Were those OMS thrusters Firings?

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carl — 2/8/2008 7:55:31 PM (archived)

Those flares when the sep occured were they the burns? And I could swear that when we saw the STS 116 mission MECo we saw "FIREFLIES" when the ET seperated. Still, better than CGI this time!

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ET venting after separation - Raoul - 2/8/2008 5:07:50 PM
- Camera pictures - TB - 2/9/2008 4:12:30 AM
  - re: The TDRS system - Raoul - 2/9/2008 12:42:18 PM
    - I don't think it's TDRS - Doug Ellison - 2/12/2008 9:40:42 AM
- "phone.... home..." (n/t) - Fox - 2/9/2008 1:17:39 AM
- I wonder if that's what I saw yesterday. - Jacob - 2/8/2008 10:27:33 PM
- Previously, lighting conditions didn't allow for those kind of pictures (n/t) - Raoul - 2/8/2008 7:30:23 PM
  - Were those OMS thrusters Firings? - carl - 2/8/2008 7:55:31 PM
    - re: OMS are fired a while after ET separation - Raoul - 2/8/2008 11:12:50 PM
- is this normal? - DJL - 2/8/2008 5:42:58 PM
  - Yup, something to do with weight - carl - 2/8/2008 6:11:04 PM

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