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Delta 4 Inaugural Launch A Success

Posted by chrisd on from the can-i-have-one-too dept.

brandido writes "Space.com is reporting that the Delta 4 has lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 5:40 pm EST. According to the Article: 'Boeing's Delta 4 has lifted off from pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Everything appeared to be working normally with the rocket as it made its initial climb out over the Atlantic Ocean during the first minute.' It will now take the two-stage rocket some 37 minutes to deliver the Eutelsat W5 spacecraft to orbit, so keep your fingers crossed all continues to go well.'" Looks like everything went swimmingly well.

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  1. cams? by dirvish · · Score: 4, Funny

    Were there any mounted cameras for cool launch vids?

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  2. dv? by RalfM · · Score: 5, Funny

    but did they strap a video camera to it???

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  3. Fingers crossed... by YahoKa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would cross my fingers, but this happened at 5:40. It's 8:20 now.

  4. DON'T SAY THAT!!! by fmaxwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like everything went swimmingly well.

    Don't say "swimmingly" when there is a rocket flying over the ocean with a satellite payload. Swimming is the last thing we want the satellite to do.

  5. no crash by pyr0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh...I'm guessing they *didn't* get John Carmack to design the onboard computer :)

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  6. New update: It crashes into Bagdad. by heldlikesound · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rueters:

    The Delta 4 swerved suddenly of course at 5:45pm today and headed for Iraq with uncanny precsion eventually crashing into Saddam Hussein's secret, undergroud, booby trap filled hideout. A Pentagon spokesperson said "Our plan is working wonderfully, uh, I mean... to bad about the whole rocket foul-up."

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  7. Here's hoping. by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's hoping that Boeing doesn't acquire Armadillo Aerospace. I'd hate to see what would happen if John was launching a Delta 4.

  8. All this technology available... by soulctcher · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and we still don't use flying cars.

  9. Eat your Heart out Carmack! by Liquidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boeing:1
    Carmack:0

  10. I would not really call it successful until by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lance Bass, Bill Gates, John Ashcroft, and the PanIP bastard all have a meeting underneath it at launch time.

  11. I kinda like the Delta III better by Burgundy+Advocate · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, purely from an aesthetic standpoint.

    There's just something about a liquid fueled center surrounded by a bunch of boosters.

    The whole thing just looks beefy.

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  12. Re:Can I see too? by oaklybonn · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was about 14, my parents moved to Jacksonville, FL. I came home from boarding school (ahem, military school) to visit there. We drove down to the cape and did the normal touristy tours of the facilities. They spent a bit of time talking about lightening detectors. Then they announced that there would be a launch today! Gosh was I excited!

    But you know what? My iron bitch mother decided that we had best drive back home *now* before the launch because she didn't want to get caught in traffic. Much whining and pouting later found me crying in the back of the station wagon as we drove away without seeing the launch. (No, I didn't do very well at military school.)

    But you know what? That launch vehicle was hit by lightning and exploded shortly after takeoff.

    And I missed that too. Fuck you, mom.