A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on July 16, 2025 at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT).
It was the third batch of satellites launched for the Project Kuiper broadband megaconstellation.
00:002-10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, missions, engines full power, and lift off, go Falcon,
00:19go Kuiper.
00:25The vehicle is pitching downrange.
00:30Stage 1 propulsion is now.
00:45At T plus 30 seconds and counting, Falcon 9 has successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
00:53In just a few seconds, we'll throttle the engines down in preparation for Max-Q, the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
01:02To help go from vertical to horizontal, the first stage performed a pitch kick just after liftoff, about 10 seconds into flight, which is a maneuver known as a gravity turn.
01:11The engines gimbal a small amount, and that slowly turns the first stage from going straight up...
01:16Falcon 9 is supersonic.
01:18...going horizontal with the help of gravity.
01:21It eventually will be roughly horizontal to Earth as we achieve orbit.
01:28Max-Q.
01:29And there's the callout for Max-Q.
01:32Continuing on the timeline, everything's looking good.
01:35The rocket typically needs to go 17,500 miles per hour horizontally in order to avoid being pulled back down to Earth and get into orbit.
01:43You can track our progress to orbit by watching the left corner of your display.
01:48That's going to show us the first stage velocity and altitude.
01:52Now we have several events coming up in quick succession, and we should hear all of these called out by Mission Control, starting with Main Engine Cutoff, or MECO, then Stage Separation, SCS-1, and Fairing Separation.
02:05MECO is where we shut down all nine M1D engines on the first stage.
02:09Then Stage Separation is when the first and second stages of Falcon separate from one another.
02:14And Second Engine Start 1, or SCS-1, is when we'll light the MVEC engine on the second stage for the first time.
02:22Then less than a minute later, the fairing will then jettison from the second stage, as it's no longer needed to protect the payload once we're in space.
02:30So, let's keep an eye out for these events happening back-to-back, all coming up in about ten seconds from now.
02:39MECO?
02:40Stage Separation confirmed.
02:41Stage 2 start up.
02:42Good series of call-outs back-to-back, which again were MECO, Stage Separation.
02:43Good series of call-outs back-to-back, which again were MECO, Stage Separation.
02:44Coming up next, we'll be fairing separation in...
02:45MECO?
02:46MECO?
02:47MECO?
02:48Stage Separation confirmed.
02:49MECO?
02:50Stage Separation confirmed.
02:51MECO?
02:52Stage 2 start up.
02:53Good series of call-outs back-to-back, which again were MECO, Stage Separation.
02:57Coming up next, we'll be fairing separation in... about 30 seconds from now.
03:03As mentioned earlier, we will be attempting to retrieve these fairing halves once they fall back to Earth.
03:07They'll be taken back to shore by our ocean recovery vessel, Thug, once they fall back down to Earth.
03:12And we should be hearing that call-out for fairing separation in just about 10 seconds from now.
03:42Fairing separation confirmed.
03:47Fairing separation confirmed.
03:52There's a good call-out for fairing separation.
04:01And just keep in mind that our views right now look really, really grainy because it's dark outside.
04:17We are T plus 4 minutes and 26 seconds into today's mission.
04:42The next major milestone is coming up just past the T plus 6 minute mark, where you should see the first stage's entry burn on your screen.
04:51To start the entry burn, we will relight three M1D engines on the first stage, starting with the center engine, known as E9, followed shortly by the E1 and E5 engines.
05:01This helps slow down the vehicle as it passes back into the Earth's denser, lower atmosphere.
05:07We need to slow the rocket down to reduce re-entry forces, which then helps us recover and reuse the first stage.
05:13We're still over a minute away from the beginning of the entry burn, and you can check out the telemetry on the bottom of your screen.
05:22And see that our second stage is still picking up speed and heading towards its destined orbit.
05:28On your right screen, you can see that engine burn and the left side, you can see the first stage decelerating and making its way back to Earth.
05:45Reusability is key to lowering the cost of spaceflight, enabling more investments in critical space infrastructure.
05:51Though the Falcon 9 first stage that is supporting today's mission is performing this entry burn for the first time tonight, the payload fairings are already flight proven, with one half flying for its 27th time, and the other half flying for its 28th time.
06:09We're about 20 seconds away from the beginning of the entry burn.
06:12If you like, you can check out the telemetry on the bottom of your screen, where you can watch the graphics light up as the engines do.
06:21Stage 1 FTS is safe.
06:28Stage 1 Entry Burn Startup.
06:32There's a callout for Entry Burn Startup on the Falcon 9's first stage.
06:36The burn is set to last about 25 seconds, and again is slowing down the vehicle in preparation for its final burn and landing.
06:51Stage 1 Entry Burn Shutdown.
06:58And there's the callout for Entry Burn Shutdown, the completion of the Falcon 9 first stage's entry burn.
07:04Coming up next will be the first stage's landing burn.
07:06Stage 2 FTS is safe.
07:08Which is going to start a little over a minute from now.
07:11The Merlins on the Falcon first stage are optimized for sea level, and these achieve 190,000 pounds of thrust each during ascent and descent.
07:21The single MVAC engine on the second stage has a much wider nozzle and is optimized to operate in space, producing over 220,000 pounds of thrust in vacuum.
07:33Coming up next, we'll start our landing burn on the first stage, followed quickly by the MVAC engine shutdown on the second stage.
07:40Coming up next, in about 40 seconds, we'll have the start of that landing burn of the first stage.
07:49Stage 1 Transonic.
07:51The landing burn is the final burn of the Falcon 9 booster, used to reduce the remaining speed of the vehicle for a gentle and precise landing on our drone ship, a shortfall of gravitas.
08:02And we should be hearing that callout for the first stage landing burn in just a few minutes now.
08:07Stage 2 is in terminal guidance.
08:10Stage 1 landing burn.
08:22Good callout for landing burn start on the Falcon 9 first stage.
08:26And this is the final burn that this booster will see before touching down on a shortfall of gravitas.
08:32Stage 1 landing like deploy.
08:38Stage 1 landing confirmed.
08:50There's the callout for a successful landing of our Falcon 9 rocket.
08:54This was the first launch and landing for this first stage.
08:58Nominal orbit insertion.
09:00Good callout too.
09:01A great way to cap off this early morning mission.
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