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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:46:54 PM EDT
[#1]
Damn how many sats are they gonna deploy??
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:46:55 PM EDT
[#2]
I'm beyond astonished. I watched the first stage of a fucking space rocket LAND ITSELF ON A CONCRETE PAD for reuse. Live.
Holy. Shit. 'Murica. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:47:02 PM EDT
[#3]
Watched the launch from Cape Coral on the west coast of Florida (about 150 miles away). Very easy to see it and follow it when you're watching the skies with a PVS-14.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:47:48 PM EDT
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Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:47:55 PM EDT
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Thing is going 26k km/h which is 16k mp/h... forgot how cool space travel was.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:48:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Correct. They didn't have the proper permit. Seriously. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:48:56 PM EDT
[#7]
Complete mission success. Outstanding.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:03 PM EDT
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Watched the launch from Cape Coral on the west coast of Florida (about 150 miles away). Very easy to see it and follow it when you're watching the skies with a PVS-14. Damn. That would be an amazing view. Hell looking at the regular night sky was amazing with green eyes, |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:07 PM EDT
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100% Mission Success! Take that Vladimir!!
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:14 PM EDT
[#10]
What are those satellites for?
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Absolutely incredible. Wouldn't have believed it if I didn't watch it myself.
How the hell are they transmitting live HDTV from space? That's amazing! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:22 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:35 PM EDT
[#13]
All man it's over :(
I want to see more... |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:36 PM EDT
[#14]
All 11 satellites deployed successfully too.
-bob |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:45 PM EDT
[#15]
Pretty cool. Thanks for starting this thread.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:49:48 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:50:23 PM EDT
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Correct. They didn't have the proper permit. Seriously. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Correct. They didn't have the proper permit. Seriously. Forgot to pay the $200 tax is what I heard |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:50:25 PM EDT
[#18]
Fuck yeah
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:50:29 PM EDT
[#19]
THEY DID IT!!!
Way to go, SpaceX!!!!! 
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:50:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Correct. They didn't have the proper permit. Seriously. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. I don't think the government would let them do a landing on shore. Correct. They didn't have the proper permit. Seriously. And that right there tells me NASA (.gov) is past their prime and will never be relevant again. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:50:52 PM EDT
[#21]
That was awesome!!! Thanks OP for heads up!!!
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:04 PM EDT
[#22]
Very cool indeed.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:05 PM EDT
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Absolutely incredible. Wouldn't have believed it if I didn't watch it myself. How the hell are they transmitting live HDTV from space? That's amazing! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Nostalgia is great, but you know what? We really do live in an awesome time. Imagine trying to explain this to somebody in the late 60's. We take a lot for granted. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:08 PM EDT
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Anyone else notice that the 3rd through 6th deployments (I think) occurred ahead of the timeline?
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:27 PM EDT
[#25]
Very Kewl.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:30 PM EDT
[#26]
Awesome.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:34 PM EDT
[#27]
Hallelujah. I've got 26 main bearings on that thing and my asshole puckers every time one goes up.
Wait for falcon heavy 2q 2016, twice the payload capacity. I saw a technological triumph of the free market here - and dollar signs for the next 48 months of bearing business! |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:44 PM EDT
[#28]
Wow -- I remember drawings after the first stage got out of orbit.
Now I am watching the satellites get thrown off the final stage |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:45 PM EDT
[#29]
AWESOME!
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:45 PM EDT
[#30]
Anyone know of any video up yet?
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:47 PM EDT
[#31]
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I'm beyond astonished. I watched the first stage of a fucking space rocket LAND ITSELF ON A CONCRETE PAD for reuse. Live. Holy. Shit. 'Murica. +1 Subnet... Right there with you. I wasn't around for Apollo but man I'm sure this is a similar feeling... |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:51:58 PM EDT
[#32]
Saw the first stage come back and land from my front yard! Historic!!!!
I thought it had blown up, but it was a double sonic boom. Just like the Shuttle. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:52:00 PM EDT
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SpaceX webcast is cool...has info on the screen That was the best launch video I have ever seen. They had angles on EVERYTHING. Err... I mean... COME ON, SPACEX! I ONLY GOT TO WATCH HALF THE SATELLITES DEPLOY LIVE!!! 
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:52:10 PM EDT
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Hallelujah. I've got 26 main bearings on that thing and my asshole puckers every time one goes up. Wait for falcon heavy 2q 2016, twice the payload capacity. I saw a technological triumph of the free market here - and dollar signs for the next 48 months of bearing business! Congrats!
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:52:26 PM EDT
[#35]
That was very exciting to watch.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:52:31 PM EDT
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Anyone know of any video up yet? 
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:53:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What are those satellites for? ORBCOMM OG2 is the world's first and only commercial satellite network 100% dedicated to M2M. The ORBCOMM network uses low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide reliable and cost-effective M2M communications to and from in the most remote areas of the world. ORBCOMM satellites are constantly in motion around the Earth, providing inherent network redundancy and minimizing line-of-sight issues for continuous global coverage. Each satellite’s VHF frequency furthers signal propagation and message delivery is unaffected by bad weather. In addition, the optimized message size is ideal for M2M applications. http://www.orbcomm.com/ |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:53:37 PM EDT
[#38]
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Anyone else notice that the 3rd through 6th deployments (I think) occurred ahead of the timeline? That's what I thought too. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:53:41 PM EDT
[#39]
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Hallelujah. I've got 26 main bearings on that thing and my asshole puckers every time one goes up. Wait for falcon heavy 2q 2016, twice the payload capacity. I saw a technological triumph of the free market here - and dollar signs for the next 48 months of bearing business! Thats gotta be pretty bad ass knowing you made something that went on that. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:53:44 PM EDT
[#40]
Awesome. Simply awesome.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:54:02 PM EDT
[#41]
Congratulations to Elon Musk and the SpaceX team, what a great achievement! That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:54:20 PM EDT
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IIRC they didn't have permission to try and land at a pad, which was always the intention, so they were going to try and prove they could do it at sea first. I guess they proved that they had enough control that NASA gave them permission to try on land. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Makes you wonder why they even fucked around with the barge landings. IIRC they didn't have permission to try and land at a pad, which was always the intention, so they were going to try and prove they could do it at sea first. I guess they proved that they had enough control that NASA gave them permission to try on land. FAA was the long pole in the tent, actually. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:54:29 PM EDT
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100% Mission Success! by a private sector company! Take that Vladimir!! Obama! |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:54:33 PM EDT
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that is an interesting question, have to wonder what the first company will be to put their billion dollar satellite on a used rocket Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Question: Are they going to try to launch this particular stage 1 again in an actual commercial launch, take it completely apart to inspect it, launch it again in just a test launch, or what? that is an interesting question, have to wonder what the first company will be to put their billion dollar satellite on a used rocket This test was purely experimental. Future Stage 1's will be built around this with the intent to be reused in order to slash costs. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:54:46 PM EDT
[#45]
They showed the landing on SpaceX Webcast.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:55:00 PM EDT
[#46]
That was awesome. It's great to see what can be done without government.
Go America!!!!! |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:55:19 PM EDT
[#47]
That was awesome. One nit....they did not show the payload fairing separation well. They were mainly looking at the engine.
Maybe they will put together a video with mission highlights and show it then. Watching that first stage land was impressive. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:55:43 PM EDT
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That was the best launch video I have ever seen. They had angles on EVERYTHING. Err... I mean... COME ON, SPACEX! I ONLY GOT TO WATCH HALF THE SATELLITES DEPLOY LIVE!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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SpaceX webcast is cool...has info on the screen That was the best launch video I have ever seen. They had angles on EVERYTHING. Err... I mean... COME ON, SPACEX! I ONLY GOT TO WATCH HALF THE SATELLITES DEPLOY LIVE!!! Totally agree. I look forward to more like that. |
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:55:51 PM EDT
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I'm not sure I'll ever get to see men walk on another planet, but that was pretty damn impressive.
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Posted: 12/21/2015 9:56:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryThat's so damn cool. |
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