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What a time we live in. Someday launches like this will be occuring multiple times per day, every day.

>WhyCantIHoldAllTheseLaunches.jpg

absolutely beautiful weather there in Tanagashima

i have an app called SpaceFlightNow or something, that alerts when a launch is in less that 24 and 1 hour

there might even be a Chinese launch a few hours later! military, so no webcast for that one

they are discarding the obsolete first stage

And /g/ told me two monitors were bad for productivity

ROBOT ROCKET NOISES

>Both rockets collide into each other

What's the payload/orbit?

>Putin orders a Soyuz launch to not be left out

Holy shit that S1 from S2 camera

>ISRO butts in

Robots with lasers

what orbit this thing going into?
low earth?
geostationary?

LEO, polar.

both are polar orbits

1. JAXA is launching a climate observation satellite
2. SpaceX is launching 10 Iridium comsats

meanwhile, HII-A just ignited 2nd stage.

THE MADMAN

HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

Its the Japanese, so it can be anything from a satellite to a gameshow involving a cuttlefish and four amputees

this is a great demonstration of how much more efficient HydroLOX fuel is than Kerosene. H-IIA's burn was twice as long as Falcon's.

?
burning slower increases gravity losses , its not a good thing, and it only has to do with the thrust of the 2nd stage engine, not efficiency.
Efficiency of a rocket has nothing to do with how long it burns for

Sick burn from the absolute madman

that was a fun plot point in the Moonlight Mile anime, a cute show host going up to the ISS, eventually saving the day.

twitter.com/MikeDoria/status/944380857598468096

Oh fuck California freaking out about UFO's

That looked really cool from my outside my house

OH STANREY, CUTTLEFISH AND ASPARAGUS, OR VANIRA PASTE?

>verified account
jesus

*muffled screaming intensifies*

I WILL EAT THE CUTTLEFISH

Seeing how much traction something like Info Wars gets, this in no way surprise me. Also, Ancient Aliens

well, both are true. That's why H-IIA also needs solid rocket boosters.

H-IIA's LE-7A engine: 843 kN
Falcon Merlin-1D engine: 845 kN (but x9!)

wow. (First Japanese satellite just separated!)

Yoo

I think i saw an episode of that once. Much of it was pixelated though, and the cuttlefish was a black dude

dawn/dusk launches are the best for exhaust plume effects like this!

that one LE-7A probably costs them more than all 9 Merlins

Also for watching uninformed people freaking out on the internet about UFOs

>saw the launch from my front yard
neat

OMG, the kids segment on the JAXA stream right now is really cute

You know he got a BJ from Amber Heard in that tesla.

You just know it.

The bastard is launching the site of an ejaculation into orbit over mars and we dont do shit to stop him

Shit looks cool af

Jesus Christ twitter is blowing up about the launch because everyone thinks its aliens

The Planet Protection guys will throw a fit

They call that effect the "jellyfish"

Happened for an H-IIB launch a few years ago too.

My fucking mom thinks the rocket is a cover for aliens lmao

Saw the launch from down south in Mexico

One of the coolest things I've ever seen

Imagine being on acid and having no idea a launch was happening today

It was nice for the aliens to schedule their visit so SpaceX could prepare for the coverup months in advance.

/pol/ has lost it over this

They're literal retards so it's no surprise.

A tragedy told in two parts

link the thread, for giggles

Part 2

>the
oh you naive soul
there's like 10 threads

LITERALLY

SHAKING

oh I've got to see this... crossing over to /pol/, wish me luck

*zips up your hazmat suit*

But she knows what a rocket looks like

>average young dumb woman that is too concerned with makeup and how make likes she gets on twitter to know anything about rockets

>UFO
>ayylmao
>UFOs in Times Square (!?)
>PROJECT BLUE BEAM
>SHAPE THE NARRATIVE

much happening
wow

(visible from Arizona, neat!)
well, hopefully everyone in the west US educates themselves about the coolness of spaceflight.

I wish it was legal to punch people in the fact for being utterly moronic.

reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/new/

Gold mine

Reminder that almost half the US thinks we've already made contact / confirmed the existence of aliens

Here's a quote from a NasaSpaceflight forum eyewitness:

>Best launch that I have ever seen.
>Absolutely incredible. OMG!!!
>An RTLS in Florida is no where close.
>Launch was sensational.
>Then the sun lit up the plume. WOW.
>But it was just getting started.
>Stage sep and boostback had the usual amazing effects at night.
>However, the sun lit up the fairings.
>I could see both for over two minutes.
>One all the way through reentry.
>Eventually the hills blocked it.
>Then there was the first stage.
>The sun lit it up against a black backdrop.
>I saw that the whole way until the hill got in the way.
>Nitrogen thrusters visible, but the entry burn from a couple hundred miles away was the highlight of the night.
>WOW WOW WOW!!
>Never expected to see that today.
>Speechless.
>One of the best experiences of my life.

>Words cannot do this justice.

>r*ddit
get out

I saw it from Phoenix on the ride home. Was definitely a fleeting moment of panic before I figured it had to be a Spacex thing.

How come based Musk does AMAs on reddit and not Veeky Forums then?

because he can't handle the bantz

about to relight the Falcon 2nd stage and start releasing Iridium satellites

Holy fuck, we've hit a new low. The average IQ on the LA subreddit has to be unironically ~80 right now

the absolute state of LA redditors

Heil Hitler.

Too much cunny posting

That was a very spectacular venting of LOX

H-IIA second stage ignition for circularization of orbit successful.

SpaceX starting to separate satellites!

same as /pol/. /pol is freaking out. They think it's a jewish conspiracy alien thing. Not joking, go take a peek

>Elon scares California into thinking a nuclear war is about to happen and aliens taking over

this
everyone in california thought it was the end of the world

holy fuck thats dope.

it's pathetic, it really is

>They think it's a jewish conspiracy alien thing.
No they don't.

Probably sucks a mean dick

>confirmed the existence of aliens
*Jesus

so what happens to the rocket after it releases all of the satellites? does it just float around in orbit as space junk?

pol is like 90% ironic shitposting and 10% teenagers

desu i immediately thought it was interception of a NK ICBM because i knew i was looking at a rocket plume

>hurrr hurr i we wuzz only pretending to be retarded xD

Got sound of that?

It's definitely gotten worse since winter break.

That place is literally toxic on the best of days, it's unbearable right now.

oh interesting! that burn actually lowered from SSO 800km to 400km for a different satellite deployment.