Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

when RazakSAT had to be delivered - it was too heavy for Falcon 1 had to change the direction of pad, had to deliver it from closer to equator for the weight reason. Razak itself wanted to be close to equator so the satellite would fly by Malay about dozen times.. for monitoring...

liquid oxygen (-297F close to pluto temp) takes less space

static fire test - clamps

When the rocket couldnt be pinged from the ground with UHF antenna, going a little above.. closer to the rocket's antenna.. saved the price of building a comms center

scrappy but expedient - moving the rocket in a cradle on wheels with a plyboard 4-5 fet and then moving the plyboard further.. each time...

More voltage to prevent brown out reset from the lengthy cables.