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On Friday, SpaceX successfully launched the Starlink 6-13 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Starlink 6-13, go Falcon, go Starlink.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1077, then landed successfully for the 7th time
on the droneship A Shortfall Of Gravitas.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 2 is in terminal guidance.
Stage 1 landing burn.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.”]
Then yesterday, SpaceX also successfully launched the SDA Tranche 0B mission on a Falcon 9 rocket.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
Engines full power.
And lift off of Space Development Agency Tranche 0B.
Go Falcon, go SDA.
Stage 1 propulsion is nominal.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1063, then landed successfully for the 13th time
on the landing pad at Landing Zone 4.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 transonic.
Stage 1 landing burn.
And there’s that confirmation of landing burn start.
This burn should last just around 15 seconds or so.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And there you have confirmation of landing of our Falcon 9 vehicle.
This was the 13th launch and landing of this booster, and our 222nd overall successful
recovery of an orbital class rocket, including both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy first stage
landings.”]
We can also hopefully expect another Starlink mission to launch very soon.
The Starlink 6-12 mission is currently scheduled for today, Sunday 3rd at 11:25pm UTC or 7:25pm
EDT.
Related to the Starlink launch on Friday, Elon Musk posted saying “Congrats to the
SpaceX team on launch 60 of 2023!”
Related to the Starlink mission today and the total number of launches this year, Elon
Musk posted some more information.
He said “Great work by the SpaceX team successfully launching 61 Falcon rocket missions this year!
If tomorrow’s mission goes well, we will exceed last year’s flight count.
SpaceX has delivered ~80% of all Earth payload mass to orbit in 2023.
China is ~10% & rest of world other ~10%.”
He also posted some more launch cadence information.
This one says “Aiming for 10 Falcon flights in a month by end of this year, then 12 per
month next year.”
There is some information related to another launch contract for SpaceX.
It says “Globalstar has contracted SpaceX to launch Apple-backed satellites in 2025
to replenish its low Earth orbit connectivity constellation.
The operator said in an Aug. 30 regulatory filing it will pay a total of $64 million
to launch the first set of satellites ordered last year from MDA, which is using Rocket
Lab to supply chassis for the spacecraft.”
There was an article posted on the website of a Japanese telecommunications company called
KDDI.
It says “KDDI and SpaceX today announced an agreement to provide satellite-to-cellular
service leveraging SpaceX's Starlink low earth orbit satellites and KDDI national wireless
spectrum nationwide.”
SpaceX posted information about the Crew-6 mission.
They said “One week after NASA's Crew-7 arrived at the space station, Dragon and the
Crew-6 astronauts are set to depart on Sunday, September 3.”
Heading to Boca Chica, testing of Orbital Launch Mount systems has been continuing.
SpaceX are doing a bunch of construction work around the launch site.
Tent number 1 was seen being demolished in the production yard.
As they demolish infrastructure for the new Starfactory expansion, the Mid Bay was amongst
those demolished.
The Starfactory expansion has also been continuing.
Work continues on Mega Bay 2 as stairs were seen being installed.
There was information posted related to NASA milestones for Starship.
It says “Cool fact: the CSCC2 SAA's have listed near term planned Starship milestones
such as: First Starship launch with payload Q1 2024.
Successful Starship Recovery Q3 2024.
Starship LEO crewed space station PDR Q4 2028.”
As SpaceX continue to prepare for the next Starship flight test, Ship 25 has received
decals like Ship 24 had.
I wanted to share a post from What About It related to Starship 25.
It says “Ship 25 is undergoing upgrades in preparation for IFT-2!
It appears that its skirt has been modified to facilitate in-flight engine section purging,
as evidenced by the cutout holes just above the engine shielding ‘fake floor’.”
The Starship 31 nosecone was seen stacked inside the High Bay.
Booster 9 was seen performing a spin prime test prior to the static fire.
Crews were also seen working around the area where Booster 9’s FTS will be installed.
It’s also believed the flight termination system explosives were delivered.
Booster 12 was recently seen fully stacked inside the Mega Bay.
To finish up the video today, there’s an updated Starship production diagram to look
at thanks to TheRingWatchers.
In addition, of course, there’s also a Booster production diagram to look at as well.
As always, I have to say thanks to both Sean Doherty and 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.
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