I was lucky enough to catch the launch of STS-121 on CNN—the regular CNN, not headline news, for what it’s worth—today, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the shuttle’s realtime altitude/speed/distance-covered data superimposed onscreen.
However, the launch video on CNN’s web site doesn’t happen to have that data in it. Dang. Does anyone here know if there’s any place I can find the video that I saw?
Thought I’d give this one last bump…
I didn’t just dream it, did I? :eek:
[QUOTE=Ranchoth]
I was lucky enough to catch the launch of STS-121 on CNN—the regular CNN, not headline news, for what it’s worth—today, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the shuttle’s realtime altitude/speed/distance-covered data superimposed onscreen.
However, the launch video on CNN’s web site doesn’t happen to have that data in it. Dang. Does anyone here know if there’s any place I can find the video that I saw?
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You didn’t dream it, but those numbers were estimated based upon previous profiles. They were not realtime.
This is what you are looking for.
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF]
You didn’t dream it, but those numbers were estimated based upon previous profiles. They were not realtime.
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True, but they were being synced-up, roughly. (And it was a bit much for the OP, I thought.
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Anyway, thanks a million for that link! You have no idea how handy that’s going to be. Much obliged!