Highlights:
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Ship 40 recovery mixed progress
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Static fire delayed? Pad 2 refurbishment may be the reason.
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Pad servicing “jig” constructed to replace scaffold each time.
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Tower cladding being added, up to the ship QD arm.
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Pad 1 commodities bunker and tankage progress
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Air separation plant cooling tower.
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Florida’s SLC 39A launch tower near complete–water bag lift/load testing in progress.
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New aerial views of SLC 39A and SLC 37. SLC 37A tower now fully stacked. SLC 37B tower foundation work spotted.
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Legal filings for project “Ignition” complex in Brevard County FL. Testing complex.
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Falcon 9: Starlink 17-38, Starlink 10-19, Starlink 17-49,
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Nearly 11,000 Starlink satellites in orbit. Changeover to V3 satellites as soon as possible–just waiting on Starship.
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Long March 7A-Y16 failure on ascent, 1:20 into the flight, near max Q. Video shows structural failure in upper stages.
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Rocket Lab announces GHOST mobile launch kit. Entirely containerizable. Deploying two soon in Kodiak Alaska.
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Blue Origin test article out for new launch complex validation. New launch complex renders released.
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Total Eclipse on Wednesday in western Europe.
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NASA announces lithium-powered magnetoplasmadynamic thruster. Impressive thrust for an ion engine.