Weekly Space Report: Starship TF11 Soon!

Highlights:

  • Ship 38 Static fire success, full duration

  • Ship adapter removed from Pad 1, probably for the last time.

  • Possible launch week of October 13–notice to mariners posted.

  • Pad 2 flame trench and other plumbing testing discussion

  • Hot staging ring spotted in megabay with booster 15

  • Booster 12 headed to rocket garden display

  • Booster 18 (first block 3) hardware discussion

  • B18.3 test article action at Massey’s

  • New plumbing and bunker progress at Massey’s

  • Falcon 9: NASA IMAP (with SWFO-L1 and GeoCorona Observer), Starlink 10-27, NROL-48, Starlink 10-15, Starlink 17-11

  • NASA IMAP mission and companions discussion.

  • Global launch statistics

  • New NASA astronaut selections announced

  • Artemis II schedule preview

  • Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 news

  • Blue Origin new NASA contract for Lunar development

  • ULA Atlas launch for Kuiper constellation

  • Sierra Space Dreamchaser setback revealed

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