Weekly Space Report: Kuiper on Orbit Finally

Highlights:

  • Ship #36 thrust simulator testing and cryo testing at Masseys

  • Ship #35 static fire testing at Masseys, single and multiple, with bonus flap testing

  • Ship #38 parts arriving for stacking

  • High bay demolition continuing, piece of star factory being removed too.

  • Pad B launch mount assembly progress and speculation

  • Pad B flame trench wall and plumbing install progress

  • ULA Atlas V carries Kuiper batch 1 to orbit

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 12-23, Starlink 11-9, Starlink 12-10, Starlink 6-75

  • Firefly Alpha “Message in a Booster” failure at stage separation dooms mission to improper orbit and reentry

  • Lockheed Martin Inflatable Module test to failure success

  • ISS Solar Array deployment

  • European Space Agency launches BioMass mission with Arianespace Vega C

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