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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by viraptor on Monday March 02, 2015 @03:11AM (#9130854)
What did they show starting around T+00:09:17? Blue, stargate-like view...
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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by Already__Taken on Monday March 02, 2015 @05:53AM (#9131268)
Specifically, Liquid Oxygen.

The Kerosene tank is below that. You can tell because that RP1 tank would have a center shaft the LOX drains through to the engine.

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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by valevk on Monday March 02, 2015 @03:21AM (#9130885)
That's the fuel tank of the second stage. They want to capture the transfer into zero G.
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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by Narkov on Monday March 02, 2015 @03:26AM (#9130897)
Fuel tank.
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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video] by Crito on Monday March 02, 2015 @11:11AM (#9132495)
Oxidizer technically. Propellant is a good word that can be used for either fuel or oxidizer.
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