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[Starver]

10 minutes terminal count.

(Decided to keep watching until either launched on time or scrub for the day, I can rush to my appointment.)

[Sirus]

5 minutes

Please oh please launch this time...

[GlyphGryph]

T-minus 1 minute.

This is it, folks!

[alway]

And it's up.

[GlyphGryph]

It launched 13 seconds late on the spacex site.

How long does it take to get to spess?

[Starver]

Without wishing to jinx anything, looks good up to.... +1m30s and gone supersonic.  Right, off to more mundane Earthly matters...

[alway]

Stage separation done

[ToonyMan]

Nice launch.  Too bad it's too freakin' dark to see anything but the onboard camera slowly dying.

[Sirus]

Yeah, it's kinda dark, to be expected at a 3:30 am launch

[alway]

What I'm wondering is whether the camera video will be constant this time; previous launches had the camera cut out when it was over the horizon from the launch pad. Dunno whether they arranged for receivers elsewhere this time or not. Usually they cut out at around 9-10 minutes or so.

[Sirus]

We're in orbit, baby!

[alway]

RIP: left side camera

Solar arrays out; also the vehicle is on the sunny side of earth now.

[GlyphGryph]

Solar deployment is go!

[Sirus]

Those cheers, man. Those were awesome.

[GlyphGryph]

Hell yeah.