SpaceX Launched Starlink Mission 17-28 and nailed booster landing in the PCIFIC ocean

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104 segments

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3 2 1 mission

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and liftoff of Falcon 9. Go SpaceX

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coaster.

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Vehicle is pitching down.

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>> Hello friends. SpaceX Starlink mission

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17928. SpaceX's Falcon and rocket

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launched 24 Starlink satellite to low

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earth orbit from space launch complex

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forest that is SLC 4E at Wendenberg

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space force base in California. This was

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the 33rd flight for the Falcon 9 first

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race booster supporting this mission

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which previously launched Sentinel 6

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DART transporter 7 IDM 1B web SDA 0V

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NOL13

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NROL 167 NOL49

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NAOS and 23 star link missions following

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first separation the first stage booster

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landed on the offc course I still lab

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drone ship which was stationed in the

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Pacific Ocean. Falcon 9 first days

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incorporate nine Merlin engines and

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aluminium lithium alloy tanks containing

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liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene

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propellent. Falcon 9 generate more than

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1.7 million pounds of thrust at the sea

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level.

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Later SpaceX confirmed the deployment of

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all 24 Starling satellites launched on

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its mission 17928.

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The nine Merlin engines on the first

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stage are gradually throttled near the

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end of the first stage flight to limit

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the launch vehicle acceleration as the

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rocket's mass decreases with the burning

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of fuel. These engines are also used to

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reorient the first stage priority entry

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and to deacelate the vehicle for

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landing. Marlin is a family of rocket

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engines developed by SpaceX for use on

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its Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

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launch vehicles. Merlin engines use a

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rocket grade kerosene propellent and

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liquid oxygen as a rocket propellant in

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a gas donator power cycle. The Merlin

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engine was originally designed for

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recovery and reuse. Merlin vacuum

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features a larger exhaust section and a

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significantly larger expansion nozzle to

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maximize the engine's efficiency in the

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vacuum of space. Its combustion chamber

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is regeneratively cooled while the

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expansion nozzle is radiatively cooled.

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At full power, the Merlin vacuum engine

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operates with the greatest efficiency

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ever for an Americanmade hydrocarbon

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rocket engine. The Falcon 9 first stage

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is equipped with four landing legs made

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of state-of-the-art carbon fiber with

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aluminium honeycomb placed symmetrically

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around the base of the rocket. They are

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stubbed at the base of the vehicle and

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deployed just prior to landing. The

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interstage is a composite structure that

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connects first and the second stages and

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houses the parametric pusher that allow

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first and the second stage to separate

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during flight. Falcon 9 is equipped with

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four hypersonic grid fins positioned at

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the base of the interstage. They orient

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the rocket during re-entry by moving

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center of pressure. The second stage

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delivers Falcon 9's payload to the

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desired orbit. The second stage engine

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ignites a few seconds after the stage

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separation and can be restarted multiple

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times to place multiple payloads into

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different orbits. Made of a carbon

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composite material, the fairing protect

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satellite on their way to orbit. The

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fairing is data syninned approximately 3

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minutes into flight and SpaceX continues

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to recover fairing for reuse on its

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future missions. All 24 Starling

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satellites are encapsulated in a 13.1 m

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high and 5.2 m diameter fairing. Later

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SpaceX confirmed the deployment of all

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24 Starling satellite launched on its

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mission 17 and 28. Let me tell you again

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that this was the 33rd uh flight for the

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Falcon and first stage booster

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supporting this mission which previously

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launched Sentinel 6 dirt transporter 7

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aridium 1B SDA 0 NOL13

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NOL 167 Narl 149 AOS and 23 Star Link

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missions. Following first day

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separation, the first stage booster

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landed on the offc course I still love

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drone ship which was stationed in the

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Pacific Ocean.

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>> Stage one landing leg deploy.

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>> Stage two terminal guidance.

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>> Stage one landing confirmed.

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This video details the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9, which successfully deployed 24 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The mission utilized a seasoned first-stage booster on its 33rd flight, which subsequently landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. The presentation also provides technical insights into the Falcon 9's Merlin engines, landing systems, and reuse capabilities.