December 23, 2024

This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing

The video, which SpaceX launched on YouTube Saturday (Feb. 5), reveals the businesss Jan. 31 launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Italian Earth-observation satellite Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2. Related: These images of SpaceXs Italian satellite launch and landing are amazingImage 1 of 2This still from a SpaceX tracking video camera video reveals the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket as it separates from its upper stage throughout SpaceXs launch of the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite for Italy on Jan. 31, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. (Image credit: SpaceX) Image 2 of 2This still from a SpaceX tracking electronic camera video reveals the shell-like payload fairing of a Falcon 9 rocket upper stage fall away as planned throughout SpaceXs launch of the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 satellite for Italy on Jan. 31, 2021 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.