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Maximum loads on the vehicle. next up well be waiting for the side boosters to begin to throttle down prior to booster engine cutoff and celebration 2 1/2 minutes into flight. trajectory looks good on the falcon heavy. reports show that the engine performance is nominal. [ cheers and applause ] >> side boosters have begun to throttle down in preparation for the upcoming shutdown in 20 seconds.

Major event coming up with side booster shutdown and separation. >> shutdown. side boosters. [ cheers and applause ] >> successful separation. were coming up on shutdown. [ cheers and applause ] >> side boosters.

Separation 2 1/2 minutes into flight. guaranteed trajectory looks good on the falcon heavy. the m 1d engine performance is nominal. side boosters have begun to throttle down in preparation for the upcoming shut down in 20 seconds. major event coming up with side booster shut down and separation.

Cheering, falcon heavy headed to space on the test flight. building on the history of saturn 5, apollo. were getting ready to throttle down. >> you heard the call-out. the vehicle is supersonic. five boosters are throttling back up to full power. were passed max q, the maximum load on the vehicle. next up, well wait for the side boosters to throttle down prior to booster engine cut off and

Would look like. >> i think that if it all goes off as planned, it will be a very, very loud event. rivaling what we had with the shuttle missions, of course. maybe even a little more of a roar than that, and we will feel the rumble as this thing soars into space. interesting though what they really want to do, what is critical for a success model is that they bring all three rockets safely back down to earth so they can reuse these rockets. when they come back down, we expect to hear sonic boom...

Command center in los angeles. 9800 kilometers in the air. 1,000 kilometers per hour. 115 kilometers in the air, im sorry. stage one and stage two separation take place successfully. this looks like a success so far? >> i dont think it could have gone any better, do you? everything down to the money, down to the second has been right on the money for them. >> farce we can tell. were not looking at the numbers, but the vision really speaks for itself. it lifted off beautifully. were supposed to s...

>> t plus 30 seconds if you can hear me over the cheering, "falcon heavy" heading to space on our test flight, building on the history of "saturn 5 apollo," returning to interplanetary mission. were getting ready to throttle down. [ cheering ] >> supersocvehicle supersonic. >> you heard the callout. vehicle is supersonic. side boosters are now throttling back up to full power. >> reached maximum dynamic pressure. >> were past max q, the period of maximum loads on the vehicle. next up well be wai...

Side boosters to begin to throttle down prior to boosting engine cutoff and separation, 2:30 into flight. trajectory looks good on the "falcon heavy." >> side boosters landing legs are deployed. >> watch that landing. there we go, tom, we showed the landing, we showed them the takeoff. i could watch that over and over and over and over again. and you know what, it happened so easily that were tempted to say that that stuffs easy. its not. that is really, really hard. and today we just watched hi...

The final countdown is running. when the countdown goes from one to zero of course the tension is really high because everything depends on all systems starting cleanly first the main station then the side boosters and the entire system but thats only the start todays mission would last about forty minutes until we have both satellites parked in the right place. two days earlier at the say headquarters in paris. offices here where hes coordinating upcoming space missions. to get my lunch if you ...

Off, side boosters that were supposed to come down not at sea but on land, boy, did they come down beautifully. right? and you could see it before it happened. the two pictures on the bottom here are camera shots from each. side boosters. side from the upper left shows you the view from cape canaveral as they come back to earth. now watch. watch this. >> and the falcons have landed. >> reusable booster rockets. incredible. you see them both standing there. both of these have flown in previous la...