Kepler Launch via Delta II Rocket on 03/07/09 (Full launch to SECO-1)

[proaudiohd]

NASA could do a much better job on the sound of these launches. (the vehicle sound)

[kingsmehul]

is tat a nasa brodcast channel

[TimeLapseSteve]

Dude, you got a Dell.

[kepler98]

wow

[greg0gregerson]

engignins? (0:20)

[ps00n]

@greg0gregerson LOLOLOLOL that made me laugh so hard!!!! repeat it LOL

[tylerdurden0005]

beautiful the night

[crazybastard82]

go kepler!!!!

[FSFchannel]

shut up you crazy bastard! lol

[crazybastard82]

why are you telling me to shut up? i'm an astrophysics major, so i have a huge interest in kepler and the data it will aquire...

[spacevidcast]

I think FSFchannel was simply playing off your user name. Hard to say though.

[FSFchannel]

Spacevidcast is right lol, i was joking man lol.

[elgranto7]

AMAZING

:)

[loperspest]

Damn, I wish they had an on-board camera for this launch.

[thomasnordwest]

great! i can't wait for the new insights & results!

[Airmilez]

Let's hope they find E.T. & co with that thing!

[vai2iant]

damn that rocket is fast!!! chemical rockets are amazing but we hit the limits of this technology, chemical rockets cant go any faster than what we achieved. I cant wait for the nuclear powered rockets and plasma rockets to be perfected. then we wont be limited to only mach 22 on our way to mars =]

[rss0246]

Actually, 25,000 mph (the minimum escape velocity needed to go from Earth to Mars) is closer to Mach 40. And check out the videos of the launch that sent the "New Horizons" probe to Pluto early in '06. That rocket (an Atlas V CHEMICAL rocket) achieved something like 35,000 mph (well over Mach 50), passing the Moon's orbit in NINE HOURS!! A gravity boost going by Jupiter last year then accelerated the craft to 52,000 mph (over Mach 80). The trip to Pluto will still take NINE YEARS..!

[vai2iant]

really? nice! thanks for the info, i just guessed on mach 22. ill check that out definitely thanks!

[sithioth]

No on board camera this time? :(

[sithioth]

exciting :)

[crimsoncoin]

Horay for this launch! great releif that its gone well, good look guys have a good look indeed, and yeah! thanks Keplar and Goddard and asoc..

[dis0guise]

I was in Jetty Park for this launch, three miles away, and frankly, with the naked eye, there isn't much to see after the six ground-ignited solid boosters drop. I wouldn't swear I saw much more detail than a glow after that, and not for much longer: by T plus 4 minutes I wasn't sure that I could see a thing, and it was almost a clear night. Videos like this are great, even if one actually saw the launch.

[rss0246]

We were on the beach about a half mile south of Jetty Park and had no trouble seeing the three empty air-lit solid boosters separate with the naked eye. Then, using binoculars we saw the main engine "gas ball" that forms in the vacuum of space, MECO and the subsequent ignition of the second stage. A decent pair of discount store binoculars are a good investment. They also let you see lots of pre-launch detail at the CCAFS Complex 17 launch pads.

[franksaninocencio]

Keplar is amazing. Now we can find hard evidence of life else where in the Milky Way.

[drusik]

frank, Keplers view distance is only within the Milky Way. There is a high-lighted map showing its range view.

[RebeliousSapien]

great vid. thanks for uploading

[Mopsmops]

is that a new plasma engine? ;o

[pentytake5]

nice vid, Thanks dude.

[nguyenvthieu]

You should change your nickname to OnlyTheDumbass and you're a fucking gay man.

[ncarboxyanhydrides]

Wonderful launch!

[tsjoencinema]

I thought a music track would start at 0:38

lol

[spacevidcast]

Actually, we used to add music to these launches. Maybe I should add them back in (but we tried to use different Podsafe music for each launch, and that got to be hard to find after a while)

[Briskel2]

what is seco and what is kepler suppost to mean?

[spudco06]

Solid Enging Cut Off

[spacevidcast]

Second Engine Cut Off or Second Stage Engine Cut Off or Sustainer Engine Cutoff... I usually say Secondary Engine Cutoff and there are multiple SECO events, this is SECO-1 but the secondary engine fired back up to push it in to the proper trajectory, and when that stopped it was SECO-2.

MECO would be Main Engine Cutoff.

Kepler is not an acronym, it is in homage to Johannes Kepler (which you can Google search to learn more about)

[Briskel2]

wow if you look at the bottom of the screen when it shows the 1 guy looking at the screens look at how many computers there is!

[deltapeco]

did anyone else see the planet in the video...had a red ring around it I have video of it but it is blurry as i recorded with a hand held camera pointed at my monitor so it came out as a fuzzy bright ball anyone have clear video of it?

[korndog86]

lol what a joke. if we know that o no 2012 and that their is the possibilities of earth being unlivable. so at that point we would have to go in to space funny no that not funny because i think it is funny because if the end of the world as we know it. and we all are still worried about 1 trillion of dollar. lol ya and when the end comes then what how to live on and we are going to need 500 trillion anyways so we are fucked. to live on think about it can be done.,peace

[ssnatcherss]

WTF are you trying to say? Something about some 2012 bullshit?

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[SiliconeSlave]

Hehe.. The guy at 05:05, looks confused.

Thanks for the video, CAN'T WAIT to see what is found out there! Hope it's a success.

[deltapeco]

lol ya hes like "wtf just happened damn, oh well, we will fix it later" hope its not serious.

[spacevidcast]

He almost looked pissed at the rocket. Wonder what happened there.

[AUJamie]

I watched it live last night, was Great!

[slumcorps]

in your description you say it was lauched on march 3rd, i'm quite sure it was march 6th?

[spacevidcast]

Oops! Fixed, thanks for the heads up.

[Madman00901]

Was a great launch to watch. Cannot wait to see the outcome of this mission!

Thanks Spacevidcast,

Madman00901/Ash-Nerd.

[spacevidcast]

Me too! The instruments on board are pretty insane sweet!