SpaceX launches Space Force's 'Amelia Earhart' GPS satellite, nails landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 "Amelia Earhart" from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Jan. 18, 2023.

The first stage of the rocket landed on the 'A Shortfall of Gravitas' droneship in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after separation.

Credit: SpaceX

[dflenn]

Remembering all the way back to watching the Gemini and Apollo missions with my family..this still fills me with great pride as to how far we've come!!

[NeilGastonguay]

As a person who still remembers the first space missions, I will never not be amazed at the sight of the rocket's first stage returning to earth and landing on a ship out at sea. What amazing technology!

[lefiesh]

The fact that the huge crowd cheering and clapping for the stage 1 landing has shrunk to about three people accidentally watching the landing shows how normal this absolutely stunning technology has already become.

[สุกิจสัฃข์ขาว]

Perfect machine. Perfect work in the world. Perfect team in the world. Perfect mission. Thank you very much my friend.

[antoniollopis]

The Falcon 9 is like a Swiss watch: it doesn't fail.

[alexnutcasio]

So routine, it’s almost boring yet still amazing. 😮

[wesleycardinal]

I'm glad they announce the rocket is throttling down and then up again, it looks like a giant blowtorch in both conditions!

[jasontito]

what is the difference between this rocket and the bigger one

[goshenpro-video]

It seems like these engines are now very powerful Hummm 5000 km/h in 1 minute

[badable]

US Space Force and Space Xploration and NASA. What a team.🤗
😎Can't wait for Star ship.

[luckyyvan]

Hello! intestellar beings, greetings from 2023🖐

[mikebutler]

I am still amazed at what Elon’s brain trust has accomplished. Just astounding.

[harezy]

Getting slightly tedious the "nail landing". I want to stow away like something not in a film yet and go to SPACE. Then I want the landing NAILED.

[stevenhutton]

Ya just like clock work amazing launch and landing every time God 🙌

[gerrym-cat]

Elon Musk's most remarkable achievement so far! Forget Tesla! SpaceX is the bomb! Bravo!

[deltonlomatai]

I remember the old days of NASA that they regular lost or put satellites in the wrong orbit. Tom Clancy though that some military satellites were put in the wrong orbit on purpose, to SPY on the unsuspecting. ssshhh

[uho]

Putin: the issue of recognizing the genocide against citizens of the USSR is extremely important.
Yes, and it was unleashed by a gang of rebels Yeltsin, who left you as a successor after an armed coup in the USSR, and you officially destroyed 2.5 million pensioners the year before last, and 1.5 million women of childbearing age 24-35, and even unleashed the first Slavic . This is an undoubted genocide, no one argues here.
But the 7-8 civilians who officially died in the Donbas in 2020 and 21, somehow faded compared to this, dude, right? Who are you rubbing noodles into your ears, yourself? The statistics are official, and this is not your blizzard. These are bare facts.👌😘✌🏻Standard on mass evacuations and burials of people in peacetime
But on February 1, the national standard of the Russian Federation on mass evacuations and burials of people in peacetime came into force (GOST R 42.7.01-2021 Civil defense. Urgent burial of corpses in wartime and peacetime. General requirements).

The corresponding document is published on the website of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and legal portals. The document was developed by the All-Russian Research Institute for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. It was adopted in September 2021.👌🤪✌🏻

[Cameron]

Lift off and arc over, 40 mile down range, heading back down-to-earth and splash down .Nowhere near space, Good job boys...Time for cartoons in space.. Everybody clap like seals, YIPPIE !!!
Now let's get ready for the next fake space mission !!!