and you can see the contrail. we re coming up, three big sequence, and a view, live of the crew inside dragon. they re getting ready. we re going to get three events here. main engine cutoff and then we re going to light the second stage engine. in preparation for stage separation. stage separation confirmed. copy two alpha. [ cheers and applause ] stage one start-up. all right. stage separation, we ve lit the second stage engine. working its way back towards cape canaveral.
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events in quick success. first up is main engine cutoff. at that point, the nine engines will shut off in preparation for the next event which is ses1 or second engine start 1 or, excuse me, the space separation from the [inaudible] the first stage will perform a flip to make its way back to our landing zone, and then we ll start with ses1 which is second engine start 1 where that single merlin engine will ignite and continue to carry our satellite into orbit. for today s landing the first stage will, after it performs its flip, will perform a boost-back burn. and after that begins, we ll have [inaudible] neil: while watching, this is an unmanned space launch. a lot of people saying are there astronauts in there? there are not. but there is a german military
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an altitude. we re aiming just over the carmen line, the internationally recognized line of space of 100 kilometers, about 328,000 feet, and a gorgeous view down the rocket. now we ve had main engine cutoff, the be 3 engine shus off. in just a moment we ll separate the capsule from the booster. at that point our astronauts will have an opportunity to get out of their harnesses and enjoy the beauties of zero g. let s wait to listen . there you can see a clean separation between the capsule and the booster.