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## Video: SpaceX Has Launched an Experimental Space Junk Sweeper Into Orbit

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_Published 2018-04-03. A Monday launch by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s private aerospace company, saw a Falcon 9 rocket lift off from Florida packed with three tons of supplies for the International Space Station (ISS)._


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## Transcript

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, and zero. And lift off of the Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon spacecraft, packed with science and supplies for the International Space Station, Humanity's home in lower orbit, and the Falcon 9 is Has cleared the tower. [ SOUND ] Space- X assent commentary performed by several people. The propulsion engineer calls out propulsion events, avionics engineer calls out avionics health and Dragon separation. The range coordinator calls Air Force satellite control network acquisition and loss of signal. And the ground station specialist calls out the Space- X antenna acquisition and loss of signal.

[ NOISE ] We are fourty seconds into the flight of the Falcon. One minute, five seconds after lift off Falcon nine will reach transonic speed. The vehicle will pass through an area of maxium aerodynamic pressure called max Q. At one minute, eighteen seconds after. After liftoff this is the point where mechanical stress on the rocket reaches its peak because of the rocket's velocity and resistance created by the Earth's atmosphere. Vehicle is supersonic. And the vehicle is supersonic. [ SOUND ] Vehicle is experiencing maximum dynamic pressure.

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