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Launch Sequence
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| photos ©2001 Tim Heneghan Photography |
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| Ignitor has fired. |
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First preheater flame. |
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Preheater grain is fully lit. |
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| Polypropylene fuel grain is starting to burn. |
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The fill line (Urbanski-Colburn valve) burns through, releases nitrous into the thrust chamber, combines with the hot polypropylene vapor, and ignites! |
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| Fully lit up... |
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...to 6354 feet. |
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