SL5 Onboard video 2UP Aerospace SL5 Onboard video

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Author:upaerospace
Published:2011-08-17 17:12:15

This video be captured onboard t' SL5 rocket that was successfully launched into space on May 20th 2011 for NASA's Summer o' Innovation program managed by t' New Mexico Space Grant Consortium . Below you can see from space t' newly finished runway at Spaceport America. Blimey! T' spinnin' motion is created by cantin' t' fins o' t' rocket and makes t' trajectory more accurate. Begad! T' SpaceLoft rocket is de-spun once in space t' allow microgravity experiments t' be conducted. Aye aye! At t' end o' t' video (45 seconds ito t' flight) t' vehicle is at an altitude o' 170000 feet MSL and travelin' supersonic at a speed o' three and a half times t' speed o' sound (3700 ft/sec).

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