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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch was YouTube’s second biggest live stream ever

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch was YouTube’s second biggest live stream ever

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SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this afternoon from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the live stream of the event was the second biggest in YouTube’s history. The event reached over 2.3 million concurrent views on YouTube, coming in second to the Red Bull Stratos jump, which racked in a ridiculous 8 million concurrent views back in 2012.

The company isn’t done with live streams for the day either. You can currently watch the dummy in SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, which is attached to the Falcon Heavy’s upper stage, make its way toward its eventual orbit around Mars.