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Yesterday, SpaceX successfully launched the Transporter-7 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Transporter-7.
Go Falcon, go transporter.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1063, then landed successfully for the 10th time
on the landing pad at Landing Zone 4.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
Great callout there, that landing burn has begun.
You can see it right there.
Landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And as you saw and probably heard, we had a successful first stage landing at Landing
Zone 4.”]
The next Starlink launch is scheduled for this coming week.
The Starlink 6-2 mission is currently scheduled for Wednesday 19th at 1:33pm UTC or 9:33am
EDT.
SpaceX posted a couple of Tweets related to the MVac engine they flew on this Transporter
mission.
The first says “A shorter second stage nozzle will be used when we don’t need as much
performance to get the payload to its final destination.”
Then they also posted “We'll still fly the full-sized MVac nozzles on missions that require
a more significant amount of thrust or contain a heavier payload.”
Heading to Boca Chica, SpaceX did some testing of the FireX system.
The orbital launch mount was seen being painted.
Something happened at Starbase with this video posted on Twitter of sparks and a bang inside
the launch tower.
It’s believed something to do with the elevator broke but fortunately there’s been no indication
of any injuries.
There was some flame diverter equipment seen in the production yard.
As you’ll likely be aware by now, it’s finally official, SpaceX have a launch license
from the FAA.
It says “Space Exploration Technologies, Corp. is authorized, subject to the provisions
of 51 U.S.C.
Subtitle V, chapter 509, and the orders, rules, and regulations issued under it, to conduct
launches of the Starship-Super Heavy vehicle.”
There was a Tweet posted related to a statement from the FAA.
It says “FAA statement on Super Heavy / Starship license: ‘After a comprehensive license
evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, payload,
airspace integration and financial responsibility requirements.
The license is valid for five years.’”
SpaceX posted a Tweet confirming their intention to attempt a Starship launch as soon as tomorrow,
Monday 17th.
They said “Targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 for the first test of a fully integrated
Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas.”
Of course, with SpaceX planning to launch tomorrow, there is a closure for tomorrow
Monday, 17th, with backups on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th.
There is a Starship test noise advisory on the Cameron County website as well with information
about when the test window opens.
It says “SpaceX is targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 for the first integrated
flight test of Starship from Starbase in Cameron County, Texas.
The 150-minute test window opens at 7:00 a.m.
CT.”
Musk posted a picture on Twitter of the mission patch for the Starship test flight which looks
super cool.
Whilst we have all of this exciting news regarding the Starship launch being tomorrow, Musk posted
a Tweet.
He said “I have a feeling it might get delayed 3 days…”
There was a response asking “Oh so it’s not happening?”
Musk responded to that with “There is massive uncertainty with a new launch.
We don’t know exactly when it will fly.”
Starship 24 was destacked from Booster 7 one last time for final launch preparations.
On Friday, SpaceX armed the FTS or flight termination system for Ship 24.
They also armed the Booster 7 FTS.
Yesterday, it was also restacked in preparation for the first full stack test flight hopefully
this coming week.
SpaceX posted these pictures of the fully stacked vehicle.
Crews were seen inside the Ship 25 payload section.
Ship 26 continues to be worked on at the rocket garden.
Ship 28 was seen spinning in the High Bay.
The Booster 11 downcomer was installed inside the Mega Bay.
As always, I have to say thanks to Jack Beyer for 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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