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SpaceX is now targeting Saturday, December 19 for launch of the NROL-108 mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Saturday’s three-hour launch window opens at 9:00 a.m. EST, or 14:00 UTC, and closes at 12:00 p.m. EST, or 17:00 UTC.Falcon 9’s first stage booster previously supported launch of SpaceX’s 19th and 20th cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station, a Starlink mission, and the SAOCOM 1B mission. Following stage separation, SpaceX will land Falcon 9’s first stage on Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Tags: SpaceX, Space, Musk, Satellite, NROl-108, Mission
24:38 left corner/side. What is that?
Гарна робота..! Good job..!
These days launching and landing rockets seem to be normal thanks you space x.
Thats awesome finally got to see stage 1 complete telemetry!
ВСЁ ТАК ПРОСТО 👌И
ЮВЕЛИРНАЯ ПОСАДКА
What would be really cool is telemetry data for stage 1 as it returns as standard and not just for the odd time when customers demand no second stage data.
Awesome coverage SpaceX, thank you!
The landing was perfect ! DAYYUMMM
What a wild year. Congrats on all the success and progress made!!
any idea what the flying object is on the left side at 24:38?
I grew up with the space program, I was 12 when we landed on the moon, I’ll never get tired of watching this.
That is SATISFYING!!! I just rewind it few times to see that landing
The amount of launches is amazing we truly are in the 21st century THANKS to SpaceX
I never get tired of seeing these boosters touch down successfully – it’s amazing every single time.
Anyone noticed that strange floating ring in the left picture at 24:40 in the clouds????
Pls reply I really don’t know what this could be 🤔
Way do go on another perfect landing!
24:38 What is that object on the left hand side of screen floating around in the air?
What the hell is that on the left screen at 24:42 drifting by???
Last landing of 2020! what a great year SpaceX, can’t wait for starship turn!
24:38 anybody else see a floating snake on the left? o.O
Seeing that booster come into land never ceases to amaze me! It it is just amazing to watch.
Look at minute 25:23 in the lower left corner a white object passes under FALCON 9
I don’t mean to be a dick because I’m a nobody, but those are not honeycomb structures. They are simple grids.
24:37 left screen! Wtf is that?
Props to everyone involved in this launch, Thanks spacex for making space launch even more exciting
It sounds like the NRO goes “WEE WEE WEE” all the way home.
Plot twist: Elon was actually from Mars but when a catastrophic event killed out everyone on Mars, he was able to escape by the closest of margins and eventually he quietly found a shelter on a planet called Earth, then he enjoyed his life here but then he got home-sick and got lonely because he hadnt been to Mars for so long and that he wanted to go back but the merely, weaklings of Earth didnt have the technology capable of bring him back home so he’s helping us make achievements we’ve never dreamed of before and starship is actually just the same type of and model of ship he took to escape mars and go to earth so he wants to make starship again in order to please him and to make him feel a little like hes back home.
Please include Stage 1 Telemetry on future launches!
24:38 What is flying there on the left?
min 24:38 WTF is that thing on the left, floating under the grid fin flap?
Thanks , finally we can see stage 1 telemetry at descent ! Very interesting !
I really cant wait for the first super heavy landing!❤️
Please next time, keep showing the 1 stage telemetry until the final touchdown. (not 5-10 seconds before)
Please, do first stage telemetry on all launches.Stage 2 right, stage 1 left.
Absolutely astounding every time. SpaceX, a startup, unbelievable what they’ve achieved in such a short time in history.
<3 Thanks SpaceX teams! You have made the hopes and dreams of many come to life and do it so well! Thanks so much!
27:44 That engine re-light jolt, oof!
They should always launch in the day, what amazing footage.
Perfect landing, i hope the same can be done with Starship then were in business for space exploration if its all reliable.
This guy makes it sound like a regular passenger airplane flight… what a time to be alive
21 stories building? That’s taller than what the biggest city in my Province have. Yes. I’m from a 3rd world country. 😅
Love being able to see the separation from the ground camera.
That’s so cool to watch and I watch with awh everytime
Space X is doing business with a superior customer!!!
He shouldn’t be called a customer, 🤗🤗🤗
Great work. But I’ve got a question: what is the object that we can see on the left at 24:37 – 24:45?
Absolutely Beautiful! Such a sight! Can’t wait to see how many times these rocket can be used!
Is it me or it is the best video coverage of the booster recovery so far?
that has to be one of the smoothest landings to date damn
So SpaceX basically sent in 2020, on average, one rocket… every 2 weeks! Madness!
Elon’s watching this in a ten-gallon hat with a big plate of brisket on the table. Wahoo!!!
*Ahhh, I love the smell of rocket fuel in the morning!*
@10:17 “this mission is constantly ‘viligent”” Ouch!
No matter how many times I see it , watching that booster land is -Freaking amazing !!
Awesome to see stage 1 telemetry, thank you!
I didn’t realize how much air resistance was slowing down the booster!
World “It’s too difficult to reuse beer bottles…”
SpaceX “Hold my rocket booster…”
We need to launch a rocket every day.
Seeing the vapor plumes on the 1st stage was amazing.
Awesome ! We have stage 1 telemetry on landing!
Love that they showed the ground perspective all the way to the stage sepraration and the boostback burn.
Finally! Stage 1 descent and landing telemetry. Crazy to see the speed it enters the atmosphere and the way the speed is decreased with the entry burns. Why did they cut off telemetry during the last few seconds of landing?
Congratulations SpaceX ending 2020 in a direct target! High hopes for the company given the strong track record in Aerospace industry. Happy holidays to all team members at SpaceX!
Rocket fuel and coffee in the morning, what a great time to be alive.
Good work!
Ohh, man, that entry burn, landing burn, and that insane landing is absolutely outstanding,. I can watch it a million times.
Ground tracking of the first stage was amazing!
I love the smell of liquid ox in the morning…smells like the future.
Best landing images ever!!! I hope the next ones will be as good as these were! Thanks!
Finally a good footage of the landing. What a crisp landing that was!
Timestamps:
19:45 T-10 Seconds
19:55 Liftoff!
20:47 Stage 1 Throttle Down
20:55 Super Sonic
21:05 Max Q
22:16 Main Engine Cut Off
22:23 Stage 1 Separation
22:30 Second Engine Start Up 1
22:34 Stage 1 Boostback Startup
22:45 Fairing Separation
23:11 Stage 1 Boostback Shutdown
24:09 The Speed Goes Up For Decent
26:27 Stage 1 Entry Burn
27:40 Stage 1 Entry Burn
28:06 Landing
28:11 Landing Legs Deployed
They really need to start naming these boosters if they’re going to make repeat appearances.
wow, that has got to be the smoothest landing of a booster i’ve seen yet. What an incredible job SpaceX!
The most Badass rocket in the world is……..any guess? : shows falcon 9, says Starship.
It’s funny how routine this feels now.
They launch Rockets more than airplanes in my country these days.
Thanks to the shyness (or desire for secrecy) of today’s customer, we’re gratified with a full first stage reentry and landing back on land. Perfect and highly enjoyable!
I was so happy to see the telemetry from the first stage!! I wish they had run it right to the end and landing.
I love the HUD and relevant info and metrics.
Still one of the coolest thing I will ever see.
I love how the landing is something we can always count on now not just luck.
Yes! SpaceX kept bring us good news in such a miserable year.
At last, first stage telemetry all the way back to Earth! It’s very interesting to see the actual speed data of the reentry. It looks as if it was nothing extraordinary, but the actual speeds are enormous! And the gentle touchdown after such rapid deceleration is an engineering marvel.
19:51 if you are here for the actual launch
Everyone: what a great time to be alive.
Me: don’t jinx it 😷
every time I watch a cast I say to myself “shit’s about to get real” when the telemetry data gauges appear on screen. gives me chilles
I never get tired of this. Its the closest thing to Thunderbird 1 becoming real. If only Gerry Anderson was alive to see it.
Landing a Falcon 9 booster for them just became a weekly routine
JESUS! I’ll never get over how awesome that separation to boost back burn looks from the ground camera!!
15:32 “…meeting and exceeding expectations…” Shows a meeting. haha!
I think the goal of space x is to make flights and landings till no one claps
Stage 1 telemetry combined with the full view of F9 makes this so damn interesting to watch. 148km apogee, 1000m/s delta v on boost back burn, 57km height for reentry burn, 22km when drag increases significantly. 😋
That fact that this has become so “mundane” is a testament to the great work of SpaceX employees.
What a great time to be alive.
Great to see telemetry from the booster.
Can we have this on future launches. Booster on the left second stage on the right.
This has become more casual than me getting out of my 🏠
Drinking Game: During the NRO video, take a shot whenever a sentence starts with “WE”
Cant get over how fricken cool that re-entry is.
I love how something thought ridiculous just 10 years ago has become routine…
I like how we got to see the speed/height of the booster — descent — this time.
When I was a kid reading all those science-fiction magazines about spaceflight this was the type of landing they described in most instances. I never thought I’d live to see the day when this was common practice. Makes my heart swell with pride I live in a country that makes this possible. Thank you so much SpaceX!
In 2020, SpaceX launched more times than I went to grocery stores.
Is it just me or everyone feels tremendously happy on these successful landings of the Falcon 9 booster?
These have a higher success rate than my parallel parking attempts