• 7 months ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites — including six that can beam service directly to cell phones — lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, on California's central coast.

Credit: SpaceX

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00:005, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition, and liftoff of Falcon 9, go SpaceX, go Starlink.
00:18Vehicle is pitching downrange.
00:23Stage 1 propulsion is nominal.
00:30Power and telemetry nominal.
01:00Falcon 9 is supersonic.
01:16Max Q.
01:30Impact shell has started.
02:00Falcon 9 is following a nominal trajectory.
02:30Main engine cutoff.
02:43Stage separation confirmed.
02:50And back ignition.
03:21Ferry and separation confirmed.
03:25Both vehicles are following nominal trajectories.
03:50Ferry and separation confirmed.
03:55Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:00Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:15Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:25Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:35Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:45Ferry and separation confirmed.
04:55Ferry and separation confirmed.
05:05Ferry and separation confirmed.
05:15NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
05:45NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
06:15Stage 1 entry burn startup.
06:40Stage 1 entry burn shutdown.
06:58Both vehicles continue to follow nominal trajectories.
07:01Stage 1 FDS is saved.
07:31Stage 2 FDS is saved.
07:35Stage 1 transonic.
08:02Stage 1 landing burn.
08:10Stage 2 is in terminal guidance.
08:17Landing leg deploy.
08:27Stage 1 landing confirmed.

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