There is a new video showing a historic mission.
A rocket carrying 114 satellites was launched on a "rideshare" mission on Tuesday morning.
The 200th flight for the company was Transporter 6. It was the fifteenth mission for the first stage of the Falcon 9.
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The first stage chronicled its journey to space and back with an onboard camera.
The video shortens the liftoff and landing time by a factor of three. The booster landed at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 about 8 minutes after launch.
The basics of a Falcon 9 flight are captured nicely in the sped up footage. It shows how the rocket's plume spreads out as the vehicle travels higher into ever-thinner air, and highlights how intricately the booster controls its descent when returning to Earth.
The control comes from a number of features, including orientation-shifting nitrogen-gas thrusters and hypersonic grid fins, waffle-like structures near the booster's base.
The company had a company record of 31 in 2021.
The first flight of the company was Transporter 6. The company is aiming for up to 100 flights next year, according to Musk.
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