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Starting off today’s video, SpaceX launched the OneWeb mission successfully on a Falcon
9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Two.
One.
Ignition.
Lift off.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1069, then landed successfully for the 4th time
on the landing pad at Landing Zone 1.
[SpaceX Commentator: “You can see the first stage is coming down, back towards Landing
Zone 1, and we will start our landing burn of that first stage in just about, 10 seconds
here.
You can see the Cape Canaveral coast on your screen on the right.
Stage 2 FTS is safed.
There is that start of our first stage landing burn.
Stage 1 landing burn.
Really incredible views from the first stage.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
As you can see from that beautiful video, from the first stage, we did have a successful
landing of the first stage booster, back on Landing Zone 1.
And this landing marks the 154th recovery of a Falcon 9 first stage.”]
In addition to that launch, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 early this morning with the
HAKUTO-R mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
Lift off.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1073, then landed successfully for the 5th time
on the landing pad at Landing Zone 2.
[SpaceX Commentator: “And just shortly after the landing burn begins…
Stage 1 landing burn…
As we just saw and heard, the stage 1 vehicle landing burn has begun.
We also heard the shutdown of the second stage engine, but let’s watch as Falcon 9 touches
down for landing with this incredible view here.
Nominal orbit insertion.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
Really awesome views there, as you can see Falcon 9 has touched down on Landing Zone
2.
That is our 155th recovery of an orbital class rocket, including first stage landings for
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.”]
We can hopefully expect to see yet another Falcon 9 launch this coming week.
The SWOT mission is currently scheduled for Thursday, December 15th at 11:46am UTC or
6:46am EST.
SpaceX posted a Tweet related to this upcoming launch.
They said “Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December 15 for Falcon 9’s launch
of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission from California.”
Following that launch, we could see yet another Falcon 9 launch the following day.
The O3b mPower 1 & 2 mission is currently scheduled for Friday 16th at 9:21pm UTC or
4:21pm EST.
Related to OneWeb, there was a Tweet posted with information about further launches.
It says “OneWeb has not only booked three dedicated Falcon 9 missions, but has now added
another flight to the multi-launch deal -- a rideshare mission with Iridium satellites
set to fly next year.”
SpaceX posted a couple of Tweets about Starlink recently.
The first says “Starlink started providing high-speed, low-latency internet to passengers
during flights on the first JSX jet this week!”.
Then the next one says “Starlink will be installed on additional JSX jets in the weeks
ahead; so as soon as you walk on your flight, the internet works.”
Michael Sheetz posted a Tweet with more information related to Starlink Gen2.
It says “After the FCC last week authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites,
the company yesterday filed a request to put payloads on 2,016 of those satellites for
its direct-to-cell system with T-Mobile to enable coverage ‘by mid-2024.’”
Heading to Boca Chica, orbital launch mount upgrades and repairs continue.
Work continues to repair the concrete beneath the orbital mount.
The work on the berm extension continues.
Here’s a view of a new tent by the propellant production site.
Here’s a view of sections inside the Starfactory production building.
After the Tweet from Yusaku Maezawa we saw in the last video, there was a huge dearMoon
announcement.
SpaceX posted a couple of Tweets about the announcement.
The first says “Meet the dearMoon crew.”
Then they posted “This crew of artists, content creators, and athletes from around
the world will travel within 200 km of the lunar surface as they complete a full journey
around the Moon.”
The Tweet that SpaceX captioned in their first post contained a link to this page with a
picture of the 15 crew members.
The person I’m most excited for here is Tim Dodd.
Eric Berger posted a couple of Tweets that are worth sharing.
The first says “Based on a couple of conversations, I think SpaceX has a reasonable chance of
making Starship's orbital launch during the first quarter of 2023.
No guarantees, and there still is a lot of work to do.
But they're making progress.”
Then he also said “One thing I would note: SpaceX has moved on from the "cowboy" phase
of development in South Texas, when there was a higher tolerance of risk and failure
during Starship prototype testing.
With the expensive launch tower, they taking more time to increase chances of success.”
Test tanks and test articles are sitting at the rocket garden.
There’s a new test tank in the Mid Bay.
Work continues on Ship 24 with engineers working inside the Methane tank.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures, we could see something happen this coming
week.
There are possible closures currently scheduled for Thursday 15th and Friday 16th, as well
as next week with Monday 19th.
As always, I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini for being out there filming the Boca Chica
content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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