The roar of nine Merlin engines, precise explosions from gas thrusters and the surprisingly elegant sight of fire and fumes through grille ribs. These are just some of the highlights of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch and landing from the rocket's perspective.
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We've seen clips like this during the dozen of SpaceX launches that have been webcast, but the beginning and end of the flight in their entirety offer a different perspective.
Watch Starlink 11 take off and the Falcon 9 drone ship land
You can see the whole thing at the top of this post. Remember that the entire flight is closer to eight minutes - the two-minute clip is just the take-off and landing phases, omitting the main part that includes the separation of the second stage of the rocket. (It would not be visible from this camera angle anyway.)
We could see another SpaceX launch as early as next week with the company's next scheduled Starlink launch.
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