SpaceX Launched 21 Starlink Satellites From California At Sunset

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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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