You don’t normally get to see a motor CATO with this perspective coming off the rail…
This was the first flight of my son’s scratch-built Epic Cluster at October Skies 2013.

Frame grab sequence from the movie below… UPDATE: and this photo is showcased in a FORTUNE article, April 2014.

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    jurvetson

    First burst, while still on the rail
    Screen Shot 2013-11-02 at 7.15.03 PM

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    Screen Shot 2013-11-03 at 6.49.53 AMHD video compilation.

    In that last frame, you see the forward facing burst of the 10-second delay charge. That subsystem worked despite the lateral rupture of the motor below.

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