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SpaceX reaches orbit with Falcon 1 - Flight 4 (full video including Elon Musk statement)

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The full webcast of SpaceX's Falcon 1 Flight 4, the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit, on 28 September 2008. It includes the crew's cheering and Elon Musk's statement afterward.

HN shares it as a nostalgic, historic moment, noting the cheers at each milestone and Musk's address to employees.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@DabAsteroid2008 · in “SpaceX launches 1st commercial rocket into orbit”

You're welcome. Here is the 40-minute version that includes Elon Musk's post-launch address to the SpaceX employees in Hawthorne, California, and post-launch interview: [VIDEO]

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@cspags2015 · in “Elon Musk’s Space Dream Almost Killed Tesla”

Here's the video of the first Falcon 1 launch that reaches orbit. The series of cheers at each milestone, as the article mentions, is pretty awesome. [VIDEO]

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@paulsutter2017 · in “SES-10 Mission”

For nostalgia's sake, here's Elon's speech to employees after the first successful launch of Falcon 1 (flight 4), in 2008 at Kwajalein Atoll: [VIDEO] (speech begins at 32:30, in case link doesn't work)

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@mrkgnao2017 · in “SES-10 Mission”

He's definitely matured a ton as a speaker. I mean, he isn't smooooth now, but there are far fewer pauses, to the point where it's just another striking feature about him instead of making his words hard to follow. Also, the kid being held aloft at 34:20 was a very cute touch. [VIDEO]

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