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There was another SpaceX launch with Starlink on a Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink 3-3
mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Ignition.
Lift off of the Falcon 9.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1061, then landed successfully for the 10th time
on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
This is the start of our stage 1 entry burn.
Beautiful view of that droneship coming into view.
Terminal guidance.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing is confirmed.
That was an amazing view of the first stage landing thanks to our Starlink satellites.”]
We can hopefully expect to see another Starlink mission this coming week as well.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Starlink 4-27 is expected on Friday
19th at 7:24pm UTC or 3:24pm EDT.
SpaceX posted a Starlink related Tweet saying “Starlink is now available in Estonia.”
There was a cool Tweet posted by Tesla related to SpaceX.
It says “As a thank you to Tesla owners for referring a friend or family member, we
invited them to submit images that were laser-etched & launched into space by SpaceX’s Falcon
9.”
There was an article posted about the FCC rejecting a request from SpaceX for subsidies.
It says “The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday denied SpaceX’s bid for nearly
$1 billion in subsidies to support rural broadband customers through the company’s Starlink
satellite internet network.”
There was an article posted about ESA potentially launching with SpaceX rockets.
It says “The European Space Agency has begun preliminary technical discussions with SpaceX
that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked
Western access to Russia's Soyuz rockets.”
There was an article posted related to SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy being able to launch secret US
payloads.
It says “SpaceX may soon handle some of the US government's highest-priority satellite
missions.
Bloomberg reports the Space Force has certified SpaceX to launch top secret spy satellites
using Falcon Heavy rockets equipped with reusable boosters.”
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site.
Earth work has been going on near the suborbital launch site.
Julia Bergeron posted a Tweet with a picture of the thumbnail of an NSF video.
You can see the progress that’s happened recently with the Starfactory at SpaceX’s
Roberts Road facility in Florida.
There’s been an immense amount of work on it.
In addition to that, the tower next to the LC-39A pad is progressing nicely too.
This picture was posted on Reddit of the progress on the Starship tower with 6 sections now
stacked.
This new EDOME was seen being moved in the yard.
Ship 24 continues to be worked on, on the suborbital pad B mount.
The very old B2.1 test tank was seen being worked on in the yard.
On Thursday, SpaceX performed an exceptionally long static fire with Booster 7 which was
20 seconds long.
With Booster 7 having completed another successful static fire, Elon Musk posted this picture
of Booster 7 on Twitter performing the static fire.
Musk posted a Tweet in response to this with information about what the test was for.
He said “About to attempt long duration engine firing to test autogenous pressurisation.”
In relation to the static fire as well, SpaceX posted a cool picture of Booster 7 undergoing
the static fire.
They said “Full duration 20 second static fire of Super Heavy Booster 7.”
After the second successful static fire, B7 was lifted off of the orbital launch mount.
It was later rolled back to the production site for more work.
After being rolled back to the production site, Musk posted a Tweet with a video panning
up Super Heavy Booster 7.
He said “Adding the 13 inner engines.”
Zach Golden posted an exciting Tweet related to the installation of the remaining Raptor
engines.
He said “SpaceX moved 13 Gimbaling Raptor 2 engines to the Megabay overnight!
Booster 7 Static Fire testing must have exceeded expectations because they are now preparing
to transport it back to production and quickly install the remaining engines.”
Taking a look at the closures on the Cameron County website, there are just a couple of
dates this coming week.
There are possible closures tomorrow, Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th for some more testing.
The B7.1 test tank continues to be worked on in the Mid Bay.
Booster 8 continues to be worked on in the Mega Bay.
As always, I have to say thank you to both Mary, also known as BocaChicaGal and Nic Ansuini
for being out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other space content.
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