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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!
 
hey, that looks wicked mate! :)
 
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!

:D
 

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Analoguesat said:
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!

:D
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kewl pics mate! :)

how long did ou watch it for? lol
 
About an hour including the build up. It was all in Chinese though :-rofl2

The actual flight phase was about half an hour.
 
Analoguesat said:
About an hour including the build up. It was all in Chinese though :-rofl2

The actual flight phase was about half an hour.
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lol you joka! :)
 
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.
 
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.
 
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