SpaceX F9 : Starlink v1.0 L16 : KSC LC-39A : 20 Jan 2021 (1302 UTC)

• #80 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:05
• 1st stage flight

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• #81 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:07
• MECO, 1-2 separation and Second Stage startup.

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• #82 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:07
• Fairings separated. Starlinks exposed.

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• #83 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:08
• Falling 1st stage, 2nd stage continues onward.

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• #84 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:09
• 1st stage AFTS safed, entry burn.

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• #85 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:10
• First stage video cutout, winds?

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• #86 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:11
• Stuck the landing with the life leader. Could see some spray on the water next to the barge, but the vehicle corrected for it.

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• #87 by eeergo on 20 Jan, 2021 12:12
• Nominal insertion. 35 min coast.

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• #88 by Chris Bergin on 20 Jan, 2021 12:12
• Showing off now
  
  https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1351880040749944832
• #89 by jacqmans on 20 Jan, 2021 12:14
• https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1351880155145273351?s=20
• #90 by Jansen on 20 Jan, 2021 12:18
• https://twitter.com/SpaceXFleet/status/1351874803469324291
• #91 by jacqmans on 20 Jan, 2021 12:25
• https://twitter.com/EmreKelly/status/1351881998105776129?s=20
• #92 by wannamoonbase on 20 Jan, 2021 12:26
• Quote from: jacqmans on 20 Jan, 2021 12:14

  https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1351880155145273351?s=20
  

  
  Stuck the landing like an experienced fleet leader!  great launch, really nice to see more Starlink going up and a smooth rapid turnaround of the first stage and more reuse of the payload fairing.
  
  Well done SpaceX team.
• #93 by jacqmans on 20 Jan, 2021 12:35
• https://twitter.com/AmberHSlam/status/1351883662699192324?s=20
• #94 by jacqmans on 20 Jan, 2021 12:35
• https://twitter.com/Mike_Seeley/status/1351881995127828482?s=20
• #95 by Jansen on 20 Jan, 2021 12:39
• Weird that NSF Live ended coverage before payload deployment...
• #96 by RocketLover0119 on 20 Jan, 2021 12:41
• Quote from: Jansen on 20 Jan, 2021 12:39

  Weird that NSF Live ended coverage before payload deployment...
  

  
  Says deploy later this launch, also the crew deserves the short stream, they’ve put the awesome work in and deserve some rest 
  
  (Also potentially some SN9 action later, may have to do with it)
  
  Appreciate the stream we were given regardless.
• #97 by RocketLover0119 on 20 Jan, 2021 12:48
• Good stage 2 relight and shut down.
• #98 by Jansen on 20 Jan, 2021 12:50
• Expected LOS Diego Garcia
• #99 by FutureSpaceTourist on 20 Jan, 2021 12:59
• https://twitter.com/johnkrausphotos/status/1351890460235739137
  
  

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  Pretty early-morning liftoff of Falcon 9 and the seventeenth Starlink mission.