Congrats to SpaceX on the 4am AsiaSat 8 Launch

4 responses to “Congrats to SpaceX on the 4am AsiaSat 8 Launch”

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   gsikich1

   Aug 5, 2014 at 11:48 am

   Reminds me of the photo that I created using one of your launch shots. I like the colors on the exhaust clouds.

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   jurvetson

   Aug 5, 2014 at 3:27 pm

   Yes… glorious colors at night. Are you thinking of this
   remix
   I caught a similar purple plume with shock diamonds with a solid AMW propellant, on the way to
   Mach 2.2
   Elon update: "High velocity reentry (2700 lbs/sqft) appeared to succeed, but, as expected, not enough propellant to land for this and the next mission."

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   jurvetson

   Aug 5, 2014 at 3:47 pm

   AsiaSat is a big bird… with astronaut for scale…
   
   Blastoff, with water nozzles spraying in the foreground:
   
   SpaceX second stage looking back at Earth
   

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4. 

   scleroplex

   Aug 5, 2014 at 9:39 pm

   best wishes!

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