Last night was the fifth attempt to launch the Falcon 9 rocket. After 4 delays due to weather and technical issues all week we didn't have much hope of it going up last night. We were at Nickel Bingo when we noticed people running out of the room towards the pool so we went too and sure enough the fifth time was the charm.
Unfortunately SpaceX was unable to land the booster on a barge in the ocean again but the communications satellite itself was sent into orbit 25,000 miles up (100 times higher than the International Space Station) and and now 22 million people in Southeast Asia have better television and Internet service. Not bad at all!
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| Seconds after takeoff. |
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| It was a very clear night. |
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| The vapour stream on the right is the booster rocket coming back. |
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