4 minutes left on the countdown as I write this….
View the Webcast live!
7:15 Liftoff!
7:17 Max Q…
7:19 BEAUTIFUL staging. Kestral burning and glowing….
Fairing sep complete…
T+4 minutes…. some goofy little bits of something floating around the camera.
T+5 minutes… none of the oscillations in the earlier flights. Nozzle very steady and attitude looks good.
T+5:50… some visual changes in the Kestral (2nd stage) nozzle, and a small oscillation in the view of the Earth.
T+7:30… Little bits of ice or paint can be seen flowing past the camera then getting blasted by the engine wash.
T+8:29… Loss of signal…. announcer not sure if this is normal comm loss, or loss of the spacecraft.
T+9:22… Video reacquired.
T+9:33… engine shutdown. Falcon 1 first privately developed vehicle to reach Earth orbit from the ground!!!
CONGRATULATIONS! SPACE-X!!!
T+10:34… loss of signal (over the horizon).
500 people today, and only 6 years of history, damn. I am so looking forward to more companies doing this. This is what will make space access common place.
WOOOOHOOOO!!!
