Highlights:
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Launch pushed back to Monday the 28th.
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Splashdown target zone off Easter Island. Numerous potential return paths and exclusion zones announced.
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Booster will make another water landing. Ice formation in engine supply plumbing still a problem.
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Orbital insertion burn will be conditional on all early steps going perfectly. 19 minute coast phase for decision.
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Just a short, single-engine burn need to insert.
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Fully functional Starlink V3 satellites to be deployed next.
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Ship 40 documentary released, with many details on recovery effort. Forte has Ship 40 halfway home.
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Trove of data and unexpected damage patterns revealed. Some heat shield tiles will fly again.
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Ship 42 catch quick disconnect testing while suspended in the catch arms.
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Pad 1 flame trench bottom concrete poured this week.
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Falcon 9: O3b mPOWER-6, USSF-259
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Nancy Grace Roman progress towards Lagrange 2. Wide Field camera running already.
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NGR was under budget on weight, and able to including extra propellant. Then nailed its mid-course correction, that it is now forecast to have an extra ~20 years of station-keeping.
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New impact crater noticed on the moon. 222m by 43m deep.
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ESA Vega3 Avio Sentinel 3C and FLEX
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ISS resupply by Progress MS-35