SpaceX Launches Dual Lunar Mission for U.S. and Japanese Companies

The two landers are expected to touch down on the surface of the moon in two and four months respectively.

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00:004, 3, 2, 1, ignition, and liftoff.

00:07Go forward, go high to base, go back.

00:14Vehicle is pitching down range.

00:23Supersonic.

00:26We're moving horizontally and that helps the vehicle.

00:29That prepares the vehicle for stage separation.

00:33That's when the second stage carries the payloads and continues with its journey with SES-1,

00:39or second stage, and MECO, stage separation, and SES-1.

00:45Stage separation confirmed.

00:47MVAC ignition.

00:50Great views.

00:51We watched as we shut down those nine Merlin M1D engines, stage separation,

00:56and now you can see there on your screen that MVAC engine has ignited.