B1086 static fired at McGregor (twitter.com)
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If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch (arstechnica.com)
Landing 300 rockets means SpaceX has preserved 2,700 Merlin rocket engines. In round numbers, the dry mass of a Falcon 9 first stage is about 50 metric tons, so the landing of all these rockets has prevented 15,000 metric tons of metal and other materials from being dumped into the oceans—the equivalent, in mass, of about 100...
A fourth droneship could added to the fleet in the coming year
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SpaceX completes 300th Falcon booster landing during Starlink mission – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1078, made its ninth launch on this flight. It previously launched NASA’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station, USSF-124 and five Starlink flights....
[Postponed] WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
Welcome to the WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!...
Starlink 6-53 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 6-53 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-04-23 22:17 UTC, or 2024-04-23 18:17 local time (EDT). Booster 1078-9 to land on Just Read the Instructions....
Work Underway on Large Cargo Landers for NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Scrapping of an old vertical GSE tank at Starbase (pbs.twimg.com)
Source: twitter.com/cnunezimages/…/1781745478285099352...
NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)
As IFT-4 prepares for launch, Starship’s future is coming into focus - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
SpaceX and Northrop are working on a constellation of spy satellites (arstechnica.com)
The hidden story behind one of SpaceX’s wettest and wildest launches (arstechnica.com)
Starlink 6-52 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 6-52 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-04-18 22:40 UTC, or 2024-04-18 18:40 local time (EDT). Booster 1080-7 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas....
Starlink 6-51 launch bulletin
Starlink Group 6-51 launch out of LC-39A in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-04-17 21:26 UTC, or 2024-04-17 17:26 local time (EDT). Booster 1077-12 to land on Just Read the Instructions....
[rykllan] 2024-04-15 Falcon flightworthy boosters overview (pbs.twimg.com)
Infographic source: rykllan...
Polaris Dawn - Your Very Own Human Space Program (youtu.be)
Fishing boat gets a (very!) close video of a Falcon 9 fairing (twitter.com)
Video: twitter.com/SpaceOffshore/…/1779284768485466252...
SpaceX’s most-flown reusable rocket will go for its 20th launch tonight (arstechnica.com)
Starlink 6-49 launch bulletin (B1062-20 flight leader!)
B1062 will be the first booster to fly for the 20th time!...
Vast to use Starlink for space station broadband communications (spacenews.com)
SpaceX launches Space Force weather satellite designed to take over for a program with roots to the 1960s – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
FAA: no current plans to tax commercial space launches (spacenews.com)
SpaceX - Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion (x.com)
The engine’s nozzle is sized for use by Starship in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and outer space, so operation at sea level and low chamber pressures results in flow separation creating visible rings in the exhaust
USSF-62 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!
Welcome to the USSF-62 Launch Discussion and Updates Thread!...