News Orbital ATK Conducts Test of Antares First Stage

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Orbital ATK Conducts Test of Antares First Stage

Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced it conducted a full-power "hot fire" test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines.

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[Astro SG Wise]

NASA needs to use drones so cameras don't shake.

 

[kuddel]

NASA needs to use drones so cameras don't shake.

No, they won't shake....they would be blown away
Seriously: I doubt that a 'free flying' camera at the same distance would not be affected by acoustic vibrations.
If however these vibrations are only transmitted through solids here (from ground up the mast to the camera) then 'free-flyers' might work.
At least *this* mounting on that swinging pole was ...well...demonstrative!

 

[DaveS]

NASA needs to use drones so cameras don't shake.

The pad doesn't belong to NASA but OATK. The only NASA owned facility is the Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). The rest are contractor owned.

 

[n122vu]

NASA needs to use drones so cameras don't shake.

The 'waves' in the video of the first camera in the first video look very much like the image stabilization/vibration compensation found in a GoPro. If so, perhaps they are trying to save money by using smaller, cheaper cameras to capture the video, and this one was poorly mounted.