T-30 minutes until Falcon 9’s launch of Starlink; weather forecast is 90% favorable for liftoff tonight → http://spacex.com/launches
Source: @SpaceX
Source: @SpaceX
Starlink: Countdown, launch, landing and deployment timings for today’s Starlink mission! 🚀
Source: @spacex360
Source: @spacex360
Watch Falcon 9 launch 60 Starlink satellites to orbit → http://spacex.com/launches https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYGNmyXeXyKw
Source: @SpaceX
Source: @SpaceX
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, completing this booster’s seventh launch and landing
Source: @SpaceX
@SpaceXFeed
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Deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed
Source: @SpaceX
Source: @SpaceX
🚨THE FCC HAS APPROVED SPACEX'S REQUEST TO OPERATE STARLINK ON STARSHIP!
The FCC has just released an "Experimental Authorization" to operate a single Starlink terminal in Boca Chica (max altitude 41,000 ft)
It will be effective from April 28th to June 28th.
Source: @WatchersTank
The FCC has just released an "Experimental Authorization" to operate a single Starlink terminal in Boca Chica (max altitude 41,000 ft)
It will be effective from April 28th to June 28th.
Source: @WatchersTank
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It’s time. You can buy the very first seat on #NewShepard. Sign up to learn how at http://www.blueorigin.com. Details coming May 5th. #GradatimFerociter
Source: @blueorigin
Source: @blueorigin
During a meeting of the Lunar Surface Science Workshop this morning, NASA acting administrator Steve Jurzcyk said the agency is studying:
• Lunar Terrain Vehicle to explore South Pole
• Mobile habitat to extend surface stays to 45 days
• A larger habitat for even longer stays
Source: @SciGuySpace
• Lunar Terrain Vehicle to explore South Pole
• Mobile habitat to extend surface stays to 45 days
• A larger habitat for even longer stays
Source: @SciGuySpace
A day after his passing, a petition to NASA asking the agency to change the name of the coming "Lunar Gateway" to the "Collins Lunar Gateway:"
https://www.change.org/p/nasa-change-the-lunar-gateway-name-to-the-collins-lunar-gateway
Source: @thesheetztweetz
https://www.change.org/p/nasa-change-the-lunar-gateway-name-to-the-collins-lunar-gateway
Source: @thesheetztweetz
Change.org
Sign the Petition
Rename the Lunar Gateway to the Collins Lunar Gateway
NEW: The FAA has authorized the next THREE SpaceX Starship launches, SN15-17: “Prior to the launch of SN15, the FAA will verify that SpaceX implemented corrective actions arising from the SN11 mishap investigation.” 1/2
Source: @wapodavenport
Source: @wapodavenport
The FAA has authorized the launch of SN15 through SN17.
Full statement from the FAA:
Source: @nextspaceflight
Full statement from the FAA:
Source: @nextspaceflight
"As a condition of the SpaceX license, an FAA safety inspector is required to be on site in Boca Chica, Texas, for all Starship launches. The FAA safety inspector is expected to arrive on site on April 29 to support a possible launch this week."
Source: @SciGuySpace
Source: @SciGuySpace
🚧 Primary Date → Closure Scheduled for Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Source: @StarbaseStatus
Weather conditions at the South Texas Launch Site on Friday are suboptimal (thunderstorms) and don't really improve until Sunday. Then Monday and Tuesday are pretty breezy.
I'm going on vacation Wednesday, so this pretty much guarantees that is when SN15 will fly.
Source: @SciGuySpace
I'm going on vacation Wednesday, so this pretty much guarantees that is when SN15 will fly.
Source: @SciGuySpace
[Render] Starship at apogee - Ultimate Edition.
Fixed the flaps and the frosty bits.
Source: @Neopork85
Fixed the flaps and the frosty bits.
Source: @Neopork85