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Starting off with today’s video, we have a few launches that have happened back to
back pretty much with one every of the last 3 days.
The first launch that happened over this period was the launch of the Starlink 4-19 mission.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Zero.
Ignition.
And liftoff!”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1060, then landed successfully for a record 13th
time on the droneship A Shortfall Of Gravitas.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 2 is in terminal guidance.
Stage 1 landing burn.
Stage 2 FTS is safed.
So, our landing burn has begun.
It’s a single engine burn.
This is also the period where we’ll deploy our landing legs, and here comes our first
stage for the 13th time.
Attempting to land on our droneship.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
And X marks the spot for the 13th time.
That is the first time we have flown and landed a booster…
13 times.”]
Musk posted a couple of Tweets in response to this landing with the first saying “Our
best landing video to date, thanks to Starlink!”
Then he said “And rocket landings are now triple digits.”
Next, they launched the SARah 1 mission the following day which was yesterday.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Zero.
Ignition.
And liftoff!”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1071, then landed successfully for the 3rd time
on the landing pad at LZ-4.
[SpaceX Commentator: “Stage 1 landing burn has started.
There’s a great shot from the ground on the right hand side.
Stage 2 FTS is safed.
Terminal guidance.
Landing legs have deployed.
Welcome back Falcon 9!
That is the 3rd successful landing for this booster.
It also marks our 125th overall successful recovery of an orbital class rocket including
both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy first stages.”]
Then, for the 3rd launch in 3 days, this morning there was the launch of Globalstar FM15.
[SpaceX Commentator: “One.
Ignition.
And liftoff of Falcon 9.
Go Falcon, go Globalstar!”]
The booster which launched this mission, B1061, then landed successfully for the 9th time
on the droneship Just Read The Instructions.
[SpaceX Commentator: “There’s that callout, stage 1 landing burn.
Now, the four landing legs should deploy just a few seconds before touchdown, so let’s
watch as Falcon 9 attempts to land on Just Read The Instructions.
Stage 1 landing leg deploy.
Stage 1 landing confirmed.
Awesome view, stage 1 has landed.
This marks our 126th overall successful recovery of an orbital class rocket, and that includes
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy first stage landings.”]
There was an article posted and a Tweet posted in reference to it.
It says “Yesterday, SpaceX employees shared an open letter to the company’s execs in
an internal chat, criticizing Elon Musk’s recent behavior: ‘Elon’s behavior in the
public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us.’”
I also want to share a Tweet in reference to this information.
It says “SpaceX fires employees who wrote open letter complaining about Elon Musk.”
Heading over to Boca Chica, here’s a view of the orbital launch site.
Work is going on all over the place as they prepare for B7 again.
Work continues on the chopstick catching arms, with which we could see a Booster 7 lift soon.
The cap for a test stand to do crush testing on test tanks was moved to the launch site.
Work continues on the suborbital Pad B mount.
Work is continuing to progress on the Starfactory production building.
The new production site building is coming together.
Work on top of the Mega Bay has been continuing.
Here’s ground work going on for future expansion.
There was a cool Tweet from SPadre that I wanted to share with a video of SpaceX helping
rescue a turtle in Boca Chica.
It says “This young sea turtle was injured and stranded at the Boca Chica jetty, and
rescued by Sea Turtle Inc and Sam Patel on this cool SpaceX amphib Quadski!”
There were some cool pictures posted by Greg Scott on Twitter of the Cape launch pad and
roberts road work in Florida.
He said “Todays flyover of NASA & SpaceX Hanger X with Farielle shows lots of new construction
on buildings at Roberts Rd & tower sections as well as 1 section now in place at LC-39A.”
Musk responded with “SpaceX team is making great progress at the Cape & Starbase!”
Somebody posted on Reddit, shots from Falcon launch webcasts showing the super rapid progress
of the Starship launch site next to 39A.
On March 3rd, there was basically nothing there, and the latest, June 17th, there’s
the first section for Mechazilla waiting.
This Starship aft dome barrel section was flipped for stacking.
Musk was asked on Twitter “Any dates on the orbital launch for the starship?”
He responded with “There will probably be several launch countdowns before we pass all
the abort triggers, but hopefully first countdown is next month.”
Musk posted a Tweet in response to Everyday Astronaut about Raptor 1 vs Raptor 2 with
a question of mass.
He said “About 20% more thrust & 20% less mass, but focus has been heavily on production
rate & reliability.
Mass, thrust & Isp will all improve, as will production rate, reliability & cost.”
Ship 24 continues to be worked on in the High Bay.
The Ship 25 body continues to be worked on in the Mid Bay.
This Ship 25 upper stack was spotted outside.
The B7.1 test tank was placed on a transport mount to be moved.
It was then rolled out to the launch site.
Here’s the bottom of Booster 4 which continues to sit at the launch site.
Taking a look at the road and beach closures on the Cameron County website, there are some
dates for this coming week.
There are possible closures for Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd.
As always, I have to say thanks to both Mary, known as BocaChicaGal and Nic Ansuini for
being out there filming the Starbase content.
Also, thanks to the NASASpaceflight team working behind the scenes on their videos, livestreams
and other space content.
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