Great. Last thing I saw on the news at work was that it was "aborted". I drive home, and here I missed the whole thing.
I was a bit scared because it looked so slow after liftoff.
:woohoo: :speakcool: :thumbup:It's official. SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the Falcon 9 rocket achieved a nearly perfect orbit during today's dramatic blastoff.
GPS telemetry showed the rocket's second stage and dummy Dragon capsule hit "essentially a bullseye," according to Musk.
The apogee, or high point, was about 1 percent higher than planned and the perigee, or low point, was 0.2 percent off the target. The second stage shutdown was nominal, Musk told Spaceflight Now.
The Falcon 9 was shooting for a circular orbit 250 kilometers, or 155 miles, high and an inclination of 34.5 degrees.
Anyone know when the next one's suppose to go?
Stopped by for old time's sake on this important day ... and to collect on some "I told you so"-s ... Just kidding.
Was that an awesome launch, or what?!?!?!?!!!!
The first stage of the Falcon 9 apparently broke apart as it fell back to Earth after separation. The Freedom Star recovery ship has located debris in the water offshore.
Musk says this wasn't a primary objective of today's launch, but SpaceX hopes to recover and re-use the Falcon 9 first stage in future flights.
Stopped by for old time's sake on this important day ... and to collect on some "I told you so"-s ... Just kidding.
Was that an awesome launch, or what?!?!?!?!!!!
Maybe a bit off topic, but now that the falcon 9 (and later the dragon capsule) is starting its era (or how you say that ), is there someone who's going to update the falcon 9 and dragon add-ons?
Did it seem to anyone else like the rocket slewed to the right in the first second or so after lift-off? In the replay it looks like it gets awefully close to touching the strong back before it finally gains more vertical speed.