10 TALLEST Space Rockets Ever Launched! [4K]
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Published 2018-06-30
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Space launch is the earliest part of a flight that reaches space. Space launch involves liftoff, when a rocket or other space launch vehicle leaves the ground, floating ship or midair aircraft at the start of a flight. Liftoff is of two main types: rocket launch (the current conventional method), and non-rocket spacelaunch (where other forms of propulsion are employed, including airbreathing jet engines or other kinds).
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List of Tallest Rockets to have ever launched:
10) Space shuttle
Space shuttle has a 60-foot (18 meter) long payload bay that is 15 feet (4.5 meters) wide. Orbiters can haul large payloads into orbit, making the shuttle the only spacecraft capable of launching massive segments of the ISS.2). On the ground, each NASA space shuttle is about 122 feet (37 meters) long from nose to stern and stands 56 feet (17 meters) tall. They have a wingspan of about 78 feet (23 meters).
9) Atlas V
Atlas V is commonly used for interplanetary missions, military payloads and cargo runs to the International Space Station. This rocket type has had more than 75 launches (as of March 2018) with no complete failures, making it among the most reliable in the world.
8) Ariane IV
The Ariane 4 was an expendable launch system, designed by the Centre national d'études spatiales while being manufactured and marketed by its subsidiary Arianespace. The launcher became justly known as the "workhorse" of the Ariane family.
7) Delta IV Medium
Delta IV is an expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family. The rocket's main components are designed by Boeing's Defense, Space & Security division and built in the United Launch Alliance (ULA) facility in Decatur, Alabama. Final assembly is completed at the launch site by ULA.
6) Angara A5
The Angara rocket family is a family of space-launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. The rockets are to put between 3,800 and 24,500 kg into low Earth orbit and are intended, along with Soyuz-2 variants, to replace several existing launch vehicles.
5) Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is derived from the Falcon 9 vehicle and consists of a strengthened Falcon 9 first stage as a central core with two additional first stages as strap-on boosters.
4) Delta IV Heavy
The Delta IV Heavy (Delta 9250H) is an expendable heavy-lift launch vehicle, the largest type of the Delta IV family, and is the world's second highest-capacity rocket in operation, with a payload capacity half of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.
3) Ares I-X
The Ares I–X vehicle consisted of a functional four-segment solid rocket booster (SRB) stage, a fifth segment mass simulator, an upper-stage simulator (USS).
2) N1
The N1 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V. It was designed with crewed extra-orbital travel in mind. Development work started on the N1 in 1959. Its first stage is the most powerful rocket stage ever built.
1) Saturn V
The Saturn V was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. The three-stage liquid-fueled super heavy-lift launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station.The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. As of 2018, the Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful (highest total impulse) rocket ever brought to operational status, and holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 140,000 kg (310,000 lb.
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• Falcon Heavy Test Flight
• Orion Soars on First Flight Test
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All Comments (21)
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No one will forgot the legendary Saturn - V
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Well done. Still am in awe when I watch the Saturn V liftoff. And ended up with a perfect track record too. Respect for the teams that made that all possible.
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RIP N1
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3:56 That's an absolutely amazing view of Delta IV Medium appearing from behind that hill!
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When the srb ignite you know stuff just got real
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moment of silence for sea dragon
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3:03 when your Friend blows into the Mic
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Thank you for making great videos! You make me happy!
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3:56 Delta IV: "goes up through the hill" Delta IV: hi, dude! Me: Hi, Delta IV! Delta IV can be seen also in the launchpad to mountain hill
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The sheer acceleration of the space shuttle! It just jumps off the launch pad as soon as those solids are ignited & can't wait to get into orbit! Very impressive! 😃😃😃😃😃😃
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The falcon 9 heavy... Gotta love it
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I am really impressed with this video! Fun to watch, too!
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This video deserves much more views.
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The legendary saturn v the first rocket to get on the moon and safely back to earth
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Cant wait for starship!
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Looking forward to seeing the Space Launch System & the block 2 cargo version & also the space-x Super Heavy Starship on here! I wonder if the Lockheed LLLV & the Sea Dragon will ever be built?
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This is good video!! You need to do 2023 version
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5:55 for the win.
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At 3:41 I thought that it will not lift off at all 😅
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I saw the saturn V IRL at rocket park at Johnson spsace station
