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Later on the same day that SpaceX launched the Crew-5 mission, they also launched a Starlink
mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Engine full power.
And lift off of Starlink 4-29.
Go Falcon 9.
Stage 1 pitching downrange.
M1d chamber pressure is nominal.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1071, then landed successfully for the 5th time
on the dronsehip Of Course I Still Love You.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
There we can see the landing burn has begun.
Brushing through the clouds; and there’s the droneship now in view.
Stage 2 FTS has safed.
Landing leg deploy.
And there you can see on your screen…
Stage 1 landing confirmed… and heard there with the callout, Falcon 9 has successfully
landed, marking the 145th landing of an orbital class rocket.
Our 45th launch of 2022.”]
SpaceX posted a Tweet about this launch saying “Deployment of 52 Starlink satellites confirmed
– completing SpaceX’s second launch in ~7 hours!”
In addition to that launch, SpaceX was planning another launch the following day but that
was aborted.
It was then moved to yesterday when SpaceX successfully launched the Galaxy 33 and 34
satellites.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Two.
One.
Ignition.
And lift off of Falcon 9.
Go Falcon, go Intelsat Galaxy 33 and 34.
Falcon 9 is pitching downrange.”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1060, then landed successfully for the 14th time
becoming the second booster to do so.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn.
Landing burn started.
Second engine cutoff.
You just heard the callout there for second engine cutoff on the second stage.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing is confirmed.
Awesome.
Successful landing…
Stage two nominal orbit insertion… on our droneship about 6…
Loss of signal, Cape… 600km off the coast of Florida.
You also heard in there there was second engine cutoff… on our second stage.
So, just handling them in order here; 146th recovery for an orbital class rocket including
first stage landings for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.”]
The Falcon 9 launch abort was an auto-abort by the rocket itself and Musk posted information
about the reason.
He said “Tiny helium leak (just barely triggered abort), but we take no risks with customer
satellites.
Standing down to investigate.”
Eric Berger posted an interesting Tweet about the last launch we just saw.
He said “SpaceX launched its 180th Falcon 9 rocket tonight, and 46th booster of the
year, for a cadence of one flight every 6.1 days.
This first stage was making its 14th flight, and was a purely commercial mission.
The customer received no discount for an "aged" booster.
Reuse is real.”
Coming up this week, we can hopefully expect yet another Falcon 9 launch.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the launch of Hotbird 13F is scheduled to lift
off on Thursday 13th at 3:25am UTC or Wednesday 12th at 11:25pm EDT.
I want to share this cool video that Elon Musk posted on Twitter from a Starlink satellite
of Earth and other Starlinks.
Also what’s cool is you can see the Falcon 9 second stage in the top right performing
a de-orbit burn.
There was an article posted related to Starlink and the next generation satellites.
It says “To build its second-generation Starlink network, SpaceX is aiming to conduct
frequent rocket launches - weekly to start, but potentially ramping up to once every few
days.
SpaceX mentioned the plan in a Tuesday FCC filing about the second-generation constellation,
which will span nearly 30,000 satellites.”
There was some extremely exciting Falcon Heavy related news posted.
It feels like forever since there’s been a Falcon Heavy launch but we can hopefully
expect to see another very soon.
This article says “More than three years after SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last
blazed a path into orbit, the 28-engine launcher is finally set to fly again as soon as Oct.
28 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a long-delayed national security mission for
the U.S. Space Force, a military spokesperson said.”
Heading to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the launch site.
Work on upgrading the orbital launch mount has been continuing.
The chopstick catching arms were seen being tested.
The work behind the Mega Bay has been continuing.
Inside the Mega Bay, there is a nosecone hooked up to the crane.
There is an extension being added to the side of Starfactory.
Here’s a view of barrel sections being worked on inside Starfactory.
Here’s a view of a Ship aft dome waiting outside for sleeving.
Crews were seen working to repair Ship 24’s heat shield tiles.
Work on the Ship 25 prototype is continuing in the High Bay.
The Booster 7 prototype was rolled out after robustness upgrades for hopefully the last
time before launch.
Booster 7 was also moved inside the chopsticks to be lifted onto the orbital launch mount.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures for possible testing, there are some dates
this coming week.
There are possible closures scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday
12th.
Finally 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 Nic Ansuini for being out there filming the Boca
Chica content.
Also, thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other space content.
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