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KSC-04-S-00166_(ksc_051004_test).webm ‎(WebM audio/video file, VP9/Opus, length 1 min 5 s, 320 × 212 pixels, 285 kbps overall, file size: 2.21 MB)

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It was a wet morning at Kennedy Space Center May 7 when a torrent of water was unleashed at Launch Pad 39A. It wasn't rain, but rather, it was a test of the pad's Sound Suppression System.

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English: It was a wet morning at Kennedy Space Center May 7 when a torrent of water was unleashed at Launch Pad 39A. It wasn't rain, but rather, it was a test of the pad's Sound Suppression System. The system was tested because NASA recently replaced the six main system valves as part of the Return to Flight effort. The Sound Suppression System uses water to absorb potentially damaging shock waves generated during a Shuttle launch. A water tank near the pad supplies water to a series of 16 enormous nozzles, called 'rainbirds.' The tank emptied in just over 40 seconds as water sprayed across the Mobile Launcher Platform as fast as 900,000 gallons per minute_ It was only the fourth test of the system in Shuttle Program history.
Date Taken on 10 May 2004
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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ksc_051004_test.

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test; spray; rtf; rainbird; shock_wave; return_to_flight; sound_suppression; water; nozzle; launch_pad; shuttle; 39A; valve; sound_wave

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VP9 240P 198 kbps Completed 21:08, 7 May 2024 57 s
Streaming 240p (VP9) 92 kbps Completed 21:08, 7 May 2024 52 s
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Streaming 144p (MJPEG) 538 kbps Completed 21:07, 7 May 2024 6.0 s
Stereo (Opus) 89 kbps Completed 21:09, 7 May 2024 5.0 s
Stereo (MP3) 128 kbps Completed 21:09, 7 May 2024 7.0 s

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