Weekly Space Report: Booster 18 COPV Failures?

Highlights:

  • Booster 18 failure analysis from flyover photos. No report from SpaceX yet.

  • Central transfer tube provided enough strength to B18 to stay upright after the shell was destroyed.

  • Lots of additional booster interior views as B18 was scrapped in place.

  • SpaceX reports B19 will be stacked in December, and next launch is not delayed.

  • Pad1 Lift/catch arms shortened to the new design

  • Pad1 subchillers all removed.

  • Oxygen plant progress.

  • New ship and booster test stands spotted at the build site.

  • Process flow speculation in new Gigabay. Possibly six parallel production paths.

  • Booster 19 rings spotted headed for stacking

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 6-79, Starlink 11-30 (brand new booster 1100), Transporter-15 rideshare,

  • Blue Origin Blue Ring rideshare announcements

  • NASA on Soyuz MS-28. Post launch damage to the Baikonur launch facility.

  • MS-28 crew arrival at ISS.

  • Escapade pair self-portraits.

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