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Launch Date: December 23 Launch Window: 4:56AM PST (7:56AM EST, 12:56 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-4 Booster: B1075.8 Fairings: Reused Mass: 1800 kg each Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO Yearly Launch Number: 94 orbital, 2 suborbital...

Launch Date: December 22 Launch Window: 11:00PM EST (8:00PM PST, 04:00 UTC on the 23rd) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1058.19 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch Number...

I think it's the opposite. The vacuums fire first to hot stage then the sea levels kick in. Not that it matters - this is a test.

I couldn't find the official BO video. So I found this instead. I just fast forwarded to the launch and landing stuff. Which is pretty much what I do with EA and NSF launch videos too.

It's a big...maybe. https://starbasestatus.com/closures/ https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/

It's now up next. The first post is updated with current information.

Latest update: Falcon 9 Standard Boosters B1058.18 B1060.17 B1061.17 Vandenberg booster B1062.17 B1063.15 Vandenberg booster B1067.15 B1069.11 B1071.13 Vandenberg Booster B1072.0 New - Being held for Cygnus launch in Jan '24 B1073.11 B1075.7 Vandenberg booster B1076.9 B1077.9 B1078.6 B1080.4...

The big problem with "transferring" between Starbase and Florida is that the landing sequence would occur over populated Florida. Maybe after lots and lots of landings without any issue then they may allow it but that will be many years from now. The other possibility is that the booster...

Jeff Bezos interview - Blue Origin future plans will likely be discussed:

We have no clue which billionaires are crazy and which aren't. Almost all of them have no public presence. Elon just tells you what he thinks all the time because of his autistic tendencies. Just like most of us, he has well thought out reasoning on many things and "shoots from the hip" on...

And now it is set for the 17th. SpaceX may still readjust. The delays will ruin the chance for SpaceX to hit 100 launches for the year though.

With his current $170 billion, he could fund BO for another 80 years. I expect the money making rocket to launch within another year or two.

Scrub due to high winds.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/after-15-months-blue-origins-new-shepard-spacecraft-will-finally-fly-again/

Date is now unknown.

Delayed along with USSF-52 Which booster being used has been added.

Weather is not great:

Launch Date: January 2 Launch Window: 7:44 pm PST Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1082.1 Fairings: Reused Mass: 21 v2 mini Starlink satellites Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO Yearly Launch Number: 1 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will...

It is definitely a regulatory thing. I'm not sure which agency but I expect it is the FAA. SpaceX will not launch a booster, even for themselves, unless it is certified to do so. Flaunting regulations and certifications would lose them NASA and Military launches for sure. And SpaceX probably...

I believe that boosters are certified for a maximum of 20 launches at this point. Maybe they are working on getting the certification to 30 this year. Interesting that Elon said that the boosters could keep launching and I thought it was just his optimism talking. Apparently they can go a lot...

The SpaceX hot reel:

It's only up to Q3. This is a quarterly report.

Yeah. It's flipping from one to the other based on whoever gets some information.

https://spacenews.com/capella-to-use-spacex-for-two-acadia-satellite-launches/

https://cosmicchroniclesnews.com/2023/12/04/nasa-researchers-propose-using-spacex-starship-falcon-heavy-for-a-crewed-near-earth-asteroid-exploration-mission/?fbclid=IwAR3MDWouSCSEYkPJbjDRkgg6aW2_BWYKEhfoCB43iZa3Ilu1Ai26bH5kCgM#google_vignette

If that is what will happen then SpaceX needs to actually get to orbit instead of "almost orbit?" Unless NASA will consider it a success in an almost orbit situation. One full orbit around the planet before the landing near Hawaii. The reality is that once you're there it isn't much more to...

Nitty bitty breakdown speculating on what happened:

Launch Date: December 8 Launch Window: 12AM PST (3AM EST, 08:00 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCISLY Booster: B1071.13 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 v2 mini Starlink satellites Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO Yearly Launch Number: 91 - 2...

Launch Date: December 6 Launch Window: 11:01:00PM EST (8:01:00PM PST, 04:01:00 UTC on the 7th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1077.9 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch...

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/spacex-acquires-parachute-company-for-2-2m-because-it-turns-out-space-rated-parachutes-are-very-hard/ https://floridamedianow.com/2023/11/29/pioneer-aerospace-acquired-by-spacex/?fbclid=IwAR0HQjzD6p1xQtTjRA6Tqz72dynZxoc_84SEp3N0hSIKXyWPY2wce__opRA

https://spacenews.com/satellite-imagery-reveals-explosion-at-chinas-jiuquan-spaceport/

I just looked it up and from NASA.com: "There are some parts of the Moon that never see sunlight. These areas are called permanently shadowed regions, and they appear dark because unlike on the Earth, the axis of the Moon is nearly perpendicular to the direction of the Sun's light. The result is...

Realistically, we will soon have the opportunity to put a very big telescope on the dark side of the Moon. It's not that far away and you put a couple satellites in Moon Lagrange points to send the observational data back to Earth. That would be pretty spectacular. Add in a telescope...

Launch Date: December 18 Launch Window: 11pm EST (8pm PST, 0400 UTC on the 19th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS Booster: B1081.3 Fairings: Reused Mass: 23 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch Number: 92...

Speculative. Possible though.

It will spell "Gateway To Mars."

And success....again.