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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #420 on: 08/03/2008 03:35 am »
LAUNCH!

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #421 on: 08/03/2008 03:35 am »
In first stage.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #422 on: 08/03/2008 03:35 am »
OK She's a flying this time!!

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #423 on: 08/03/2008 03:35 am »

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #424 on: 08/03/2008 03:36 am »
First stage nominal flight.

Mach 1.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #425 on: 08/03/2008 03:36 am »
Mach 1

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #426 on: 08/03/2008 03:36 am »
Max Q, all nominal.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #427 on: 08/03/2008 03:36 am »
T+1 min. Max Q.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #428 on: 08/03/2008 03:37 am »
Some rolling back and forth on first stage.

FAILED!!
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #429 on: 08/03/2008 03:37 am »
Vehicle working on downrange:

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #430 on: 08/03/2008 03:37 am »
There was no delay between the T=0 call and video liftoff...so much for video lag.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #431 on: 08/03/2008 03:37 am »
Anomaly in vehicle!
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #432 on: 08/03/2008 03:38 am »
Anomaly


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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #433 on: 08/03/2008 03:39 am »
Boy, they must have someone's finger poised on the censor button.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #434 on: 08/03/2008 03:39 am »
That's.. impossible.

I feel so bad for these guys at Space X.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #435 on: 08/03/2008 03:39 am »
As usual, no word from Spacex, just the end of the broadcast.

I'd like them more if they would take their lumps in real time.

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #436 on: 08/03/2008 03:39 am »
Another big lag jump for me, then  this:

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #437 on: 08/03/2008 03:39 am »
That seems like it was really close to first stage MECO/sep....

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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #438 on: 08/03/2008 03:40 am »
Oh, that's trashy!

Detect a vehicle anomaly and just pull the video feed and cut to adverts?

REALLY BAD FORM from Space-X.   With coverage that poor, I don't think they're going to keep their current levels of public support for long.

Ross.
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Re: LIVE: SpaceX Falcon I Launch III - August 2
« Reply #439 on: 08/03/2008 03:40 am »
I've never seen a rocket roll back and forth like that.  BUMMER

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