| SOHO launched by Atlas 2AS rocket |
Posted: December 2, 2005
Duration: 11 min 7 sec
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a joint European and American Sun-watching probe, blasts off from Cape Canaveral aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket, as seen live on December 2, 1995. |  |
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| SOHO: Deployed from launch vehicle |
Posted: December 2, 2005
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Veteran launch telemetry commentator Skip Mackey announces news that the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft has successfully deployed from the Atlas rocket's Centaur upper stage to complete the launch. |  |
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| SOHO: Launch tracking camera 1 |
Posted: December 2, 2005
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Follow the Atlas rocket's flight from ignition through jettison of its second set of solid boosters through the eyes of a ground tracking camera positioned with a straight-on view of pad 36B. (Includes the live launch audio) |  |
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| SOHO: Launch tracking camera 2 |
Posted: December 2, 2005
Duration: 43 sec
The powerful UCS-23 ground tracking camera captured this footage of the SOHO spacecraft's departure from Earth aboard the Atlas 2AS rocket. (Includes the live launch audio) |  |
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| SOHO: Launch tracking camera 3 |
Posted: December 2, 2005
Duration: 1 min
This tracking camera footage focuses on the fiery base of the Atlas 2AS rocket as the vehicle climbs into the night sky. As the Atlas punches through a cloud deck, the distinct plumes from the liquid-fueled main engines and strap-on solid-fuel boosters are spectacularly revealed. (Includes the live launch audio) |  |
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| SOHO: Tower rollback |
Posted: December 1, 2005
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
The mobile service tower enclosing the Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket at Cape Canaveral's launch pad 36B is retracted in the final hours before liftoff of the SOHO solar observatory. |  |
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| SOHO: Preparing the observatory for launch |
Posted: December 1, 2005
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
This compilation movie follows the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft from its arrival at Kennedy Space Center from Europe through launch preparations inside a Cape cleanroom. |  |
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