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SpaceX posted a Tweet saying “NASA has ordered six additional Space Station resupply missions
from SpaceX!
Dragon will continue to deliver critical cargo and supplies to and from the orbiting lab
through 2026.”
Kjell Lindgren posted a Tweet saying “FREEDOM!!
Crew-4 will fly to the International Space Station in a new Dragon capsule named “Freedom.”
The name celebrates a fundamental human right, and the industry and innovation that emanate
from the unencumbered human spirit.”
I wanted to share some pictures from Julia Bergeron of the Falcon 9 booster B1051 which
recently flew.
She said “Up close and personal with veteran booster B1051.
This beast has completed twelve flights and is the current lifeleader of the Falcon 9
fleet.”
There was some information Tweeted by Christian Davenport about SpaceX.
One of the Tweets says “Interesting but not surprising: Gerst says that on Starlink
missions SpaceX continues to iterate on Falcon 9, using it to test limits: ‘We're actually
changing some of the thrust characteristics of the rocket to actually get more performance
out of it.’”
The other Tweet says “As for the lagging chute on SpaceX's Dragon, Gerst says they
did a rigorous review but it's just the way they inflate when you have 4 chutes deploying
at once: ‘Even on this Axiom return we might have another lagging parachute.
And if we do, it's just a function of the design.’”
There was some Starlink information posted by Jeff Foust.
His first Tweet says “In a smallsat constellation panel, SpaceX’s Jonathan Hofeller says the
company is building “close to 8” Starlink satellites a day at its Redmond, Washington
facility.
Vertical integration has cut the cost of its user terminal by 2/3rds from the original
version.”
In another Tweet it says “He reiterates past comments that SpaceX has talked with
GEO operators about offering Starlink satellites for a hybrid network but haven’t found an
approach that works.”
There was an interesting Tweet posted.
It says “With the help of high-resolution satellite imagery, it appears SpaceX has shipped
two Falcon 9 boosters from the Port of Long Beach.”
Gavin Cornwell also posted a Tweet about this saying “I've tracked this barge, and it
would appear that SpaceX shipped two Falcon 9 boosters from the Port of Long Beach to
Vandenberg Space Force Base yesterday.”
The SpaceX Axiom-1 mission with private astronauts going to the ISS is scheduled for April 3rd
and this article was posted about it.
It says “NASA officials gave the green light Friday for the first all-commercial astronaut
launch to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket as soon as April 3.
But the astronaut launch could be delayed a day, or longer, to give priority to a countdown
test for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on a neighboring launch pad at the
Kennedy Space Center.”
There’s an article posted about a company called PSN group that will be launching a
satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket.
The article states, the PSN CEO said “We have already entered into a contract with
a satellite manufacturer from the United States, Boeing Satellite Systems, to build the Nusantara
Lima satellite.
We also have entered into an agreement with SpaceX to launch the satellite on its Falcon
9 rocket.”
Heading over to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site.
The work on the Wide Bay in the production yard has been continuing.
There was a Tweet posted with pictures from Roberts Road and the Starship pad being built
at the Cape.
It says “SpaceX is rapidly progressing with Starship work at Cape Canaveral.”
SpaceX posted a Tweet saying “NASA has selected Starship for an additional mission to the
Moon with astronauts as part of the Artemis program!”
Michael Sheetz posted a Tweet with further delays to the environmental assessment from
the FAA.
He said “The FAA is delaying the environmental assessment on SpaceX's Starship facility by
another month, to April 29 from March 28.”
In another Tweet, he also posted “For now, the FAA review is not holding up SpaceX's
Starship development – as the company is at least a couple months away from when it
would need the environmental assessment to be complete to request a license for the first
orbital launch attempt.”
The Starship 24 nosecone barrel section has been receiving some heat shield tiles.
Chris Bergin from NSF posted an interesting Tweet saying “Mary spotted the cargo door
pathfinder being moved.
Starship's opening cargo flights are set to include huge amounts of Starlinks taking advantage
of the vehicle's impressive capability.”
In addition to this, he also posted a Tweet saying ”Another photo from Mary.
Currently assigned as Ship 24's nosecone barrel section.”
The nosecone of Ship 24 also continues to be worked on with it back in the fabrication
tent.
During the week, Booster 4 was hooked up to SpaceX’s crane.
Crews were seen working on the Booster transport stand for B4.
The Super Heavy Booster 4 prototype was then lifted out of the orbital launch mount.
The booster was then placed inside the transport mount.
The crane was then disconnected and the Booster moved.
The Booster 7 prototype was spotted outside the High bay briefly before being moved back
inside.
It was then once again moved out of the High Bay.
And then, again, was moved back inside.
Finally, I want to share the road and beach closures on the Cameron County website again.
Currently there are closures scheduled for half of this coming week with tomorrow, Monday
28th, Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th.
As always, I have to say thanks to both Mary, known as BocaChicaGal and Nic Ansuini for
being 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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