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Maximum loads on the vehicle. next up we'll 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. we're 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. we're getting ready to throttle down. >> you heard the call-out. the vehicle is supersonic. five boosters are throttling back up to full power. we're passed max q, the maximum load on the vehicle. next up, we'll 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 booms from at least two of the three rockets. so that will also be something quite extraordinary to hear...