Visible Sonic Booms at Falcon Heavy Launch

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Geostationary Transfer Orbit Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket
With first stage boosters landing at Cape Canaveral, FL
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Watching the boosters return to earth never gets old.

hicksrobin
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How are we as a country not more excited and proud of this American made magic?!?! Impossible to imagine 50 years ago.

cweefy
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I’ve never seen the shockwaves coming down on a return to launch site mission for Falcon 😮
Must be incredible to watch two skyscrapers falling from space and landing next to each other.

clevergirl
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I can see this 100's of times and it still makes me emotional that this is real and not CGI.

Kebmoz
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I wish we were celebrating these awesome achievements more all across the country.

vpscttm
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3:54 I've never seen this phenomenon quite like this before. Wow.

Asterra
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It's the first time that I see shock waves like these ones, truly awesome!!

DavidCaissy
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Also worth noting is the continuous crackle. This is the audible sonic effect of the exhaust breaking the sound barrier thousands of times.

The plume assaults the surrounding air creating countless pockets of alternating high pressure and vacuum, with the vacuum being responsible for limiting the upper peak at about 196 decibels.

The physics of rocketry is pretty astounding.

ginskimpivot
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Thanks for sharing. I've seen many professional videos of launches, this kind of made it feel more real, like really being there. One day I gotta see it for myself.

DannyJoh
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I have no idea how things like this are not a bigger deal to more people. Seeing it launch, the separation, the return of the boosters and everything going off flawlessly seriously moved me to tears at what kinds of amazing things we humans can do. The wonder of space and the awesome technology and effort to get there are no longer cherished by most of the self-absorbed of today's society. When did we lose the wonder of what's out there and the drive to explore?

YSongCloud
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That was super cool and rare. I watched the launch from my house in Lake Placid Florida and the clouds parted right in front of the rocket, I thought that was the weirdest thing I had ever seen

billmadison
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Thanks for uploading! People usually don't appreciate contemporary science and engineering enough. This video is a demonstration of the unusual phenomenon only observable when we push beyond the limit of "common sense". No they don't play pool games better or know more about magic tricks, but they are exploring things beyond our scope and we can only see a little from their awesome projects. The more we learn, the better we know how hard it is.

kaizhang
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When one of the last space shuttle flights landed at Edwards AFB in California, I happened to be working outside in Los Angeles Oblast, and it sounded like someone next door fired a shotgun twice. I'd remembered that it might land here, so I knew what it was, but it was startling.

mattbartley
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Amazing how quickly the exhaust elongates into the thinner atmosphere.! Falcon Heavy is a Fast Mover...! The best part is witnessing the ALMOST Sci-Fi moment of both Boosters burn back and land...!!! Wish I was there...!!! Cheers, thanks for this...!

RVaviator
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I was there. It was my first time seeing a rocket launch ever and when the falcon 9s landed, I could not get my Jaw off the deck of our boat. The videos and livestreams don't do it justice.

joshuaconner
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That was brilliant! A whole new way to experience a launch. Thanks!

jamesthompson
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Wow, what a sight to be seen.
Beautiful booster return.
Superb launch.

paultruesdale
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Rockets don't go in reverse! Elon: Are you sure?

Ogabgól
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This is very cool! The visible shockwaves are stunning!

paulknightley
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Next time you're there make sure you stay on the vehicle a little bit longer because you caught the beginning of boost back burn. The first time you truly get to witness the boost back burn from both boosters at the same time is quite a site. My tracking wasn't as good as yours but I was at the very first falcon heavy launch!

SteveSiegelin