SpaceX Completed Starlink Doubleheader With Launches From Florida And California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
Another Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlinks from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Both successfully landed their first stages on drone ships in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Credit: SpaceX / edited by Space.com
Another Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlinks from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Both successfully landed their first stages on drone ships in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Credit: SpaceX / edited by Space.com
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00:00 T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition, engines full power, and liftoff.
00:14 Go Falcon and go Starling.
00:25 Vehicle is pitching downrange.
00:28 Engine one propulsion is nominal. Go Falcon.
00:55 Welcome to supersonic.
01:09 Rescue.
01:27 Welcome to supersonic.
01:43 Engine chill started.
02:07 Main engine cutoff.
02:14 Stage separation confirmed.
02:17 And back ignition.
02:46 Firing separation confirmed.
03:05 Stage one FTSS saved.
03:24 Stage one engine burn start up.
03:34 Stage two FTSS saved.
03:49 Both vehicles are following.
03:50 Stage three burn shutdown.
03:52 Stage four FTSS saved.
04:02 Stage one transonic.
04:31 Stage two is in terminal guidance.
04:59 Stage one landing burn.
05:15 Stage one landing light deploy.
05:25 Stage one landing confirmed.
05:35 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition.
05:44 And liftoff of Falcon 9.
05:47 Go Starling.
05:48 Go SpaceX.
05:53 Vehicle is pitching downrange.
06:01 M1D chamber pressure is nominal.
06:28 Power and telemetry.
06:40 Falcon 9 is supersonic.
06:51 Max Q.
07:17 And back chill is started.
07:32 MECO.
07:35 Stage separation confirmed.
07:42 And back ignition.
08:11 Firing separation confirmed.
08:34 Stage one entry burn startup.
08:57 Stage one entry burn shutdown.
09:20 Stage one FTSS saved.
09:24 Vehicles are in a nominal trajectory.
09:27 And liftoff of Falcon 9.
09:55 Stage two transonic.
10:24 Stage two in terminal guidance.
10:27 Stage one landing burn.
10:40 Stage two FTSS saved.
10:43 Stage one landing light deploy.
10:50 Stage one landing confirmed.
11:07 And back shutdown.
11:19 nominal parking orbit.