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TheSpaceXFans website is not updating this launch information correctly right now, but
we can hopefully expect another Starlink launch within 12 hours.
The launch of Starlink 4-20 with Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC satellite is expected to lift off
tomorrow, Monday 5th at 2:09am UTC or today, Sunday 4th at 10:09pm EDT.
We can also hopefully expect another Starlink mission to lift off later this coming week.
As you can see on TheSpaceXFans website, the Starlink 4-2 mission with Blue Walker 3 is
expected to lift off on Saturday 10th at 11:50pm UTC or 7:50pm EDT.
Eric Berger posted a Tweet saying “SpaceX launched its 39th rocket of 2022 last night
from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The company has now launched a Falcon 9 every 6.2 days this year, putting them on pace for
a total of 55 to 60.
I've heard the company's goal is 100 orbital flights next year.”
Musk responded and said “Yeah, aiming for up to 100 flights next year.”
SpaceX posted a Tweet related to crewed missions on Dragon for NASA.
They said “NASA has selected Dragon for 5 additional Commercial Crew missions to and
from the Space Station, which brings the total number of astronaut Dragon flights for NASA
up to 14!”
Michael Sheetz also posted a Tweet about this news with more information.
He said “NASA is awarding SpaceX with 5 additional Commercial Crew missions (which
will be Crew-10 through Crew-14), worth $1.4 billion.”
There is another article posted related to crew missions with SpaceX to the ISS, this
one involving Axiom though.
It says “NASA has completed an agreement for a second private astronaut mission to
the International Space Station with Axiom Space, the only company that bid on the opportunity.
NASA announced Aug. 31 that it signed a ‘mission order’ with Axiom Space for the mission,
scheduled for the second quarter of 2023.
The Ax-2 mission will fly four private astronauts to the station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
for a 10-day stay.”
There’s been an article posted about SpaceX filing to construct a facility in Bastrop
County, Texas.
It says “The company wants to construct a 521 thousand-square-foot ‘shell building,’
according to an Aug. 31 filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
An estimated project cost of $43 million was given, along with an expected completion date
of July 2023.”
There was a Tweet about SLS in which Elon Musk responded with info on why Raptor uses
Methane.
He said “Accurate assessment.
Raptor design started out using H2, but switched to CH4.
Latter is best combo of high efficiency & ease of operation imo.
Delta-v difference between H2 & CH4 is small for most missions, because CH4 tank is much
smaller & no insulation is needed.”
Last week, SpaceX performed the first multiple engine static fire test of Booster 7.
I believe it was 2 engines that they lit and was quite a long test compared to usual.
With the Booster 7 multiple engine static fire that happened, SpaceX are planning to
do more testing this coming week.
There are possible closures currently on the Cameron County website for potential testing
on Tuesday 6th, Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th.
In addition, they also have another possible closure for the following week with Monday
12th.
Unfortunately once again, we have little to no Starbase content bar the static fire, I
believe because all the attention has been on SLS at the moment.
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