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bananas

(27,509 posts) Wed Feb 11, 2015, 07:48 PM Feb 2015

DSCOVR Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9

DSCOVR Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9

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Published on Feb 11, 2015

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation's real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities.

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DSCOVR Launches Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 (Original Post) bananas Feb 2015 OP

I wonder if the booster landed successfully on the barge this time. longship Feb 2015 #1

No barge landing attempt, storm with 30 foot waves. bananas Feb 2015 #2

Thanks, my friend. The video was great. nt longship Feb 2015 #3

I'm glad to read that the nations real-time solar and wind capabilities are midnight Feb 2015 #4

Awesome! The skies here were crystal clear today ... CaptainTruth Feb 2015 #5

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. I wonder if the booster landed successfully on the barge this time.

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 08:22 PM

Feb 2015

Way to go, SpaceX!

R&K

bananas

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2. No barge landing attempt, storm with 30 foot waves.

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 08:27 PM

Feb 2015

They'll try a virtual landing on the ocean though.
See Alan Boyle's article in LBN http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141012428

longship

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3. Thanks, my friend. The video was great. nt

Reply to bananas (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 08:41 PM

Feb 2015

midnight

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4. I'm glad to read that the nations real-time solar and wind capabilities are

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 09:08 PM

Feb 2015

getting this kind of effort.

CaptainTruth

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5. Awesome! The skies here were crystal clear today ...

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2015, 12:51 AM

Feb 2015

... thanks to the front/wind moving in. It's rare to get such a clear view all the way to fairing jettison, the rocket is out of the atmosphere & in space at that point & the ground camera still had a clear view.

I watched her go up from the back yard, as usual. Love the rumble, nothing like it.

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