# Can I find the "annotated" shuttle launch video, they had on CNN?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219 "2006-07-05T00:05:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219/1 "2006-07-05T00:05:33Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219/2 "2006-07-05T23:32:29Z")

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Thought I’d give this one last bump…

I didn’t just dream it, did I? :eek:

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219/3 "2006-07-05T23:50:17Z")

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> [@Ranchoth](#):
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> 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.
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> 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?

You didn’t dream it, but those numbers were estimated based upon previous profiles. They were not realtime.

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219/4 "2006-07-06T00:01:05Z")

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[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfavsFKjlE&search=shuttle%20launch) is what you are looking for.

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-find-the-annotated-shuttle-launch-video-they-had-on-cnn/363219/5 "2006-07-06T09:08:10Z")

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> [@Airman Doors](#):
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> You didn’t dream it, but those numbers were estimated based upon previous profiles. They were not realtime.

True, but they were being synced-up, roughly. (And it was a bit much for the OP, I thought. 😉 )

Anyway, thanks a million for that link! You have no idea how handy that’s going to be. Much obliged!