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Videos: Recent rocket launches

I posted back on November 10th about several upcoming rocket launches. Here are videos of the missions so far.

** Rocket Lab Electron – 7 smallsats to LEO – Nov.11

** India’s GSLV Mk.3-D2 launch of GSAT 29 comm-sat to GEO – Nov.14

** SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of Es’hail comm-sat to GEO + Landing of first stage booster – Nov.15

As seen from outside the Cape:

SpaceX webcast:

** Russian Soyuz/Progress ISS cargo mission – Nov.16

NASA webcast:

** Northrop Grumman Antares/Cygnus ISS cargo mission – Nov.17

As seen from outside Wallops Island

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg AFB set for Monday the 19th has been postponed for a few days to check out some issues with the rocket.  A Chinese Long March 3B launch of 2 Beidou navigation satellites is expected on Monday.

See the Launch Schedule at SpaceflightNow.com for a list of many more launches schedule during the rest of November and December.

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Videos: Rocket Lab successfully launches Electron rocket with commercial payloads

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Rocket Lab successfully launched an Electron rocket last night (US time) and put 7 small satellites into low earth orbit (see also earlier posting): Rocket Lab reaches orbit again, deploys more satellites | Rocket Lab –

The satellites included:

A clip from the webcast when the satellites were being deployed:

Here is the complete Rocket Lab webcast of the launch through spacecraft deployment:

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Rocket Lab: Launch window opens Nov.11, Interview with Peter Beck, New Zealand factory tour

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Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch the third Electron rocket from New Zealand on Sunday, November 11th, during a window between 16:00 – 20:00 NZDT (12:00 – 4:00 am EST) [Whoops, miscalculated. Actual time is 10 pm EST Nov.10 – 2:00 am EST Nov.11] . The Rocket Lab website will provide a webcast of the launch. Find updates on the countdown at Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) | Twitter.

The Everyday Astronaut Time Dodd recently posted an interesting interview with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck:

And here is a tour of the company’s factory:

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Video: Gwynne Shotwell of SpaceX interviewed by Matt Desch of Iridium

At a symposium held this week by AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) dealing with the organization’s high school STEM initiatives, there was an on-stage interview with SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell by Iridium CEO Matt Desch:

SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell talks about successes and failures in their rocket program, encouraging girls to pursue technical and scientific careers and “build big machines. She tells teachers at the AOPA High School Aviation STEM Symposium about the need for kids with training in science, technology, engineering and math.

[ Nov.9.2018: For some reason, the interview video unfortunately was taken down from Youtube. Will keep a lookout for a re-posting of it.

I did fined this clip taken from the video showing the SpaceX highlights reel presented by Shotwell:

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In a video that she presents early in the interview, there is a brief but interesting clip from a camera on a Falcon 9 fairing as it separates from the upper stage:

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Videos: EXOS Aerospace successfully launches reusable sounding rocket

The EXOS Aerospace reusable suborbital SARGE rocket launched successfully from Spaceport America on Saturday. (See earlier posting about the project.)  The liftoff is at 20:15 in this video. See also the payload capsule returning via a ballute (half balloon, half parachute) between 29:37-30:05, and the booster returning via para-glider between 31:12-35:39 :

Here is the booster on the ground following the landing:

And here it is being towed back to the launch camp:

More videos at the EXOS Aerospace YouTube Channel.

See also Exos Aerospace launches SARGE suborbital rocket – SpaceNews.com

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