When a satellite launch goes wrong...

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Video of the Delta 2 Rocket carrying a new satellite GPS2R explodes shortly after takeoff.

_http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7802725288795387471
 
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I don't think your thread title is dramatic enough - could you change it to "When Good Satellites Go Bad..."

:-rofl2
 
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What could I not done with those dollars ?

Hate to see month, if not years, just burn up like that

Still, some of them sats I can live withou :p
 
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That looks very CGI-esque, with a mishmash of disaster videos edited in to me... :-rofl2
 
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_http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6359454682944233574
 
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mhku said:
_http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6359454682944233574
Click to expand...

:-rofl2

I feel sorry for her boyfriend/husband/whoeversheshags!!! :eek:
 
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Ariane 501 was the biggest firework I've seen

_http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/ariane/ariane5/AR501/V88%20AR501%20video.mpg
 
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The loss of Ariane V501 (the Cluster mission) was a damp squib compared to the Challenger explosion

The first part of this video is a view of poor old Challenger I havent seen before.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6284129649680089261
 
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Meanwhile half way round the world, the Chinese botched the launch of Intelsat 708 on Feb 15th 1996, and the rocket landed on a village causing an unknown number of fatalities. Cant find any video of the launch but heres a still
 
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