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From: jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Atlantis launch
Keywords: Atlantis launch, roll program
Message-ID: <1990Mar1.192241.17889@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 1 Mar 90 19:22:41 GMT
Sender: jabishop@uokmax.uucp (Jonathan A Bishop)
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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      A New York Times article this morning said that the Shuttle seemed
to have gone up for an unusually long length of time before rolling; I don't
know what their source was, since the launch looked about like this to me:

PA Officer: T - 10, 9,

[main engines start here]

PAO: 8, 7, 6, 5,
[SRB ignition and liftoff]

Launch Director: Roll program.

Creighton: Roger, roll.

Launch Director: And the Shuttle has cleared the tower.

CAPCOM: Houston now controlling... 

(OK, I exaggerated a bit, but I don't know who could have called that a LATE
roll...  Any comments?)
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jabishop@ecn.uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu

"We meet again, Obi Wan. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but a learner. Now I am the Master."  -- Darth Vader