Hello, we are TheSpaceXFans and welcome to TheSpaceXShow, the place where you can stay
up to date with everything SpaceX.
On Sunday, or Monday, depending on your timezone, SpaceX launched the Starlink 4-34 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
And lift off of Starlink 4-34.
Go Falcon 9.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1067, then landed successfully for the 6th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
Stage 1 has lit its one engine to prepare for a landing on droneship Just Read The Instructions.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
SECO.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
Falcon 9 has landed, marking the 135th landing… nominal orbital insertion… of a Falcon 9
first stage, and the 42nd launch of 2022.”]
We can hopefully expect the next Starlink mission to launch in just a few days as well.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Starlink 4-35 is scheduled for Saturday
24th at 11:30pm UTC or 7:30pm EDT.
There was an article posted saying “Saudi Arabia is planning to launch two astronauts
to the International Space Station aboard a space capsule from Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The sources, speaking anonymously to discuss the mission's crew before its formal announcement,
said the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston's Axiom Space.”
Teslarati posted a Tweet about an article saying “SpaceX conducts Starlink demo with
JSX 30,000 ft in the air — and gets 100 Mbps.”
Musk responded and said “With some improvements, it will achieve 300 Mbps.”
There was a Tweet posted about SpaceX building another Starship launch site in Florida.
It says “SpaceX is preparing to build another Launch tower at the Cape (OLIT 3.0).
First indicators have been spotted a few weeks ago in one of Gregg Scott's flyovers.
Now, on the latest flyover you can see the first beams for the tower segments being prepared
for assembly.”
Musk was asked a question about when we could see the first prototypes at LC-39A.
Chris Bergin asked “Not to get ahead of ourselves, but do you have an estimate for
the first booster at 39A?
Pending Roberts Road, or can you ship vehicles from Starbase (which some people say isn't
possible).”
Musk responded and said “Probably Q2 next year, with vehicles initially transferred
by boat from Port of Brownsville to the Cape.”
This Starship nosecone was seen rolled out of the fabrication tent into the yard.
Elon Musk was asked when we could potentially see the Starship orbital flight test.
He said “Late next month maybe, but November seems highly likely.
We will have two boosters & ships ready for orbital flight by then, with full stack production
at roughly one every two months.”
Starship 25 was seen lifted and moved inside the High Bay.
The B7.1 test tank was rolled back to the production site recently.
On Monday, Eric Berger posted a Tweet about Booster 7 testing.
He said “SpaceX completed a spin prime test already this morning with the Super Heavy
booster.
Now they're chilling engines again for what may be a static fire test of as many as seven
Raptor rocket engines.”
Musk responded with “Yes, seven engine static fire.”
As Musk mentioned, on Monday, SpaceX performed a 7 engine static fire test of the Super Heavy
Booster 7 prototype.
Musk posted a Tweet in response to a NASASpaceflight Tweet about the static fire test.
He said “Chamber pressure looked good on all 7 engines.”
Everyday Astronaut responded to that and asked “New record!
How long before we see all 33?”
Musk then responded and said “Booster 7 now returns to high bay for robustness upgrades
& booster 8 moves to pad for testing.
Next big test is probably full stack wet dress rehearsal, then 33 engine firing in a few
weeks.”
Elon Musk posted this really cool video on Twitter of the Booster 7 static fire.
SpaceX also posted some cool pictures on Twitter of Booster 7 performing the 7 engine static
fire test.
Musk posted more Super Heavy information about Booster 7.
He was asked “So booster 7 will be first to fly?
(hopefully)” He responded with “That’s the plan.
We’re taking a little risk there, as engine isolation was done as retrofit, so not as
good as on Booster 9.”
In response to a Tweet by NASASpaceflight about a video, Musk posted a Tweet.
He said “Our focus is on reliability upgrades for flight on Booster 7 and completing Booster
9, which has many design changes, especially for full engine RUD isolation.”
As mentioned by Elon Musk, Booster 8 was also rolled out to the launch site for testing.
As always, I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini for being out there in Boca Chica filming
some of the content in this video.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
That’s it for this episode of TheSpaceXShow, I hope you enjoyed the video, if you did,
make sure to hit the like button and leave a comment down below.
If you want to stay updated with SpaceX info, make sure to subscribe and press the bell
icon to get notified when I upload.
Thanks for watching and have a great day!