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We were expecting the launch of Transporter-1 on Friday but it was then delayed until Saturday.
SpaceX tweeted “Falcon 9 and 143 spacecraft are vertical on pad 40 ahead of tomorrow’s
launch of the Transporter-1 mission, the first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission.”
They also stood down yesterday due to bad weather.
Then today, SpaceX launched their first dedicated rideshare mission.
The booster which launched, B1058 then landed successfully for the 5th time.
Somebody called Will Marshall posted a tweet about the launch.
He said “This Saturday we're launching 48 SuperDoves with SpaceX!
Fun Fact: it's a record-breaking ride w/ 133 satellites!
(Beating 104 on PSLV in 2017 where PlanetLabs had 88)” Even though it says 133 there are
actually 143 with 10 of them being Starlink satellites.
Ben Cooper who takes SpaceX’s photos shared these cool shots of the payload integration
for this mission.
Elon Musk responded to a tweet about an arstechnica article also about the launch.
He said “Given so many other companies are depending on this mission, it is getting even
more scrutiny than a Starlink flight.”
SpaceX has some satellites known as VisorSats aimed at reducing the Starlink satellites
reflectivity.
Somebody has done some research and here’s what was said “The average VisorSat magnitude
is 5.92, so they’re only 31% as bright as the originals and significantly more difficult
to see.”
Taking a look at stuff related to Boca Chica, there’s an article about SpaceX’s plans
to drill wells near it’s facility to extract natural gas but are apparently in a dispute
with another company.
Said company is claiming ownership of some inactive wells on the same land.
The huge crane known as Tankzilla has been spotted getting ready to be transported.
As we’ve seen a lot recently, work is continuing with the orbital launch pad area.
As mentioned in the last video, the SN7.2 test tank was rolled out to the launch site
on Wednesday.
Also on Wednesday, SpaceX had multiple aborts with SN9.
On Thursday, with lots of fog, SpaceX performed the 5th static fire of SN9.
Early in the morning on Friday, they then performed the 6th static fire of Starship
SN9.
Everyday Astronaut posted a tweet saying “Of course!
SpaceX did manage to static fire SN9 in a veil of fog!!!
It was rather short... hopefully it was ok!”
Musk responded with a picture of the SN9 static fire.
No new road closure dates have been posted for further testing but there are some temporary
flight restriction changes.
The FAA has posted a TFR for Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th.
So with the 6th and hopefully final static fire before the flight complete, we could
see Starship SN9 fly as soon as Monday now.
Chris Bergin tweeted Boca Chica bot is asking wen hop?
Musk responded and said “Hopefully, early next week.”
SN10 is undergoing what should be final preparations for hopefully a rollout soon.
Work has been progressing with SN11’s nose and you can see it now has flaps.
What I think is probably the barrel section for that nose is hooked up to a crane as well.
As they skip from SN11 straight to SN15, the SN12 thrust section was seen being prepared
for scrapping.
As they progress with future Starships, a dome for SN17 has been seen on the sleeving
mount.
Once again we have the latest status diagram for the development of Starship and Super
Heavy prototypes.
Thanks to Brendan we can see a great overview of how everything is progressing.
As always, the updates wouldn’t be possible without the work from Mary or BocaChicaGal
every day so thank you.
Also thank you to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos,
livestreams and other great content.
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