A bright moment at apogee during the Brighthawk’s swan song…

Here is the on-board video and more frame grabs below.

This video makes me a bit motion sick during the free fall spin back to Earth. But at least it kept the rocket from becoming a ballistic lawn dart… So the video cam and HCX flight computer were unharmed, as were the three solid AP motors.

The fiberglassed airframe snapped apart in four places, but I can rebuild her… better and stronger than she was before…

6 responses to “Strange Planet”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Rocket perspectives:

    Brighthawk Blastoff Brighthawk Arcing Over Going Horizontal Brighthawk Crash 1

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  2. TomiTapio Avatar
    TomiTapio

    Good one, I like the dirty, messed-up blues/purples.

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  3. AcroYogi Avatar
    AcroYogi

    wow, those renders almost look like actual video stills. computer graphics has come a long way >;)

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  4. benjiman Avatar
    benjiman

    Gotta love composites for rebuild-ability.

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  5. Vanita Avatar
    Vanita

    Is it wrong that I laughed out loud when it hit the ground? It’s just that it was so succinct… absolute… so down for the count.
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  6. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    I chortled too.

    And it is especially good sport when it’s not your rocket. Much better than a perfect, uneventful launch…

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