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Kicking off this video, on Thursday, SpaceX launched the Starlink 4-14 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
And liftoff of Starlink 4-14.”]
The Booster which launched the mission, B1060, then landed successfully for the 12th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “As you can see, this booster has touched down once again, this
is the 12th recovery for this particular booster.
This recovery also marks the 115th recovery of a first stage booster.”]
There’s an Everyday Astronaut Tweet I wanted to share about this booster landing.
He said “Remember when this used to be something that shocked us?
Now it just casually touches down for the 12th time and it’s absolutely no big deal.
Seeing SpaceX continue to push these boosters and make reuse a reality is so normal and
routine, it’s almost boring.”
Musk responded with “Making rocket reuse normal is the goal.”
We have some more launches coming up this week with Crew-4 pushed back a little bit.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Crew-4 is scheduled to lift off
on Wednesday 27th at 7:52am UTC or 3:52am EDT.
In addition, there is another Starlink launch this coming week too.
As you can see, the Starlink 4-16 mission is expected to liftoff on Friday 29th at 9:33pm
UTC or 5:33pm EDT.
There was a really cool Tweet posted by JSX, an airline company.
They said “JSX is proud to be the first air carrier to adopt SpaceX Starlink internet
inflight, free for every customer onboard.
We’d call it the best Wi-Fi in the sky, but it’s actually the greatest Wi-Fi in
the galaxy - coming later this year.”
There was a cool video posted by SpaceX to celebrate Earth Day that I want to share.
It’s the cupola from the Inspiration4 Crew Dragon capsule.
Eric Berger posted a cool picture from a company called BryceTech which illustrates the upmass
so far this year.
SpaceX is ahead with about 115,900kg upmass in Q1 2022, followed by Roscosmos with a mere
19,000kg.
This article was posted about the return of the astronauts of the Axiom-1 mission from
the ISS.
Posted on Friday, it said “Tomorrow, the astronauts plan to undock from the International
Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 6:35 p.m. EDT.
On Sunday, April 24, the crew will splashdown off the coast of Florida around 1:46 p.m.
EDT.”
This article was posted by SpaceNews.
It says “Six companies, including both traditional satellite operators and constellation developers,
have won NASA awards to demonstrate services that could ultimately replace the agency’s
existing fleet of communications satellites.
Two of the winners, Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions and SpaceX, won $67 million and
$69.95 million respectively to demonstrate how their LEO constellations, using optical
links, can provide communications services for satellites and launches.”
Heading to Boca Chica, workers were seen painting the launch tower.
This Starship thrust simulator was spotted at Starbase.
The thrust simulator was delivered to the launch site and placed in the suborbital Pad
A launch mount.
Some Raptor Vaccum engine thrust simulators were also moved to the launch site.
Here’s a look at how the new Starfactory production building is coming along.
This new structure is being worked on near the ground fabrication building.
I believe its official name is the Mega Bay so that’s what I’ll call it now but work
has been continuing.
This laser cutter was spotted delivered and offloaded in Boca Chica.
There are a series of Tweets to share from Eric Berger related to the environmental assessment
of Starship operations in Boca Chica.
The first says “We're one week from the FAA's latest ‘estimated completion date’
of the environmental review process at SpaceX's Boca Chica launch site in South Texas.
To be clear: I have no confirmed information.
But what I'm hearing suggests another delay is likely.”
The next Tweet says “Frankly we are at the point in this process where I think the chance
of a Starship orbital launch in 2022 is probably significantly less than 50 percent.
This is due to a variety of technical and regulatory factors.
But you should set your expectations accordingly.”
Finally, he also Tweeted “I should also reiterate that these FAA delays have nothing
to do with SLS or Boeing or such.
NASA's rocket has its own set of issues to clear before a launch this year, which is
far from a certainty, but those delays have nil impact on Starship regulatory approvals.”
What’s interesting is that on this page with milestones, it says the target date for
FAA environmental approval is April 29th.
Here’s a view of a smooth nosecone in the fabrication tent.
A new Booster thrust puck was spotted delivered to Boca Chica.
Some more Raptor 2 engines have been spotted delivered to Starbase.
There’s a new Booster aft section in the yard that could possibly be for a new test
tank.
This section was also flipped in the yard, here’s a view inside.
Here’s the Ship 24 tank section being worked on in the Mid Bay.
The work on Booster 7 inside the High Bay is continuing.
To finish up today’s video, we have an updated Starbase Production Diagram to take a look
at thanks to Brendan Lewis.
As always, I have to say thank you to both Mary, otherwise known as BocaChicaGal and
Nic Ansuini for being out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other space content.
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