Blastoff! SpaceX launches Starlink batch from the Cape, nails landing

SpaceX launched 2 Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 28, 2024 at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 GMT). Full Story: www.space.com/spacex-starlink...
The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after launch.
Credit: SpaceX

[@davidcantrell6536]

I never get over being amazed at these landings and their precision.

[@we4selradio591]

as if looney toons predicted it

[@skarmex3439]

It's all math and calculations :)

[@cjisjunk6271]

Never ever gets old watching this.

[@creatura_orbis_centuria]

Always amazed with landing

[@JohnnyC10071959]

This never gets old. Go SpaceX.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Nope. I work in legacy aerospace. I keep shoving Elon into our executives faces.

[@thomasklughammer6586]

I know the starlinks are the most important ,but for me the landings are.

[@maxstr]

I'm amazed they get live footage. How is that camera transmitting the entire time?

[@TheAzmountaineer]

I wish they had something like that for watching sports games live.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I am guessing that they are using Starlink

[@reasonitout9087]

Great sound capture. Sonic boom . Yes.

[@pranititiwari6525]

Nice 🎉

[@roslyntaber9580]

Dwayne chéri tu es le plus merveilleux mon amour ...

[@nieznanyx]

you would think after all these starlink deployments that each one the skies are still clear and you cant see one float by .. crazy

[@gargyanpeter9431]

Csodás-

[@dirkpitt5468]

Nice.

[@lourdessilva6442]

Sem palavras es muito amor envolvido jamais desistir e realmente faz a diferença nesse mundo eterna gratidão

[@cualtiochi]

One question : what happens with 2nd stage? 🤔

[@glenkeating7333]

The engine is fired up to slow the 2nd stage and it burns up in the atmosphere. It's a controlled reentry.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Does it burn up or crash into the ocean? If they slow it down, perhaps it’s not going fast enough for that kind of friction.

[@glenkeating7333]

@@jamesdellaneve9005 . It does burn up. Its moving at 28000 kph ((17500 mph) when it hits the atmosphere. Most of all the objects in orbit are directed to enter over Point Nemo in the souther Pacific ocean. Look it up.

[@mistertagnan]

@@jamesdellaneve9005 mostly burns up, a few small pieces might reach the ocean and be destroyed on impact. It’s going more than fast enough for re-entry heating from compression and some amount of drag

[@reasonitout9087]

What are the G readings for Booster? Gs on decelleration vs lift off accelleration Gs

[@mistertagnan]

I don’t remember the liftoff TWR, but it’s maybe around 1.3-1.4 (TWR=G). I can’t remember if they throttle down for staging or not, but on crewed flights they maintain a constant ~3-5g acceleration (sorry I can’t be more accurate, I’m going off of memory here). Don’t know if we have any numbers for deceleration during landing/entry, but shouldn’t be too hard to figure it out

[@pierresassareu5487]

👍👍👍

[@roslyntaber9580]

Dwayne chéri mon si merveilleux amour Je t'aime si fort chéri
Love so lifftof with u Dwayne Elliot chéri
Its so beautiful so clever so magic and especialy so moving like u Dwayne chéri ...

[@gargyanpeter9431]

Ok.

[@bunsermsomteep8590]

The world is smallest Everyday

[@pra_choenll.pt.8427]

เห็น

[@vosa8268]

Perfect Machine. Perfect work in the world Perfect team in the world Perfect Mission. Thank you very much 290424.

[@leiladarling4495]

Thanks to all the Virgins in this world that received rejection for being green, young and straight.Nobody cares about their tears and ruined dreams.
God Bless.

[@leiladarling4495]

Thanks to all the Virgins in this world.For being green, young and straight.So they fuck their dreams to template reversal engineering.

[@rdaystrom4540]

Awesome. Go Elon.

[@gargyanpeter9431]

Megy adolog. Magarul mondom ost

[@user-wh7sd7nk8r]

D e i l u want Disney I have rockets in advertising itself❤

[@zepovin4800]

🙋‍♀️Durmo e acordo pensando em foguetes 🚀 😮🎉...eo meu vai demorar pra pousar em casa🤔🫂🇧🇷🆙️

[@user-xh2up8ny6i]

kewl-ass technology.

[@pra_choenll.pt.8427]

ที่จีนใช้แ่นส่งแบบปล่อยใอเสียออกด้านข้างควรแก้เป็นปล่อยใอเสียขึ้นด้านบน

[@fiegenfiegen]

That's another load of rubish in space we will never get rid of.

[@zepovin4800]

🤷‍♀️😉😏🧚‍♀️🐑🐼🤓🤦‍♀️

[@user-wh7sd7nk8r]

Stone advertised Bob f you I have starlink

[@mrdeathgaming1457]

more space junk.

[@pra_choenll.pt.8427]

แท่นยานส่งแบบแท่นปล่อยใอเสียขึ้นด้านบนเพิ่มแรงยก แทนแท่นแบบแท่นปล่อยใอเสียออกด้านข้าง

[@janosnemate5795]

(néri) gyönyörû❤❤🌾🥀🍃🌺🌹🧊🌸🍀💦🌵💐🌼

[@Pintuuuxo]

Makes one dream about space trips. 🚀🪐