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Old 05-04-2019, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PeterAlway
While this flight was shorter than some later flights, there's also an aspect ratio issue with the video. Here's an undistorted image:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...57627981313215/
Thank you, Peter. The Atlas and Centaur tankage appear to be of the same aspect ratio (length-to-diameter) as that of other early Atlas-Centaur vehicles, but the payload fairing still looks shorter than those of the subsequent rounds (not in terms of the cone included angle or the tip radius, but the cylindrical base portion).
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