🔴 EN DIRECT LANCEMENT SPACEX STARLINK GROUP 17-38 ( Fusée FALCON 9 - Lancement spatial )
Video from the channel UFOTINIK about Falcon 9, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 42:14. Language: French. Video type: Livestream.
What's being streamed
Live broadcast, commentated in French, of the launch of SpaceX's Starlink 17-38 mission with a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg base, California, in August 2026. The rocket carried 24 Starlink V2 satellites to low Earth orbit. The commentator combines SpaceX's official feed with his own explanations: he describes the Falcon 9 (70.1 m tall, 3.6 m in diameter, 538 t at liftoff, two stages, nine Merlin engines on the first stage and one with an extended nozzle on the second, RP-1 and liquid oxygen propellants) and reviews the evolution of the constellation, with just over 12,600 satellites launched and about 10,900 still in orbit.
Key moments
The first stage was booster B1093, on its 16th flight, due to land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You, positioned about 650 km out in the Pacific. According to the broadcast, it was the 675th Falcon 9 launch and SpaceX's 92nd of 2026. Fog at Vandenberg prevented any view of the rocket on the pad and at liftoff. During ascent, SpaceX did not show the first-stage cameras and only provided telemetry up to Max Q. Footage returned right at stage separation, with second-stage ignition and fairing jettison. The commentator wonders whether this was a technical glitch or a deliberate restriction linked to the base's military status. After the three-engine reentry burn and the single-engine landing burn, the booster camera came back on for the landing.
Outcome
B1093 landed successfully on the droneship, and the second stage achieved a nominal orbital insertion. Deployment of the 24 satellites was scheduled after a second burn around T+52 minutes, which was not shown. In the final part, the commentator reviews the latest on Starship's sixth month of testing: the Flight 13 ship was still afloat, being towed at low speed toward Australia against the current, and SpaceX had obtained photos of its heat shield and engines.