Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Re: PAM firing pix via RMS camera Message-ID: <2620@alice.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 19:36:39 EST Article-I.D.: alice.2620 Posted: Mon Feb 27 19:36:39 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 13:01:27 EST References: <5861@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 9 The pictures were shown on all the network news programs the night of the firing (surprisingly, I did not see them on CNN!) It was not as spectacular as the event really is. Since, the camera was directed up at the PAM, no rocket plume (the spectacular part) was seen. What you could see was a flash followed by a bright ring of material which quickly descended and widened as the satellite moved away. The satellite/PAM could only be seen for about 10 to 15 seconds, further leading officials to believe that the motors shut down early.