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

The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth as planned, touching down about 8.5 minutes after liftoff on the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Credit: SpaceX
Transcript
00:00 Falcon 9 is in startup.
00:07 [Silence]
00:32 Thirty seconds.
00:41 [Silence]
00:47 Fifteen seconds.
00:52 Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
01:02 [Silence]
01:23 Propulsion is nominal.
01:49 Nominal power and telemetry.
01:57 Mach one.
02:13 Six Q.
02:35 And back to chillout started.
02:39 Trajectory nominal.
02:46 [Silence]
03:15 [Silence]
03:30 Main engine cutoff.
03:34 Stage separation confirmed.
03:42 And back ignition.
03:45 [Silence]
04:12 Bearing separation confirmed.
04:15 [Silence]
04:40 Both vehicles are on a nominal trajectory.
04:44 [Silence]
05:13 [Silence]
05:41 Acquisition of signal Bermuda.
05:44 [Silence]
06:13 [Silence]
06:42 [Silence]
06:52 [Silence]
07:02 [Silence]
07:14 Stage one entry burn startup.
07:16 [Silence]
07:35 Stage one entry burn shutdown.
07:40 Stage one and stage two FTS have saved.
07:50 Both vehicles remain on a nominal trajectory.
08:10 [Silence]
08:33 Stage one transonic.
08:40 [Silence]
09:03 Stage two is in terminal guidance.
09:07 Stage one landing burn.
09:10 [Silence]
09:22 Stage one landing leg deploy.
09:25 [Silence]
09:30 Stage one landing confirmed.
09:33 [Silence]
09:44 Expected loss of signal.

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