Galileo IUS ignition |
Galileo IUS ignition |
Apr 9 2007, 01:33 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
There are lots of pictures of Galileo being ejected from the cargo bay of the space shuttle, but so far I haven't been able to find any pictures of Galileo when the IUS first stage lit up and Galileo departed for Venus. Is this because there aren't any such pictures?
Basically I want to see what a solid fuel motor looks like when it is fired in space. I suspect it is quite different from the billowing gray smoke we are used to seeing when one is lit in the atmosphere. |
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Apr 21 2007, 07:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
There were also the 3-stage IUS configuration that were proposed for the split up Galileo orbiter and probe in 1984 after the 1982 launch opportunity with a 2-stage IUS was lost. IIRC, the 1984 proposal would have involved two shuttles launching within a week or two of each other, one with the orbiter, the other with the probe. Would have been an expensive set of launches.
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