Weekly Space Report: Booster 14 to Fly Again!

Highlights:

  • Booster 14 returns to the orbital launch mount for engine testing. SpaceX indicates it will be used for Test Flight #9.

  • Orange stickers mark previously flown hardware. Including 29 of 33 engines.

  • Ship #35 intended for Test Flight #9 still has its engine test campaign ahead.

  • SpaceX closed investigation for TF7 mishap and FAA approves.

  • TF8 mishap investigation remains open.

  • Pad B (Pad West nomenclature has faded away) progress report.

  • Pad B flame trench deflector frames arriving.

  • Rocket garden movement of legacy hardware. Scrapping speculations.

  • Production site news. Stargate building removal proceeding. Some display items relocated.

  • Likely Ship #38 nosecone tiling observed.

  • Parts for first V2 booster observed, based on plausible speculation.

  • Private Fram2 polar orbit mission complete succcess. Unusually enthusiastic SpaceX livestream.

  • Detailed Fram2 mission review.

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 6-80, Fram2, Starlink 11-13

  • Norway’s ISAR Aerospace Spectrum 1 Test Flight spectacular launch failure

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I admit it! I did a double take when first reading that. :grinning: London, here we come!

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