SpaceX: Falcon Heavy - Full Launch (T-45 seconds till end)
by Lukas S.
12:18 - 2,349,799 views

The full test launch of the Falcon Heavy, from T-45 to finish! Note that these videos are not intended to infringe on the original videos, but provide a smaller recap of the entire event in an uncut video, as opposed to 45-90 minute long videos with 10 minutes of action.

STS-129 HD Launch
by NASA
11:32 - 4,948,428 views

Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will transport spare hardware to the outpost and return a station crew member who spent more than two months in space.

Atlantis is carrying about 30,000 pounds of replacement parts for systems that provide power to the station, keep it from overheating, and maintain a proper orientation in space. The large equipment can best be transported using the shuttle's unique capabilities.

Crew Safe After Soyuz Launch Abort
by NASA
17:22 - 435,656 views

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are in good condition following an aborted launch of their Soyuz spacecraft.

The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, October 11 (2:40 p.m. in Baikonur) carrying American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft. Search and rescue teams were deployed to the landing site. Hague and Ovchinin are out of the capsule and are reported to be in good condition.

Note: This video is edited for length, but includes the launch, the initial report of the issue, and the confirmation that the crew landed safely.

A fantastic video of Soyuz-2.1a successfull launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome
by Russia Insight
13:29 - 410,268 views

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Russia’s brand new cosmodrome launches first-ever rocket
Soyuz-2.1a successfully launched from Vostochny
Source ROSCOSMOS Media Store https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pBMx4k8pjkNtfjUYuhgjg

Vladimir Putin observed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Vostochny Space Launch Centre. The booster will deliver into orbit three spacecraft – Mikhail Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218.

The President congratulated Roscosmos, cosmodrome workers and builders on the successful launch of the carrier rocket.

“I would like to congratulate you all. We have reason to be proud,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with rocket launch team and Roscosmos representatives. “This is definitely a very important and significant step forward in the development of the Russian cosmonautics.”

The President was joined for the launch event by Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of Roscosmos Igor Komarov, Commander of the Russian Space Forces and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Lieutenant-General Alexander Golovko, First Deputy Director of Roscosmoc Alexander Ivanov, Director of the Federal Agency for Special Construction Alexander Volosov, and the team of builders who took part in the cosmodrome construction.

The launch initially scheduled for April 27, had been postponed for 24 hours following failure in operation of the flight control system.

Vostochny is Russia’s first civilian spaceport for preparation and launch of scientific, socioeconomic and commercial satellites. The main construction works were completed in mid-January of 2016.

The Mikhail Lomonosov satellite is designed to help study transient phenomena in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere and near-Earth radiation environment along with fundamental cosmological studies.
Первый пуск с космодрома ВОСТОЧНЫЙ
All three satellites launched on the Soyuz rocket have been successfully deployed to their specified orbits. Experimental nanosatellite SamSat-218 disconnected from the Volga payload assist module at 07:07am Msocow time (04:07 GMT). Ten seconds later two main payload satellites, Lomonosov and Aist-l, also reached their destinations.
The launch on Thursday was observed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who decided to stay for an extra day to personally take part in the event.

“I want to congratulate you. There’s a lot to be proud of,” Putin told Roscosmos staff following the successful launch. “The launch could technically have taken place yesterday, but the hardware overreacted and it was aborted. But that’s a normal occurrence.”

“Most importantly, the launch complex you developed is operating, functioning well,” the president added. “There’s a lot of work up ahead, but this was certainly a very serious, significant step in the development of Russian cosmonautics.”
The historic launch came a day behind schedule. First planned for Wednesday, it was aborted at the last minute when automatic safety systems detected a fail signal in one of their sensors.

“The first launch from a new pad is an important and sensitive event. Things like this happen. We will work it out,” the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Igor Komarov, said in comments on the hitch.

Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin – something of a ‘space tsar’ in the Russian government – also watched the launch at the site, and was joined by the chief of Russian Space Troops, Lt. Gen. Aleksandr Golovko.

Onboard camera view: launch and separation of Sentinel-1A
by European Space Agency, ESA
4:47 - 964,040 views

Cameras mounted on the Soyuz Fregat upper stage that sent Sentinel-1A into space on 3 April 2014 captured this superb footage. It shows liftoff, the various stages in the rocket's ascent and the Sentinel-1A satellite being released from the Fregat upper stage to start its life in orbit around Earth.

The 2.3 tonne satellite lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST). The first stage separated 118 sec later, followed by the fairing (209 sec), stage 2 (287 sec) and the upper assembly (526 sec). After a 617 sec burn, the Fregat upper stage delivered Sentinel into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 693 km altitude. The satellite separated from the upper stage 23 min 24 sec after liftoff.

Sentinel-1 is the first in the family of satellites for Europe's Copernicus programme. It carries an advanced radar to scan Earth's surface in all weather conditions and regardless of whether it is day or night. This new mission will be used to care for many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used.

ESA launches four satellites on an Ariane 5 as part of the EUs Galileo satellite navigation system.
by euronews (in English)
5:1 - 5,196 views

Galileo is Europe’s own global satellite navigation system, consisting of both the satellites in space and their associated ground infrastructure. These latest four Galileo satellites will bring the constellation in orbit up to 26 satellites.

H-IIA F40 launches GOSAT-2 (IBUKI-2) and KhalifaSat
by SciNews
4:48 - 31,136 views

H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 40 (H-IIA F40) launched GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat from Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Tanegashima, Japan, on 29 October 2018 at 04:08 UTC (13:08 local time). GOSAT-2 or IBUKI-2 (いぶき2号) is JAXA's Second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite and KhalifaSat (خليفة سات) is a remote sensing Earth observation satellite, developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates.

Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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SS-520 No. 5 launches TRICOM-1R
by SciNews
1:56 - 115,801 views

The SS-520 No. 5 three-stage sounding rocket launched TRICOM-1R microsatellite from the Uchinoura Space Center, in Kagoshima, Japan, on 3 February 2018, at 05:03 UTC (14:03 Japan Standard Time, JST). TRICOM-1R weights approximately 3 kg and was designed to take photographs of the Earth with its onboard camera.

Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)