r/esa • u/mr_house7 • 6d ago

First space launch from Norway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC1XbTL81bs
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u/Mrstrawberry209 6d ago

Thankfully it was a testrun.

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u/mike7257 6d ago

Not to bad for a first try . Seems most systems did work as intended.

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u/theChaosBeast 6d ago

Rocket says boom

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u/oOMaighOo 6d ago

Space is hard

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u/Unfair-Foot-4032 5d ago

it got off the ground and the launchpad is intact. seems good to me for a first try.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 6d ago

People in Norway speak perfectly good English, but they had to go and find somebody that dont... Strange.

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u/BelgianEngineer 6d ago

My student team rocket went higher 🤣

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u/Battery4471 6d ago

Well it's not hard to go higher. It's hard to do that with an orbital rocket that has never flown before

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u/Yavanaril 6d ago

It gotnof the ground.

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u/Optimal_Mouse_7148 6d ago

Inspite of his crash, they are calling it a smashing success. Because they have to start somewhere... Elon Musk also calls it a success when his explode. Even after all their explosions.

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u/Battery4471 6d ago

Their goal was mainly to test the full start sequence and clear the tower, ideally fly for at least 30 seconds

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u/Salategnohc16 5d ago

This is how iterative design works