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Starting off today, we are expecting the launch of Starlink-19 this week, with it scheduled for
Sunday. We can hopefully expect liftoff at 4:42am UTC or 11:42pm EDT. Somebody posted a tweet
saying “You can now order Starlink! Hopefully the price comes down for us Canadians soon though.”
Musk responded with “It’s meant to be the same price in all countries. Only difference should
be taxes & shipping.” In relation to Starlink, he was also asked “Will starlink IPO soon? Would love
to invest!” Musk said “Once we can predict cash flow reasonably well, Starlink will IPO.” There
was another tweet asking “Is it reasonable to say those who order Starlink are funding
the endeavor of making life multiplanetary to protect the light of consciousness?”.
Elon Musk responded with “Yes.” With a tweet about Crew-1, somebody posted on Sunday “Today Crew-1
sets the record for longest US space capsule mission ever, beating Skylab 4's 84-day record.
And we're only halfway through our mission to the Space Station. We've got more ISS research to do!
And more spacewalks too.” There was another tweet posted, this one from Jeff Foust about
further SpaceX rideshare missions planned for this year. He said “In a SmallSat Symposium session,
Jarrod McLachlan of SpaceX says they have two more dedicated rideshare launches, Transporter-2 and
-3, scheduled for later this year. No estimate on # of satellites on each, but he said demand
is ‘strong and growing.’” NASA have released an article about yet another contract that has
been awarded to SpaceX. The article says “NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California,
to provide launch services for the agency’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation
and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the foundational elements of the Gateway. As the first long-term
orbiting outpost around the Moon, the Gateway is critical to supporting sustainable astronauts
missions under the agency’s Artemis program.” SpaceX posted a tweet about this too saying “NASA
has selected Falcon Heavy to launch the first two elements of the lunar Gateway together on
one mission!” In Boca Chica, here’s a view of the latest work at the orbital launch pad area.
Musk was asked on Twitter “What’s your biggest priority with Starship right now? What currently
feels like the most uphill battle or most urgent problem to solve?”. He responded with “1. Orbital
launch tower that can stack. 2. Enough Raptors for orbit booster. 3. Improve ship & booster mass.”
Some new components which look to be for Starships arrived recently. SN7.2 is undergoing inspections
after its pressure test to failure. SN10 is continuing to wait on Pad A after completing a
couple of tests already including this cryo proof on Monday. It’s now awaiting its first static
fire. Looking at the road and beach closures, SN10 performed a cryo proof during the Monday window.
Then Wednesday was cancelled and so no testing will happen today, then Thursday and Friday are
still on the table. Needing to complete a static fire still, SN10 could do that test on Thursday.
SpaceX did also have temporary flight restrictions from the FAA from tomorrow though to Sunday.
However, these dates have since been cancelled so no longer is a flight expected this week.
Moving onto other Starships, the SN11 nose was moved into the high bay.
It was then stacked with the tank section to form yet another full size Starship, serial number 11.
Something interesting spotted is heat shield tiles on a nose flap. SN15’s tank section continues to
be worked on in the mid bay. This is probably made from the new 3mm steel they’ve been testing
with SN7.2. Finally, we also have the Super Heavy Booster Number 1’s aft dome on the sleeving mount.
This aft dome has also been sleeved with its ring stack. It goes without saying, but these Starship
updates wouldn’t be possible without Mary, or BocaChicaGal out there constantly to film, so
thank you. Also thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working very hard behind the scenes on their
great videos, livestreams and other space content. That’s it for this episode of TheSpaceXShow,
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