Super Heavy progress. Photo Credit: Elon Musk
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tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
They are going fast. I'm getting spoiled. Now I'm expecting a launch every month. Have to chill just a bit. July/August is not that far away.
monitor the website
nextspaceflight.com
there is, by the way
SpaceX Falcon 9 launches
june 17th, June 24th, July 30th,
plus 4 more NET (no exact time) in July
plus 6 more NET in August
plus 4 more NET in September
plus 8 more in October
plus 3 more in November
plus 3 more in December
(that's 31 mostly scheduled for 2021 so far)
16 of these are Starlinks, looks like 5 polar orbits from Vandenberg
PLUS January 2022 a lunar landing of Nova C & DOGE-1 (Road trip to watch launch anyone?)
Plus January 2022 Space Adventures 1, manned "tourist"
plus Starship launches
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
I forgot to say that I'm a starship addict, but thanks for the additional information. The Vandenberg launches might be extra cool if they are done near sunset as the view from phoenix that one time was awesome.
tmoz
S85D, Y LR, ex Prius PiP
It was a little over two yrs ago, and at sunset. It was unreal. Here is a news station report.
or this one
and one last one
I got up on my rooftop and thought the lights I saw were too bright to be the launch. Thought they were some newly installed lights or something.
Next time I'll drive out into the desert for a clear view.
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It would be cool if they had early evening launches from Vandenburg. We could all have launch watching parties outdoors with zoom simulcasts watching it live overhead. Here in southern CA, you can see the booster, separation, and then first stage continuing with glimpses here and there of the landing booster depending on boost back and re entry burns.
e-FTW
New electron smell
A nice quick catch up on what has been going on.
Yup, another weed joke is on the way.
apple.news
Yup, another weed joke is on the way.
SpaceX will soon fire up its massive Super Heavy booster for the first time — Ars Technica
What has SpaceX been up to in South Texas since early May?
apple.news
October 12th, 2013.
less than 8 years ago. 744 meters hover w/soft landing, to stage 1 of Falcon screaming in at over 8,000kph to soft, precision landing.
(i made it!!! i’m living in the future!!!)
(grasshopper video)
less than 8 years ago. 744 meters hover w/soft landing, to stage 1 of Falcon screaming in at over 8,000kph to soft, precision landing.
(i made it!!! i’m living in the future!!!)
(grasshopper video)
lol...A nice quick catch up on what has been going on.
Yup, another weed joke is on the way.
SpaceX will soon fire up its massive Super Heavy booster for the first time — Ars Technica
What has SpaceX been up to in South Texas since early May?
This line:
" The FAA said, as of May, it has yet to make a decision on whether to allow SpaceX to launch orbital Starship missions from South Texas."
is interesting... I would have assumed that was known before building all the infrastructure there.. would be a bummer to have built all that new lauch infrastructure (tower, tanks, etc...) only to have the FAA say "Nah..."
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
FAA warns SpaceX that massive Starship launch tower in Texas is unapproved
The FAA warned Elon Musk's SpaceX in a letter two months ago that the company's work on a launch tower for upcoming Starship rocket launches is yet unapproved.
www.cnbc.com
About the Orbital Launch Integration Tower (OLIT);
"SpaceX indisputably have the building permits (and "hazard to air navigation" waiver) necessary to build it. No one is going to stop them building it.
What the FAA is saying is something slightly different: that they might not grant an orbital launch license with the tower in its current configuration. SpaceX is building "at its own risk" for the purposes of the launch license only."
forum.nasaspaceflight.com
"SpaceX indisputably have the building permits (and "hazard to air navigation" waiver) necessary to build it. No one is going to stop them building it.
What the FAA is saying is something slightly different: that they might not grant an orbital launch license with the tower in its current configuration. SpaceX is building "at its own risk" for the purposes of the launch license only."
SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 11
SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 11
forum.nasaspaceflight.com
e-FTW
New electron smell
Annoyed US regulator warns it might knock SpaceX's shiny new Texas tower down — The Register
'It's only for building rockets, what's it got to do with you?' pouts stroppy interplanetary aspirant biz
e-FTW
New electron smell
Looks like its time to get on your favorite live stream, static fire appears planned for BN3 in minutes!
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