Transporter-8 Mission

On Monday, June 12 at 2:35 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 launched Transporter-8, SpaceX’s eighth dedicated smallsat rideshare program mission, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

This was the ninth launch and landing of this Falcon 9 stage booster, which previously supported the launch of NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, and four Starlink missions. On board this flight were 72 spacecraft, including CubeSats, MicroSats, a re-entry capsule, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying spacecraft to be deployed at a later time.

[Johnny]

That animation at 1:37:47 really put things into perspective. Well done, SpaceX!

[clevergirl]

200th landing of an orbital class rocket!
That's 200 more than anyone else,
and more landings than some entire rocket families have had launches!
Bravo SpaceX!

[brockNo]

Came to watch history, stayed for the epic beats. 10/10

[dougtruesdell]

T+0:53 - watch the shock wave, first on the nose cone, then all along the booster as the craft goes supersonic. Wow.

[Erich]

Beautiful shot of the shockwave as the rocket broke the sound barrier. I never get tired of watching these launches, especially the Stage 1 landings.

[maxlin]

11:51 liftoff
14:11 MECO
19:23 landing

[DebraJean]

Animation was classic. Amazing how the tempo increases. This is how spaceflight should work. Go

[farouktalbi]

Love how in the Falcon 9 Timeline Showcase animation at 1:37:45 they showed the evolution of the Falcon 9 rocket. If you pay close attention, you'll see the 1.0 variant, the 1.1 variant and the current FT variant. Great animation and can't wait for next launch.

Edit: There's also Falcon Heavy launches in the animation ! Just missed it.

[SwitchMonkey]

She’s the best, I enjoy hearing her enthusiasm. She seems to really enjoy these launches. Will watch again.

[jamid]

The incredible live transpoter-8 mission. It was unbelievable for me, I live in the north of Iran, the eastern part of the Caspian Sea, I was watching this live on the roof of my house at 2:30 in the morning, when suddenly I saw the movement of a luminous object in the starry sky. It fell to the east, I saw in live that this satellite was moving eastward exactly from above the Caspian Sea, it was unbelievable for me that what I was watching on SpaceX live was moving right above my head and with It was also visible to the naked eye

[danswan]

The animation at the end was staggering. Great job SpaceX

[ChrisBrown-Concorde]

Love the end animation of launches v landings up to todays mission for Falcon 9

[CaptainRon]

Great to have Jessie back, our favorite commentator !

[dansbrown]

Congrats to SpaceX and all the wonderful engineers like Jessie Anderson doing a great job narrating the launch and landing.

[Ragnarok]

Man, it never ceases to amaze me how they land that even when blinded by Cloud cover, bravo SpaceX

[shadowraith]

Excellent mission. From DARPA to the Vatican. Quite the eclectic group. Thanks for sharing.🚀🚀🚀👍. Congrats on 200th landing.

[sethseymour]

I caught the landing gear on that one leg that was slow to deploy. The Team did see that as well. But... Go, SpaceX!!! 👍🤘

[BoosterGOLD]

1:31:43 Runner 1 FASat-Delta, gran hito para la Fuerza Aérea de Chile.

Saludos.

[richlo]

Epic montage at the end! GO SPACEX!!!

[Warhorse]

That animation at the end was awesome!!! Congrats on 200 landings of an orbital class rocket!