Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2008

... Just found out that CNN are offering a live stream which looks to me like it's slightly higher quality than NASA's TV official
stream -
http://www.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream2
Anyone know if there are even better streams of the launch available elsewhere?

"DoD Cape" w "Liberty Star" on 5711 kHz
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5711 kHz USB 1757z: "DoD Cape" wkg Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster
(SRB) retrieval ship "Liberty Star" re position to maintain for

Space Shuttle STS-122 launch range preparations
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It is Thursday 2:49am EST (0749z). Range security and range clearance
activities have begun offshore NASA-Kennedy Space Ctr.

Last night Gene Thomas and Bob Sieck appeared in a long video about
the effects of weather on Challenger. I believe a prelaunch weather
question was raised in this forum about Columbia prior to its demise.
The vehicle currently scheduled for launch on Thursday has also been

Challenger's "belly flash" presents a splendid opportunity to point
out the 51-L inconsistencies at JSC. In a hearing on March 7, 1986,
Tom Moser testified as follows:
"We now see a bright flash between the orbiter and the external tank,