Starlink Mission

On Tuesday, May 30 at 11:02 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched 52 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

This was the fourteenth launch and landing for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, and now five Starlink missions.

[clevergirl]

Launch. Land. Repeat.
196 recoveries later and its still not boring watching those boosters make a touchdown again and again.

[Zahidulhasan]

It will never go old. Landing a 170 feet tall stick in middle of ocean its a regular job for SpaceX. Thank you all for entertaining 2-3 generations together. Love you all.

[lukeknowles]

It never gets old. SpaceX has mastered the reusability issues which have driven down costs of launch.

[nandahmad]

they just recovered 4 humans from space, and a few moments later casually launched another rocket into space, really incredible job by the SpaceX team 👏👏

[ilyaholt]

200th successful launch in a row! Unprecedented reliability, double that of the runner-up, not to mention the insane launch cadence. Congratulations!

[bballman]

Thank you Starlink. Watching this from a boat in finger bay outside of Adak Alaska. Would never have dreamed of having reliable internet out here.

[PeTTsn]

These boosters doing WORK, I'll never stop being amazed by seeing them fly and land, over and over again.

[WWeronko]

SpaceX has given the world 200 successful launches in a row for the Falcon 9 rocket. To put that into prospective, the Russian's (Soviet's) Soyuz-U had a run of 100 successful launches from 1983 to 1986. The only other rocket that comes close was the Delta II rocket which launched 155 times, with two failures. Its final flight, in 2018, was the rocket's 100th consecutive successful mission. Congratulations SpaceX at new records of success!

[Black_hole]

9:32 My heartbeat stopped for a moment 😂😂

[stevendavid]

I bet every time a rocket clears the atmosphere, there is a huge decrease in adrenalin at the space center. Never gets old or less exciting to watch from a video link. Seeing Stage 1 landing back on a landing pad is really cool.

[joegibbs]

So awesome to watch this from the front yard in Oxnard tonight. It looked like a massive red flare headed straight at the moon. It flew just below the moon and headed south towards Baja, Mexico.

[zaz]

Awesome! Always love hearing how many landing the 1st stage has done! And overall of coarse!

[zay]

It will never go old. Landing a 51 meters tall stick in middle of ocean its a regular job for SpaceX. Thank you all for entertaining 2-3 generations together. Love you all.

[thablakester]

Beautiful! ...as always...

We are SO spoiled! ...and I don't want that to change. ♥️🚀🤘

[sses]

Awesome, good job guys and gals! You are one very shiny light that brightens the spirit of America.

[evrydayamerican]

Still the only company in the world capable of doing this and making it look easy. 🎉

[dufkers]

According to Ars Technica this is the 200th consecutive successful launch for Falcon 9. This is twice as many consecutive successful launches as any other rocket.

[leahkelly]

Hearing his voice talking about the missions ….I just had a flashback of being 8 years old waiting to ride Space Mountain at Disney.

[xaviersavedra]

I think this is the 200th consecutive successful launch of Falcon 9

[thedarkside]

17:11 nothing feels better than watching a rocket go up and then land on its own in less than 10 minutes.🙂