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After being delayed, SpaceX launched the Badr-8 mission successfully on a Falcon 9 rocket
yesterday.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
And lift off.
Go Falcon, go Arabsat.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1062, then landed successfully for the 14th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
Nominal orbit insertion.
There we’ve got the callout for second engine cutoff 1 and nominal orbit insertion on our
second stage.
Right now we’re watching our…
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
There you just saw a successful 14th landing for this particular booster.
Which also marks our 195th overall successful recovery of an orbital class rocket, including
both Falcon 9 and Heavy first stages.”]
Coming up this week, we can hopefully expect another Starlink mission.
The Starlink 6-4 mission is currently scheduled for Tuesday 30th at 10:42am UTC or 6:42am
EDT.
We can also hopefully expect another Starlink mission the following day as well.
The Starlink 2-10 mission is currently scheduled for Wednesday 31st at 5:27am UTC or 1:27am
EDT.
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site which continues to
be repaired.
Drilling work was seen going on behind the launch tower.
Concrete was seen being poured into the trench along the highway.
Another new crane was spotted arriving at Starbase.
Here’s a look at the new High Bay sections being put together.
Here are the first pieces that have been put in place at the new High Bay location.
There was an article posted related to how much SpaceX has invested into developing Starship
so far.
It says “SpaceX will have spent $5 billion or more on its Starship vehicle and launch
infrastructure by the end of this year, according to court filings and comments by the company’s
chief executive.”
I wanted to share this really cool video that SpaceX posted on Twitter of
the Starship launch.
You can see here they confirm what the next Starship / Super Heavy Booster pair will be,
which is Ship 25 and Booster 9.
Musk responded to this Tweet and gave information about when we could see the launch site ready
to support a second launch.
He said “Major launchpad upgrades should be complete in about a month, then another
month of rocket testing on pad, then flight 2 of Starship.”
There was a Tweet from Zach Golden related to the construction work around the orbital
mount.
He said “The amount of new structural reinforcements on the Orbital Launch mount far exceeds what
I was expecting.
That's a good thing...
It seems like the first phase of base stabilization may be nearing completion.
Before installation of the water system, we should probably expect to see a massive concrete
foundation (Pile cap) constructed.
Based on past observations, I would guess 2-4 weeks until they are ready to install
the water cooled plates.”
Elon Musk responded to a Tweet from Everyday Astronaut with information about Starship’s
payload capacity in expendable mode.
It says “Starship payload is 250 to 300 tons to orbit in expendable mode.
Improved thrust & Isp from Raptor will enable ~6000 ton liftoff mass.”
LabPadre posted a Tweet with a picture of an interesting barrel section that has been
spotted with cutouts for something.
There’s speculation that these cutouts could be related to potential windows for Starship.
Work continues on Starship 25 which is still sitting on the Pad B test mount.
The S26.1 test tank was seen being cryo tested.
The Booster 10 prototype was seen moved in the Mega Bay.
For this video, I have to say thanks to a bunch of people for being out there filming
the Starbase content.
I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini, Mary, otherwise known as BocaChicaGal and Chris
Kleindl.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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