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The launch of the Falcon 1 rocket on Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll.
Liftoff was 3/20/2007 at approx. 01:10 GMT (9:10 EST). This video runs T -1:19 to T +5:00; the video feed was lost at approx T +5:05.
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Sept. 28, 2008 - Kwajalein Atoll.
SpaceX confirms Falcon 1 has reached orbit, making the first privately-developed all-liquid fuel rocket to achieve this feat. So it is sweet success at last for the rocket after three earlier setbacks.
"Definitely one of the best days of my life," SpaceX founder Elon Musk says.
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Great track from ex-gordons Bailter Space, who are still creating music and living in New York (see their myspace page for more videos - http://www.myspace.c om/bailterspace )
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Falcon 1 Vehicle 4 lifted off from Kwajalein Atoll on Sunday evening, Sept 28 (CA time). The launch went perfectly, delivering a dummy satellite to orbit.
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Draco thruster firing at full power for ten minutes, then after a thermal soak, restarts for an additional minute. Conducted in the vacuum test chamber at the SpaceX Texas Test facility in McGregor, TX.
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This was SpaceX's (http://www.spacex.c om) first attempt at launching a rocket. Elon Musk started this company up after he sold paypal. He's trying to make getting to space much cheaper. Unfortunately, this rocket launch failed. This shows much of video feed from the rocket as it is ascending.
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Check out the house rumble and the midnight sky light up as SpaceX in Texas test a rocket engine nearly 5 miles away.
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A test firing of a Merlin 1C engine at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor Texas. Powered by liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene, the Merlin produces over 100,000 pounds of thrust in vacuum, and is designed to be recovered and reused after each mission. (Video: Business Wire)
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Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, talks about SpaceX's successful launch of the Falcon 1, and what that means for the space industry.
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