5…
4…
3….
2….
1
Ignition
Minotaur launch vehicle is carrying AA-2 launch
abort system for a full stress test
15 knots
Mach 1
Mach 1.1
In 10 seconds we will see the abort
Pyros one and two discharged, both sides
Pressure
Good control
Jettison
Pyros three and four are discharged, both
sides
Good power enabled
So there goes the LAS, tumbling a bit.
Orion coming down.
Everything looking good so far.
Recall there are no parachutes on this test
today.
So once the data recorders have been deployed
and the vehicle is no longer transmitting
data,
TC will call “test complete.”
We’re looking now at the Orion.
That data is being written.
We’re about to get ejection of those EDRs.
