Weekly Space Report: Spectacular RUD by Rocket Factory Augsburg

SCANALYZER The Happening World
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Highlights:

  • Booster catch hardware upgrades and reinforcements

  • Tower Two final section installed. Some accessories left to do.

  • New tower’s flame trench foundation progressing.

  • New test tank 16 at Masseys.

  • New propellant tanks at Masseys.

  • New ship plumbing rollout.

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 10-5 (new booster!)

  • Polaris Dawn mission profile

  • Woeing Starliner still in doubt

  • Blue Origin unpublicized failures. Escapade launch target still Oct 13.

  • RFA’s static fire failure at SaxaVord spaceport completely destroys the booster. Apparently caused by one of the nine engines–the other eight ran before destruction.

  • JUICE mission performs first gravity assist Earth/Lunar flyby. On the way to Venus now.

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