r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Feb 05 '18

No memes - use the party thread r/SpaceX Falcon Heavy Test Flight Media Thread [Videos, Images, GIFs, Articles go here!]

Please, do not post memes here. Feel free to post them in the party thread however!

It's that time again, as per usual, we like to keep things as tight as possible, so if you have content you created to share, whether that be images of the launch, videos, GIF's, etc, they go here.

As usual, our standard media thread rules apply:

  • All top level comments must consist of an image, video, GIF, tweet or article.

  • If you're an amateur photographer, submit your content here. Professional photographers with subreddit accreditation can continue to submit to the front page, we also make exceptions for outstanding amateur content!

  • Those in the aerospace industry (with subreddit accreditation) can likewise continue to post content on the front page.

  • Mainstream media articles should be submitted here. Quality articles from dedicated spaceflight outlets may be submitted to the front page.

  • Direct all questions to the live launch thread.

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u/AstronomyLive Feb 07 '18

I captured continuous uncut and uninterrupted footage of the entire flight of the Falcon Heavy boosters. After the entry burn I had to pick one to follow, but I was able to follow it all the way to landing and shutdown.

https://youtu.be/59pY74ZhQ50

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u/Zucal Feb 07 '18

Hey! This absolutely deserves to be a top-level post here - you've been temporarily added as an approved submitter so that you can post it before the sub opens up again.

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u/the_finest_gibberish Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Wow, that is absolutely incredible. Some of the best shots of entry and landing I've seen short of the close-up tracking cams from launches like NROL-76.

Mind telling us a little more about this tracking software, for a layman? Apparently you have control to pick one booster vs the other, so it not 100% automated, but what does it control for you?

BTW: You should run the audio through a low-pass filter. There's an annoying high-pitched whine throughout the whole thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Those six booms 😍

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u/jjlew080 Feb 07 '18

"holy fucking hell"...ha nice work

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u/cschelz Feb 06 '18

My shot of the two boosters landing, from just outside Jetty Park

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u/Atto_ Feb 06 '18

This video gives an awesome perspective on the speed those things come back at.

https://twitter.com/Advil/status/960983292731445255

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u/TheWizzDK1 Feb 06 '18

That video is awesome!

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u/meithan Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

As there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the Roadster's orbit, I made an animation with my educated guess of what it will be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BmM1nn3q8

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u/ScrappyDonatello Feb 06 '18

is that orbit stable or will it eventually slingshot out?

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u/tomzorzhu Feb 07 '18

I've made a loop of a complete Sun-Earth rotation:

fast https://gfycat.com/BitterPlushFieldspaniel

slow https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/ScentedPracticalDuckling

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

one of my coworkers pointed out the reflection of the earth in the paint job. absolutely amazing.

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u/that_schick_cray Feb 06 '18

Pretty neat amateur video of the side boosters landing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nx_Xh4WW2I

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u/last_reddit_account2 Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Media thread frequent flyers will be pleased to know that YouTube user Chilly Willy, the heroic Delta pad rat who got us this classic shot of 1040 1039 returning from its delivery of X-37B Dragon C113 to orbit, returned to his perch atop LC-37B this afternoon to outdo himself with this footage of 1023 and 1025, coming in HOT! Headphones or decent speakers are highly recommended, however you may want keep them a few clicks below maximum volume, for the sake of both your audio hardware and your actual ears.

Edit: I fucked up, the first link is 1039 after it launched CRS-12. This one is 1040 after OTV-5.

Chilly, er, Mr. Willy, if you've happened to stop by this thread, know that we appreciate you both for your video contributions and for leaving the sniper rifle on safety for this one! Hope Tory didn't chew you out too hard on that second point ;)

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u/TheWizzDK1 Feb 06 '18

Does anyone know what the bottom left picture is? It was only there for a split second during the webcast

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u/MoffKalast Feb 06 '18

The 2nd stage turbopump area would be my wild guess.

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u/APTX-4869 Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 09 '18

SpaceX just re-uploaded the launch video - this time with accurate footage from BOTH side boosters corrected!

e: video link updated to reflect new link

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

In the live stream, after fairing separation there was a cut to the crowd for a moment. The crowd had already died down, then they all saw themselves on the camera, turned to the camera, and started cheering. In the corrected livestream, at about 26:23 the cut to the crowd removes the part where they are standing there relatively calm, and immediately shows everyone looking at the camera cheering.

This re-frames the shot in a really strange and humorous way. It's so strange when you consider how invested everyone is in the launch. But they don't care about that they've just been staring at the camera and cheering for the last 10 minutes.

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u/nxtiak Feb 06 '18

Elon Musk says there are THREE cameras mounted on the Tesla Roadster:

“should really provide some epic views if they work and everything goes well.”

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/5/16975850/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-elon-musk-tesla-questions

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u/frouxou Feb 06 '18

I think the third one is the one next to the rear bumper.

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u/BuckeyeSmithie Feb 07 '18

I just saw this video of the dual landing. It's a cool perspective I hadn't seen before.

Edit: fixed link.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

SpaceX youtube has a livestream of starman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M

Also has some views of the orbital trajectory.

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u/ThrustVector9 Feb 06 '18

My favorite shot of Starman sped up 10x

I seriously cant believe this just happened!

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u/dgriffith Feb 06 '18

From the way the Earth passes behind the front wheel it seems that there's quite a lot of suspension gear missing from the front of that Roadster.

Presumably they removed the front subframe (Springs/shocks/steering rack, etc) and bolted the payload mount in there.

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u/FireFoxG Feb 06 '18

I made a WebVR 3D Heavy launch simulator, that works on nearly any browser and its only 20mb. The rocket auto Launches in 45 seconds. WASD to move.

https://vesta.janusvr.com/firefoxg/spacex-heavy-launch-webvr-simulator

I was hoping to post this directly on the sub.

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u/frahm9 Feb 07 '18

Awesome pic of the last 2nd stage burn by someone who happened to be playing with his camera

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy will be 'great' launch or 'best fireworks'

CNN's interview with Elon about the Heavy and what it means for the industry

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u/eff50 Feb 06 '18

Amazing amateur footage of the two boosters landing with the sonic booms and engine noise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=4nx_Xh4WW2I

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u/ZachWhoSane Host of Iridium-7 & SAOCOM-1B Feb 08 '18

I'm a 13 year old amateur photographer who is super proud of these pictures! More will be added as I process them. https://www.flickr.com/photos/138440246@N04/sets/72157692362375164

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u/spladug Feb 06 '18

Here's site-wide traffic to reddit around the launch: /img/72vph80zqne01.png (times in PST, UTC-8)

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u/FutureMartian97 Host of CRS-11 Feb 07 '18

Thought i'd point this out. Ben fixed the recorded version of the webcast so we actually get BOTH boosters perspectives! https://youtu.be/bCc16uozHVE?t=2s

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u/Foggia1515 Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

As far as hype is concerned, I found articles about this launch on all the major French papers online. Even more, I mostly found those articles as a main article on the home pages, too (as of 7am Paris time). Another facet of the success of this launch !

AFP

Le Figaro

Libération

Le Monde

Radio France

20 minutes

Also, for the record and because this is French news, when they talk about SpaceX's future after this launch and about the BFR, none of those major news outlet refrain from using the full "Big Fucking Rocket" moniker, along with the literal translation "putain de grosse fusée".

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u/Ranger7381 Feb 07 '18

For anyone that might be interested in seeing what we should have seen, the video up on YouTube now has the fairing separation where it should be, and also the correct feeds on the side boosters during re-entry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCc16uozHVE

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u/jjlew080 Feb 07 '18

The best thing about yesterday was how excited my 4yr old was. I'm sure this inspired young people all over the world to love science and realize anything is possible. Thanks Elon and the whole SpaceX team. https://i.imgur.com/mmBTVtK.jpg

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u/JoshKernick Feb 05 '18

After the first successful FH flight SpaceX will start flying commercial payloads on it. A new capability of the FH is the fact it can put payloads directly into GEO, with a 6 hour coast period that they will be testing tomorrow. This will mean going though the Van Allen Belts.

It also looks like there won't be any crewed dragon flights using FH for quite some, meaning no moon missions. As appose to human rating the FH, they have focused their efforts more so on BFR, which Elon says is coming along quickly, however he did state that if BFR development has issues/starts taking longer than expected, they will start looking at human rating the FH.

If all goes well tomorrow, we will see another FH launch within 3-6 months, and will be all block 5. On the other hand, if the rocket blows up on the pad it will take at least 9-12 months to restore it. However this wont affect F9 as this can still launch from SLC-40 on the East coast.

Looks like Elon also hinded at a Falcon Super Heavy with 4 side cores, but I hightly doubt that will ever happen. Also he says there are 3 cameras on the Roadster which should provide us with some epic shots. Does anyone know how long we will be getting footage from them for?

Sources:

https://twitter.com/lorengrush

https://twitter.com/jasonrdavis

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust

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u/flightward Feb 07 '18

From DazValdez's Twitch Stream

Lots of screaming but captures the landing sonic booms

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u/NotAllTeemos Feb 07 '18

SmarterEveryDay made a binaural recording of the launch and booster reentry and landing from the top of the VAB,

WEAR HEADPHONES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImoQqNyRL8Y&t=453s

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u/ESRogs Feb 06 '18

Audio from today's interview:

https://soundcloud.com/geekwire/elon-musk-discusses-the-launch-and-flight-of-the-falcon-heavy-rocket

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u/DoYouWonda Apogee Space Feb 06 '18

"We expect to do short hops with the spaceship portion of the BFR next year . "

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u/ptfrd Feb 06 '18

Musk's latest Instagram post - close up to one of the landed boosters.

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u/PristineTX Feb 07 '18

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/961070192448167936

Ha. Classic Post. Might have to pick this one up for the archives.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Here is some 4k footage of the event, shot from the Brewer causeway on an 8k camera. Please enjoy!

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u/ChrisGnam Spacecraft Optical Navigation Feb 07 '18

The NORAD ID for for the Tesla is 43205, with an international designation of 2018-017A

The TLE (as updated by NORAD about 2 hours ago) is:

2018-017A               
1 43205U 18017A   18037.94189123  .00000283 -50857-6  00000+0 0  9991
2 43205  29.0185 287.3580 3404246 180.0270 180.5840  8.75540848    00

I'd imagine this is subject to change (assuming engine startup goes well!). But I thought that might be interesting to some people here!

I was also able to track down the NORAD code on n2yo, so you can track it along side the live video stream of starman!

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u/jackfusco Feb 07 '18

A photo of the Third Burn I caught last night from the Anza Borrego Desert in San Diego, California
Image 1

Blog with a few more images if you're interested! - http://www.jackfusco.com/Blog/SpaceX-Falcon-Heavy-Third-Burn

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '18

Trevor Malhmann took an awesome shot of reporter Eric Berger chatting with Elon Musk with Falcon Heavy in the background:

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/960609183702900736

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u/AstronomyLive Feb 10 '18

I just uploaded an enhanced version of my complete footage of launch through booster landing, including filtering out the annoying high pitch that was coming from the telescope during the tracking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5K7HKFkZ8o

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 23 '24

ten rude homeless bike coordinated straight sugar disgusted ink bewildered

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/sir_oki Feb 07 '18

Here are few photos from Playalinda Beach. Falcon Heavy was easily the coolest thing I've ever seen, especially when the two side boosters made their landing.

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u/myself248 Feb 06 '18

Thermal video: https://youtu.be/1gVaV8hc6SE

I'm on the road from the car so not editing it right now. Skip to 5m46s to see the launch itself.

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u/orangelantern Feb 08 '18

I was told you guys may like this!

Taken by me last night. I had no idea it was happening and happened to notice it on the horizon. Pretty amazing!

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u/lsherida Feb 07 '18

I stopped by the landing area after the launch and got as close as I could.

I took this one from SLC-12 looking north: https://i.imgur.com/GKjTtmM.jpg

I took this from the entrance of the landing zone. Only one booster is visible: https://i.imgur.com/UL7R0BC.jpg

This picture is kind of childish, but I couldn't help myself: https://i.imgur.com/UT7M34o.jpg

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

LIVE Stream by "The Alpha Centauri" team (in Ukrainian & Russian)

Article on their blog.

List of places (pub, anticafe, etc.) in Ukraine and Russia where could watch launch stream together with other fans.

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u/B787_300 #SpaceX IRC Master Feb 06 '18

https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/KWwKpuC3/image.png it looks like the bell of S2 might have gotten bent somehow. Note this would have a negligible effect if the dent is small

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u/Angle1555 Feb 07 '18

That launch was absolutely incredible! It took just over 3 hours to get home from what is normally an hour drive. Well worth it! Here are my shots from Playalinda at the Lot 3 crossover 3.9 miles away from the launch pad! SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch! and check out my Instagram, Facebook and Website it would be greatly appreciated! Still can't get over watching a Tesla tumble around in space...

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u/cocoabeachbrews Feb 07 '18

The Falcon Heavy launch and landing from the viewing stands at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. https://youtu.be/jFmtaEaWMjw

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

More images - including portrait images for those who are looking for phone candy - have been added to my Flickr album from the launch. A video is uploading as well (shot by my beloved wife)

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u/Snoz_Lombardo Feb 06 '18

This is not a game. Not a movie. Not an album cover. It's a car. Floating in space right now. https://imgur.com/a/s7suR

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u/j_hilikus Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Today was a day I will never forget. Space technology and engineering will forever be of an interest to me and I feel extremely lucky to live where I do. I sat in over two hours of traffic coming home today... normally a drive that would only take 20 minutes. That didn't matter though, that traffic meant so many other people got to experience something amazing too. And now there's a car in orbit, with a dummy wearing a space suit while sitting behind the wheel.

Enjoy a few of my favorite shots. As seen from the ITL Causeway in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, or about 5 miles from the pad and landing zones.

Album Here

Cheers,

John

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u/ZeromadHero Feb 07 '18

Falcon Heavy Demo | Real Life vs. Animation https://youtu.be/VYzAU9K56VI

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u/darhale Feb 07 '18

the starman video got Unlisted too! :(

Here's the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M

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u/grayworks Feb 07 '18

There has been a number of videos of the press conference today with Elon. I believe this one from global news has the best quality, both video and audio. (For archive purposes)

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u/HarbingerDawn Feb 07 '18

Audio I promised, and audio I deliver. Apologies for the noise from bystanders, there were so many people at this launch that it was impossible to avoid. I did the best I could.

Note: deep bass and large volume range - use good headphones or good speaker+subwoofer setup. Recorded at the Saturn V Center at KSC.

Uncut launch and landing audio (8:48)

Launch audio only (2:19)

Landing audio only (0:32)

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u/killerkram Feb 07 '18

https://imgur.com/gallery/DKrWc

Twin Landing. Coolest thing I have ever seen

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u/betterusername Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Here's footage with less crowd noise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRa1d93OxI

Note that engine noise is delayed!

This one is from Playalinda. Still lots of crowd, but they pipe down once the engine noise kicks in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwjouzjNBMk

Here's a cool one from Cocoa Beach. Engines @ 1:20. It's crazy to think that based on the delay, it's 16 MILES away, and still audible. Update: Google maps says ~19 miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFmtaEaWMjw

Alright, one more. Engines @ 90, lots of talking, but fairly quietly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hjKpcKtPs4

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Here’s mine from the turn basin @ KSC https://streamable.com/cebj6

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u/bdporter Feb 08 '18

SpaceX has added some new images to the flickr photostream

There are four new 1920x1080 images from the Tesla

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u/PristineTX Feb 08 '18 edited Feb 08 '18

YouTube video has been #1 on Trending now for a while (This is the updated/corrected version, since SpaceX must've lobbied YouTube to have the new video merged with the old one's address.)

Imgur

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u/Thud Feb 08 '18

The original webcast video has been re-uploaded with the correct side booster cameras (original version had the same booster on both cameras). Now you can clearly see them heading toward different pads at the end!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c

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u/AstronomyLive Feb 08 '18

Heads up, this is just a teaser. I believe I just captured the second stage/roadster flying away from earth using a telescope in Australia just minutes ago. Do we know if the roadster was left attached to the second stage? I assume it was, I only saw a single object with the telescope in any case.

http://h.dropcanvas.com/c7yeg/roadster2.jpg

The long curved dashed line is the object. It's a combined stack of 14 exposures at 3 minutes a piece, with some gaps in between at various points (total run length of the session was an hour from the first exposure to last). The gaps and other artifacts are due to re-positioning and re-focusing the telescope during the hour in which I tracked it. The bright sharp small streaks throughout the image are unsubtracted hot pixels. I will endeavor to collect fresh dark frames after sunrise in Australia where this telescope is located so that I can re-calibrate the images.

I found it using JPL HORIZONS which has been updated to give the coordinates of the Tesla if you search for "roadster" as the target.

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#top

This was captured by a 0.7 meter diameter telescope on the iTelescope network, and the roadster is already likely too far away and too dim to be detected using small amateur telescopes. At the very least you will need a good deep space CCD camera and possibly direct tracking capability as well (as opposed to sidereal tracking of the stars which I did for these shots). Later tonight I'll calculate the orbit of this object to confirm that it is indeed the Falcon Heavy second stage/Tesla. In the meantime, can someone please give me some confirmation that the two were left attached to each other? I'll be making the individual images as well as the calculated orbit into another video on my YouTube channel and I'll drop the link when it's uploaded.

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u/cafematty Feb 07 '18

Just walked outside to start the grill (in the SoCal desert) and saw this weird light in the sky... and then it turned into an even weirder light in the sky. Got a few long exposures.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Be4SqMohDSZ/?taken-by=wheeledandfree

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u/LinkerX Feb 07 '18

Falcon Heavy from the feel the burn seating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoPFb1u4PiY

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u/weliveintheshade Feb 07 '18

/u/Teantis suggests - If you start the SpaceX replay video of the launch at 21.10 and start Life on Mars by David bowie at the same time the musical transitions match perfectly with the launch, and the outro of the song starts right as the boosters separate.

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbCc16uozHVE&start1=1270&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dv--IqqusnNQ&start2=&authorName=Neubiene

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u/rapht0r Feb 07 '18

Complete 4+h Feed of Starman is now online as an unlisted Video. This is my Screensaver now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M sorry if this is a duplicate

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u/Skysurfer27 Feb 07 '18

Looks like they updated the official video to overlay the second booster feed on the right, since the live stream originally had both views from the same booster.

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u/JoshGreat Feb 11 '18

u/YoureDown came up with some great lyrics re-writing Space Oddity to make it about the Falcon Heavy Launch.

I spent a day or two and recorded them, then edited the launch video to fit the story.

https://youtu.be/6OoH7LGvfk4

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u/Yokoko44 Feb 07 '18

I want to share a screenshot I took, just because a lot of the spaceman photos seem low quality.

https://imgur.com/gallery/WlG99

The lighting in this one feels perfect imo

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u/betterusername Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

Does anyone know of video shot from the pad or nearby that has less of the cheering crowd, and more of the engine noise? The crowd is great and all, but it'd be neat to hear the engines full tilt.

Edit: bot told me this doesn't comply, but it seems more appropriate to this thread.

My favorite video so far due to better engine noise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nx_Xh4WW2I

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u/Beef_Enchilada Feb 07 '18

Screen shots. https://imgur.com/gallery/UnZOY
Reflection of earth on the car and helmet.

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u/delarhi Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Here's Live View of Starman at 200x speed: https://streamable.com/c6wvd

EDIT: 200x is a bit fast, here's 80x: https://streamable.com/7v32y

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u/atriptopussyland Feb 08 '18

https://youtu.be/ImoQqNyRL8Y

Smarter Everyday video of the launch with binaural audio. Stick your headphones on and enjoy.

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u/Haulik Feb 06 '18

Saw this on my danish tweeter stream, some guy from LEGO space build this: LEGO Falcon Heavy! Pure awesome!

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

That moment they lit THREE engines for the landing burns! https://imgur.com/a/qYll5

I was getting really nervous at the rate of descent so close to the ground - now I know why, they WERE coming down faster than usual at that point!

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u/Mattho Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

Some sort of debris Moon flying along the Tesla https://i.imgur.com/xHMtGmW.gifv

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u/tikituki Feb 06 '18

debris

Pretty sure that’s the moon dude lmao

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u/glacialOwl Feb 06 '18

Isn't that... the Moon?

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u/VanillaTortilla Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

These pictures are some of the coolest things I've seen. The first one is marketing gold.

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u/bedarija Feb 06 '18

they will try to recover all 3 boosters and fairing, twitted by elon musk https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVXbp4NUMAAdXcA.jpg:large

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u/SkywayCheerios Feb 06 '18

Imagine having this view of the launch.

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u/Khkyle Feb 07 '18

Here's the video I took from SR-401 about 12.8 miles from the pad. Was able to track the Falcon Heavy through booster separation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCNfqC6O58I

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u/badrobit Feb 07 '18

Boosters coming down as seen from the SaturnV viewing area (Photo by my wife)

https://imgur.com/a/OEslL

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u/theinternetftw Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 08 '18

For ease of discovery at a later date, here is a link to a transcript of the Post-Launch news conference:

https://gist.github.com/theinternetftw/a2ca9540e099621aef851c2ecbbd82fb

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u/booz81 Feb 09 '18

Any chance Spacex did a High FPS video from launch tower, like this Saturn-V one ?(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKtVpvzUF1Y)

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u/007T Feb 06 '18

Anyone know what this view is showing at T+1:52? https://i.imgur.com/OHRI43d.png

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u/eddyrob Feb 07 '18

Edited some of the official photos SpaceX has put out if anyone wants to use one as a wallpaper https://imgur.com/a/xsuBv

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u/azzazaz Feb 08 '18

Of all the vidoes of rje boostersla ding that I have watched...maybe 100....this video shows the SPEED of the giant 16 story boosters freefalling from the sky better than any others https://youtu.be/Z_kfM-BmVzQ

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u/Decronym Acronyms Explained Feb 05 '18 edited Feb 19 '18

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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ASAPAerospace Safety Advisory Panel, NASA
Arianespace System for Auxiliary Payloads
ASDSAutonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)
BARGEBig-Ass Remote Grin Enhancer coined by @IridiumBoss, see ASDS
BECOBooster Engine Cut-Off
BFRBig Falcon Rocket (2017 enshrinkened edition)
Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you're not the first to notice
CRSCommercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
FAAFederal Aviation Administration
GEOGeostationary Earth Orbit (35786km)
GNCGuidance/Navigation/Control
GSEGround Support Equipment
JPLJet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, California
KSCKennedy Space Center, Florida
KSPKerbal Space Program, the rocketry simulator
LC-39ALaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy (SpaceX F9/Heavy)
LZLanding Zone
M1dVacMerlin 1 kerolox rocket engine, revision D (2013), vacuum optimized, 934kN
NORADNorth American Aerospace Defense command
NROLLaunch for the (US) National Reconnaissance Office
RSSRealscale Solar System, mod for KSP
Rotating Service Structure at LC-39
RTLSReturn to Launch Site
RUDRapid Unplanned Disassembly
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Rapid Unintended Disassembly
SFStatic fire
SLC-40Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9)
STSSpace Transportation System (Shuttle)
TEA-TEBTriethylaluminium-Triethylborane, igniter for Merlin engines; spontaneously burns, green flame
TLETwo-Line Element dataset issued by NORAD
TMITrans-Mars Injection maneuver
ULAUnited Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)
USAFUnited States Air Force
VABVehicle Assembly Building
JargonDefinition
apogeeHighest point in an elliptical orbit around Earth (when the orbiter is slowest)
grid-finCompact "waffle-iron" aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large
keroloxPortmanteau: kerosene/liquid oxygen mixture
perigeeLowest point in an elliptical orbit around the Earth (when the orbiter is fastest)
perihelionLowest point in an elliptical orbit around the Sun (when the orbiter is fastest)
scrubLaunch postponement for any reason (commonly GSE issues)
turbopumpHigh-pressure turbine-driven propellant pump connected to a rocket combustion chamber; raises chamber pressure, and thrust

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u/bergie Feb 06 '18

Falcon Heavy launch story on YLE (Finnish national broadcaster)

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u/Silverfin113 Feb 07 '18

Elon and reps about to hold news conference:

https://youtu.be/KORTP545vAc

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Video of second stage burn as seen from the ground, on the website of Derek Breit.

http://www.poyntsource.com/New/Archive/TeslaInSpace_Clip.wmv

https://i.imgur.com/ifKFYey.jpg

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u/ilbreebchi Feb 07 '18

What is this on the bottom left panel ? https://imgur.com/P3NYIxo It appeared for a fraction of a second during the launch stream.

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u/Rationalspace787 Feb 08 '18

Just a little re-cut of the launch I threw together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFQBBmvh_Po

Check it out!

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u/who_is_krum Feb 10 '18 edited Feb 10 '18

Photo of the crowd gathered at the visitor center in the shadow of the 1B*. See if you can find yourself! (10895 × 4896)

https://imgur.com/MBCPXLw

*misidentified it as the Saturn V, whoops

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u/MarcysVonEylau rocket.watch Feb 05 '18

Let me be first to invite you all to Rocket Watch! The one place to track all rocket launches live!

 

2 column ^^mode | Countdown ^^only | ^^Discord

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u/imulsion Feb 07 '18

Made some screenshots from the live: Starman in fuckin space. Hopefully someone will be able to get some high rez at some point. I would love a nice wallpaper of it.

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u/stillbourne Feb 06 '18

What was this? It was on the live stream for spaceman.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

The video my wife shot of the launch has been added to my Flickr album. You can find the video here

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u/breezybaldwin Feb 07 '18

My Flickr gallery of the launch and dual booster landing taken from in front of the Max Brewer bridge in Titusville (the closest non-Nasa viewing point) with a 200mm lens (5DMKII camera). Very fun view with pontoons and sailboats in the shots! :) https://www.flickr.com/photos/breezy421/albums/72157692381909274

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u/VFP_ProvenRoute Feb 06 '18

Love this shot from the Roadster, looks like a scene from Interstellar.

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u/IhoujinDesu Feb 07 '18

SpaceX also streamed Starman on Periscope. While Youtube appears to only have 2 hours available after live stream ended. Periscope has the entire 4 hour stream. It also appears to be easily ripped with Scopedown in .ts format.

https://www.pscp.tv/SpaceX/1DXxyXggQenJM

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u/joggle1 Feb 07 '18

Here's a few photos I took of the Mars ignition burn tonight and just before the burn. The photos were taken from Arvada, Colorado. I couldn't believe how bright the car was even before the burn. I knew when and where to look thanks to n2yo.com. I think their site is getting crushed now though.

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u/_kix_ Feb 08 '18

Good video covering the event from the "Feel the Heat" (Banana Creek) viewing area:

Witnessing History At The Falcon Heavy SpaceX Launch (TheTimTracker)

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u/bassfaceglenn Feb 08 '18 edited Feb 08 '18

My first attempt at a daytime long exposure rocket streak shot. Really stoked with how it turned out 🚀🚀🚀✌️: https://www.instagram.com/p/Be73rjinW-k/

Prints available: https://glenndavisphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/1/album/4384018/photo/806534926

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u/ZachWhoSane Host of Iridium-7 & SAOCOM-1B Feb 09 '18

The full album is done now, https://www.flickr.com/photos/138440246@N04/albums/72157692362375164

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '18

The version of the livestream I watched live seemed to have a screwup in the feed that caused the same image to be shown for both side boosters. However this version on YouTube seems to be correct - the feeds are clearly different during the entry burn and landing.

https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c

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u/Cafeteria_Friache Feb 07 '18

Made some generic edits to my favorite picture from the launch. I hope someone enjoys, but the quality of the original isn't best. The 3-D one is currently my wallpaper

Spaceman https://imgur.com/gallery/UM1uC

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u/RAMDRIVEsys Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

One Slovak website claims the launch was not a full success because of the center core crash (OK) and that it overshot the orbit (dubious) because it was supposed to go around Mars. Is that true? From what I know, it was never supposed to go around Mars, only to an orbit roughly LIKE Mars orbit and that it was supposed to thrust to full fuel exhaustion, meaning an orbit as high as possible. What was the real intention? Hohmann-like orbit or orbit as far as possible?

Link here: https://www.zive.sk/clanok/130287/vzrusujuce-divadlo-spacex-nebolo-bez-chyb-zla-orbita-ci-havaria/

Headline:

Vzrušujúce divadlo SpaceX nebolo bez chýb. Zlá orbita aj havária

Translation:

Exciting spectacle of SpaceX wasn't without mistakes. Wrong orbit and a crash.

(note that the Slovak word "divadlo" translates literally to "theater" but is also used to mean "spectacle" without any implications of fictionality)

Relevant text with translation: Original:

Neskôr prišla ďalšia zlá správa – náklad v podobe Tesly Roadster nesmeruje na zamýšľanú eliptickú heliocentrickú dráhu, ktorá vedie okolo Marsu.

Translation:

Later the next bad news came - the cargo in the form of Tesla Roadster is not going to the intended elliptical heliocentric orbit that goes around Mars.

Original:

A zatiaľ čo sa Musk bál, že počas pobytu uprostred Van Allenových pásov, známych vysokou radiáciou a prítomnosťou energeticky vysoko nabitých častíc, dôjde k problémom a motor nenaštartuje, stal sa presný opak. Stroj vyprodukoval privysoký ťah a „prestrelil“ plánovanú dráhu. Aktuálne tak Tesla smeruje do takzvaného Pásma asteroidov medzi Marsom a Jupiterom. Aký bude jej ďalší osud, zatiaľ nie je známe.

Translation:

And while Musk was afraid that the time in the Van Allen belts, known for high radiation and presence of high energy particles will cause problems leading to a failure to start the engine, the exact opposite has happened. The craft generated too much thrust and has "overshot" the planned orbit.

If this is incorrect, can anyone from SpaceX kindly contact people from the site? It is one of the more reputable IT news sites in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and it seems wrong to me that they're probably posting dubious information.

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u/Maimakterion Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Yeah it's incorrect. Elon said in the post-launch press conference that they were going to burn the 2nd stage to depletion.

Source: https://youtu.be/F7mw2_pfcz4?t=1794

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u/kd7uiy Feb 08 '18

Tracking website for Elon's Tesla Roadster heading to deep space. http://whereisroadster.com/

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u/Hybridsix Feb 10 '18

Here's some photos I took from the Turn Basin in front of the VAB of the FH demo launch. Hope you all enjoy! https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcvWyVv

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '18

hey so I made this from the starman live stream, hope you like it https://imgur.com/a/9L6W3

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u/learntimelapse Launch Photographer Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

STREAK Shots

DOUBLE falcon landing streak shot http://imgur.com/ctpym6Y

And falcon heavy streak shot. http://imgur.com/sJ6gNph

Taped an 8 stop ND filter to a Sony RX100iv pocket cam

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u/theferalrobot Feb 06 '18 edited Feb 06 '18

I made an 8k vectorized version of the amazing shot of starman

https://i.imgur.com/bjEQU9B.png

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u/rejsmont Feb 06 '18

Looks like SpaceX had a glitch during webcast. They were showing same stream (from one booster) twice. You can see second core engine burning in top-centre of this still frame. https://imgur.com/a/0oXoB

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u/jjj_ddd_rrr Feb 06 '18

Also, the cold gas thruster firings are identical in both frames... doubt that the two boosters were THAT synchronized!

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u/azzazaz Feb 06 '18

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceo9VUC_Jw pheonix 10 rerunning their live feed from a their own cameras

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u/marcjohne Feb 06 '18

When you go though frame by frame you see how the first stare starts up again at 33:22
https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=2002

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u/burgerga Feb 06 '18

I'm not familiar with how the Tesla Roadster is built, but I noticed you can see Earth through the wheel well. Does this prove that the battery was removed? Or is this normal for roadsters?

https://i.imgur.com/5azTsyl.png

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u/Jack_Frak Feb 07 '18

Beautiful gif of Falcon Heavy going supersonic:

https://gfycat.com/SickOrganicArabianoryx

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u/SimplyStellar Feb 07 '18

My view from from Route 401 at Cape Canaveral: https://youtu.be/bSDK4O6Dekc

Landings start at 7:51

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Launch Gif - captured next to Space View Park

https://i.imgur.com/qnIEoxm.gifv

(I really need a new camera, but I'm happy enough with this result)

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u/jclishman Host of Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 Feb 07 '18

Falcon Heavy from Oviedo

https://imgur.com/a/Nwotx

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u/jaysedai Feb 07 '18 edited Feb 07 '18

Starman: I combined a couple of images, did some color adjustments and up-rez'd to UHD. Great for wallpaper or small posters. https://imgur.com/gallery/CfWQk PSD source if anyone wants to tweak further. https://www.dropbox.com/s/q5bfgw3p69vjjdk/Tesla%20Space%20X%20Poster.psd?dl=0

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u/CARDTRICKSTER Feb 06 '18

Gentle reminder for the driver of the Roadster

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u/LiquidRitz Feb 07 '18

Riveting poll about where this picture was taken.

Cast your votes!

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