George Diller: T minus 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,zero and ignition of the Taurus rocket
with Glory monitoring how changes in Earth's climate may affect our lives.
Natural sound of Liftoff
Richard Haenke Taurus Flight Engineer: Stages OTVA nominal.
The stages of the OTVA systems operating as expected to maintain vehicle attitude.
Vehicle power bus is nominal.
Diller: Listening to Richard Haenke, our Taurus launch vehicle flight engineer.
Haenke: Max Q! Attitude remains nominal as the vehicle passes through the period
of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
Vehicle velocity is approximately two thousand miles per hour and at an altitude of
approximately 10 miles.
One minute into the Glory mission and all systems nominal -- expecting Stage 1
ignition in approximately 20 seconds.
Stage 1 TVA initialized, expecting Stage 1 ignition in approximately 10 seconds.
Stage 0 burnout.
Stage 1 ignition -- and video confirms stage 0 separation.
Vehicle attitude nominal following Stage 0 separation.