STS-124 Launch

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This is the ENTIRE flight of a solid rocket booster (huge white things on the side) as seen from the STS-124 launch. This angle is from the right-hand booster and is looking down at the orbiter. The count down clock is in the top left corner. Also, just before it splashes down in the water at the end you can see an explosion and then something splash in the water, that is the nozzle being jettisoned off.

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[400exNick]

The main fuel tank or "external fuel tank" disconects from the shuttle right as it enters a low earth orbit. I think it acually does a half orbit of the earth before it falls and burns up in the atmosphere. There are videos of it falling taken the the shuttle crew. Hope this helps.

[plunderingthe7cs]

@400exNick Yes sir, it actually comes down somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Most people say that it totally burns up, but there are some huge pieces of solid aluminum (like the main valves) so it has to make at least a few little splashes ...... and you thought people freaked out when that submarine made the "emergency" surface near Hawaii. How would you like for an aluminum 17 inch disconnect to come down in the middle of your boat on fire?

[Starfox818]

Do you know how far the shuttle has to reach before jettisoning it's fuel tank, and what's the name of this particular craft?lol

[plunderingthe7cs]

I'm not positive on the altitude, but I do know that the external tank comes down somewhere in the Indian Ocean. 400exNick is right. The tank is jettisoned in low earth orbit ... basically just before it's high enough to stay in orbit by itself. And as for the name, this particular launch was Discovery, OV-103. The payload was a Japanese Experiment Module (named Kibo) that was added to the International Space Station.

[jeabreg]

WHat if someone could take a ride in a booster? That'd be cool I guess.

[SuperHaloStarwarsFan]

Shit, that's a high drop, and hell, I'd throw up a thousand times over from that landing! 5/5