Ship 20 leg skirt and thrust section have been stacked!
📸 @BocaChicaGal / @NASASpaceflight
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52398.2340
Source: @spacex360
📸 @BocaChicaGal / @NASASpaceflight
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=52398.2340
Source: @spacex360
🚧 Primary RC: Intermittent Road Closure Scheduled.
BC will remain open.
▸ Tue Jul 13, 19:00 → 21:00
All times in UTC.
BC will remain open.
▸ Tue Jul 13, 19:00 → 21:00
All times in UTC.
Today at Starbase there could be a static fire attempt of B3’s three Raptor engines. 🔥🚀🔥
Source: @BocaChicaGal
Source: @BocaChicaGal
🚧 Primary RC: Intermittent Road Closure Scheduled.
BC will remain open.
▸ Wed Jul 14, 19:00 → 21:00
All times in UTC.
BC will remain open.
▸ Wed Jul 14, 19:00 → 21:00
All times in UTC.
The road closure has been updated and there will be no static fire attempt today but something will roll to the launch site. 🤩🚀
Source: @BocaChicaGal
Source: @BocaChicaGal
Here we go! Section 8 is now on the move! Frankencrane is also ready for section 8
Source: @GatewayToMars, @spacex360
Source: @GatewayToMars, @spacex360
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Orbital launch tower section 8 is rolling out to the launch site! 📸@LabPadre
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Crane Party!
Source: @NASASpaceflight
Source: @NASASpaceflight
I have received an Alert notice for tomorrow July 15, 2021. Possible static fire attempt between noon and 8 p.m. or is it between noon and 10 p.m.? 😉 Let the Raptors loose! 🔥🔥🔥🤩🚀
Source: @BocaChicaGal
Source: @BocaChicaGal
The FAA warned SpaceX that, due to the agency's ongoing environmental review, the massive Starship launch tower is yet unapproved and could need to be taken down.
"The company is building the tower at its own risk," an FAA spokesperson told CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/faa-warns-spacex-it-has-not-approved-new-texas-launch-site-tower.html
Source: @thesheetztweetz
"The company is building the tower at its own risk," an FAA spokesperson told CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/faa-warns-spacex-it-has-not-approved-new-texas-launch-site-tower.html
Source: @thesheetztweetz
The section with the label on it near the high bay is for Booster 4 FWD 2:
Source: @StarshipGazer
Source: @StarshipGazer
More ground stations & less foolish packet routing will make the biggest differences.
Looking at speed of light as ~300km per millisecond & satellite altitude of ~550km, average photon round-trip time is only ~10ms, so a lot of silly things have to happen to drive ping >20ms.
Source: @elonmusk
Looking at speed of light as ~300km per millisecond & satellite altitude of ~550km, average photon round-trip time is only ~10ms, so a lot of silly things have to happen to drive ping >20ms.
Source: @elonmusk
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Adam Klotz
@elonmusk @AaronS5_ (and 2 others) Is ping being improved due to new satellites with better hardware, or just more satellites on earth orbit?
Laser links in orbit can reduce long-distance latency by as much as 50%, due to higher speed of light in vacuum & shorter path than undersea fiber
Source: @elonmusk
Source: @elonmusk
Twitter
Pranay Pathole
@elonmusk @Adamklotz_ (and 3 others) Does having Laser links (present in the newer satellites) help in improving speeds & reducing the latency? Or they're mainly to provide Internet connection in the Polar regions?
It's been 1,249 days since @elonmusk announced that a third droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, would join the SpaceX fleet. Today we welcome ASOG to Port Canaveral! The updated design shields the engines from the harsh Atlantic and gives hint to more autonomous capabilities.
Source: @julia_bergeron
Source: @julia_bergeron