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The plane happened to pass near the launch trajectory at the exact moment of liftoff, giving passengers a rare view of the rocket launch right from their windows
Apr 2, 2026 3:55 PM
DarthPutinKGB
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The plane happened to pass near the launch trajectory at the exact moment of liftoff, giving passengers a rare view of the rocket launch right from their windows
hogninja
Look at the chemtrail on that guy!
Fuckimgurcunts
See what we can do when we don't bomb children...
stevelite
Don't be afraid to dream big. I'm an avionics technician, one day work for Artemis.
chadomancer
"People on the right, there is the coolest sh*t outside your window right now. Don't tell the people on the left. We hate the people on the left." ~ Paula Poundstone
captainalphabet
No one cares about the fucking moon stop the wars. This is one more dumb distraction.
natebitatibetan
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1MXJhOW02ZTR4YzVlZ2xkdnl4Z2NkMW50bmdjNHpyeTB1ejlhaGY4MiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/50TSnWY5IxuVp79MsS/200w.webp
FredFlipflop
SyberiaX
Thank you! Someone had to do it!
Hurch
Cool. I bet you didn't even have to pay extra for the show!
twoamartist
Now that’s a memory of a lifetime. Happy for them. I hope there was some kids that witnessed it, too.
Californiajackson
Surprised the plane didn't tip over from everyone trying to see out the windows on that side.
pachyderm
Hard to believe that they were allowed to fly that close to the launch
circlebreaker
That crying baby is going to be hearing about this for decades. "What do you mean, it was so uncommon, why didn't they have launches every day like we do now?"
fformulaa
Look at that tiny blip. So miniscule on a grander scale with the grandeur of earthbas the background!
swedeonamoose
And what we see is just a tiny bit of earth as well.
tinyfootprints
I'm probably in this picture, but too small to see.
p4r4noid4ndroid
Did that guy in the background really ask “should we take a picture or a video?” … dude
TheTojo15
Wonder if we’ll see videos of the ICBMs launching before we’re annihilated.
“OOO LOOK A SHUTTLE LAUNCH!… ANOTHER ONE!!… And… another one…”
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
While you're stuck in traffic going either into or out of a major city/target...
camn333
And that's still a better video than all of NASA's stream during the actual launch.
UprootedGrunt
Really? Mine didn't have any problems, and I had two of the streams running at the same time, the main official one and the one focused on the launchpad/shuttle with no commentary.
SwagicalYololord
So it was you hogging all the bandwidth! Get him guys!
TooSoonOldTooLateSmart
Yes. Actual blackouts, even.
IfOnlyICouldUseMyPowersForGood
That's when it was switching from WiFi over to 5G /s
redbeater
Multiple cuts to black during lift off, lagged panning going up, and a cut to the fucking crowd as the boosters separated. What an ass fuckup of a stream, I'd do a better job than whoever was pressing those buttons.
FaeVikingPrincess
Yeah whoever was directing the stream needs to be fired.
certainlynotaserialkiller
no, he did exactly what he was told. he cut away during every event and didnt show any onboard video unless there was nothing that could go wrong. his job was to ensure there was not live video of the rocket exploding and he did that,
Cilvaa
Everyday Astronaut's video, has some better angles https://www.youtube.com/live/QOsSRRBMNoc?si=7QwEVYnoTTV4ahDU&t=24564
camn333
You're right, that was better.
UmmonPrime
I tried watching some footage last night and oh boy, the signal was terrible and at times hard to even make out what I was seeing. Mean while, my gf, "so we can get a signal all the way from Voyager but we can't get one right outside our atmosphere?"
BigDaddysMeatWagon
In NASA's defense, Voyager isn't trying to live stream a 4K audio/video thing in real time. It's just blips and bloops now and then.
UmmonPrime
point taken
joshuasplinth
Anybody else think the Iranians would try to hit it?
mikeatike
No. Almost nobody has orbital intercept capability. Even US, Russia, and China can't intercept an arbitrary object moving at orbital speeds.
cbminecrafter
This is objectively false. In 1985 a US F15 was used to successfully shoot down the P78-1 Solar Lab. In 2007 China conducted an anti-satilite test against their FY-1C weather sat, which was a major international incident due to the increased risk of space debris collision. I could go on. Even in the face of those facts, realize the absurdity of your claim. "Nobody has orbital intercept capability". Wtf do you think the dragon, starliner, and soyuz modules do? They intercept the ISS to dock.
cbminecrafter
If you can track the object, and that object is traveling on a known trajectory, it can be hit. THIS is the problem. Tracking something like a missile equipment section isn't easy, and if you could, unless it is explicitly ballistic, it could maneuver around to avoid interception. Something like SLS is absurdly easy to track, and not maneuverable enough to avoid an incoming attack.
LitchLitch
Psyche: its actually an Ianian missile headed for tel aviv
SecondSince
If only!
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
If the trajectory looks like that, it's either an ICBM headed for Washington, or they grotesquely overestimated the distance to Israel...
LitchLitch
I think you underestimate the apogee height of an MRBM. Something like the shahab 3 hits apogee at 150km at minimum and as high as 550km for the more advanced ones with MIRVs and stuff.
The plane is flying at ~9k. Those kind of apogees are going to make any trajectory look like straight up when youre that close to the missile.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
That.... is much higher than I expected. 150km is already beyond the offcl "space" height (is that still 100km?), but 550km?! I'm beginning to see where the SDI idea came from...
ldownvoteclichecomments
Every single American housed. Every single student loan paid, and probably some change for healthcare. Sent to the moon.
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
...Do you think that rocket is loaded up with cash that they send to the moon?? No. It was spent here on earth to thousands and thousands of people for labor and materials. Those people don't deserve jobs?
GOAE
Oh fuck off. The human race spends more money on lipstick every year than every space programs combined, but I don't hear you complaining about that. You reap all of the benefits of space flight while remaining ignorant to them all. Complain about something that actually holds our species back, space flight is not one of those things. God forbid we have one god damn thing that has a chance of unifying us as a species without an asshole complaining about it.
GOAE
And besides the money wasn't "sent to the moon". It was spent in the economy, benefiting Americans. The employees who worked to make this happen buy groceries and give part of their paycheck to cashiers. The money wasn't just lit on fire.
ldownvoteclichecomments
Ah yes, the “economy”. How’s it treating you?
guitarfourtysix
GOAE
Just fine, thanks for asking. Obviously it's not treating you well because you're having a mental breakdown and are incapable of ever seeing the good in anything.
ldownvoteclichecomments
What do you plan on spending that extra money on? The snapback red cap? Or are you gonna splurge for the fitted?
ldownvoteclichecomments
No, you fuck off. Flying around the moon and back doesn’t advance us as a species. You’re just a knuckle dragging clown that wanna see rocket go VROOOM 🚀
DystopianCommandant
Weird hill to die on, but okay.
GOAE
GPS, power tools, polarized sunglasses, countless other things, all worthless according to you because you'd rather throw a tantrum like a child. You hold our species back by being a knuckle dragging mouth breather.
ldownvoteclichecomments
Paid for by who? The taxpayers. It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
You can't possibly be this stupid