Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida about 90 minutes prior, 2:09 AM UTC April 28, 2025. Second stage is coasting, having already released the starlink satellites. Haziness is venting fuel backlit by the sun, the pulse (3:25) is a cold gas thruster firing forward to slow the second stage down for eventual re-entry (interestingly this thruster pulse is happening a bit later than the batch that went up last year). Camcorder view, then a replay of a portion from a skyward Wyze camera

spacelaunchschedule.com/launch/falcon-9-block-5-starlink-group-12-23
Trajectory map- flightclub.io/result/3d?llId=8bfe9ea6-71b9-4642-be1c-c87c098e480b
Other videos of this phenomenon- youtube.com/playlist?list=PLptcycXEIUvGXRlrgOLb9yFthgQIxBznX