• 2 days ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth about eight minutes after liftoff as planned, touching down on the SpaceX droneship "A Shortfall of Gravitas" in the Atlantic Ocean.

Credit: SpaceX
Transcript
00:00T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and liftoff.
00:16Go SpaceX, go Starlink.
00:25Vehicle is pitching downrange.
00:279-1-D, chamber pressure are nominal.
00:58Power and telemetry nominal.
01:08Falcon 9 is supersonic.
01:23Max Q.
01:27And vac chill has started.
01:57NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
02:27NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
02:43MECO
02:46Stage separation confirmed.
02:55Comeback startup.
02:57Stage separation confirmed.
03:17Fairing separation confirmed.
03:27NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
03:57Stage separation confirmed.
04:07Stages are following nominal trajectories.
04:27NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
04:57NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
05:27NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
05:57NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
05:59NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
06:15Stage 1 FDS is saved.
06:19Stage 1 entry burn startup.
06:27Stage 1 entry burn shutdown.
06:38Stage 1 entry burn shutdown.
06:48Nominal trajectories.
06:51Stage 2 FDS.
06:53Nominal trajectories.
06:56Stage 2 FDS is saved.
07:23Stage 2 FDS is saved.
07:34Stage 1 transonic.
07:54Stage 1 landing burn.
08:00Stage 2 terminal guidance.
08:10Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
08:16Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
08:23Stage 1 landing confirmed.
08:53And back shutdown.

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