CR4 Photos - September 25, 1999
This page contains thumbnail images of photographs taken with a 35 mm camera mounted in a 4-inch diameter rocket. Images from other flights of the CR4 can be accessed from the Photo Album page.

Launch Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999, ~3:00 pm
Event: MTMA Launch No. 4
Launch Location: Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, Ohio
Weather: Sunny, 75 degrees F, East wind calm-5 mph
Map of Launch Site:

Map of SCFG Launch Site

Flight Notes: Launched on an Aerotech F50-4T. This flight arced east into the light breeze. The rocket rolled over and most of the ascent pictures are of the clear blue sky. Ejection occurred just past apogee, the recovery systems on the payload bay and booster deployed fully, and they both drifted right back to the range. I tried to catch the camera payload section but missed. It landed on a narrow gravel road causing minor, but fixable damage to the payload section's body tube at the location of the nose cone retaining screw.

At this time, only low-resolution images are available. Additional resolutions and exposures will be added below as time and server space allow.
 
Thumbnail Image
Frame
 Description

Negative 3A (click to download low-resolution image 25KB)
3A
On pad, counting down, facing South.

Negative 4A (click to download low-resolution image 20KB)
4A
Just after ignition, facing South.

Negative 5A (click to download low-resolution image 15KB)
5A
Ascent, area to the SW of the range, facing SW.

Negative 13A (click to download low-resolution image 35KB)
13A
Descent, area to the SE of the range, looking down to South.

Negative 18A (click to download low-resolution image 45KB)
18A
Descending toward range, looking down to SW.

Negative 23A (click to download low-resolution image 43KB)
23A
 Descent, "I've got it."

Negative 24A (click to download low-resolution image 17KB)
24A
 Self portrait, just after landing (I missed it) and just before closing the camera's shutter door.

The 35 mm film from CR4 was procesed and printed on 4"x6" prints. These were scanned at 300 dpi for high-resolution, reduced by 50% (effective 150 dpi) for medium-resolution, reduced by 50% again (effective 75 dpi) for low-resolution, and reduced by 50% yet again (effective 37.5 dpi) for thumbnail-resolution.

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This page was created on May 25, 1999, and last updated on June 16, 2000.