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Without announcement, SpaceX has switched their livestream events to X. As we are all pretty aware by now, SpaceX has also stopped having an announcer for Starlink launches.

Aiming for 10 Falcon flights in a month by end of this year, then 12 per month next year. SpaceX did gain another launch facility at Vandenberg to launch from. That makes two in Florida and two at Vandenberg. The extra launch site should allow SpaceX to pull off 12 a month...

https://spacenews.com/globalstar-picks-spacex-to-refresh-leo-constellation/

Delayed again.

https://spacenews.com/esa-postpones-ariane-6-hot-fire-test-again/

Launch Date: August 31 Launch Window: 7:50:20PM EDT (4:50:20PM PDT, 23:50:20 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG Booster: B1077.7 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch Number...

SpaceX will probably get some, if not most, of the launch contracts. But others are building most of the satellites. https://spacenews.com/space-development-agencys-data-transport-satellites-get-more-complex/

Yeah. How many clients will they get with even one flight as day. That's an awful lot of people willing to shell out quite a bit for 4 minutes of weightlessness.

Maybe someone could give a quick overview, like Elon did for Tim Dodd for Raptor 1 to Raptor 2. However, I'm sure ITAR would prevent anyone from going into the details.

Launch Date: September 2 Launch Window: 7:26AM PDT (10:26AM EDT, 14:26 UTC) - 1 hr 31 min window Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-4 Booster: B1063.13 Fairings: Reused Mass: 13 Tranche 0 satellites - approx 5 tonnes Orbit: LEO Yearly...

Deployment of 22 Starlink satellites confirmed

I got a little nervous for the booster after the entry burn. There was a lot of wobbling around that isn't too common in most landings.

pushed out a day.... so far.

Correct. And a quick reminder that at the start of hostilities that Starlink wasn't authorized in Ukraine. It took the head of Ukraine's Ministry of "Something" to authorize Starlink in the country. Starlink was activated and SpaceX with help from various countries had the truckload of dishes...

Apparently there is something fishy about this according to the comments. Pretty much every government contractor has done the same thing yet SpaceX is targeted. https://spacenews.com/justice-department-sues-spacex-over-hiring-practices/

Delayed a day...

Yeah. I had some climate activist friends, of which I am one to a minor extent, post how Greta Thunberg was dropping Twitter because Elon was buying it. She reportedly tweeted she was moving to a different format and that Elon was self absorbed. They were praising her choices. My response...

Keep in mind that was quite a while back. As I commented to advocate8, I doubt he holds the same thoughts now. Government officials in Ukraine essentially, if not in fact, told Elon to go eff himself when he proposed giving up some of the country. I'm personally with Ukraine, and yourself...

https://spacenews.com/polaris-dawn-mission-likely-to-slip-to-2024/

In what possible way is he a "useful tool" to Putin. Starlink has allowed the country Putin started a war with to successfully fight him. SpaceX has, as I already wrote, decimated the Russian space agency. Tesla has gotten the world to electrify. Russia has, maybe, a decade or two to sell...

NASA's livestream:

Moderator note. This has the possibility of going "off the rails." Let's keep it civil and discuss the points and stress when it is opinion. With that said, IMO, Elon Musk is no friend to Putin. That is laughable. I think he hates the idea of war and conflict. So, of course he wants to see...

I think so. I know the fairings are reused but I don't know how many times. They usually announce it right after fairing separation.

https://spacenews.com/poland-signs-agreement-to-fly-astronaut-on-axiom-space-iss-mission/

Thanks to both of you for the correction. I hadn't even noticed. The pictures were posted in the NASA update for Crew 7.

Launch Date: August 25 Launch Window: 9:30pm EDT (6:30pm PDT, 01:30 UTC 26th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - JRTI Booster: B1080.3 Fairings: Reused Mass: 22 Starlink 2.0 mini Satellites Orbit: LEO Yearly Launch Number: 59 A...

https://spacenews.com/japanese-sar-company-iqps-to-launch-with-rocket-lab-after-virgin-orbit-bankruptcy/

A picture of Crew 8:

Probably weather...

Pushed out about 4 hours... 24 hours.

Launch was a little later than the initial time frame. Everything went well. The booster landing was a bit off center. The confirmation of a good orbit took extra time too. Payload deployment will be soon.

More than likely, some SpaceX employees working on Starship giving their guesses. So third to fourth hand info... And very early speculation. It's something, but not much more than that.

https://payloadspace.com/spacex-files-its-starship-mishap-report-to-the-faa/?fbclid=IwAR11ZjKMhJtsoGEmJWuqSlTHwEVpIgk9A8_IJE0DzWHn4TSxrjaNFnZLl0Q

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-psyche-launch-mission-will-study-an-asteroid

Latest update: Falcon 9 Standard Boosters B1058.16 B1060.16 B1061.14 B1062.15 B1063.12 Vandenberg booster B1067.12 B1069.9 B1071.10 Vandenberg Booster B1072.0 New - Being held for Cygnus launch B1073.9 B1075.5 Vandenberg booster B1076.6 B1077.6 B1078.4 B1080.2 B1081.0 New - Crew 7 Falcon Heavy...

https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-sees-virgin-orbit-facility-as-scaling-enabler-for-neutron/

Launch Date: August 21 Launch Window: 11:24pm PDT Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - OCSILY Booster: B1061.15 Fairings: Reused Mass: 21 v2 mini Starlink satellites Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO Yearly Launch Number: 57 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...

Yeah. I was wrong. It's the 225th. We're coming up on the 250th F9 launch. Weather is not good for this launch at 20% favorable and getter better towards the end of the 4 hour window to 65%.

We hopefully don't get into the weeds too much but launch costs for a reused Falcon 9 is a lot lower than $67 million. Basically it's partial build cost, range, fuel, a second stage. It's their rocket and their satellites. So you can remove any profit. It's just cost. I'd figure a reused...

Delays are causing a switch for ULA. https://spacenews.com/amazon-moves-project-kuiper-prototypes-from-vulcan-to-atlas-5/