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On Friday, SpaceX launched the Starlink 4-31 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Starlink.
Go Falcon 9, go Starlink.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1063, then landed successfully for the 8th time
on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You.
[SpaceX Commentator: “And there you can see on your left hand screen, the landing
burn has begun on this booster.
Let’s watch as it touches down on Of Course I Still Love You.
Landing leg deploy.
mVac shutdown.
And awesome view…
Stage 1 landing confirmed… of that landing, the Falcon has landed.”]
The upcoming Falcon Heavy launch has been delayed slightly but not a huge amount as
SpaceX posted this Tweet.
They said “Static fire of Falcon Heavy complete; targeting Tuesday, November 1 for launch of
the USSF-44 mission from Launch Complex 39A in Florida.”
So as of now, the launch of Falcon Heavy USSF-44 is scheduled for Tuesday, November 1st at
1:40pm UTC or 9:40am EDT.
In addition to that, there should be a launch a couple of days after with some more Galaxy
satellites.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Galaxy 31 and 32 is scheduled for
Thursday 3rd at 3:25am UTC or Wednesday 2nd at 11:35pm EDT.
With the Falcon Heavy Tweet, SpaceX also posted this cool picture of Falcon Heavy performing
the static fire test.
There was some interesting information in a SpaceX FCC filing about the Starlink constellation.
It says “Additionally, SpaceX hereby notifies the Commission of its intent, following issuance
of the Gen2 license, to seek a modification of its V-band authorization to significantly
reduce the total number of satellites ultimately in orbit.”
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of progress on the structure being added behind
the Mega Bay.
There’s a new tent going up near the propellant production site.
There’s a Ship nosecone chilling at the production site, possibly for Ship 27.
Here’s a view of another Ship nose being worked on inside the tent.
Jeff Foust posted a couple of Tweets related to Starship and HLS.
The first says “Rene Ortega, NASA’s HLS chief engineer, is clearly impressed with
access to data SpaceX has provided during Starship tests and its hardware-rich approach
during a conference panel.
‘It’s a big deal.’”
Then he posted a 2nd saying “But a lack of technical details or Starship HLS development
updates from NASA and SpaceX in a too-short panel (<20 minutes) with no audience questions.”
Marcia Smith from SpacePolicyOnline posted a Tweet about NASA’s plans for Starship
and the Artemis 4 mission.
It says “Following up on Jeff Foust's intriguing tweet this morning from VonBraun2022, I asked
NASA if plans have indeed changed for Artemis IV and now include a landing.
They have!”
After the previous full stack cryo testing, there was some more full stack cryo testing
during the week.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures, there are some dates this coming week.
There is a temporary and intermittent road delay scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 31st.
However, in addition there is also a possible closure scheduled for tomorrow.
Plus, there are possible closures for Tuesday, November 1st and Wednesday, November 2nd as
well.
Here's the upper tank of Booster 9 inside the Mega Bay.
As always, I have to say thanks to Nic Ansuini and Jack Beyer who have both been out there
recently filming the Boca Chica content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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