Minotaur/TacSat3 Launch - Wallops Island, VA

Launch of the Minotaur rocket carrying the TacSat3 military satellite and other payloads from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility - Wallops Island, VA. Watch the launch through first and second stages. Launched on May 19, 2009

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Science & Technology

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• nasa
• wallops
• island
• virginia
• eastern
• shore
• esva
• minotaur
• rocket
• satellite
• military

[ti994apc]

@jayda406 It does not dump any fuel. Its old fashioned solid rocket fueled rocket. Just like they use in model rockets. The rocket is basically a hollow tube with a big solid rocket engine inside that has a texture like glued together sand. That why there is so much smoke like a car running with bad gas. Solid fuel is good for missiles because there is no fuel storage involved. But its not as reliable or as elegant as its liquid fueled cousins. 

[TheMax212]

Wooooo!! -.-

[luckettbrenden]

hey thatz my ride, NAZA FREKN STOLE MY NIZZAN ALTAM< THOSE BASTARDS

[luckettbrenden]

freakn awesome, maby that will be the Nizzan in like 500 yearz XD

[dancaldwell230]

ufo at 1:150-51

[xXMotocross37Xx]

lol lights faster then sound

[yummpyummp]

@jayda406 lots

[TimingIsEvrytng]

@lankasterssj nice

[jayda406]

I wonder how much fuel it dumps

[StraZeckS]

bird