SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight 2 Launch Webcast

This is the live webcast for the Falcon 9 Flight 2 from Space Exploration Technologies or SpaceX. The second Falcon 9 rocket launched for SLC-40 in Flordia carrying the first Dragon COTS demo unit. A HD version of this launch will be made available soon, but this is the only version with the on-board camera.

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Science & Technology

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• SpaceX
• Falcon 9
• Flight 2
• COTS
• Dragon
• Rocket
• Launch
• SLC-40
• Spacevidcast
• space
• science

[unholyimage]

@blist14ant I'm with the other guy. An inspired society behind the project does much better than self-interested stock holders. The government just faces more criticism and negative image from the press. BTW, if we hadn't gotten invested as a nation in the first place, conservative business-types would still be mocking space flight, and all of the technology that they are using now wouldn't even exist or it would be the purview of other nations.

[kbp5520]

the guy with the porn stach'e wasn't looking very nominal

[FreedomLiberty21]

years from now, maybe even decades, people will look back on videos like this and see the birth of private commercial space travel. It will be more transformative and important than the launch of commercial planes.

For the first time since Apollo, it seems humanity is making great strides to leave its cradle, the Earth.

[pryletoncyo]

@ScientificExploits It looks like the supply tower catches fire. There a dark plate there. It produces a black smoke.

[pryletoncyo]

@Konraden The direction from which the launch of the vehicle is imaged always plays a part. And the low resolution is because of the telelenses used to acquire that image. The onboard camera gives a better view of the angle compared to Earth, it is also shown there. Once the vehicle has cleared most of the atmosphere, it will be tilted to acquire orbital velocity. The first stage is usually jettisoned at this point. The burn for orbit is just as important as the launch above atmosphere

[Konraden]

Is it still lifting perpendicular to the Earth by 3:00? It looks like it on the left, but the video is so low-res, it's hard to tell, but the video on the right makes it look like it's moving almost parallel to the surface...

[Fly2Azeroth]

Good work :)

[MrLastnamegee]

i miss being on the team i want to hop on a machine and just bend tubes for spacex for the rest of my life. space x rules... if u know who i am email me at jevingee@hotmail.com. plz only spacex employes

[MrLastnamegee]

it was so exiting and shocking that we pulled it off first try pefectly. i have never been. so happy and proud of not just myself but for all of the people that had part in the making and hard work... Everyone that i worked along side of gave a shit that works for spacex and are so happy and seriose about the quality of our work. i want to say thanks to louis and garret and dennis and most of all randy smth.

[ScientificExploits]

What was that explosion to the left of the rocket on takeoff?

[atlfundude]

it's ALL nominal

[nateextreme0969]

@kubarebo Why do you think the Government is basically invading across the world into smaller countries , because they have to like you said make sure everyones somewhat near the same idea before they all group up. I Totally agree.. but that doesn't mean it won't happen it just takes People to actually talk things out instead of pulling a gun out first comment said, alot of things need to happen but they are put into play and are slowly happening. Change is good i don't know how it was ever bad.