above them a digital clock showed the countdown , clicking off the hours , minutes , and seconds , while next to it were the three master video screens : the first giving the numerical status of the cyclops power-up sequence , the second depicting the fujitsu 's latest orbital projection , being lines across a flat projection of the globe , and the third showing a live feed from the base of vx-1 , where the antlike images of satcom launch control staffers could be seen methodically readying the vehicle , not having any idea what was about to go up .