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On Monday, SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites with the Starlink 5-11
mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Two.
One.
Ignition.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Starlink 5-11.
Go Falcon, go Starlink.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1073, then landed successfully for the 9th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
You can see that…
Stage 2 terminal guidance…
the stage 1 landing burn has started in preparation for touchdown our droneship Just Read The
Instructions.
Keep an eye out for the landing legs that are scheduled to…
Landing leg deploy…
deploy, just a few moments before landing.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And Falcon 9 has now successfully landed, marking the 9th successful landing for this
booster.”]
Then, also on Monday, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket with the Transporter-8 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Two.
One.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Transporter-8, go Falcon, go Transporter.
Falcon 9 is pitching downrange.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1071, then landed successfully for the 9th time
on the landing pad at Landing Zone 4.
[SpaceX Commentator: “We can expect that land… ent… landing burn to begin in just
a few seconds.
Stage 1 landing burn.
Landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And as you saw and probably just heard, we had a successful first stage landing at Landing
Zone 4.”]
Coming up soon, we can hopefully expect another Falcon 9 launch.
The Satria-1 mission is currently scheduled for Sunday 18th at 9:54pm UTC or 5:54pm EDT.
I wanted to share a Tweet from SpaceX having hit an achievement with the Transporter mission.
It says “Falcon 9 launches the Transporter-8 mission, completing SpaceX’s 40th mission
of the year and our 200th successful recovery to date!”
In another Tweet, SpaceX said “Flight-proven first stages have launched ~90% of the last
100+ missions since the start of 2022.”
I wanted to share this really cool drone shot SpaceX posted of the landing as well.
They said “After delivering 72 spacecraft to orbit, Falcon 9 returns to Earth and completes
SpaceX’s 200th landing of an orbital class rocket.”
Here’s a sped up version of a cool video SpaceX posted on Twitter showing how their
launch cadence has rapidly increased over the years.
Heading to Boca Chica, the chopstick catching arms were seen being raised up to the top
of the tower.
Work continues at the orbital launch site with this water deluge pipe seen being installed.
A new water tank that was seen in the last video was moved to the launch site.
It was also lifted and moved into position.
The other water tank was also seen moved to the launch site.
The second water tank was also lifted and moved into position.
In the production yard, here’s the new High Bay with the second level being installed.
Musk was asked on Twitter when we could potentially see the next Starship flight test.
He responded and said “6 to 8 weeks.”
Ship 25 continues to wait for a static fire test on the Pad B test mount which could happen
today.
Taking a look at the closures on the Cameron County website, the possible closure for today
is now a scheduled closure.
There are also possible closures scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday 15th, as well as next
week with Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st.
Finishing today’s video, we have 2 production diagrams to take a look at today thanks to
TheRingWatchers.
The first is the Starship production diagram featuring Starships Ship 25 to 35.
Then, there’s also the Booster production diagram featuring Boosters 9 to 16.
As always, I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini for being out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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