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On Thursday, SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink 4-21 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Zero.
Ignition.
And lift off.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1058, then landed successfully for the 13th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 has ignited 1 engine.
Landing leg deploy.”]
There are some more launches that we can hopefully expect this coming week.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the Starlink 3-1 launch is scheduled to lift off
tomorrow, Monday 11th at 1:39am UTC or today at 9:39pm EDT.
In addition, there is the launch of CRS-25 scheduled to lift off on Friday 15th at 12:30am
UTC or Thursday 14th at 8:30pm EDT.
SpaceX posted a couple of pictures of Starlinks on a boat.
They said “Starlink Maritime allows you to connect from some of the most remote waters
in the world.”
SpaceX also posted another Starlink related Tweet.
It says “In addition to withstanding extreme cold, heat, hail, sleet, heavy rain, and gale
force winds, Starlink is rugged enough to withstand rocket landings.
Here’s live video captured on a SpaceX droneship at sea with and without Starlink.”
Sawyer Merritt posted an interesting Tweet in light of the Starlink for boats news.
He said “Starlink Increases SpaceX Recovery Fleet Throughput By 5,900%, Reduces Costs
By 70%.
At over $165k per month for 25 Mb/s download by 25 Mb/s upload of pre-paid bandwidth, satellite
internet was one of the top operating costs for SpaceX's recovery fleet.”
Heading over to Boca Chica, work continues on the orbital launch mount.
Work is also continuing on the chopstick catching arms.
The chopsticks were also seen being tested recently.
This new orbital launch mount work platform was delivered to the launch site.
The work up at the top of the Mega Bay continues.
Of course, work also continues on the Starfactory production building.
There was an article posted related to a lawsuit against Cameron County regarding SpaceX road
and beach closures.
The article says “A lawsuit filed against Cameron County for closing Boca Chica beach
for SpaceX tests has been denied.”
John Winkopp posted some cool pictures of the progress on structures being built at
the Cape.
On the right is the base of the launch tower, and on the left is a mystery structure they’re
building.
This Booster thrust assembly was seen being flipped in the yard.
Here’s a view of the new Ship noses inside the fabrication tent.
Michael Baylor posted some Tweets about filings by SpaceX for launching Starship and Super
Heavy to orbit for the first time.
The first Tweet says “SpaceX has submitted new FCC filings for Starlink communications
during the Starship orbital test flight.
Multiple terminals will be mounted on the ship and the booster to ensure clear views
with the constellation through all phases of flight.”
Next he posted “Flight profile details: Booster will either do a partial return and
land in the Gulf of Mexico or do a full return with a catch attempt.
Ship will reach about 250 km in altitude, then powered landing in the Pacific.”
After that he posted “Starlink will allow "high-data rate communications" and remove
telemetry blackouts during reentry.”
Finally, he posted a picture saying “Super Heavy catch attempt profile.”
I want to share a couple of Tweets from Eric Berger.
The first says “It is now more than theoretical that SpaceX's Starship and NASA's Space Launch
System rocket could make their orbital launch attempts during the same month (August 2022).”
Then he also posted “The off the record, for planning purposes only dates for the two
launches are now within 21 days of one another.
The Starship launch date is much more slippery, but if they get through the static fire test
in the next week or two, oh my.”
SpaceX posted some absolutely amazing pictures on Twitter of the Starship 24 prototype rolling
out and sitting at the launch site.
After being moved to the suborbital launch site, Ship 24 was lifted onto the pad B mount.
Work continues on the Ship 24 prototype to prepare it for a static fire.
Work has continued on the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype as it sits atop the orbital launch
mount.
Booster 7 was also seen performing some more testing recently.
There were also some tests of the grid fins seen being performed.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures on the Cameron County website, there are still
a bunch of dates for this coming week.
There are possible closures currently scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Wednesday
13th and Thursday 14th.
On top of that, there is another possible closure for next week with Monday 18th.
At some point, the Booster 8 forward section was moved over and into the Mega Bay.
RGV Aerial Photography posted this picture of Super Heavy Booster 8 now fully stacked
in the Mega Bay.
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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