Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the Worldview Legion 3 & 4 commercial Earth observation satellites for Maxar. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC) on Thursday, August 15. The mission has an hour-long launch window. The first-stage booster, making its 16th flight, will return to Cape Canaveral, about eight minutes after leaving the launch pad.
Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.
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Will Robinson – Smith….😂😂😂
Was his parents Lost in Space fans??
What is the trajectory?
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Nice to watch, but I always have to mute most of the launch due to the over the top commentary. We don't need to hear them talking continuously.
I never get tired of watching these amazing launches. That was the 16th successful launch and return of just that one Falcon 9 main engine. Just another day at the office for SpaceX!
I think of Warner Von Braun when it launches you can take a straight ruler and draw a perfect line from afar.
again, I slept through it even though the alarm went off around launch. lol
58:16 Is that a school of fish jumping along the bottom of the screen!?!?
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What is the flight path today? I'm in Sarasota will I get a view today I wonder, I hope….missed it😢😢😢😢
Thank you SFN for this coverage and excellent commentary/ graphics. The efficiency of SpaceX is phenomenal! I love watching the booster landings, but I didn't know the transporter erector (megazilla?) was reusable as well. It all reminds me of "2001 A Space Odessey" one of my all-time favorite movies. But real.
Just for some scale, those grid fins on the booster are the size of a car.
Great job, team.
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Just not the same as SpaceX own coverage. Why not narrate and show their feed then a little after liftoff you can show your own footage or flip back and forth? Some of your views are cool and unique but people are missing out on a lot of detail with the actual launch if they watch your zoom in liftoff.
Makes me wonder if this is preparation for backup in case Apophis takes out a satellite during its flyby in 2029? Not too far away..5 years to prepare…..
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at the 1:07:22 mark, isnt that an arrow pointing to where the booster was supposed to land? 🙂
I got up this am and took dogs out 5:30am (CST). I noticed 23 satellites in a straight line passing over me. Did they launch those this am ?
I bet these launches always put a smile on Elons face. He has great people working for him.
The ROSCOSMOS "broomstick" flies again !!!!
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So how did all that exhaust affect our ozone? Is it harmful like a car?