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SpaceX reaches orbit with Falcon 1 - Flight 4 (full video including Elon Musk statement)

Spacevidcast · 246.4K views · 2008-09-29 · 43:08

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Overview

The full webcast of SpaceX's Falcon 1 Flight 4, the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, on 28 September 2008. It includes the crew's cheering and Elon Musk's statement afterward.

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HN shares it as a nostalgic, historic moment, noting the cheers at each milestone and Musk's address to employees.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2008–2017

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Space exploration & spaceflight
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cspags · 2015-05 · Recommendation

Here's the video of the first Falcon 1 launch that reaches orbit. The series of cheers at each milestone, as the article mentions, is pretty awesome. [VIDEO]

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DabAsteroid · 2008-09 · Recommendation

You're welcome. Here is the 40-minute version that includes Elon Musk's post-launch address to the SpaceX employees in Hawthorne, California, and post-launch interview: [VIDEO]

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paulsutter · 2017-03 · Reference

For nostalgia's sake, here's Elon's speech to employees after the first successful launch of Falcon 1 (flight 4), in 2008 at Kwajalein Atoll: [VIDEO] (speech begins at 32:30, in case link doesn't work)

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