{"id":16444,"date":"2018-07-25T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:34:04","slug":"videos-spacex-falcon-9-and-arianespace-ariane-v-rockets-launch-within-short-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16444","title":{"rendered":"Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Arianespace Ariane V rockets launch within short time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two big rockets launched successfully this morning, lifting off within about 15 minutes of each other:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites<\/strong> from Vandenberg AFB in California despite fog so heavy the rocket was not visible in ground cameras:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/investor.iridium.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/iridium-completes-seventh-successful-iridiumr-next-launch\" target=\"_d\">Iridium Completes Seventh Successful Iridium\u00ae NEXT Launch | Iridium Communications Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCjlqj8iv6U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first stage booster landed on a platform floating on the Pacific Ocean despite high winds and rough seas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16445\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=16445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Booster On DroneShip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A view of the booster on the droneship.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16445 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BoosterOnDroneShip.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A view of the booster on the droneship.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are highlights of the satellite deployments:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_NFCeNrryg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More about the launch at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/07\/spacex-seventh-iridium-launch-double-recovery\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX launches seventh Iridium mission and recovers booster \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Arianespace Ariane V rocket launched<\/strong>\u00a0from French Guiana with four <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galileo navigation satellites<\/a>, which are to be deployed a few hours after the upper stage reached orbit:\u00a0:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/mission-update\/ariane-5-lifts-off-from-french-guiana-with-four-galileo-spacecraft-2\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.arianespace.com\/mission-update\/ariane-5-lifts-off-from-french-guiana-with-four-galileo-spacecraft-2\/\">Ariane\u00a05 lifts off from French Guiana with four Galileo spacecraft \u2013\u00a0Arianespace<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e3wshrSKSvU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More about the mission at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/07\/24\/ariane-5-rocket-galileo-satellites-on-launch-pad-in-french-guiana\/\" target=\"_d\">Ariane 5 rocket, Galileo satellites on launch pad in French Guiana \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=amzn_basics_elctnics&amp;banner=10PFV81ZPVCWKXE6S9G2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=caaa70725fb7c5b929777e8413b07b34&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two big rockets launched successfully this morning, lifting off within about 15 minutes of each other: ** A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 10 Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg AFB in California despite fog so heavy the rocket was not visible in ground cameras:\u00a0Iridium Completes Seventh Successful Iridium\u00ae NEXT Launch | Iridium Communications Inc. The first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Arianespace Ariane V rockets launch within short time<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4he","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17523,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17523","url_meta":{"origin":16444,"position":0},"title":"Rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 launch &#038; landing + China Long March 3B launches comm-sat","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"** SpaceX on Friday launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB in California with 10 Iridium NEXT satellites. 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