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Hello All,
I have a question about something I saw in the photos of this week's Titan IVB launch. It is a phenomenon I've also seen in pictures of Titan III launches going back to the first Titan IIIC in 1965. In this week's launch the two liquid propellant core stage engines were not firing at liftoff (they ignited at about T+2 minutes), yet they were lit up white inside the nozzle bells and some kind of vapor was falling from their nozzles. Was it a low-pressure flow of only fuel or oxidizer through the engines to serve as a coolant against the radiant heat from the adjacent solid rocket motor plumes? Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. -- J. Jason Wentworth |
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James Wentworth wrote: In this week's launch the two liquid propellant core stage engines were not firing at liftoff (they ignited at about T+2 minutes), yet they were lit up white inside the nozzle bells and some kind of vapor was falling from their nozzles. The vapor may just be condensation, in the low-pressure zone in the wake of the nozzles. You can see this above airliner wings when landing in humid air. Similarly, the apparent illumination may be light from the SRB plumes lighting up either the condensation or a protective nozzle plug. -- MOST launched 1015 EDT 30 June, separated 1046, | Henry Spencer first ground-station pass 1651, all nominal! | |
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We have discussed this matter some time ago in one of the sci.space.*
groups. Finaly, i got this mail from LockMart to clarify: Betreff: Titan-4 core engines questions Datum: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:49:47 -0600 Von: "McCollum, Evan D" An: '" The Stg I engines are protected from the Solids gasses by a boattail, a heat shield and the nozzles have exit closures that come off when they start as the solids burn down. The image just shows gasses from the solids swirling around the stg I engines. Evan McCollum Gunter Krebs www.skyrocket.de/space "James Wentworth" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hello All, I have a question about something I saw in the photos of this week's Titan IVB launch. It is a phenomenon I've also seen in pictures of Titan III launches going back to the first Titan IIIC in 1965. In this week's launch the two liquid propellant core stage engines were not firing at liftoff (they ignited at about T+2 minutes), yet they were lit up white inside the nozzle bells and some kind of vapor was falling from their nozzles. Was it a low-pressure flow of only fuel or oxidizer through the engines to serve as a coolant against the radiant heat from the adjacent solid rocket motor plumes? Many thanks in advance to anyone who can help. -- J. Jason Wentworth |
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