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Draco thruster firing at full power for ten minutes, then after a thermal soak, restarts for an additional minute. Conducted in the vacuum test chamber at the SpaceX Texas Test facility in McGregor, TX.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle's first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, on November 22. For the static test firing, the first stage remains firm

SpaceX has released this video of the Falcon 1 flight 4 launch pointing out highlights of the launch and music from Crystal Method.

This is the 4th flight of Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 1 and its first successful flight to orbit.