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A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The rocket's first stage, making it's record 17th flight, came back to Earth 8.5 minutes after launch, landing on a SpaceX drone ship stationed at sea.

Credit: SpaceX
Transcript
00:00 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
00:26 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
00:31 Vehicle is approaching downrange.
00:36 Stage one propulsion is nominal.
00:39 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
00:57 Nominal power telemetry.
01:00 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
01:05 Falcon 9 is supersonic.
01:09 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
01:22 Max Q.
01:24 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
01:45 MVAC shuttle has started.
01:55 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
02:10 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
02:20 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
02:30 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
02:40 Main engine cutoff.
02:44 Stage separation confirmed.
02:50 MVAC ignition.
03:00 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
03:22 Stage bearing separation confirmed.
03:32 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
04:00 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
04:22 All vehicles nominal trajectory.
04:25 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
04:53 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
05:11 Acquisition of signal, Bermuda.
05:14 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
05:42 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
05:52 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
06:02 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
06:22 Stage one entry burn startup.
06:24 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
06:44 Stage one entry burn shutdown.
06:47 Stage two FTS is saved.
06:54 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
07:22 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
07:42 Stage one transonic.
07:45 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
08:09 Terminal guidance.
08:12 Stage one landing burn.
08:14 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
08:28 Landing leg deployed.
08:30 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
08:38 Stage one landing confirmed.
08:40 [ Sound of spacecraft ]
08:56 Expected loss of signal, Cape.
08:58 Impact shutdown.

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