JAWSAT blue cloud

From: Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2000 - 19:40:40 PST

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    Hi Jim,
    
    I forgot to mention the bluish cloud -- yes it was quite
    evident after burnout, even in light-polluted skies.  Wish
    I had stayed out longer to see the final burn -- after what
    I assumed was the 2nd stage cutoff (or possibly the 3rd?)
    at 3:07, I wasn't expecting anything else.  I went back
    inside at ~3:10.
    
    There seemed to be a very short staging event about 1 minute
    into the flight -- kind of a "chuff".  Did you see this?  About
    2 minutes into the flight there was a definite staging; the
    plume disappeared for at least 5-10 seconds.  --Rob
    
    
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