SpaceX launches their Falcon 9 vehicle to orbit!

[Ondelendo]

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[bundawartini]

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[baillou2]

This video is freaking NOMINAL!

[trusstingod]

I glad you have the whole video, showing the lack of roll control authority and the end near MECO.

[chfireball]

it's not only about cost. Falcon 9 cannot do larger payloads that the aries could do. it would be impossable!!!!!!. I dont know were you get 20b? are we pulling figures out of thin air?

[chfireball]

@terytery1 They don't want or need there Tech, the shuttle can lift 53,600 into Leo! Aries 1 " could " lift 56,000lbs to Leo. Ares V 350,000 to Leo.

yes, they cost more and spaceX is doing a good job at keeping the costs low but the Falcon design will never lift the weight of a Aries V The Falcon 9 would need 6 rocket launchs to lift what one Aries V can, thats 168 Merlin engines!!!! sorry to many things can go wrong!!!

[highlander2107]

@terytery1: Falcon 9 Heavy will lift 42,000 pounds into orbit, not 32,000.

@geis2201, @littlepyro: Yes that is most definitely the rocket breaking the speed of sound.

[TrickyGap]

Selected as the Lubbock Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol's cadet video of the week. Thanks for posting this video.

[jediwebdude]

Congrats to the SpaceX team for this successful project.

[kaitlindanielledyke]

yes a boat was out in the ocean when the rocket launched ready to get the falling objects. and spacex is an amazing company, they're the next big aerospace company, hands down.

[MillyVanillification]

oops, some parts went off after seperation and the roll-control system seems to have some difficulties. Anyway a good job overall. Have they been able to recover the first stage?

[hemifan426]

The spin towards the end of the burn was interesting. I can't help but wonder if the space craft was slowly going off course. Either way, this is a HUGE day for Elon Musk and LEO space travel. Boeing and Lockheed, the writing is on the wall.

[mistachewey]

@terytery1 ahh ok. it's better if they didn't go into detail about it then. i hate it when other people copy work

[Kenjineering]

Thanks for the upload!

Well done guys at SpaceX

[littlepyro]

@terytery1 SpaceX has done it right - they are easily, and by far, the cheapest company out there to date. Don't underestimate the Shuttle, though. Those girls are able to lift some weight to orbit, anywhere between 60,000 and 65,000 pounds. Do we do that now? No, it simply costs too much. Today, they lift between 50,000 and 55,000 pounds, depending on the mission.

[mistachewey]

why does it seem to keep on spinning at the end?

[carlosnba]

be careful with the giant flying cockroach!

[CuervoBlack06]

Earth vs The Giant Hornet.

[tomplaytom]

This is the best video of the launch, thanks.

[msdiediedie]

@geis2201 it went through the cloud layer at that point. The extra moisture caused a puff of condensation. If I remember right it goes super sonic at about max-Q which seemed to be about T+1:20 or so.

[geis2201]

what happens at T+1:04? Sonic boom?

[littlepyro]

@geis2201 Nah, the rocket isn't moving fast enough at that point to break the speed of sound. Just seemed like it jolted the camera a bit and it lagged.

[DJTachyon]

@littlepyro I think he was talking about 1:04 in the flight, which does look like a sonic boom or just breaking the vapor barrier of the cloud cover.

[ugowar]

@geis2201 A condensation cloud forming as it nears (if not exceeds) Mach 1. You can see it in images from the ground as a foggy tube forming around the entire vehicle. It also happened to fly through a cloud at that time which enhanced the effect - more previously uncondensed water vapor present.

[charlieechovictor]

@geis2201 it passed a cloud layer and the engine burn reflected on the droplets ;-)

[msdiediedie]

Wonderful stuff. Now there are three manned space programs - Russia, China, and SpaceX!

Congratulations to everyone who was part of this achievement.

Does anyone know why the vehicle started rolling at around T+7:00?

[jack21222]

I actually had some tears of joy in my eyes around MECO and stage separation. Great job, guys!

[Mihka]

Сашка Поздравляю!

Sasha congratulations!

[tonerduckpin]

thanks for posting this. Congrats to SpaceX

[cixelsyD1988]

Thanks for the unlaggy video.

[littlepyro]

@cixelsyD1988 No problem! Thanks for the view!

[ugowar]

@littlepyro Yeah, they need to seriously work on their connectivity issues with the webcasts. I thought they'd have resolved them since the Falcon 1s, but no...

[khanrhy]

Excellent stuff. Without all that pausing for feed like other places.

Go SpaceX go!!

[littlepyro]

@khanrhy Try to provide the best video possible. Thanks for the view!

[tdsfan1]

Love the cheers from the background :D

Congratulations to SpaceX!

[freakingedd]

history in the making!! =D

[dennizenx]

my army of robotic mosquitoes showed up right on schedule, mwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

[Allornon]

Congratulations

[Feexer007]

Congratulations to SpaceX!

[melfik]

Congrats !

[gucker07]

Go SpaceX! You guys rule:)

[NaprejZastavaSlave]

Congratulations SpaceX!

[jlee104]

I welcome our new insect overlords!

[prasannakc4]

Best wishes for Falcon 9 for its future...