Thirty seconds should allow plenty of time for everything in the
propulsion system to settle down to steady-state conditions. It's
always comforting to see flat horizontal lines on the right ends of the
temperature/pressure/rpm/etc traces, as it indicates less likelihood of
some parameter creeping into unacceptable territory over the full flight
burn duration.
Henry
On 5/10/2016 10:18 AM, William Claybaugh wrote:
The big water tank next to the pad will support up to 50 seconds of firing.
Bill
On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Paul Mueller <paul.mueller.iii@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:paul.mueller.iii@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Arocket has been kind of quiet lately so I thought I'd ask the
question: the latest version of the Antares rocket will be doing a
30-second static firing test at Wallops in preparation for its next
launch.
http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/05/09/key-return-to-flight-milestone-looms-for-antares-rocket/
Seems like a long burn duration--presumably they've done the
analysis to show that the pad can handle that. Any thoughts?