SpaceX Testing - Falcon 9, Flight 3
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Uploaded by spacexchannel on Jun 30, 2011
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A 60-second long test firing of the Falcon 9 Flight 3 second stage, conducted at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor. Texas. The Merlin Vacuum second stage engine generates 92,500 lb of force in vacuum, and operates with a vacuum specific impulse of 342 seconds -- the highest efficiency ever for an American hydrocarbon rocket engine. In flight the engine ignites about 3 minutes after launch, delivering the Dragon spacecraft to orbit about 6 minutes later.
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@matthewakian2 government regulation!
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@matthewakian2 well if they said Matt we have 2 rockets A we tested 50 times and B we tested 350 times you get to pick which one were strapping you into!
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@BattyFred 39 days isn't that farfetched..
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that thing is so badass
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@ti994apc Things should get really interesting in the next ten years. Rock on.
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@matthewakian2 Skylon spaceplanes would be awesome. I would have a see a real work and survive re-entry. What would have been great is the Delta Clipper Experimental Advanced (DCXA).
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@ti994apc How about the Skylon spaceplane?
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I know they got to go through a lot of checks, I just don't understand why everything takes so long?
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SpaceX is the real future.
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Rock on!!!
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Alexfor2002 7 months ago 36
I can't wait for the next flight, hopefully to the ISS. Go SpaceX!
SpeedRunner 7 months ago 35