SpaceX F9v1.1 Launch: SES-8, 2013-12-3

[Electroman]

SpaceX Successfully Completes First Mission to Geostationary Transfer Orbit | SpaceX

 

[claytorj]

53 second video of launch:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/04/spacex-launch-successful/3866655/

5 minute video of post launch analysis:
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/is-spacex-a-threat-to-boeing-and-lockheed-GuACZT7mT3idKIpDEiAp~w.html

 

[claytorj]

28 minute video of launch starting at T-15:40

 

[rabar10]

Good review of SES-8 launch milestones, with scrubs and delays before the successful launch and stage 2 restart for geosynchronous orbit insertion of the SES-8 comm-sat:

SES-8 success plots trajectory for future SpaceX possibilities | NASASpaceFlight.com

 

[doug]

Video: Mission Overview | SES-8 Launch

Mission Overview | SES-8 Launch - YouTube

 

[efusco]

Loved the shot of the dude with the bandana headband. It seems a statement about the new way of looking at the world of space exploration.

 

[Krugerrand]

Loved the shot of the dude with the bandana headband. It seems a statement about the new way of looking at the world of space exploration.

He looks like Apolo Anton Ohno.

 

[claytorj]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.



Should we consolidate this into the Mission Thread?

 

[claytorj]

This might be my favourite SpaceX article I've read to date. I feel it really captures the excitement that we all felt during that SES-8 launch.

SES and SpaceX: Shaking the Industry to its Roots - Via Satellite

 

[Grendal]

And the satellite works successfully, bringing the launch to completion.

Spaceflight Now SpaceX-launched telecom payload enters service