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On Wednesday, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 with the launch of the Nilesat-301 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Zero.
Ignition.
And liftoff!”]
The Booster which launched this mission, B1062, then landed successfully for the 7th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “So here we’re going to see if we can land this first stage for
the 7th time on our droneship.
And there we have it.”]
We can expect 2 launches this coming week with a Starlink mission and SARah 1 on Falcon
9 rockets.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Starlink 4-19 is scheduled for Thursday
16th at 2:50pm UTC or 10:50am EDT.
In addition, there is the launch of SARah 1 scheduled for Saturday 18th at 1:50pm UTC
or 9:50am EDT.
Polaris posted a Tweet with pictures of the Dawn crew doing training.
They said “Learn more about the beginning of the Polaris Dawn crew’s spaceflight training
and the mission’s targeted apogee.”
Here’s a look at the website where there’s some cool information about the mission.
In reference to a video titled “Gaming with Starlink on top of a mountain”, SpaceX Tweeted
“Awesome to see how people are using Starlink for RVs!
30,000 orders and counting.”
There was an article posted saying “Based on regulatory filings, it appears Royal Caribbean
is engaged with SpaceX’s satellite internet system Starlink to provide internet service
for its ships.”
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the launch site.
The chopstick catching arms were seen doing some testing.
The Booster Quick Disconnect cover extension was reinstalled.
Ground work is going on at the production site for expansion.
The work on the Megabay is still continuing with it almost complete.
Of course the work on the Starfactory production building is continuing nicely too.
There’s also the other new building near the production site continuing.
There was a Tweet posted by Zach Golden with pictures from Julia Bergeron and RGV Aerial
Photography.
He said “Hey StarshipAddicts, just in case you missed it, the first components of Mechazilla
2’s Chopsticks have arrived to the Robert’s road facility.
They are located near the tower sections currently under construction.”
Elon Musk posted an amazing picture on Twitter of the 33 Raptor 2 engines installed on Booster
7.
With it he said “33 Raptor rocket engines, each producing 230 metric tons of force.”
In reference to the Tweet he posted here, he posted another saying “250 tons of force
is achievable.”
The NASA Marshall Twitter account posted a Tweet with a cool picture of NASA leadership
checking out a grid fin at Starbase.
It says “SpaceX hosted NASA leadership at their Starbase facility in Boca Chica, TX,
for an update on Starship, the human landing system that will carry the next American astronauts
to the Moon on Artemis III.”
The EDOME test tank was moved to the launch site.
Ship 24 was removed from the Pad A mount.
It was then rolled back to the production yard and into the Highbay.
Ship 24 will probably have Raptor engines installed now.
The Starship 25 tank section was moved into the Midbay.
A Starship 27 aft barrel section was seen moving.
Here’s Booster 7 in the Megabay with all the Raptors installed.
Here’s a view of the section for test tank B7.1.
The B7.1 test tank was seen being stacked.
Taking a look at the upcoming road and beach closures on the Cameron County website, there
are a couple of dates.
There are possible closures for Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th.
As always, I have to say thanks to both Mary, known as BocaChicaGal and Nic Ansuini who
are out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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