Chinese rocket launch feed

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Live coverage of the Shenzou 8 rocket launch on the main APTN feed on 10E (10970V 4167 5/6)

Lift off is due about 2200 uk time

 

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A beautiful on time launch into the night skies of China. There were some fabulous on board shots - including what looked like a camera under the payload fairing

 

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Cor the best ever on board footage Ive ever seen - they showed one of the solar panel extending!

 

[saj1985]

hey, that looks wicked mate!

 

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It was fantastic! Here a screen cap of the solar panel extending - (lower left)

Ive always imagined extending a solar panel is a delicate operation to be done slowly. Not this one - it rattled out from furled to extended in a few seconds!

 

[saj1985]

It was fantastic! Here a screen cap of the solar panel extending - (lower left)

Ive always imagined extending a solar panel is a delicate operation to be done slowly. Not this one - it rattled out from furled to extended in a few seconds!

kewl pics mate!

how long did ou watch it for? lol

 

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About an hour including the build up. It was all in Chinese though

The actual flight phase was about half an hour.

 

[saj1985]

About an hour including the build up. It was all in Chinese though

The actual flight phase was about half an hour.

lol you joka!

 

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You can now see the main highlights on the BBC News site here:

-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15562928

including lift off, booster separation, fairing jettison and solar panel deployment.

 

[Vipersan]

Thanks for the link AS ...
Appreciated muchly ...as I missed the actual launch

Most impressive...
One day ..all launches will be filmed this way
;)
fingers crossed.