Blastoffs! SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites Twice In Less Than 4 Hours

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A SpaceX  Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlinks from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. About 4 hours later, SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites.  Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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00:00T-minus 15 seconds, T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ignition, and liftoff.

00:28Go SpaceX, go Starlink.

00:37Vehicle is pitching downrange.

00:40M1D chamber pressure is nominal.

00:58Power and telemetry nominal.

01:13Falcon 9 is supersonic.

01:22Thanks, Q.

01:37I'm back, Jill.

02:07I'm back, Jill, I'm back, Jill.

02:37I'm back, Jill.

02:55Main engine cutoff.

03:00State separation confirmed.

03:03I'm back, start up.

03:33Stage two has entered terminal guidance.

03:53Stage one landing room.

03:58Stage one landing leg deploy.

04:19Stage one landing confirmed.

04:23I'm back, shut down.

04:30Dominal orbit insertion.

04:48T-minus ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

04:55Engines full power.

05:02And lift off.

05:07Go Falcon.

05:08Go Starlink.

05:10Go Starlink.

05:11Vehicle is lifting downrange.

05:17Stage one propulsion is nominal.

05:23Take in.

05:24Well, Trailer's landing.

05:34Great.

05:35Go Starlink.

05:36Stay in.

05:37Go Starlink.

05:38Go Starlink.

05:39Go Starlink.

05:40Go Starlink.

05:53Power and telemetry nominal Vehicle is supersonic

06:23Max, Q.

06:53Stage 2 engine shell.

07:23Stage 2 engine shell.

07:44Mikko?

07:47Stage separation confirmed.

07:52Stage 2 startup.

08:21Fairing separation confirmed.

08:51Stage 1 landing burn.

08:58Stage 2 is in terminal guidance.

09:03Stage 1 landing leg deploy.

09:15Stage 1 landing leg deploy.

09:27Stage 1 landing confirmed.

09:40Sego.

09:44Stage 1 landing.

10:00NOMINAL INSERTION.

10:12Stage 1 landing.

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