Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: Screenshots from SpaceX's launch video feed.

 

[Fixerger]

Hehe... i've also looked at my orbiter and done that picture of Saturn-1B (didn't search for original PLF) + Delta IV + Zenit + Atlas V + Falcon 9

 

[Linguofreak]

The timing is almost perfect for the ability to see the rotating upper stage / Dragon crossing Australia about an hour after launch I guess.

Just noticed I misread his claim. I thought he said the sightings preceded the launch. But he says the launch preceded the sightings, and lasted only 9 minutes (as if it weren't in orbit). So yeah, he's a kook there too.

 

[anemazoso]

The grand scale of things.....

:tiphat:

 

[MajorTom]

The grand scale of things.....

:tiphat:

I like it...never knew Zenit and F9 were almost identical in size (and both are larger than Gemini-Titan)

 

[silent_protagonist]

I thought the same thing. And (it might have been my video buffering or something) did the rocket leave the pad before the clock read "0"? I've not had a chance to see any more video yet...

edit--
Just watched it again, I thought I was concentrating so hard I sent myself into a time warp, but no... It looks as if the clamps released at T-2 and the rocket started it's "roll program".

Either way, intentional or not, it worked... Now I'll start waiting for Flight Two!

NASA TV launch video:​

YouTube- SpaceX Launch A Success

Launch as seen from VAB roof (zoomed in):​

YouTube- (Fixed) SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch As Viewed From The KSC VAB Roof

Launch as seen from VAB roof (zoomed out):​

YouTube- SpaceX Falcon 9 First Launch From KSC VAB Roof (ZOOMED OUT View)

In the second video it looks a lot more stable going up, and launches at T=0 by the broadcast countdown, so maybe it was a combination of camera angle and the countdown timer being slightly off in the Spacex broadcast. The launch still looked a little messy though, made my heart stop when I watched it for the first time.

 

[Fixerger]

The grand scale of things.....

:tiphat:

You don't need The Stick anymore...

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: Up-close launch photos captured by SpaceX’s sound-activated cameras around SLC-40.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Launch photo gallery from collectSPACE.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA Watch: "Falcon 9 Development = Cost of Ares I Mobile Service Tower".

 

[Star Voyager]

45th SW supports F9 launch:

http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123207878

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Hi-res launch photos from SpaceX's cameras.

HD launch video from SpaceX's launch pad camera.

 

[AirSimming]

Dragon/Falcon 9 Orbit Data:

http://heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=36595

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA Watch: "Post-Falcon Feedback".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: "Second Falcon 9 rocket begins arriving at the Cape".

 

[Kyle]

Any idea when the Dragon will arrive and a possible launch date?

PS my 1,000th post!

 

[orb]

Any idea when the Dragon will arrive and a possible launch date?

PS my 1,000th post!

Launch is planned for 9th September. (Source)

 

[silent_protagonist]

"It's actually the most powerful stuff known to man. Dragon is capable of re-entering from a lunar velocity, or even a Mars velocity with the heat shield that it has."

This statement intrigues me...

 

[Star Voyager]

PS my 1,000th post!

Congrats! So, Musk is sending up another one? Won't be long until he has a monopoly on the Cape :dry:.

 

[Kyle]

Set up a thread for Falcon 9 F2.
http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=17064