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After some delays, SpaceX finally launched the CRS-28 mission successfully on Monday.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
Engines full power.
And lift off of CRS-28, go Falcon, go Dragon!
Lift off of about 7,000 pounds of science and cargo… pitching downrange… including
a new pair of solar arrays to boost power on the space station.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1077, then landed successfully for the 5th time
on the droneship A Shortfall Of Gravitas.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
Landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And… and there you have it, the Falcon 9 first stage that supported today’s mission
has landed for its 5th time, having previously supported Crew-5, GPS-3, Space Vehicle 6,
Inmarsat 6 F2 and a Starlink mission.
Today’s landing also marks the 198th successful landing for an orbital class rocket.”]
We can hopefully expect to see the next Starlink launch in a few days.
The Starlink 5-11 mission is currently scheduled for Sunday 11th at 7:36am UTC or 3:36am EDT.
We could also expect to see another launch the following day with a rideshare mission.
The Transporter-8 mission is currently scheduled for Monday 12th at 9pm UTC or 5pm EDT.
On Tuesday, the ISS posted a Tweet confirming that the cargo Dragon had docked.
They said “Over 7,000 pounds of new experiments, new solar arrays, and other cargo has arrived
at the station after the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft docked to the Harmony module at 5:54am
ET today.”
There was a Tweet posted related to some more satellites that will be launched by SpaceX.
It says “Spanish-built comms module for military Spainsat NG-1 satellite, a joint
Thales Alenia Space - Airbus effort, sent from Spain to Toulouse for integration w/
Airbus Eurostar NEO bus.
Launch 2024, with twin NG-2 to launch 2025.
Both with SpaceX.”
The delayed Physche mission which was originally scheduled for late last year could launch
in October this year.
This article says “One year after NASA announced an indefinite delay of a much-anticipated
mission to visit a metal-rich asteroid, the agency said Monday that the Psyche spacecraft
is back on track.
‘We believe Psyche is on a positive course for an October 2023 launch,’ says Thomas
Young, who chaired an independent review board that NASA convened last summer after the mission
was delayed.”
Heading to Boca Chica, work continues under and around the Orbital Launch Mount.
Crews have been seen working on tubing, possibly for the water deluge system.
Crews were seen also working to repair the orbital tank farm recently.
The work on constructing the new High Bay building is continuing.
The work to demolish some old buildings for the Starfactory expansion continues.
There was an interesting Tweet posted by a NASA astronaut related to lunar Starship.
It says “Going to lunar South Pole will be hard, so what better way for Artemis to
learn than connecting w/ past.
NASA Astronauts & SpaceX engineers met w/ Apollo16 pilot Charlie Duke at NASA’s Johnson
Space Centre to talk about lunar lander design & his lessons landing on/exploring lunar surface.”
There was a Tweet posted by Jeff Foust related to Starship and the FAA.
It says “NASA is involved with Starship investigation, and just met with FAA.
Do have concerns about their ability to meet Dec. 2025 date for Artemis 3.
They have a ‘significant number’ of launches to go before that mission.”
The Starship 29 prototype was recently seen fully stacked in the High Bay.
The Booster 11 prototype was seen fully stacked in the Mega Bay.
There was also a piece of the Booster 12 prototype seen being stacked in the Mega Bay.
To finish up today’s video, we once again have an updated Starship production diagram
to take a look at thanks to TheRingWatchers.
For this video, I have to say thanks to both Nic Ansuini and Tyler Gray 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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