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Mars Climate Orbiter Launch Animations

Launch of the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft aboard a Boeing Delta II (7425) rocket on December 11, 1998.

Quicktime Animation (27 MB)

This animation was captured off of NASA TV and runs for 5 minutes. An awesome video showing the entire sequence from the camera mounted on the first stage Delta II rocket. It includes both audio and video.

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RealVideo Animation

This video stream was captured off of NASA TV and runs for 20 minutes. An awesome video showing the entire launch! It includes both audio and video coverage. A RealVideo plugin is required to run the animation.

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use one of these links from within RealPlayer:

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/live/ceh.ram (200 Kbps version)
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/live/cel.ram (20 Kbps version)


MPEG Movie - 2.6 MB

A time lapse movie showing the launch pad, mission control rooms and launch.


MPEG Movie - 1.9 MB
Quicktime Movie - 2.7 MB

A computer-generated animation showing the Mars Climate Orbiter leaving Earth on its way to Mars.

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