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Yesterday, SpaceX launched the Starlink 2-6 mission with another payload on a Falcon 9
rocket. [SpaceX Commentator: “One. Engines full power. And lift off of Starlink 2-6. Go Falcon,
go Starlink.”] The booster which launched this mission, B1071, then landed successfully for the
7th time on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You. [SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
There we can see the landing burn has begun for the first stage,
targeting a landing on our droneship Of Course I Still Love You. Stage 1 landing leg deploy. Stage
1 landing confirmed. There you can see Falcon 9 has successfully landed on our droneship,
Of Course I Still Love You. mVac shutdown. Marking the 168th overall landing of an orbital class
rocket, including F9 and Falcon Heavy missions. Nominal parking orbit.”] We can hopefully expect
another Starlink mission to lift off this week. The Starlink 5-3 mission is currently scheduled
for tomorrow, Thursday 2nd at 7:43am UTC or 2:43am EST. SpaceX posted a Tweet saying “Starlink is
now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service!” Bob Benkhen and
Doug Hurley were the first people to fly on Crew Dragon and I wanted to share this Tweet
from NASA. It says “On Tuesday, Jan. 31, Demo-2 astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will
receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for bravery.” Heading to Boca Chica, here’s Booster
7 sitting on the orbital launch mount. Work continues on the new foundations at Starbase.
There was a Tweet posted related to the Starship tower being constructed at pad 39A in Florida. It
says “SpaceX moved the Chopsticks and carriage to 39A. They were moved onto a temporary work
platform where they were connected and then lifted onto the tower. The Chopsticks will
be used to stack and catch Starship and Super Heavy.” This Booster aft section was seen being
moved into a fabrication tent. Somebody posted a screenshot of the SpaceX website unaware that
SpaceX plan to fly Starship in expendable mode. Everyday Astronaut posted “I would love to know
more about what exactly is being expended in expendable mode... are we talking an expended
upper stage (does HLS count)? Expended Super Heavy? Both? I'd imagine if it's both, it'd be
a lot more than 250 tonnes even.” Musk responded with “Expendable upper stage may or may not fly,
but it is an option.” There was a Tweet posted related to Musk flying to Starbase. It says “As
of Sunday afternoon January 29, 2023, rumor has it that the map below indicates elonmusk,
or at least his private jet, has returned to Brownsville, TX, on his way back to Starbase so
that he can be on site for the much anticipated Booster 7 (B7) 33 engine static fire test!”
So, this could mean that we’ll see a 33 engine static fire pretty soon. The crane lifting points
have been removed from Starship 24. The Starship 28 nosecone was seen moved to the High Bay. Two
Raptor engines were swapped out on Booster 7 recently. I wanted to share this super cool
picture that Elon Musk posted on Twitter of Super Heavy Booster 7. He said “Just leaving the engine
bay of Starship.” Taking a look at the road and beach closures, the dates for yesterday and today
were cancelled. However, SpaceX currently have a possible closure for Friday 3rd,
as well as Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th. As always, I have to say thanks to Jack Beyer for being out
there filming the Boca Chica content. Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working
behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams and other space content. That’s it for this episode
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