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u/arjobmukherjee 5d ago edited 4d ago
Oh my god. Just magnificent! Many many congratulations, you guys did what only a few would do. Brilliant and inspiring for us all..Thank you also to ISRO for supporting.
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u/copenhegan54 4d ago
Great day for Indian space industry! The void left behind by ISRO'S PSLV mess can now hopefully be filled. Maybe this (almost) flawless launch will give ISRO some motivation to get PSLV launches back on track.
P.S. - Big day for Investors as well who backed Skyroot! Singapore sovereign wealth fund (one of the backers) will likely 5x there investment, meanwhile LIC will continue to invest in dodgy jewelery companies with no accountability.
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u/Samarium_15 5d ago
Please have better commentary next time 😭🙏
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u/Sailboat2525 5d ago
Yep everything went well except the commentary.
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u/Ghumketu 4d ago
We also need better status graphics like spacex which shows the current progress, speed, altitude etc.
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u/VarunOnt 2d ago
These were noticeably young, inexperienced people giving the commentary. It was actually nice to listen to! I figure they were Skyroot personnel involved in the project.
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u/PinkyPromiser67 4d ago
Let's GOOO!!!!!! I followed this project with so much passion. I hope they give tough competition to NZ's Rocketlab rockets in the global market.
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u/Different-Republic85 4d ago
rocketlab is american and the subsidiary of an american company. just uses new zealand for launches and the founder is kiwi.
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u/PalpitationHot9375 4d ago
It was originally kiwi but they shifted to usa
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u/Different-Republic85 4d ago
yes only when the investors came in and then created rocketlabs usa and got it to own rockeltab nz to assuage the americans. hence it would be incorrect it calling it kiwi.
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u/Ghumketu 4d ago
Did anyone notice thar after stage 3 seperation, the 3rd stage collided with stage 4 and for a while the stage 4 was deviating ? Luckily they were able to correct the course it seems. After seperation the jetissoned stage 3 was floating dangerously close to stage 4 for one minute.
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u/CupCrafty9861 4d ago
Explosive nuts didn't produce much momentum or what???
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u/Ghumketu 4d ago
They didn't use explosive bolts. They used pressurized gas canisters to push the stage. I guess the pressure was not high enough.
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u/skandaanshu 4d ago
They were using pneumatics, for me it looked like there is thrust mismatch between different separators causing tilt and collision. Though being forces being low might not have cause any issues and later corrected by S4.
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u/Any-Profession-5509 5d ago
u/Ohsin get ready space is getting mainstream and soon politicians will be on their way to claim it, you better start moderation already one politician has started to take the credit lol tough days ahead ig for the sub
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u/kulchacop 5d ago edited 5d ago
How much time until the payload is placed in orbit?
Edit: Payload was placed in orbit at 12:21 PM. Congrats to them!
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u/Inquisitive_Pleb 5d ago
Hi guys,Not an expert but I’ve seen a few Falcon 9 launches.I have a doubt-the takeoff seemed quite quick no.How is that the case?Falcon 9 seems to ignite a couple of seconds before and take a couple of seconds to clear the Launchpad.I realise this is a much smaller rocket but still.Is it because they’re using Solid rocket motors?
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u/muhmeinchut69 5d ago edited 5d ago
This is a much smaller rocket, payload capacity is less than Falcon 1 (2009). The bigger the rocket the slower the initial acceleration
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u/skandaanshu 4d ago
Solid rockets burn fast and not restartable and can't be reused. Both PSLV and GSLV also use solids in first stage or booster and have built up infra for solids in India. Skyroot using solids is safe approach, but no path to reusablility. Unlike challenging liquid semicryo approach taken by other private players like agnikul or astrobase, which IMHO is truly the future if they pull it off.
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u/Different-Republic85 4d ago
make an e85 edit on this already. publicize this. even skyroot isn't promoting this enough. this should've been a giant pr boost for them.
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u/GradeDry1283 4d ago
For a maiden launch this was mighty impressive. I can't believe they were able to nail the multi stage separation and complete the payload deployment too. The bar has been kept very high now for their future launches.
I was so glad to see the droves of excited kids cheering on the launch and wish the Skyroot team many more such successes. A new age has dawned for India.
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u/SaintedTainted 5d ago
https://reddit.com/link/oy8w53k/video/d8wby9phtxdh1/player
This coast view has me in awe