Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 second-generation Starlink internet satellites for the Starlink 8-1 mission. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:25 p.m. PDT on Saturday, April 6 (10:25 p.m. EDT / 0225 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 6th flight, will land on the drone ship βOf Course I Still Love Youβ about eight and a half minutes into the flight. The mission will feature six more Starlink satellites that include the Direct to Cell capability.
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Starshield is a SAR constellation
We saw it from Quartzsite AZ
Great show. Snowbirds from Canada
Love your shows in Tucson az Richard
Seen the launch while driving on the 60fwy heading west
God speed
Elon watching our skies πππ₯°
i was at my cousin birthday in a jumper and looked outside seeing starlink and the side separating
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Oh, that was a rocket launch, i thought i am watching a solar eclipse…
Go SpaceX. You inspire us like Star Trek of old. Live long and Prosper
We saw it from Harquahala Valley, Arizona. This is the 2nd one we have gotten to see. π
And yet. No roar of the engines..
Why the * on China and Japan?
Own some DXYZ. Only way to invest in Elons Specex
It is Jewish
Iβm so excited to have found this channel! Iβm looking forward to knowing more about space launches!
I was on a dog walk in the desert by myself and unfortunately had my back to the south so I missed the whole thing .π’
First one I heard from my house
Love what spa cex is doing for the world
Departed from Phoenix after this launched. So cool to see it in flight from a plane!
in New Mexico, I witnessed the rocket!
Hello, Humans
Gotta be strong, or suffer the weight of the world's weaknesses.
TERRANCE OUT
Let's prevent totality please.
Was there a issue with the first stage landing on the drone ship? Looked like one of the engines did not turn off?