A sensational brand-new video from SpaceX records what its like to view a rocket launch from mid-air and then witness the booster return to Earth.The video, recorded by a flying SpaceX drone, reveals the companys launch of the classified NROL-87 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.” Drone shot of todays Falcon 9 launch and landing,” SpaceX wrote on Twitter Wednesday after the launch. Cams on the Falcon 9 first phase caught its whole descent from area to landing.A new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the classified NROL-87 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Feb. 3, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
A stunning new video from SpaceX records what its like to see a rocket launch from mid-air and after that witness the booster go back to Earth.The video, captured by a flying SpaceX drone, reveals the companys launch of the categorized NROL-87 satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission raised off on a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday (Feb. 2) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ” Drone shot these dayss Falcon 9 launch and landing,” SpaceX wrote on Twitter Wednesday after the launch. Cameras on the Falcon 9 very first stage recorded its whole descent from space to landing.A brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the classified NROL-87 spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on Feb. 3, 2022 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Image credit: SpaceX) The videos view is amazing. With the drone cam hovering close by, a brand-new 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket thunders off its pad under the power of its 9 first-stage Merlin engines. The rocket skyrockets into a serene, blue sky with the intense sun just off screen. The video then shifts to the Falcon 9 rockets very first stage landing, which happened about 8 minutes after the launch itself. Two sonic booms can be heard as the booster, now covered in soot from its launch into area and reentry burn, comes in for a touchdown at SpaceXs Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. The blue waters of the Pacific Ocean add a little bit of natural appeal to the space engineering feat.SpaceXs Falcon 9 rockets, like the companys Falcon Heavy and brand-new Starship cars, are developed to be reusable to reduce the cost of spaceflight. The NROL-87 launch on Wednesday was the second of 3 Falcon 9 launches that week by SpaceX. The streak started on Monday (Jan. 31) with SpaceXs launch of the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) Earth-observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense. That was followed by the NROL-87 launch on Wednesday, which itself was followed by SpaceXs launch of 49 new Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Feb. 3). Unlike the NROL-87 flight, the CSG-2 and Starlink missions launched from different SpaceX pads in Florida. The business used its Space Launch Complex 40 pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to release the CSG-2 satellite and its nearby Pad 39A website at NASAs Kennedy Space Center– the very same one it utilizes for astronaut launches– to loft the Starlink mission. Email Tariq Malik at [email protected] or follow him @tariqjmalik. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Instagram..