Canon EOS 5D
ƒ/5.6
400 mm
1/4,000
500
The 400mm lens allows for some post-mortem analysis of the hijinx in the sky.
This was the largest total impulse of the day – a M motor booster with an air-start of an L motor for the upper stage. Shawn’s 16 ft. tall rocket made up for a lack of elegance with sheer horsepower.
But the stage separation took place way too early, with both stages under trust. At full size, you can see the booster ripping off one of the orange fins of the upper stage. I have never seen that before.
The computers deployed the parachutes for both stages correctly, and all was recovered.
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