SpaceX Starlink 19 launch & Falcon 9 first stage failed landing, 16 February 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-18) from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, on 16 February 2021, at 03:59 UTC (15 February, at 22:59 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1059) failed to land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage previously supported five other missions: Dragon’s 19th and 20th commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station, a Starlink mission, the SAOCOM 1B mission, and the NROL-108 mission.
Credit: SpaceX

[UYscuTi_]

Seems like first stage tried not to kill the seagulls

[Myname-ilvd]

I haven’t seen a first stage fail in a while

[ZenZaBill]

*Birds: "It's OUR barge; go find another."*

[Momoco]

three birds sucessfully land on earth，mission complete！

[snazzyhusky]

Falcon 9 B1059 Missions:
- CRS-19
- CRS-20
- Starlink 8
- SAOCOM 1B
- NROL-108
- Starlink 19

6 Successful Missions
5 Successful Landings
Rest in peace, B1059

[justanotherasian]

Gotta love that a booster has to fail for it to surprise anyone.

[triumphant]

Unfortunate. Your service will not be forgotten

[jbrd]

Well if it landed successfully, there’d be three freshly cooked dinners sitting on the droneship

[OscarDiaz-nnch]

Plot twist: Elon crashed stage 1 to save the seagulls.

[carpinplaza]

Booster landing is just SpaceX's 2nd priority

[troyguererro]

I watched this live, yet I'm here again.

[SuperFkv]

Thank god the birds 🦢 are still alive 🤗😂

[goupigoupi]

On falcon dead and 3 seagulls alive is better than the alternative.

[GodzUnit]

Birds: "MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE. MINE."

Falcon 9: "OKAY! GEEZ! freakin birds...😒"

[dom---------------]

RIP Booster. He sacrificed his life for the three seagulls😪 Six missions have gone by, Now it's time to say goodbye. 2019-2021
I think the booster crashed with some sort of debris as you can see after the entry burn concluded at 1:37. And at 1:56 when the booster hit the ocean, the three birds ran away at 1:56, so I think it exploded

[kazaaf]

R.I.P Booster, it served a great 5 flights.

[Drunknferry]

Did the second booster startup have an effect on the 1st booster

[bryanalexis]

Wow, it's been 5 years since the last failure. At least the birbs are safe :)))

[spacexdemo]

Those 3 birds gets to live another day

[MRCHANNEL]

falcon9 doesn't want to roast birds