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SpaceX Control: We are go flight

SpaceX Control: We are go flight by jurvetson.
Inside Mission Control for Flight 5 of the Falcon1 rocket, placing the RazakSAT in orbit this evening... 

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Jaako  Pro User  says:

haha, I'm reminded of a kid in a candy store here.... that's an awful big smile there, Steve! =)
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jonnyphoto  Pro User  says:

Thanks for the info about that, I enjoyed watching the launch!
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PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE  Pro User  says:

Wouhou that was fun launch...

PhotonQ-Space X Falcon 1 RazakSAT Launch

0435 GMT (12:35 a.m. EDT)

T+plus 60 minutes. At this point in the flight, the Falcon 1 should have restarted the second stage's Kestrel engine and released the RazakSAT spacecraft into space. We are awaiting confirmation of these crucial events from SpaceX.

Any news from it ? =)
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PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE  Pro User  says:

0525 GMT (1:25 a.m. EDT)

"Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, just told Spaceflight Now the launch was a success.

"We nailed the orbit to well within target parameters...pretty much a bullseye. Satellite has separated and is communicating with (the) ground," Musk said.

A Malaysian satellite rode a Falcon 1 rocket into orbit Monday night, marking the first time the privately-developed booster has successfully launched a working spacecraft. "

Yehhhh Baby !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ideastoday says:

Go SpaceX! If only NASA were half as efficient...
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Dr DAD  Pro User  says:

Are government agencies ever efficient? To a lesser extent some of us in medicine have done similar things. I, for example, perform office based endoscopic procedures at a fraction of the cost of hospital or ambulatory care centers. Rather than rewarding us, the government (in many cases pushed by the State hospital associations) has started to try and over regulate us in an effort to a) apply new taxes, and b) put us out of business. So be careful how much business you take away from government or you may soon find yourselves having less fun.
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born1945  Pro User  says:

A great day for private enterprise.
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sbove  Pro User  says:

Forgive me if the Mission control facility is Hawthorne, but if it's not, how the heck did you get from Moscow to the launch facility on Kwajalein Atoll?

a) Moscow > SF > to launch with Elon on a G-IV or Global Express or some other private craft with that kind of range

b) Moscow > someplace in Asia (Japan) to launch by some kind of commercial or private jet

c) Same as b, but last leg hitch-hiked on US military transport

d) Moscow > Hawaii by commercial > to lunch via Polynesian oar-boat rowed by amazonian warrior women

e) New particle-beam transport technology unknown to mere mortals

Obviously this is a question you don't have to answer, but that is some serious logistics.

And what an accomplishment for the SpaceX team.

Bravo!
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jurvetson  Pro User  says:

heh.... we were in Hawthorne. Otherwise, I would have gone for f) suborbital flight to the Atoll. But d) sounds awfully tempting...
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TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³  Pro User  says:

Woah! Congrats on the success! :D

((d) sounds cool indeed!))
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Chris Radcliff  Pro User  says:

Jaako: Candy store is right. The whole SpaceX facility in Hawthorne is a rocketeer's dream, even if they don't show the rest of us what's inside the mission control trailer. :)

I highly recommend the tour to anyone who can get one. This is history in the making.
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Victor1  Pro User  says:

Wow, almost as cool as TomA's trailer!
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Jim Rees says:

Love the folding chairs. Slightly less formal than NASA. Although I wish the standard flight controller uniform was still white shirts with pocket protectors and skinny ties.
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jurvetson  Pro User  says:

Chris - I agree, especially now as they are putting the Falcon 9 engine cluster together.

Victor1: ah yes.... and should be desert deployable...

Inside the Mavericks Trailer Tatooine
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