SpaceX Launched 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida, Nails Landing On Droneship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a new Starlink batch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The first stage of the rocket landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after stage separation.
Credit: SpaceX
The first stage of the rocket landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after stage separation.
Credit: SpaceX
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00:00 T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
00:27 Control is pitching downrange.
00:31 Stage 1 propulsion is nominal.
00:34 [ Sound of jet engine ]
00:59 Power until elementary nominal.
01:04 [ Sound of jet engine ]
01:24 Max Q.
01:45 Impact chill has started.
01:55 [ Sound of jet engine ]
02:05 [ Silence ]
02:34 Main engine cutoff.
02:45 Stage separation confirmed.
02:48 Standby ignition.
03:17 Fairing separation confirmed.
03:24 [ Silence ]
03:53 [ Silence ]
04:06 Both vehicles are on the nominal trajectory.
04:09 [ Silence ]
04:38 [ Silence ]
04:48 [ Silence ]
04:58 [ Silence ]
05:08 [ Silence ]
05:18 [ Silence ]
05:28 [ Silence ]
05:38 [ Silence ]
05:48 [ Silence ]
05:58 [ Silence ]
06:08 [ Silence ]
06:22 Stage 1 FTS has saved.
06:27 Stage 1 entry burn startup.
06:37 [ Silence ]
06:47 Stage 2 FTS has saved.
06:50 Stage 1 entry burn shutdown.
06:57 [ Silence ]
07:07 [ Silence ]
07:17 [ Silence ]
07:45 Stage 1 transonic.
07:48 [ Silence ]
07:58 [ Silence ]
08:08 [ Silence ]
08:20 Stage 1 landing burn.
08:22 [ Silence ]
08:35 Stage 1 landing load deploy.
08:39 [ Silence ]
08:45 Stage 1 landing confirmed.
08:48 [ Silence ]
08:58 [ Silence ]