00:00T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0.
00:14Edges for power and switch off. Go Piper, go Falcon.
00:18Vehicle is pitching downrange.
00:31Stage 1 propulsion is nominal.
00:34At T plus 30 seconds and counting, Falcon 9 has successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
00:54In just a few seconds, we'll throttle the engines down in preparation for max Q, a period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
01:04This is a critical moment during flight because the combined stresses caused by Falcon 9 accelerating through the atmosphere and the ambient static pressure are at their greatest.
01:15To help go from vertical to horizontal, the first stage performs a pitch kick just after liftoff.
01:22About 10 seconds into flight, which is a maneuver known as a max Q.
01:27There you heard max Q.
01:28The engines gimbal a small amount and that slowly turns the first stage from going straight up to going horizontal with the help of gravity and eventually we will be roughly horizontal to Earth as we achieve orbit.
01:42The 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.
01:58You can keep an eye on the first stage telemetry at the bottom of your screen.
02:02Now we have several events coming up in quick succession and we should hear all of them called out by mission control starting with main engine cutoff or MECO, then second stage separation and SES-1 and fairing separation.
02:17MECO is where we shut off all nine M1D engines on the first stage.
02:25Stage separation is where the first and second stages of Falcon 9 separate from one another and second engine start one or SES-1 is when we light the MBAC engine on the second stage for the first time.
02:42Main engine cutoff.
02:43Stage separation confirmed.
02:50And back ignition.
02:55And there you heard and maybe even saw those events happen back to back which were MECO, stage separation and SES-1. Next up will be fairing separation.
03:13Here's a cool shot, you can see the separation of the stages.
03:43There you heard, the fairings have separated.
03:52As we mentioned earlier, we will be attempting to retrieve these fairing halves again once
03:56they fall back to Earth.
03:58They will be taken back to shore by our ocean recovery vessel, Dug.
04:03It's about almost four minutes into our mission today.
04:08At about T plus six minutes, you should see on your screen the first stage entry burn.
04:14To start entry burn, we will relight three M1D engines, starting with the center engine
04:18known as E9, followed shortly after by E1 and E5 engines, which is similar to pumping the
04:24brakes to slow down the vehicle as it passes back into Earth's atmosphere.
04:28We will need to slow down to reduce re-entry forces, which then helps us recover and reuse
04:34the first stage.
04:38As you can see on your screen, the second stage is still picking up speed and heading
04:57to its destined orbit.
05:02We are still over a minute away from the beginning of the entry burn, and you can check out the
05:08telemetry at the bottom of your screen and see that the second stage is picking up speed.
05:18We are about 40 seconds away from the beginning of the entry burn.
05:22If you like, you can check out the telemetry at the bottom of your screen, where you can
05:26watch the graphics light up as the engines do.
05:30both vehicles are on a nominal trajectory.
05:35In about 10 seconds, we will hear that entry burn.
05:51Stage 1 FTS is saved.
06:14Stage 1 entry burn start up.
06:21And there's the callout for the entry burn start up on Falcon 9's first stage.
06:30This burn is set to last about 25 seconds and again is slowing down the vehicle in preparation
06:35for its final burn and landing.
06:46Stage one, entry burn shut down.
06:48And there's a call out for entry burn shut down.
06:52The completion of Falcon 9's first stage entry burn.
06:56Coming up next will be the first stage landing burn,
06:58which will start a little over a minute from now.
07:05Stage two, FTS has saved.
07:18In about 15 seconds, we'll have the start of the landing burn of the first stage.
07:23The landing burn is the final burn of Falcon 9 booster used to reduce the remaining speed of the vehicle
07:28for a gentle and precise landing on our drone ship, a shortfall of gravitas.
07:35Stage one, entry trans on it.
07:48A very cool view of the first stage entering back into Earth's atmosphere.
08:00Stage one, landing burn.
08:05Stage two is in terminal guidance.
08:23Stage one, landing like deploy.
08:24Stage one, landing confirmed.
08:36And there you saw and heard the call out for a successful landing of our Falcon 9 rocket.
08:41This was the very first launch and landing of the first stage.
08:45Coming up now is Seiko 1.
08:47Nominal orbit insertion.
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