SpaceX Launched 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida, Nails Landing On Droneship

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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

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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 ]

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