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		efremjw on Dec 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Orion Flight Test Live Launch Damn that was amazing! What a perfect launch!! How specialized was the heavy lift configuration for the Orion payload?

wolf550e on Dec 5, 2014 [–]

The ULA guy in the pre-flight news conference[1] said the rocket is not modified for this flight but they had to do analysis because the payload is not inside the payload fairing.

1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jNzvLOHLJw

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