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Launch from inside an Apollo capsule (restored in 4K/30 FPS) [video]

68 points by the-dude 2y ago

RyanShook 2y ago
Since this launch was unmanned how were various events triggered?
- rbanffy 2y ago
  Most likely by ground teams operating the spacecraft remotely. There isn’t much for humans to do in a spacecraft that can’t be done by automation, unless something goes wrong.
- rzzzt 2y ago
  Most of them are sequenced. Around 6:10 the video goes through a series of buttons, most of which are called "Backup switch to do X" because when everything goes as planned, no button push is needed to perform the action.
actionfromafar 2y ago
Are the instruments a simulation or actual footage?!
- minedwiz 2y ago
  Given the date and that it's a Saturn-1B, that would make it AS-202, one of the early test flights. So instruments probably real, but not final hardware.
  - actionfromafar 2y ago
    I mean, is it footage from the test?
    - chilling 2y ago
      that's real footage
      - minedwiz 2y ago
        'Tis, and in the video the maker explains what they had to do - telecine 16mm film, stabilise, upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps, as well as generate plausible sound from the spectra provided in the original test report.
        steve1977 2y ago
        > upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps So it’s not really „restored“. More like „artificially enhanced“
        rzzzt 2y ago
        It's not like a sports broadcast, no fast-paced action happens on the instrument cluster.
minedwiz 2y ago
Found it cool that this has the real sound of the master alarm in it; the movie version from Apollo 13 was dramatised.
chilling 2y ago
The amount of work that someone put into this video is just mind-boggling! The sound of the stage separation was extremely loud, it must to have been a very stresfull moment for anyone onboard during that time.
- minedwiz 2y ago
  If you liked that, check out the onboard camera of Soyuz MS-09's launch: https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302 https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302 I timestamped that to 2nd stage separation, and it gives a cool impression about what it's like (particularly the astronaut on the left's reaction).
  - chilling 2y ago
    O, thank you man! They are, however squeezed like 3 people in the single ToiToi. 3rd stage separation is even more dramatic https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?feature=shared&t=548 https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?feature=shared&t=548
salesynerd 2y ago
I really didn't notice how long the video was as I was busy trying to absorb all the information being provided on-screen and, simultaneously, marveling at the hard work and sheer technical brilliance of the French Space Guy, the creator of the video. Hats off to them.

68 points by the-dude 2y ago

RyanShook 2y ago

Since this launch was unmanned how were various events triggered?

rbanffy 2y ago
Most likely by ground teams operating the spacecraft remotely. There isn’t much for humans to do in a spacecraft that can’t be done by automation, unless something goes wrong.
rzzzt 2y ago
Most of them are sequenced. Around 6:10 the video goes through a series of buttons, most of which are called "Backup switch to do X" because when everything goes as planned, no button push is needed to perform the action.

actionfromafar 2y ago

Are the instruments a simulation or actual footage?!

minedwiz 2y ago
Given the date and that it's a Saturn-1B, that would make it AS-202, one of the early test flights. So instruments probably real, but not final hardware.
- actionfromafar 2y ago
  I mean, is it footage from the test?
  - chilling 2y ago
    that's real footage
    - minedwiz 2y ago
      'Tis, and in the video the maker explains what they had to do - telecine 16mm film, stabilise, upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps, as well as generate plausible sound from the spectra provided in the original test report.
      - steve1977 2y ago
        > upscale, and interpolate from 5 -> 30 fps So it’s not really „restored“. More like „artificially enhanced“
        rzzzt 2y ago
        It's not like a sports broadcast, no fast-paced action happens on the instrument cluster.

minedwiz 2y ago

Found it cool that this has the real sound of the master alarm in it; the movie version from Apollo 13 was dramatised.

chilling 2y ago

The amount of work that someone put into this video is just mind-boggling! The sound of the stage separation was extremely loud, it must to have been a very stresfull moment for anyone onboard during that time.

minedwiz 2y ago
If you liked that, check out the onboard camera of Soyuz MS-09's launch: https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302 https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?t=302 I timestamped that to 2nd stage separation, and it gives a cool impression about what it's like (particularly the astronaut on the left's reaction).
- chilling 2y ago
  O, thank you man! They are, however squeezed like 3 people in the single ToiToi. 3rd stage separation is even more dramatic https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?feature=shared&t=548 https://youtu.be/fr_hXLDLc38?feature=shared&t=548

salesynerd 2y ago

I really didn't notice how long the video was as I was busy trying to absorb all the information being provided on-screen and, simultaneously, marveling at the hard work and sheer technical brilliance of the French Space Guy, the creator of the video. Hats off to them.