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Author: | upaerospace |
Published: | 2011-08-17 17:12:15 |
This video was captured onboard t' SL5 rocket that be successfully launched into space on May 20th 2011 for NASA's Summer o' Innovation program managed by t' New Mexico Space Grant Consortium . Well, blow me down! Below you can see from space t' newly finished runway at Spaceport America. T' spinnin' motion is created by cantin' t' fins o' t' rocket and makes t' trajectory more accurate. Avast, me proud beauty! 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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