Points of interest: 1:26 - Sound reaches us 3:00 - Side boosters shutdown and boostback 4:39 - Reentry burn 5:42 - Landing burn 6:04 - Landing burn ends with a pair of *triple sonic booms!* For those hearing only four sonic booms in total, try listening at 0.75x speed. You should hear six because (1) there are always three from each booster and (2) there are six clear peaks in the waveforms.
@@marcbennett9050 No I was the guy in the background that said "Thats the boostback burn" Atleast I think it was me, sounds just like me and I was watching in the same area.
We were the group of guys with a bunch of tripods, playing music from a bluetooth speaker in the hours before launch! The most noticeable thing we had was a white telescope on a giant tripod, you may have seen it if you were nearby!
@@lovejago It's 1,125 feet/sec. Like I said, less than 1/4 mile/sec. Any variation due to temp, humidity or air pressure makes no real difference in it's comparison to the speed of light, practically speaking, as it's roughly 670 million mph.
He actually edited it. The real delay (I was there) was 50-60 seconds (roughly 5 seconds/mile and 10-12 miles distance) (As Juppe said). You're sitting there for quite some time after the engines have (visually) shut down before the sonic boom finally hits
This is going into my bucket list for sure. 0:30 The way it just completely lit up the night scene, like a miniature sun rising up and blazing across the sky.
@@conorm2524 Delays can happen for any reason, so if you can, plan to stay a day or two in case it scrubs. This launch was delayed by 2 hours due to a ground system problem. Luckily there was a 4 hour launch window, so they were able to get it off the ground in time.
@@ilikerio That's my wish to see it in person too, and ASAP. The only issue is, that I am from Slovenia -> Europe :/ Hehehe but one day... I will see it no matter how hard I have to hustle just to be able to witness this in person. Thanks for this great video, love watching it with my headphones... They are literally vibrating when the rocket launches .
Ohhh it was so hard to fight that! Almost made the mistake of turning on 3x digital zoom before the launch, for 750mm max focal length. Way too much! The footage would have been so bad. Thank you for commenting!
@@danielwhyatt3278 Starship development is currently not doing so great, and SLS Block 1 is already ready to be put together in the VAB. All the components have been made/adapted. Nasa takes longer to make their crafts because they have a lower budget and are *much* more careful when selecting rockets to be produced for manned spaceflight.
@@corvettecoles As if NASA ever wanted SLS past Ares V. The people who have suffered the most from this waste on SLS is NASA and they know. Ridiculing SLS used to be a common opener in dry presentations to lighten up the mood ("senate launch system"). If Congress allowed it NASA would drop SLS so quick it would finally reach orbital velocity.
Incredible spectical at night. Thank so much for uncut and raw sound. I will make it to see one of these launches someday. Have to hear that power in person!
Thanks for commenting! It's definitely worth going, especially for one of the more powerful rockets like Falcon Heavy, Delta IV Heavy, or the upcoming SLS. Nothing beats the real thing!
My father and I stayed up all night and went to the beach to watch it. We live 60 miles south from the Cape, and the remaining sound from that rocket took approximately 5 minutes to reach us. Even though that sound was certainly *nothing* compared to the Cape Canaveral spectators' seats, it was still quite a spectacle to see on a perfectly clear night. ♥️🔥
This had to have been way better than any fireworks show!! With the bass turned up.....just an inkling of what it must have been like to be there in person. Thanks for sharing!!
@@jstoli996c4s Pretty much like it is at the Cape, at least as far as china cabinets and windows rattling. You can't really generate the sonic shocks, though, since in reality they are basically instantaneous, and you can't actually FEEL the shock hit you, like you would there. Those sound OK with a really good sub (Velodyne 15' servo sub, in my case), but not like they do in reality.
I live about 25 miles south of the cape and the sonic booms knocked pictures off my wall it’s was insane! Just moved back to Florida a few months ago and this was the first launch I’ve seen.
Makes the arm hair raise and my eyes get teary when you see the boosters come back to land. Like falcon saying “thanks boys, appreciate the help” and their job is done.
Thank you! Great video. I was at Kirk Point Park on A1A, but I like your vantage point. I wanna get that close for the return booms! Recordings can't do it justice, however you captured it well!
Thank you very much! We're very happy with the audio, but absolutely nothing beats the real thing. Kirk Point looks closer to the launch pad. But Route 401 is great for seeing/hearing the boosters landing!
Thanks for taking me there! I used to live in the panhandle area as a kid and saw about 8 Apogee rocket launches and booster splashdowns and one that just went boom. I may never get back there to see one again, but you video was the best live feel of all I've watched. Thanks again!
Quite a few people are attempting to calculate the distance from the sound delay, but they are doing so with many errors. Here's the attempted math from one of our previous replies: Going back to the footage and measuring with Sony Vegas, the exact time between the first light of ignition and the initial sound (not the loud part, just the very beginning) is 57.04 seconds. Since the speed of sound varies with temperature (and the temperature varies since the sound is traveling to us over land and water), it's difficult to use an exact number... Assuming 77°F (25°C) and 90% humidity (it was much less at our location), the speed of sound is 347.8 m/s. www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-speed-sound-d_603.html This yields a distance of only 19.8 km (12.3 mi), contrasting sharply with the Google Earth distance of 20.9 km (13.0 mi). If we assume 86°F (30°C) this goes up to 20.0 km (12.4), which still falls short of the measured distance.
What blew my mind is how you heard the sonic Booms after the boosters landing powerful booms from the two boosters. The fact that they were landed before i heard it though was interesting considering i was near the landing pad.
Great video. Unfortunately, TH-cam audio isn't usually considered quality. If you could post a link to your downloadable 24bit audio, that would be better.
I find it likely, that there is already plenty of "sound" being generated in the startup process without emitting light, thus leading to an delay between sound and light generation/emission.
@@janm3531 the side boosers reignited their engines to redirect them back to the landing pads at the Cape. The terminology is "boostback burn." The atmosphere is very thin up there and the exhaust spreads out making for a great show!
@@janm3531 the 2 boosters turn around and fire their engines to head back to land. At that time their engines are pointed directly at the engines from the receding centre core, so the result is the 3 jets of gas collide and start glowing, forming these nebula like patterns
I watched this launch from my backyard in Crystal River which is about 100 miles west of the Cape. Even at this distance it was an extremely impressive thing to watch. However, the most impressive thing was that the sonic booms managed to travel all the way across 100 miles of the state and be heard and felt over here. Although subdued the separate booms turned into low roar that went on for about a minute. It did manage to shake the windows a bit as well. That Falcon Heavy is a very powerful machine!!
Absolutely amazing. I’m sure there is truly nothing on Earth like it. If Ray Bradbury wrote in his stories the rocket would land back at Earth, we all would have thought he was crazy... but here we are
Unbelievable sound and video quality! I was on 401 that night and watching this on a hifi sound system with a good sub is extremely close to being there as far as the sound goes. Awesome!
From an article -“[The] first boom is from the aft end (engines),” said John Taylor, SpaceX’s Communications Director. “[The] second boom is from the landing legs at the widest point going up the side of the rocket. [The] third boom is from the fins near the forward end.” If you try to listen at 0.25X, it's very clear.
WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! This is incredible, I will make a trip to see one of these launches. I saw one of the last Space Shuttle Launches back in 08. Amazing experience.
Very Cool! We were in Dayton Beach a few years back and happened to watch a launch at 3 am. We were too far away to hear the sound, but the visual was cool.
I got very lucky and happened across a lady who's brother worked in Launch Control for this mission. I was cleaning an airbnb house with a friend of mine, and the lady mentioned that the rocket was what brought them into town. My friend started talking before I could open my mouth to say anything and told her how much of a space fan I was. The lady told me to give her my name and number. I didn't actually expect a call back! I went out there with the people who built the satellites on board. I listened to them talk mostly. I don't know the math for this sort of thing yet. But for the first time in a long time, I felt like I actually fit in to the group. It was incredible! I called my dad, and it was about 2:30am, I think. I told him, "Dad, you will never guess where I am, what I'm doing, and who I'm with!" Of course, being my dad, he could tell nothing was wrong, and knew the only other thing I could possibly be calling at that hour for would be a rocket. I filled him in quickly, then he got to listen in on the launch, my running commentary (have flip phone, so couldn't video chat or take photos,), and the landing. I can actually hear myself shouting, "Wow! Dad!" when the boosters separated with that fireworks show. I didn't realize that I sound like such a young kid there! If I didn't remember shouting it at that moment, I would've mistaken my voice for a ten year old's! Lol! I'm twenty one! Planning on working out there someday! Truly an incredible experience! The Moon that night over the Delta launchpad was unreal!! It looked like a scene out of a scifi movie!! It was a wonderful night, and I thank everyone who made it possible for me to go out there, and the group that let me tag along!
I love listening to the launch noise and sonic booms, it would be a lot better with out the cheering yelling and clapping (not the videographers fault). Good video.
Agreed. It ruins every aspect of space flight now. The "whooping" and "hollering" drives me fucking nuts with the background chanting of "USA...USA....USA". Fuck me.
Thank you for understanding! There was absolutely nothing we could do. Finding a more isolated spot would just mean being farther away (and we were already far, 13 miles from the pad). Thanks for the comment!
@@kpkndusa Thank you! While it was sitting on the pad before launch, the heat haze was too much to get a clear shot even through a 495mm telescope. Much less noticeable here since the max zoom was only 250mm.
Simon Williams Double agreed. I can't exactly explain without sounding awful but there's something that takes away from the solemn awe the when a bunch of idiots start screaming and hooting like it's a ballgame. Just keep it to yourself and soak it in.
Wow this is the coolest video of this launch I've seen. Even beats the SpaceX cameras. That boost back burn looked incredible! So awesome to see at night!
nice vid, i was impressed how well my phone and gopro 7 picked up the audio as well. People will still have no idea how that sound passes right through your body and you feel it on your bones.
I completely and utterly disagree! Every time that's done, whether it's a news show, movie, TV show, documentary, etc. it pissed me off! Sound is slower than light, that's just reality. When the noise isn't delayed it just screams fake to me. There is a video from years ago of a manufacturing plant (rocket fuel?) on fire and exploding, it's isolated off in the desert and it's being videoed from a nearby hilltop ('nearby' being miles away). When the plant explodes you can see the shockwave expanding out in a circle, as it's closing in on the camera it goes out of sight for a second then "boom!" The delay in the sound reaching the camera is part of what makes the video so great.
Open-back is far more accurate and can provide 100000x more real sound, if you have high end gear to power it. Noise cancelling dumbs down the sound and does not have spacial sound properties. Good for movies and terrible for literally anything else. Get yourself good open-back cans.
EVOLICIOUS if you have good noice cancelend Headphones it feels even more realistic cause they wel rumble a lot so it literaly vibraties and suround sound is better
Absolutely amazing. Having watching a SST launching from Cocoa Beach on April 2001, I know how the sound feels like, and your video makes me remember that feeling again. Great job! Thank you. 😁
This is problematic because the audio itself "sounds" like a distant rocket launch. There's no way around that without actually recording audio from close up.
@@ilikerio That's part of what would make it so interesting, imo. Just seeing the visual that's causing the (amazing) sound you're hearing would add to the experience. Although, there is something to be said for the anticipation you get in this video...
In 2003 my wife and I travelled from the other side of the world to watch the night launch of the Opportunity Mars Rover. Watching your excellent presentation is giving me a trip down memory lane.
I just watched this video this morning! Thank you. I was there for the nasa social event, and we were positioned about 6 miles away. Very cool experience, this video recaptures the magic for me.
@@ilikerio Yeah I'm hoping to visit the Cape sometime next year! Guessing its quite difficult the plan a trip around a launch date but either way it should be great!
People would leave theaters just after the credits rolls. Fast forward 10 years and people would stick until the end just to see the end credits. And just like SpaceX people stick around to see the landing. never would've imagine that landing is as much as exciting as the launch. What a great time to be alive!
Thanks for posting, at first I was like, so where’s this incredible sound and then, quite literally BOOM! There it is. The booster returns were good to watch too, nice one 👍👍
Great video! Wife and I watch from Cherie down park and it was a great light and sound show. It was worth the early 2:30 am launch and we are looking forward to traveling back to Florida to see the next falcon 9 night launch. I've watched alot of shuttle launches which was a great light and sound experience but the sound from this rocket was in a class all by itself, it was like a mini earthquake while standing next to a 747 jet at full throttle, you will have to see it live to understand!
a 51 second delay, I may have counted wrong, but that would put you roughly 11 miles from the launch site... and from that far away it's still so loud... truly amazing
It sounds like very rapid thumping noises. Rocket engines are usually around 220 decibels at blastoff, that’s enough to kill anyone closer than 100 feet of the launchpad. This is also why the spectators are always situated very far away from the launch site.
I was there... hell yeah! Right there! Launch was supposed to be 11 pm or so and everyone and their mother were tired by 3 a.m. ... it was a humid hot one but it was worth every penny... greetings from New Jersey and to my girlfriend that didn't want me to get to Florida alone :)
Oh yeah, the humidity was brutal, as is typical for Florida. So glad they could light the candle in time before the launch window closed. The launch was spectacular! Thanks for commenting!
Points of interest:
1:26 - Sound reaches us
3:00 - Side boosters shutdown and boostback
4:39 - Reentry burn
5:42 - Landing burn
6:04 - Landing burn ends with a pair of *triple sonic booms!*
For those hearing only four sonic booms in total, try listening at 0.75x speed. You should hear six because (1) there are always three from each booster and (2) there are six clear peaks in the waveforms.
I'm guessing all of the sounds were delayed about one minute, twenty six seconds?
@Tim Monroe Not hardly ;-D
Just about! The landing sound delay should be less since we were much closer.
Nice video, thanks. I can hear 4 sonic booms. One from each end of booster.
I can imagine the sound pounding my body, my heart trying to be felt above the din.
I must have been right next to you, I hear myself talking in the background haha
Please tell me you weren't the guy doing the cliche "USA, USA..." chant...
I was right beside the guy chanting USA. Lol
@@marcbennett9050 No I was the guy in the background that said "Thats the boostback burn" Atleast I think it was me, sounds just like me and I was watching in the same area.
We were the group of guys with a bunch of tripods, playing music from a bluetooth speaker in the hours before launch! The most noticeable thing we had was a white telescope on a giant tripod, you may have seen it if you were nearby!
@@ilikerio I was right next to you guys, I was sitting in the bed of the blue pickup truck.
Those booms at 6:09 are cool, sound is soooo much slower than light. The engines shut down before the sound reaches the camera
LOL! 186,000 miles/sec vs. less than 1/4 mile/sec.
@@justasimpleguy7211Speed of sound is 767.269. mph. 1/4 of a mile is 1320 feet. Temp/humidity/weather can slow it down. in some Cases add .10-.13 mph
@@lovejago It's 1,125 feet/sec. Like I said, less than 1/4 mile/sec. Any variation due to temp, humidity or air pressure makes no real difference in it's comparison to the speed of light, practically speaking, as it's roughly 670 million mph.
you mean sound not light. it is much much much slower then light. the sound tho is crazy as shit.
He actually edited it. The real delay (I was there) was 50-60 seconds (roughly 5 seconds/mile and 10-12 miles distance) (As Juppe said). You're sitting there for quite some time after the engines have (visually) shut down before the sonic boom finally hits
This is going into my bucket list for sure.
0:30 The way it just completely lit up the night scene, like a miniature sun rising up and blazing across the sky.
It's so worth seeing, especially night launches! It was like a rising sun!
@@ilikerio Have there been any delays before? I'd love to see/hear one but I'd have to fly from UK.
Become. A. Poet.
@@conorm2524 I think there are delays if the weather isn't looking in their favor.
@@conorm2524 Delays can happen for any reason, so if you can, plan to stay a day or two in case it scrubs. This launch was delayed by 2 hours due to a ground system problem. Luckily there was a 4 hour launch window, so they were able to get it off the ground in time.
I got shivers down my spine watching those boosters land! Absolutely freaking amazing!!!
The feeling of seeing it in person is just... Indescribable. Thank you for commenting!
@@ilikerio That's my wish to see it in person too, and ASAP. The only issue is, that I am from Slovenia -> Europe :/ Hehehe but one day... I will see it no matter how hard I have to hustle just to be able to witness this in person.
Thanks for this great video, love watching it with my headphones... They are literally vibrating when the rocket launches .
@@Denis19912 Thank you! That would be a long trip, hope you can make it over here someday!
Randy Taylor Landing booster stages is truly a whole new world, both as spectacle and engineering prowess.
Same here. I also got a massive erection. Did that happen to you also ?
I live across the river from the Space Center and the sound of the Rocket literally shakes my door and windows
That sounds equal parts annoying and awesome.
That's awesome! Thanks for commenting!
Tom Peck sounds more awesome than annoying. It would be annoying if they launched rockets multiple times a day though I’d imagine.
@@ImNotActuallyChristian Fair enough.
@@ImNotActuallyChristian Awesome indeed, though unfortunately for him multiple rocket launches a day is SpaceX's plan.
I am so glad you resisted the urge to zoom in too close. This is a SPECTACULAR video, both visually and audially.
Ohhh it was so hard to fight that! Almost made the mistake of turning on 3x digital zoom before the launch, for 750mm max focal length. Way too much! The footage would have been so bad. Thank you for commenting!
and a great tracking job
@@CookieMonster-nt8hh Thank you!
Sound is very accurate to IRL but nothing beats actually being there and hearing this sound in the huge nights sky all around you.
It's true, nothing beats the real experience! Thanks for commenting!
It's not so much "hearing" as "feeling". It's a completely surreal experience in person.
It hurts my stomach. I love it!
I was there.....a long night but it was epic!
The sonic booms sounds like a salut for the successful mission. Congratulations! 🤘🏻
#OnToMars
Absolutely! Thanks for commenting!
@@ilikerio Thanks for you Video :-)
Apparently a Satanic salute?
@@kwisatzhaderach1458 how?
americans are like those old stove kettles.. every time they build up some steam "wooooooo"
Lmao I'm saving this. XD
I thought they were the Wo family ... 😂😂😂
underrated comment 😂
Our steam runs the world too🇺🇲
You should meet their soldiers, mate. FUCK ME!! No wonder they lost in Vietnam. Noisy fuckers...
By the time Artemis is ready to launch for a moon landing Space X will be shattering windows with the BFR.
TheCrossroads09 Totally. NASA is waaay behind the picture right now.
@@danielwhyatt3278 Starship development is currently not doing so great, and SLS Block 1 is already ready to be put together in the VAB. All the components have been made/adapted. Nasa takes longer to make their crafts because they have a lower budget and are *much* more careful when selecting rockets to be produced for manned spaceflight.
@@ryanspence5831 lol NASA has spent more on SLS than SpaceX has spent on R&D throughout it's entire life as a company
Regardless of opinion, it's an incredible new era of space travel!
@@corvettecoles As if NASA ever wanted SLS past Ares V. The people who have suffered the most from this waste on SLS is NASA and they know. Ridiculing SLS used to be a common opener in dry presentations to lighten up the mood ("senate launch system"). If Congress allowed it NASA would drop SLS so quick it would finally reach orbital velocity.
I know I'm 2 years late but this video is fantastic, some of the best night launch footage I've seen (and heard) on youtube.
That's alright, we're still catching up on comments from a year ago. Thank you so much for your kind words!
Incredible spectical at night. Thank so much for uncut and raw sound. I will make it to see one of these launches someday. Have to hear that power in person!
Thanks for commenting! It's definitely worth going, especially for one of the more powerful rockets like Falcon Heavy, Delta IV Heavy, or the upcoming SLS. Nothing beats the real thing!
As someone who lives on the Space Coast, this is very accurate sounding
Thanks for commenting!
My father and I stayed up all night and went to the beach to watch it. We live 60 miles south from the Cape, and the remaining sound from that rocket took approximately 5 minutes to reach us. Even though that sound was certainly *nothing* compared to the Cape Canaveral spectators' seats, it was still quite a spectacle to see on a perfectly clear night. ♥️🔥
That's incredible! Must be something to see it and hear it from such a distance. Thanks for commenting!
That was awesome!! Boost back burns and sonic booms were just crazy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting!
The vibration in the chest is always amazing and seems to warm the soul.
That's due to the low-frequency waves, can't replicate that experience with a video
It literally warms you hahha
Despite our efforts for recreating the real sound, absolutely nothing can beat experiencing it in person. Thanks for commenting!
y, i just took a shit as well
This had to have been way better than any fireworks show!! With the bass turned up.....just an inkling of what it must have been like to be there in person. Thanks for sharing!!
Absolutely! With a really good sound setup you can get close to the real thing... But nothing can beat being there. Thanks for commenting!
Birds be lyke "mornin already"
Oh it's night again
And then, jezzz that sound
As a hardcore basshead and general audiophile, this video is AWESOME. Rockin the block with bass. Great video too!
bassboylowg it sounded incredible just through my headphones. I can’t imagine what’s it’s like through a good audio system and subwoofers 🔊
Thank you! We appreciate the positive feedback, especially for our efforts in recreating the real audio.
@@jstoli996c4s Pretty much like it is at the Cape, at least as far as china cabinets and windows rattling. You can't really generate the sonic shocks, though, since in reality they are basically instantaneous, and you can't actually FEEL the shock hit you, like you would there. Those sound OK with a really good sub (Velodyne 15' servo sub, in my case), but not like they do in reality.
The sonic boom's are incredible. On the list of things to do, witness a launch!! Great video man!
Feeling the sonic booms in real life is an indescribable experience, totally worth seeing a launch if you can! Thanks for the comment!
Wow those noises of people talking in the background are so relaxing. I could loop it before bed and sleep in no time
Spot on! I was watching from Kars Park and it was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen
Thank you!! Same here, it was absolutely insane. The video can't match the real thing!
FutureMartian97 as long as you didnt molest the manatees.
@@primeribgaming2681 Ok then..
The satellite going over during staging was pretty cool. Amazing video. Why have I not seen this, algorithm?
Thank you so much! The algorithm seems to prefer the more popular videos from huge channels.
@@ilikerio If you say so, pal. I watches what I watches! Great friggin video btw! Best space launch video I've ever seen without a doubt!
@@thealgorithm2841 The algorithm has spoken! 😳😂 Thank you so much for the kind words!
Thanks for posting this amazing sounding video. Those sonic booms tho :DD
Thank you for commenting! The power of the sonic booms can't be fully captured, but this is as close as it gets!
I live about 25 miles south of the cape and the sonic booms knocked pictures off my wall it’s was insane! Just moved back to Florida a few months ago and this was the first launch I’ve seen.
Incredible! Thanks for commenting!
its awesome how excited people are for this, especially when the boosters landed, actually gave me chills
The chills were indescribable when it was happening in real life! Thanks for commenting!
Makes the arm hair raise and my eyes get teary when you see the boosters come back to land. Like falcon saying “thanks boys, appreciate the help” and their job is done.
Witnessing this in person was an unforgettable experience! Thank you for commenting!
Thank you! Great video. I was at Kirk Point Park on A1A, but I like your vantage point. I wanna get that close for the return booms! Recordings can't do it justice, however you captured it well!
Thank you very much! We're very happy with the audio, but absolutely nothing beats the real thing. Kirk Point looks closer to the launch pad. But Route 401 is great for seeing/hearing the boosters landing!
Thanks for taking me there! I used to live in the panhandle area as a kid and saw about 8 Apogee rocket launches and booster splashdowns and one that just went boom.
I may never get back there to see one again, but you video was the best live feel of all I've watched.
Thanks again!
Thank you for the comment! Glad we could bring back the memories with this footage!
Quite a few people are attempting to calculate the distance from the sound delay, but they are doing so with many errors. Here's the attempted math from one of our previous replies:
Going back to the footage and measuring with Sony Vegas, the exact time between the first light of ignition and the initial sound (not the loud part, just the very beginning) is 57.04 seconds. Since the speed of sound varies with temperature (and the temperature varies since the sound is traveling to us over land and water), it's difficult to use an exact number...
Assuming 77°F (25°C) and 90% humidity (it was much less at our location), the speed of sound is 347.8 m/s.
www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-speed-sound-d_603.html
This yields a distance of only 19.8 km (12.3 mi), contrasting sharply with the Google Earth distance of 20.9 km (13.0 mi). If we assume 86°F (30°C) this goes up to 20.0 km (12.4), which still falls short of the measured distance.
What blew my mind is how you heard the sonic Booms after the boosters landing powerful booms from the two boosters. The fact that they were landed before i heard it though was interesting considering i was near the landing pad.
Yeah I basically eyeballed the first light to first sound. Didn't read the description, people do that on TH-cam? Sorry to misrepresent your location.
Great video.
Unfortunately, TH-cam audio isn't usually considered quality. If you could post a link to your downloadable 24bit audio, that would be better.
I find it likely, that there is already plenty of "sound" being generated in the startup process without emitting light, thus leading to an delay between sound and light generation/emission.
Maybe it's just due to the wind
Best vid I've seen. All the popping and banging reminded me of watching the Sat V at the Cape a couple of times, once from really close.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
3:30 is so beautiful I'm lost for words.
It's one of the most incredible things we have ever filmed. Thanks for commenting!
Could someone explaine to me what exactly happened there?
@@janm3531 I think it was just burning up more atmosphere than usual due to weather. Could be wrong
@@janm3531 the side boosers reignited their engines to redirect them back to the landing pads at the Cape. The terminology is "boostback burn." The atmosphere is very thin up there and the exhaust spreads out making for a great show!
@@janm3531 the 2 boosters turn around and fire their engines to head back to land. At that time their engines are pointed directly at the engines from the receding centre core, so the result is the 3 jets of gas collide and start glowing, forming these nebula like patterns
That is the coolest thing ever!
It was unbelievable!! Thanks for watching!
@@ilikerio You’re very welcome 😊
This is the best video I've seen of the Falcon Heavy. You really captured the experience nicely. Well done!. 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! This is one of our proudest works!
Really moving video. Please keep posting these for launches!
Thank you! We'll do our best!
amazing to witness the speed of sound and speed of light comparitively
It's amazing to see the difference! Thanks for watching!
Ngl, that high attitude booster flame looks like some straight up avengers special effects. Super dope looking
It was the most incredible thing to see! Thank you for commenting!
Damn this sounds so good , and it also looks great for a night film !Thank you!
Thank you very much!
I watched this launch from my backyard in Crystal River which is about 100 miles west of the Cape. Even at this distance it was an extremely impressive thing to watch. However, the most impressive thing was that the sonic booms managed to travel all the way across 100 miles of the state and be heard and felt over here. Although subdued the separate booms turned into low roar that went on for about a minute. It did manage to shake the windows a bit as well. That Falcon Heavy is a very powerful machine!!
That is absolutely incredible!! Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely amazing. I’m sure there is truly nothing on Earth like it. If Ray Bradbury wrote in his stories the rocket would land back at Earth, we all would have thought he was crazy... but here we are
Indeed, well said! Thanks for commenting!
Ohh boy, I want to see it in person too!! Will plan my 2024 holiday around spacex launches
It's worth seeing! Thanks for commenting!
The extent of my engineering knowledge: flamey part down, pointy end up.
Interestingly, that's only how the first part starts. Once they're up a bit there going sidee ways.
Unbelievable sound and video quality! I was on 401 that night and watching this on a hifi sound system with a good sub is extremely close to being there as far as the sound goes. Awesome!
Thank you so much!! It was such a great experience! So glad to hear that our audio is close to the real thing!
From an article -“[The] first boom is from the aft end (engines),” said John Taylor, SpaceX’s Communications Director. “[The] second boom is from the landing legs at the widest point going up the side of the rocket. [The] third boom is from the fins near the forward end.”
If you try to listen at 0.25X, it's very clear.
Incredible.
That long exposure shot was definitely my favorite part
So glad to hear! A lot of work went into preparing for that shot!
Amazing video!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!
Thank you so much for commenting! It's an honor to share!
The exhaust interation was a beautiful sight. Great finale too!
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for commenting!
WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! This is incredible, I will make a trip to see one of these launches. I saw one of the last Space Shuttle Launches back in 08. Amazing experience.
Thank you very much! It's so worth seeing one of these launches, especially a Falcon Heavy if you can!
Humankind is the best kind
Very Cool! We were in Dayton Beach a few years back and happened to watch a launch at 3 am. We were too far away to hear the sound, but the visual was cool.
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Dang, I hate missing launches. Lots of STS memories though👍
I love the bit between 0.00 and 7.00...........but especially 6.09👍........great filming dude
Thank you very much!
THANK YOU ELON!! :)
I got very lucky and happened across a lady who's brother worked in Launch Control for this mission. I was cleaning an airbnb house with a friend of mine, and the lady mentioned that the rocket was what brought them into town. My friend started talking before I could open my mouth to say anything and told her how much of a space fan I was. The lady told me to give her my name and number. I didn't actually expect a call back! I went out there with the people who built the satellites on board. I listened to them talk mostly. I don't know the math for this sort of thing yet. But for the first time in a long time, I felt like I actually fit in to the group. It was incredible!
I called my dad, and it was about 2:30am, I think. I told him, "Dad, you will never guess where I am, what I'm doing, and who I'm with!" Of course, being my dad, he could tell nothing was wrong, and knew the only other thing I could possibly be calling at that hour for would be a rocket. I filled him in quickly, then he got to listen in on the launch, my running commentary (have flip phone, so couldn't video chat or take photos,), and the landing. I can actually hear myself shouting, "Wow! Dad!" when the boosters separated with that fireworks show. I didn't realize that I sound like such a young kid there! If I didn't remember shouting it at that moment, I would've mistaken my voice for a ten year old's! Lol! I'm twenty one!
Planning on working out there someday! Truly an incredible experience!
The Moon that night over the Delta launchpad was unreal!! It looked like a scene out of a scifi movie!! It was a wonderful night, and I thank everyone who made it possible for me to go out there, and the group that let me tag along!
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
3:03 - 4:00 Such freaking awesome footage!
That's when everyone's jaws hit the ground. Words can't describe it! Thanks for commenting!
This is some of the best footage of the engines powering down, separation, and boosters firing. So beautiful!
Thank you so much! This is one of our proudest works!
I love listening to the launch noise and sonic booms, it would be a lot better with out the cheering yelling and clapping (not the videographers fault). Good video.
Agreed. It ruins every aspect of space flight now. The "whooping" and "hollering" drives me fucking nuts with the background chanting of "USA...USA....USA". Fuck me.
Thank you for understanding! There was absolutely nothing we could do. Finding a more isolated spot would just mean being farther away (and we were already far, 13 miles from the pad). Thanks for the comment!
@@ilikerio 13 miles? That is very clear footage! I would think there'd be a lot of atmospheric heat wave distortion in the low angle shot, nice job.
@@kpkndusa Thank you! While it was sitting on the pad before launch, the heat haze was too much to get a clear shot even through a 495mm telescope. Much less noticeable here since the max zoom was only 250mm.
Simon Williams Double agreed. I can't exactly explain without sounding awful but there's something that takes away from the solemn awe the when a bunch of idiots start screaming and hooting like it's a ballgame. Just keep it to yourself and soak it in.
Wow this is the coolest video of this launch I've seen. Even beats the SpaceX cameras. That boost back burn looked incredible! So awesome to see at night!
That's quite the compliment! Thank you!
Great work
Thanks!!
nice vid, i was impressed how well my phone and gopro 7 picked up the audio as well. People will still have no idea how that sound passes right through your body and you feel it on your bones.
Thank you! It's incredible, nothing matches the real thing!
It would be cool to re sync the sound so from our perspective sound and video would be like one was standing at ground zero.
I completely and utterly disagree! Every time that's done, whether it's a news show, movie, TV show, documentary, etc. it pissed me off! Sound is slower than light, that's just reality. When the noise isn't delayed it just screams fake to me.
There is a video from years ago of a manufacturing plant (rocket fuel?) on fire and exploding, it's isolated off in the desert and it's being videoed from a nearby hilltop ('nearby' being miles away). When the plant explodes you can see the shockwave expanding out in a circle, as it's closing in on the camera it goes out of sight for a second then "boom!" The delay in the sound reaching the camera is part of what makes the video so great.
Quite a few people suggest this, but it's simply not realistic...
Fantastic video work. Closest thing to being there. Thanks! Go SpaceX!!
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How to melt ears:
Put noise canceling headphones on
Do 100%
Congrats you just became deaf AND IT WAS AWESOME
Open-back is far more accurate and can provide 100000x more real sound, if you have high end gear to power it. Noise cancelling dumbs down the sound and does not have spacial sound properties. Good for movies and terrible for literally anything else. Get yourself good open-back cans.
EVOLICIOUS if you have good noice cancelend Headphones it feels even more realistic cause they wel rumble a lot so it literaly vibraties and suround sound is better
idk about you but I love my noise isolating close backs.
The bass is so clean on them.
Also.
Open sounding closed backs exist.
The full experience can never be replicated, but listening to this at full volume is the closest you can get to the real thing!
@@ilikeriohaptics and VR would like to have a word with you quietly.
Thank you for capturing and sharing this!
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Great video! Now I can show the fiance what she slept through.
Thank you! It was worth being sleep deprived for this!
That was amazing..thanks for posting.
Thank you so much!
The dual rocket landing sounds like when you go through the dryer section of a carwash lmao
Exactly! But I think it’s a slightly bit louder...😅
Absolutely amazing. Having watching a SST launching from Cocoa Beach on April 2001, I know how the sound feels like, and your video makes me remember that feeling again.
Great job!
Thank you. 😁
Glad to hear that our video brings back the memories. Thanks for commenting!
Is there a version with the audio resync'd to the video? In other words, with the sound vs light delay removed as if you were right next to the pad.
Just watch the official launch video!
This is problematic because the audio itself "sounds" like a distant rocket launch. There's no way around that without actually recording audio from close up.
@@ilikerio That's part of what would make it so interesting, imo. Just seeing the visual that's causing the (amazing) sound you're hearing would add to the experience. Although, there is something to be said for the anticipation you get in this video...
In 2003 my wife and I travelled from the other side of the world to watch the night launch of the Opportunity Mars Rover. Watching your excellent presentation is giving me a trip down memory lane.
That's amazing, glad to hear that our video brought back the memories! Thanks for commenting!
Nice firework. Where can i purchase one?
I just watched this video this morning! Thank you. I was there for the nasa social event, and we were positioned about 6 miles away. Very cool experience, this video recaptures the magic for me.
Thank you! Glad to hear that!
Woah this is awesome! would love to see a launch one day :)
Thank you! You definitely should see one, it's an amazing experience!
@@ilikerio Yeah I'm hoping to visit the Cape sometime next year! Guessing its quite difficult the plan a trip around a launch date but either way it should be great!
@@JamesCutts22 If you can, plan for some extra time in case it scrubs. The next Falcon Heavy is sometime next year!
great stuff guys!!! congratulation and thank you. love the pure joy and excitement of the people
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Dang that lit up the night...
400th comment! 😀
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Such a beautiful sight! Thanks for commenting!
Wow that was epic! The atmosphere must have been crystal clear on that evening. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! It was beautifully clear!
I calculated, you were 17/18 km from Falcon Heavy.
Google Earth measures 20.9 km to the pad. Attempting to account for temperature and humidity, the closest the math gets is 20 km.
Awesome video!!!!!!!!!👊. Well documented!!!!!
Thank you!
That guy screaming "USA, USA" xD
And I agree with him! This girl is voting for Trump in November!
For a company owned by a South African..
@@LimitedBeetle I don't think that people from the USA are aware of fact that he's an immigrant
@@relaist Of COURSE they are, some of us, anyway.
People would leave theaters just after the credits rolls. Fast forward 10 years and people would stick until the end just to see the end credits. And just like SpaceX people stick around to see the landing. never would've imagine that landing is as much as exciting as the launch. What a great time to be alive!
Seeing the boosters return to Earth was the best part of this experience! It's absolutely incredible what SpaceX is accomplishing!
My wife says i fart louder than this.
That was absolutely magnificent. Thanks so much for sharing.
Indeed! Thanks for commenting!
The crowd reminds me of drunken US tourists
Thanks for posting, at first I was like, so where’s this incredible sound and then, quite literally BOOM! There it is. The booster returns were good to watch too, nice one 👍👍
Thank you very much! The sound takes a while but it's amazing when it hits!
USA USA lol
Yeah, Elon Musk is South African
@@geoffallan so, the thousands working at spacex arent. SpaceX is a U.S. company.
There is always one twat
fantastic clip. thank you
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This is such a great video and the sound is fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much! It was an honor to record and capture the experience!
Sound of a lifetime. Ty
Absolutely! Thank you!
Thank you
Great video! Wife and I watch from Cherie down park and it was a great light and sound show. It was worth the early 2:30 am launch and we are looking forward to traveling back to Florida to see the next falcon 9 night launch. I've watched alot of shuttle launches which was a great light and sound experience but the sound from this rocket was in a class all by itself, it was like a mini earthquake while standing next to a 747 jet at full throttle, you will have to see it live to understand!
Nothing beats the real experience! Seems like night launches are way more spectacular than daytime launches. Thanks for commenting!
a 51 second delay, I may have counted wrong, but that would put you roughly 11 miles from the launch site... and from that far away it's still so loud... truly amazing
I was in Lakeland watching and could see the boost back burns perfectly from there.. absolutely amazing to watch.
It was an incredible sight! Thanks for commenting!
This was a really an incredible video.
Thank you very much!
It sounds like very rapid thumping noises. Rocket engines are usually around 220 decibels at blastoff, that’s enough to kill anyone closer than 100 feet of the launchpad. This is also why the spectators are always situated very far away from the launch site.
The boost back burns were incredible.
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Best video I've seen of the whole process yet.
The delayed sound just adds to the excitement of such an inspiring company!
I was there... hell yeah! Right there! Launch was supposed to be 11 pm or so and everyone and their mother were tired by 3 a.m. ... it was a humid hot one but it was worth every penny... greetings from New Jersey and to my girlfriend that didn't want me to get to Florida alone :)
Oh yeah, the humidity was brutal, as is typical for Florida. So glad they could light the candle in time before the launch window closed. The launch was spectacular! Thanks for commenting!