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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2700 on: October 18, 2023, 05:05:23 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on October 18, 2023, 04:48:45 PM
https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1714704152863900050

Delays to Starship are being brought up

 [popcorn]

It wouldn't surprise me if some lefty suggests delaying Starship to level the playing field because [whinge mode] it's so unfair that Musk has been so successful with SpaceX.[/whinge mode]
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2701 on: October 18, 2023, 05:13:56 PM »
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8/ Next is Bill Gerstenmaier with @SpaceX
. He opens with a discussion about Starship.

Says Starship has been ready for its next flight for "more than a month, but we are waiting for an FAA license and interagency review."
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2702 on: October 19, 2023, 04:22:17 PM »
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Fish and Wildlife Service has been busy around the Starbase orbital launch site all day! Hopefully getting things ticked off a checklist!
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1715095998505083209
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2703 on: October 20, 2023, 10:12:22 AM »
Restack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

If nothing else SX is getting good at stacking and destacking.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2704 on: October 20, 2023, 10:52:07 AM »
Now that it's stacked they're messing around with the SS QD and the attachment points on SS
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2705 on: October 21, 2023, 07:10:12 AM »
Marcus House's weekly update

 This is a Critical SpaceX Starship Fight, and ISRO success with Gaganyaan!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLaZX9CwWlk
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2706 on: October 21, 2023, 08:28:10 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2707 on: October 21, 2023, 10:05:53 PM »
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift the next batch of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit from SLC-40 in Florida.  B1080-4 will attempt landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Window open: October 21st at 10:16PM EDT (02:16 UTC on the 22nd)
Window close: October 22nd at 2:47AM EDT (06:47 UTC)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vq6unjnYw
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2708 on: October 22, 2023, 09:51:39 AM »
Possible WDR today
Road closed and the tank farm spooling up
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2709 on: October 22, 2023, 03:47:17 PM »
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift the next batch of 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit from SLC-40 in Florida.  B1080-4 will attempt landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Window open: October 21st at 10:16PM EDT (02:16 UTC on the 22nd)
Window close: October 22nd at 2:47AM EDT (06:47 UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vq6unjnYw

I was shooting a night match last night and caught [crappy] footage of that rocket.  Under NODS you can see a whole lot of the sequence.  this is the boost back burn of the first stage, and it's really cool, because as it hits the atmosphere it creates a really prominent comet like aura and tale.  Please ignore the JR. High school remarks of my fellow shooter. 


https://youtu.be/tcLv4DYSAg4
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2710 on: October 24, 2023, 10:01:29 AM »

They did a couple of partial  WDRs Sunday then a water deluge test.
Appears today they're maybe doing a full WDR

Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAi2Qu52nCU
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2711 on: October 24, 2023, 02:28:32 PM »
Propellant loading
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2712 on: October 24, 2023, 02:38:39 PM »
Getting frosty
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2713 on: October 25, 2023, 12:11:18 PM »
In ULA news they're targeting Christmas eve for the first launch of Vulcan Centaur.
Time to see if BO's BE-4 engine can do the job.

https://spacenews.com/ula-sets-christmas-eve-launch-date-for-first-vulcan-centaur/
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2714 on: October 25, 2023, 12:32:27 PM »
That'll slip.

Second stage re-design, as well as a booster stage that has never flown before.  There's going to be SOMETHING off-nominal during countdown that will scrub it.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2715 on: October 25, 2023, 12:42:30 PM »
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Fish and Wildlife Service out in force again this morning. Always a good sign per getting paperwork done!
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1717152997711425539
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2716 on: October 25, 2023, 04:59:47 PM »
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Vehicle is ready for the second test flight of a fully integrated Starship, pending regulatory approval
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1716979627154149710
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2717 on: October 26, 2023, 12:24:42 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2718 on: October 26, 2023, 12:27:07 PM »
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Updated statement from the FWS regarding the Starship status:

- On Oct. 19, FWS reinitiated consultation with the FAA about the Endangered Species Act.
- While the FWS has 135 days to issue an amended opinion, they do not expect to take the full time.
https://twitter.com/BCCarCounters/status/1717561704689668377

Appears on the surface be a reset of the clock back to Oct 19.
Guess we'll have see see how many of the 135 days they actually take.

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2719 on: October 27, 2023, 11:27:20 AM »
They appears to be getting ready to move S26 and remove the HSR...again

Live feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2720 on: October 27, 2023, 11:33:08 AM »
Being in that bucket lift would be a big fat no from me

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2721 on: October 27, 2023, 03:57:26 PM »
S26 rolling
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2722 on: October 28, 2023, 02:20:28 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2723 on: November 01, 2023, 01:37:55 PM »
Restacking
NSF is noting a stage has been set up, maybe some sort of announcement is coming up.

Live feed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2724 on: November 02, 2023, 12:18:05 PM »
FAA has completed their review, now we're waiting on the Fish people who just so happen to be there now.

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The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) folk are back out in force at Starbase this morning.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1720075623769780630
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