SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket Launch, Attempt #2

[ThatAdelaideGuy]

Very Nominal

[n4120p]

the permanent solution would be wave breakes inside tank and the servo actuators that move the engine in its gimball mount should have a several variable reaction speeds for the nozle steering, this way the resonance coupling with the fluid would always be avoided regardless of the amount of fuel in the tank,,,JA Ja I know a lot of this.............

[n4120p]

I heard they lost this one soon after what we see here, as the fuel got consumed and had empty space it started to orbit inside the tank , they either did not provide enough wave breakers or something, the thing is the rocket started to oscilate ,the guidance gyros try to correct by redirecting the nozle but the correction speed is such that coupled the fuel woble and the whole thing oscilated more and more as there is less fuel left in the tank,,, they fix it now and went to orbit. er

[170166]

Very impressive.

Why was the exhaust cone wobbling like that towards the end?

[HeksfjellArmy]

what?... is this a amateur rocket??

[54spiritedwill54]

keep dreaming...

[Hmmmmzzz]

looking for friends

great vid an

[kingofmonkeyfolk]

The failure was caused by fuel sloshing according to the experts.  They are addressing this for flight #3 by adding two fixes. They are doing pretty well for such a small team. Hope it works out.

[Eisenmond]

Second stage failure caused by impact of nozzle (14:35 into video). Wicked oscilation due to this impact. Needs a little more work.

[stepbackfool]

LOX and H2O2, aka hydrogen peroxide.

[lithiumdeuteride]

Uh, those are both oxidizers. You need to have a fuel in there somewhere.

The Falcon rockets use LOX and RP-1.

[theczechfamous]

I think it's a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene - the same as the V2.

[roeboat72]

If only i was a billionaire and they had a bigger rocket. I could pay them to fly me into space.

[francisco0416]

how works the separation system?

[lithiumdeuteride]

Pyrotechnic fasteners and pneumatic pushers.

[000darkstar000]

this was way cool******thanx heaps more plse*****jj

[w5cdt]

Looks like guidance system oscillation towards the end of the video. Lots of gimble action? What was that anyway?

[AnnathGL]

If I remember correctly, it was a bug in the stabilizers caused by an unexpected amount of movement in the fuel tank, but don't quote me on that.

[blyndrotor]

From what Ive seen and read the 1st stage cowel hit the exhaust and caused an oscilation

That grew expedentially, you can see the correction a moment after the seperation that Slowly gets worse.

[rtgtyg5tygyg65ygyyy]

@blyndrotor expedentially is not a word retard, you mean exponentially.

[blyndrotor]

@rtgtyg5tygyg65ygyyy

Well congratulations. You found a comment that I made 2yrs ago when I'd had a few (plenty) of beers. Please forgive an intoxicated mistake. My humblest apologies to you you my easily offended friend. Yeah i know I'm being flippant.

You know it would have been much more polite to just point out my mistake without displaying a healthy amount of immaturity by being a jackass and calling me a retard.

Save it for the arguments or you'll have nothing left when you want it.

[Eisenmond]

Second stage failure caused by impact of nozzle (14:35 into video). Wicked oscilation due to this impact. Needs a little more work.

[nevets815]

I did it :D

[astifan1]

not so expensive as i thought it will be.space industry need private sector to cut the prices and make space exploration faster and more reliable.

[astifan1]

how much money did they spend on rocket

[AnnathGL]

According to SpaceX's website the standard cost for a Falcon 1 mission is between 7-8 million dollars.

[sneekmatrix]

Anyone heard of inertial drive generators ?

[jimfragos]

Theese guys fly for real!!

[HAL11000]

Is this rocket going to be used to carry people and supplies to the ISS?

[AnnathGL]

Probably not. This is a lightweight, unmanned rocket designed to put sattelites in orbit. It might be used to carry some nonliving supplies to the IIS, but definitely not people. The point of this rocket is to make space travel cheaper and easier.

[HAL11000]

If you would go to their web site, they show the conceptual 'Dragon Capsule' that can carry seven people and supplies into space.

[AnnathGL]

Ah, Sorry. I haven't checked up much since I watched the launch, and at the time it was totally unmanned.

[HAL11000]

Was the second attempt completely successful or, as they--say 95% successful?

[AnnathGL]

Well, the rocket lost telemetry pretty far up. They got all the data they needed and the rocket reached the target altitude, but they lost telemetry and the rocket. Despite that, they got everything they needed from the launch.

[theczechfamous]

The Space Shuttle is not safe Ares not due for 7 years. It's my guess Falcon has been allowed to develop probably so Washington has some alternative to the Shuttle whose budget for an ISS mission is about 1.5bn$. ESA are going to use their own Soyuz from this year probably in a bid to get away from having to use NASA.

[kryptoniterxn117]

why do all rockets jizz out that smoke b4 launch, what's it for?

[AnnathGL]

IIRC, it's the rocket making sure the pressure in the o2 tanks is correct by venting the excess, though I may be wrong.

[kimae247]

I hope one day when i become old, i can retire in space and fufil man's dream of conquering space.

[kryptoniterxn117]

keep dreaming...

[abeasu]

what a great video, thnx!

[AnnathGL]

no problem! :D

[ThunderHead72]

Good video, don't worry, I liked the extra stuff. Boy was that first stage separation ugly, definately a tough little bird, that would have torn the bell nozzle off of a bigger vehicle. Can't wait to see where the program goes!! Good luck Space X!!!

[Gillhoolee]

They will get there.Some day...

[foulkes52]

This is the long version of the 5.55 which is where it seems to go out of control when they stop the feed.