SpaceX employees draft open letter to company executives denouncing Elon Musk’s behavior
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Submitted June 16, 2022 at 03:14PM by RaphTheSwissDude
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Finger crossing for suitable weather condition to capture the SpaceX's SARah 1 booster landing this Saturday. This NROL-87 landing clip was captured with remote camera last Feb. NASASpaceflight
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SpaceX fires employees who signed open letter regarding Elon Musk
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Submitted June 17, 2022 at 09:46AM by SuperfluidBosonGas
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Liftoff of Starlink Group 4-19
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship – marking SpaceX’s first 13th flight of a first stage booster and 100th successful mission with a flight proven orbital class rocket!
Source: @SpaceX

🚀 Next launch SARah 1
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
Date June 18th, 14:19 UTC+0

🌍 Mission information
Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit

🚀 Booster information
Core B1071.3 (3rd flight ♻️)
Landing LZ-4 (RTLS)

ℹ️ First of three radar remote sensing satellite built by Airbus for the German military.

Sights and sounds of KSC press site during Starlink launch
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Submitted June 18, 2022 at 01:10PM by stevenmadow
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Liftoff of SARah 1
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Falcon 9 1071-3 lands at Vandenberg LZ-4!
Source: @NASASpaceflight

Orbital Class Booster RTLS (timelapse).

Cold Gas Thrusters. Grid Fins. Engine Gimballing. Good software. Clever people.
Source: @NASASpaceflight

🚀 Next launch Globalstar-2 FM15 & others
Rocket Falcon 9 Block 5
From SLC-40, Cape Canaveral 🇺🇸

🕙 Launch time
Date June 19th, 04:27 UTC+0

🌍 Mission information
Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Low Earth Orbit

🚀 Booster information
Core B1061.9 (9th flight ♻️)
Landing JRTI (ASDS 🌊)

ℹ️ Classified launch for the US government carrying a spare Globalstar-2 satellite as rideshare.

Long exposure of B1060’s 13th liftoff (Starlink 4-19)
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Submitted June 18, 2022 at 05:57PM by Space_Coast_Steve
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‍Yes, Raptor 2 has 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.

This is the only way to make life multi-planetary and extend consciousness into the void.
Source: @elonmusk

Road to Mars
- Taken: June 16, 2022 -
Source: @cnunezimages

Detail of Falcon 9 about to touch ground at Vandenfog SFB after her third trip to space, this time carrying the payload for SpaceX’s SARah 1 mission.
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9 Merlins power Globalstar to space
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Submitted June 19, 2022 at 07:28AM by Space_Coast_Steve
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Globalstar FM15 (plus a likely undisclosed payload) launch on Falcon 9 from SLC-40 at KSC.
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Submitted June 19, 2022 at 06:59AM by dmart7500
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Deployment of Globalstar FM15 confirmed
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Pentagon Explores Using SpaceX for Rocket-Deployed Quick Reaction Force
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Submitted June 19, 2022 at 09:08PM by Tachi270
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