Weekly Space Report: Dragonfly on Falcon Heavy!

Highlights:

  • Starship TF7 targetting January 11 -ish, based on preparations for NASA imaging assistance.

  • Ship 31 fragments seen after recovery from Indian Ocean

  • Pad West plumbing progress.

  • Pile driving behind Megabay with brief job description posted including “GigaBay”. (:

  • Future booster and ship production news. Sparse info with bay doors blocking views.

  • Florida factory expansion, Falcon logistics commentary, future Starships in Florida speculation.

  • NASA Dragonfly awarded to SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

  • Dragonfly is a substantial drone thanks to Titan’s heavy atmospere, low gravity. (Compared to Mars.)

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 9-13 (with late stream start), Starlink 12-1, Starlink 6-76

  • Rocket Lab Electron: “HASTE” mission–secret details, then “Ice AIS Baby” for French telecom Kinéis.

  • Rocket Lab Neutron progress report

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