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

The Kepler telescope launched aboard a Delta II rocket on March 7th, 2009 at 3:49am UTC.

The Kepler Mission will use a space photometer developed by NASA to search for Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. It will observe the brightness of over 100,000 stars over 3.5 years to detect periodic transits of a star by its planets (the transit method). The mission is named in honor of Johannes Kepler.

Kepler is a mission under NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, focused science missions. NASA's Ames Research Center is the home organization of the science principal investigator and is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. Kepler mission development is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is responsible for developing the Kepler flight system.

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[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)

[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.

[spacevidcast]

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

[greg0gregerson]

engignins? (0:20)

[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...

[proaudiohd]

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

[ps00n]

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

[kingsmehul]

is tat a nasa brodcast channel

[TimeLapseSteve]

Dude, you got a Dell.

[kepler98]

wow

[tylerdurden0005]

beautiful the night

[FSFchannel]

Spacevidcast is right lol, i was joking man lol.

[spacevidcast]

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