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Falcon 9 Rocket Launch and Landing by MEAT10AF

MEAT10AF
MEAT10AF
136 / 25
3rd Oct 2017
3rd Oct 2017
Send Falcon 9 to space and bring it to a safe landing at sea. Features detailed decorations and simulated launch and landing. Just spark the launch button and watch it go!
rocket falcon spark mission explosion landing launch space nasa engine

Comments

  • volcanoes123
    volcanoes123     12th Jun 2022
    lollololololololololololololololololololol
  • BonziBuddy
    BonziBuddy     17th Aug 2020
    gravity turn
  • TheNik
    TheNik     9th Oct 2017
    In fact, the more time you spend flying upwards, the more velocity you lose due to Earth's gravity, so a rocket gradually starts flying sideways almost immediately after clearing the launch tower. It aims to fly completely horizontally only as soon as it is out of the thick parts of the atmosphere which would slow it down quickly on the ground. This happens around 30 - 40 km above the ground.
  • TheNik
    TheNik     9th Oct 2017
    The sideways flying is actually an important part of spaceflight. If you just fly up, you will fall down quickly. You need to fly sieeways really fast to literally miss the ground when falling down - this is what's called an "orbit". Earth's low orbit is about 200 km above the surface and the speed there is around 8.5 km/s - so you actually fly sideways much more than you do upwards.
  • alexelcaza
    alexelcaza     9th Oct 2017
    paste tpt.setfpscap(2) in console to make it fly faster
  • Rortenda
    Rortenda     9th Oct 2017
    Nice! I kinda expected it to blow up at the end tho xD
  • thomasxin
    thomasxin     9th Oct 2017
    Yeah this save could definitely benefit from having more pistons to provide a more fluid movement
  • CalOfduty9000
    CalOfduty9000     8th Oct 2017
    Amazing save these people have all these things to say but horizontal flying or not great job id love to see more of your work
  • Electro40
    Electro40     8th Oct 2017
    The sideways flying is maybe the rotation of the Earth?
  • Creeper8855
    Creeper8855     8th Oct 2017
    How did this get FP? Im pretty sure a rocket taking off that slowly would either tip over or run out of fuel really quickly and I really think that a rocket flying sideways is a bit odd.