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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2125 on: April 11, 2023, 08:40:04 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2126 on: April 11, 2023, 08:40:36 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2127 on: April 11, 2023, 08:41:05 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2128 on: April 11, 2023, 10:06:24 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2129 on: April 12, 2023, 07:25:10 AM »
They destacked.B7 & S24 last night for finally checks of S24's engines, install of the FTS etc...
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2130 on: April 12, 2023, 08:06:39 AM »
Install/arming of the FTS means

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2131 on: April 13, 2023, 07:02:03 AM »
Launch scheduled for 08:15

 LIVE! Ariane 5 To Launch JUICE Spacecraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsHiao7_hYA

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2132 on: April 13, 2023, 07:33:32 AM »
Relativity not letting their first launch's failure to a reach obit stop them and they're going straight to their much larger Terran R design with a reusable 1st stage ala Falcon 9

Terran 1 - 898kg payload to LEO
Terran R - 23,500kg (reusable 1 stage) 33,500kg (expended 1st stage) to LEO

For comparison F9 17,200kg and 22,600kg respectively to LEO (wiki)

Looks like they want to fit in the ground between F9 and FH (64,000kg to LEO)

Oh, and they think they've narrowed down T1's 2nd stage's failure to an oxygen pump

Relativity shelves Terran 1 after one launch, redesigns Terran R
https://spacenews.com/relativity-shelves-terran-1-after-one-launch-redesigns-terran-r/
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2133 on: April 13, 2023, 08:06:41 AM »
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Launch scheduled for 08:15

 LIVE! Ariane 5 To Launch JUICE Spacecraft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsHiao7_hYA

Weather scrub
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2134 on: April 13, 2023, 10:44:48 AM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2135 on: April 13, 2023, 07:30:18 PM »
The FAA has, figuratively speaking, shot down any plans SpaceX and Musk may have had to fly Starship this month.  The FAA announced today that they have yet to complete their environmental assessment that was started in November 2020.  They have stated it will be done by May 31.  No license to fly Starship will be issued before the assessment is finished.
We've seen this foot dragging by the FAA before with regard to SpaceX operations in Texas.  It still makes me wonder if they ever intended to grant a license in the first place, given the Biden administration's antipathy toward Musk.

Edited to add link to the story from Investor's Business Daily, dated today at 1:34 PM.

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/spacex-faa-blows-out-candle-on-company-starship/

Edited to add that I cannot find confirmation of this anywhere else.  Hopefully it's just IBD getting it wrong with old news.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2136 on: April 14, 2023, 07:32:09 AM »
SpaceX's launch this morning weather scrubbed

Waiting on the JUICE mission launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvHcGmQPcsI
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2137 on: April 14, 2023, 08:08:55 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on April 13, 2023, 07:30:18 PM
The FAA has, figuratively speaking, shot down any plans SpaceX and Musk may have had to fly Starship this month.  The FAA announced today that they have yet to complete their environmental assessment that was started in November 2020.  They have stated it will be done by May 31.  No license to fly Starship will be issued before the assessment is finished.
We've seen this foot dragging by the FAA before with regard to SpaceX operations in Texas.  It still makes me wonder if they ever intended to grant a license in the first place, given the Biden administration's antipathy toward Musk.

Edited to add link to the story from Investor's Business Daily, dated today at 1:34 PM.

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/spacex-faa-blows-out-candle-on-company-starship/

Edited to add that I cannot find confirmation of this anywhere else.  Hopefully it's just IBD getting it wrong with old news.

Just did a search and the latest info I could find is that they're still going back and forth with the FAA right now.

Schedule for SpaceX’s Starship test flight hinges on FAA regulatory approval
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/13/schedule-for-spacexs-starship-test-flight-hinges-on-faa-regulatory-approval/

FAA director is probably still negotiating color of his new Tesla
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2138 on: April 14, 2023, 08:25:03 AM »
So far so good on JUICE
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2139 on: April 14, 2023, 01:07:39 PM »
Quote from: WLJ on April 14, 2023, 08:08:55 AM
Just did a search and the latest info I could find is that they're still going back and forth with the FAA right now.

Schedule for SpaceX’s Starship test flight hinges on FAA regulatory approval
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/13/schedule-for-spacexs-starship-test-flight-hinges-on-faa-regulatory-approval/

FAA director is probably still negotiating color of his new Tesla

IBD has retracted that story.

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A story published earlier Thursday incorrectly reported that the Federal Aviation Administration was holding off approval for launch of SpaceX's Starship on its maiden flight.

The story incorrectly stated that the FAA had yet to complete an environmental review. In fact, that review was conducted in 2022.

Reports currently say that SpaceX hopes to launch Starship in coming days, perhaps as early as April 17.

Investor's Business Daily regrets the error.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2140 on: April 14, 2023, 05:39:19 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on April 14, 2023, 01:07:39 PM
IBD has retracted that story.

That's a relief.  Given their history, it's certainly plausible that the FAA would mess with SpaceX, but it is good to see that IBD got it wrong.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2141 on: April 14, 2023, 06:15:50 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2142 on: April 14, 2023, 06:30:06 PM »
That is good news.  I'll be watching.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2143 on: April 14, 2023, 06:30:32 PM »
In the  immortal words of Alan Shepard

LIGHT THIS CANDLE!
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2144 on: April 15, 2023, 06:38:22 AM »
Making it look easy again

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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2145 on: April 15, 2023, 09:19:01 AM »
AA speculating the issue of the launch license at the last minute on a Friday was to not give the environmentists time to react and find a judge to block the launch and perhaps to keep crowds down.

FINALLY!! But why are the FAA and SpaceX only giving 3 days notice? Are crowds a problem?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDDaABwykU
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« Reply #2146 on: April 15, 2023, 03:55:24 PM »
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2147 on: April 15, 2023, 04:08:59 PM »
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/12n3ug3/a_significant_mishap_of_some_sort_sparks_fell/

Evidently some elevator counterweight, or possibly the counterweight for the "chopsticks." fell last night.  Unknown if this will have impact on the launch schedule.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2148 on: April 15, 2023, 04:12:08 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on April 15, 2023, 04:08:59 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/12n3ug3/a_significant_mishap_of_some_sort_sparks_fell/

Evidently some elevator counterweight, or possibly the counterweight for the "chopsticks." fell last night.  Unknown if this will have impact on the launch schedule.

Don't know what that was but they're stacking right now.
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Re: SpaceX News
« Reply #2149 on: April 15, 2023, 04:24:51 PM »
Toolbox maybe?
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