Basically, I just meant that it's impressive to me that you can see them separate with the naked eye when they are, in fact, at such a high altitude. Also I was wondering, when they land, how far out to sea they are.
Wow. Just, wow. Got any idea how far out to sea the SRB's are when they land? It's amazing to me that I can see the separation from earth with the naked eye, but that they are, in fact, so far out in "space" (guess they haven't made LEO yet)
@TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
@TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
@TheScientist0000000 @TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
I think there is footage missing from where the booster rocket is at the edge of the atmosphere to when it deploy it parachutes. Does anybody know where you can find full footage of earth re-entry.
This was a crazy cool video! That the boosters stayed in rotational synch for so long says a lot about the quality of engineering in booster release mechanism. The *sound* of atmospheric re-entry is not something you ever get to hear in other aerospace videos! The only thing that would make this clip better would be an overlay showing estimated speed and elevation.
I don't know if it's just me, but why is the booster firing off "sorta" like rockets, while it keeps tumbling and spinning? It fascinates me, why did it tumble so much....and why SO close to the atmosphere? Did it bounce back into space, to attempt another splashdown in the right angle of re-entry? ...This booster was supposed to make it to earth in one piece right? So was this a controlled flight? Cuz I think it would've burned cuz of the friction when the angle is too steep o.O Enlighten me!
Normally i don't reply to comments, but i do happen to know that there is absolutely no solid rocket propellant left inside once the burn is complete. I only know this because i've helped mix and pour similar propellant for high power rocket models, and it's the same [awesome] process. You should look it up. It's really cool, and as i said before, there's nothing left when it's all over! :)
so youre saying once its ignited it doesnt stop till its all burnt up and there wouldn't even be trace amounts of fuel? also do they try and recover the metal used in the tank?
Yeah, that's one disadvantage of solid rockets vs. liquid fuel rocktets - you can't turn 'em off! Then, once the boosters splashdown, they're located, floated horizontal by divers, and then hauled back in to be re-used.
so since liquid rocket fuel has a controlled release to the part where its ignited, there can be instances where it wasn't fully used? If thats the case do they go after that remaining fuel when they recover the booster?
i believe in those cases (that big orange booster tank, for instance), they remain with the rocket longer, and remain in space, or get burned up in the atmosphere. The solid rocket boosters are the only part that gets reused - except for the shuttle, of course :)
Oh, man I wanna be on that crazy cannister ride :'D You see how it bounses up and down on the stratosphere? Way cool. I'd sign up for the next ride if it had been safe <3
for those asking about the sound, either if there is no air for the sound to travel, if you put a microphone there, the sound will travel in the solid (mean the structure of the rocket)
Markus: no problem :) The vehicle was not flying fast and high enough for that. These solid rocket boosters helped only to reach the "edge of space" and used all of it's power to push the vehicle through "most of the atmosphere". First cosmic speed (approx 8 km/s) is then reached by the burning of the shuttle's 3 main engines. I don't know exact numbers, I just wear a NASA t-shirt, but I'm not a scientist :)
I think this is fantastic! The noises and the Earth from above, I enjoy this type of videos very much, so real! Flying into space, huhhh, what an outstanding adventure, worth to be born...
Basically, I just meant that it's impressive to me that you can see them separate with the naked eye when they are, in fact, at such a high altitude. Also I was wondering, when they land, how far out to sea they are.
TheScientist0000000 1 year ago
Wow. Just, wow. Got any idea how far out to sea the SRB's are when they land? It's amazing to me that I can see the separation from earth with the naked eye, but that they are, in fact, so far out in "space" (guess they haven't made LEO yet)
TheScientist0000000 1 year ago
@TheScientist0000000 They are at the egde of the earths atmospere, not out in deep space.
I don't quite understand your comment.
seldomseen68 1 year ago
@TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
itscliffvtr 1 year ago
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@TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
itscliffvtr 1 year ago
@TheScientist0000000 @TheScientist0000000 At the time of separation the solid rocket boosters are only about 25 miles in altitude and are only travelling at 5000 mph. This is a long way short of orbital velocity. The shuttle gains altitude initially and not so much horizontal speed. Once out of the dense atmosphere it then builds horizontal velocity until its at about 17,500mph. Most of the horizontal velocity is done by the main engines after solid rocket boosters have separated
itscliffvtr 1 year ago
The sound is really cool !
uhock 1 year ago
WILSON! COME BACK!
mrchevys3 2 years ago
Lol? You are fake at best. The Shuttle rolls so it gets into its planned orbit, retard.
Helge129 2 years ago
I think there is footage missing from where the booster rocket is at the edge of the atmosphere to when it deploy it parachutes. Does anybody know where you can find full footage of earth re-entry.
G2NICE101 2 years ago
You might try NASA's website. They have a lot of other booster footage.
seldomseen68 2 years ago
This was a crazy cool video! That the boosters stayed in rotational synch for so long says a lot about the quality of engineering in booster release mechanism. The *sound* of atmospheric re-entry is not something you ever get to hear in other aerospace videos! The only thing that would make this clip better would be an overlay showing estimated speed and elevation.
Doogsonai 2 years ago 4
I don't know if it's just me, but why is the booster firing off "sorta" like rockets, while it keeps tumbling and spinning? It fascinates me, why did it tumble so much....and why SO close to the atmosphere? Did it bounce back into space, to attempt another splashdown in the right angle of re-entry? ...This booster was supposed to make it to earth in one piece right? So was this a controlled flight? Cuz I think it would've burned cuz of the friction when the angle is too steep o.O Enlighten me!
maD2azor 3 years ago
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maD2azor 3 years ago
CRAZY unfortunately theres probably all sorts of horrible toxic rocket fuels getting into our oceans bc of that
jerzkid87 3 years ago
Normally i don't reply to comments, but i do happen to know that there is absolutely no solid rocket propellant left inside once the burn is complete. I only know this because i've helped mix and pour similar propellant for high power rocket models, and it's the same [awesome] process. You should look it up. It's really cool, and as i said before, there's nothing left when it's all over! :)
pablojr2 2 years ago
so youre saying once its ignited it doesnt stop till its all burnt up and there wouldn't even be trace amounts of fuel? also do they try and recover the metal used in the tank?
jerzkid87 2 years ago
Yeah, that's one disadvantage of solid rockets vs. liquid fuel rocktets - you can't turn 'em off! Then, once the boosters splashdown, they're located, floated horizontal by divers, and then hauled back in to be re-used.
pablojr2 2 years ago
so since liquid rocket fuel has a controlled release to the part where its ignited, there can be instances where it wasn't fully used? If thats the case do they go after that remaining fuel when they recover the booster?
jerzkid87 2 years ago
i believe in those cases (that big orange booster tank, for instance), they remain with the rocket longer, and remain in space, or get burned up in the atmosphere. The solid rocket boosters are the only part that gets reused - except for the shuttle, of course :)
pablojr2 2 years ago
Far Out
FinanceandCommerce 3 years ago
Oh, man I wanna be on that crazy cannister ride :'D You see how it bounses up and down on the stratosphere? Way cool. I'd sign up for the next ride if it had been safe <3
DanneVafan 3 years ago
Wo!!!!!
PICLex 3 years ago
I wanna be on that ride!
seanyboy741 4 years ago
starting at 2:29 you can see the trail of smoke form the launch site.
jasonofsepsis 4 years ago
for those asking about the sound, either if there is no air for the sound to travel, if you put a microphone there, the sound will travel in the solid (mean the structure of the rocket)
ojaldin 4 years ago 4
wow, i thought they(nasa guys) never record this stuff.
nakazatoGTR 4 years ago
Markus: no problem :) The vehicle was not flying fast and high enough for that. These solid rocket boosters helped only to reach the "edge of space" and used all of it's power to push the vehicle through "most of the atmosphere". First cosmic speed (approx 8 km/s) is then reached by the burning of the shuttle's 3 main engines. I don't know exact numbers, I just wear a NASA t-shirt, but I'm not a scientist :)
RadioflyerGeri 4 years ago
update: smartass is for humbertable...
markusb2 4 years ago
its true man
humbertabe 4 years ago
I think this is fantastic! The noises and the Earth from above, I enjoy this type of videos very much, so real! Flying into space, huhhh, what an outstanding adventure, worth to be born...
RadioflyerGeri 4 years ago
im not trying to burst your bubble and the footage is great; but there is no sound in space as it is a vacume.
humbertabe 4 years ago
So what was that "noise" during the whole video? :)
RadioflyerGeri 4 years ago
it's not so high altitude, to be no air there, actually there are very few, but enough to make this noise...
but the question is that why the rocket didn't burn then because of the friction...
it doesn't have a heat shield, or something...
markusb2 4 years ago
my guess is the noise is the air/gas passing through the booster. since the microphone would be inside the booster, it would record the noise
darrensmith31 4 years ago
yeah, u may be right...
markusb2 4 years ago
smartass
markusb2 4 years ago
Awesome to have two rockets going together and 1 recording the video
NASA and US government are So Smart.
sweeteedon 4 years ago
from near space to water in 5 mins!!
any news on liquid fuel "fly back rockets?"
nakazatoGTR 4 years ago