, momentum propels the SRBs for another 70 seconds to 45 statue miles ( 72 kilometers ). About 7 minutes after launch the SRBs will impact the Atlantic Ocean in a reserved splashdown zone located about 160 statue miles ( 257 kilometers ) from KSC launch area …
If You want to know more about the SRB , I can e-mail an article of mine on the complete SRB cyclus from producton to re-use in the STS program …
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Ashy
Member Posts: 157
From: Preston, England
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 05-10-2004 06:32 PM
That would be great. At the moment I'm having trouble with my email address so will attach it to my details in the next couple of daysSi |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-11-2004 12:32 AM
Thanks Philip,
Your detailed description brought back memories of the shuttle launches I've seen there at KSC. As always, by the time I made my way back to the bus along the causeway linking KSC to Cape Canaveral, the astronauts were already floating in space...
Rob |
Ashy
Member Posts: 157
From: Preston, England
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 05-11-2004 04:53 AM
The reason for my initial question was because I was going through some home video tapes from my past visits to Florida the other day and I found the footage I had made from Cocoa Beach as the Columbia was launched on its final mission last year, (my first ever launch). My daughters thought it was great and are seen on the sands watching the launch with big smiles on their faces and lots of questions. At only 7 and 6 years they were very upset that THEIR shuttle and THEIR crew had been lost 2 weeks later. Anyway after a short while, as I filmed it vanishing into the clear blue sky you can just see the light from the SRB's seperate and when I showed the girls the film it was the question, "how far up is that Daddy", that prompted the question. Si |
november25
Member Posts: 646
From: Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 05-11-2004 01:55 PM
Hi Guys,
PHILIP FROM BRUSSELS. If you could please e-mail me with the articule about the SRB- you kindly offered to the others, thank you-would be very interested.
ASHY- like you I was looking at some Video\camcorder footage of the Space Shuttle Launches Hubby and myself saw at KSC, namely STS108,STS111, and STS113, i ts great to see the lift off,we actually were along side the BANANA RIVER, the 6 mile viewing area.
ROB- Like you- a Shuttle launch was a great
experience to watch, as you say-by the time one gets off the bus- they are already several miles up. A grand day- itnt it?
See you soon, at the Show in Florida, I am counting the days, before hubby and myself set off, looking forward to meeting you.
Have a nice evening-everyone,
This was posted at 6.56pm GMT
Edited by Brenda. IOM .UK | |
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