Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video]

Re:Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video] by tacos on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:48PM (#11710232)

Here's some non-potatocam footage from a 2014 Soyuz launch. Soyuz definitely has the most Hollywood-friendly separation events.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHWDNrrfhnI

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Re:Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video] by cyberferret on Monday May 16, 2016 @07:16PM (#11710345)

That first booster separation was ballistically balletically brilliant!

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Re:Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video] by hcrisp on Monday May 16, 2016 @08:52PM (#11710676)

The kerosene-burning boosters really leave amazingly clear contrails. And the separation ballet is called Korolev's cross.

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Re:Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video] by david-given on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @07:03AM (#11712553)

You can see yellow fire at the pointy end of the boosters for a moment as they swing round; is that some kind of separation thruster, or is it just that they're dipping into the main vehicle's exhaust stream?

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Re:Soyuz 2.1a 3-Stage Launch [video] by harlanlewis on Monday May 16, 2016 @08:16PM (#11710569)

Wow, awesome. At about 2min10s.

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