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On Thursday, SpaceX launched the Hotbird 13G mission on a Falcon 9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
And lift off of Eutelsat Hotbird 13G.
Go Falcon 9.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1067, then landed successfully for the 7th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “There we had SECO and stage 1 landing burn has begun, let’s
watch as Falcon 9 touches down on Just Read The Instructions.
Landing leg deploy.
Nominal orbit insertion.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And great news there, and a couple of great callouts.
Falcon 9 has touched down… on Just Read The Instructions.
This landing marks SpaceX’ 152nd recovery of an orbital class rocket including first
stage landings for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.”]
I want to share another launch that is coming up very soon.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of the Galaxy 31 and 32 satellites
is scheduled for Tuesday 8th but with no time specified currently.
However, I believe the launch is scheduled for 4:06pm UTC or 12:06pm EDT.
There were a couple of cool pictures posted by SpaceX in their factory with a bunch of
their employees.
They said “Congratulations to the Falcon team which completed the 200th second stage
vehicle and Merlin Vacuum engine this past week!”
SpaceX posted a Starlink related Tweet.
They said “Starlink is now able to serve additional communities across Alaska, Canada,
and the polar region that previously didn't have access to reliable, high-speed, low-latency
internet.”
In response to a Starliner Tweet, Eric Berger posted a Tweet about a Crew Dragon mission.
He said “NASA also confirms that the Fall 2023 crew rotation flight to the ISS will
be on board a Crew Dragon.
This Crew-7 date very likely pushes the Starliner-1 crew mission, Boeing's first long duration,
operational ISS mission, into 2024.”
Heading to Boca Chica, work continued on the orbital launch mount.
In the production yard, work continues on the Mega Bay extension.
Here’s the progress on the tent by the propellant production site.
I wanted to share this incredibly cool video of Starbase that SpaceX posted on Twitter.
They said “Life at Starbase.”
Here’s a view of the nosecones under construction in the tent.
SpaceX posted a super cool picture of a Raptor 2 engine on Twitter.
They said “If 200 Falcon second stage vehicles and Merlin Vacuum engines weren’t enough
for you, the Raptor team recently completed the 200th Raptor 2 engine!”
During the week, there was some more cryogenic proof testing of Starship 25.
Ship 24 and Booster 7 both did methane tank cryo testing during the week.
There was also full stack Liquid Oxygen tank testing during the week.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures on the Cameron County, there are some dates
for this coming week.
There are currently possible closures tomorrow, Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th.
Booster 9 continues to be worked on in the Mega Bay after being stacked.
To finish up the video today, there’s an updated Starbase production diagram to take
a look at, thanks to Brendan Lewis.
I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini for being out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, I have to say thanks to Chris Kleindl who has also been out there filming the Starbase
content recently.
Plus, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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