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Watching some weather in the area; moving Starship update to no earlier than 8:00 p.m. CDT
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Starship update live now twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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11 years ago today, we launched our first successful mission. To date, we’ve completed 78 launches and have developed the world’s only operational reusable orbital class rockets and spacecraft—capable of launching to space, returning to Earth, and flying again
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Starship serves as a large, long-duration spacecraft capable of carrying passengers or cargo to Earth orbit, planetary destinations, and between destinations on Earth
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Raptor is a full-flow, staged combustion rocket engine powered by cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen
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Starship will be the most powerful rocket in history, capable of carrying humans to the Moon, Mars, and beyond
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Starship will use in-space propellant transfer to enable the delivery of over 100t of useful mass to the surface of the Moon or Mars
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Starship will provide affordable delivery of significant quantities of cargo and people, essential for building Moon bases and Mars cities
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Ultimately, Starship will carry as many as 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights
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Test of Crew Dragon’s upgraded launch escape system ahead of static fire and in-flight abort tests – altogether we are conducting hundreds of tests to verify the system's advanced capabilities to carry astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency
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Installing SuperDraco engines, which will power Crew Dragon’s launch escape system, for the first mission with @NASA astronauts on board
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SpaceX team has completed 13 successful tests in a row of upgraded Mark 3 parachutes for Crew Dragon. Most recent test demonstrated the parachute system’s ability to land the spacecraft safely in the unlikely event that one of the four main parachutes fails.
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting 11/11 for launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Pad 40 in Florida
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The fairing supporting this mission previously flew on Falcon Heavy’s Arabsat-6A mission
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Falcon 9 and Starlink are vertical on Pad 40 ahead of tomorrow’s launch opportunity at 9:56 a.m. EST, 14:56 UTC. Weather is 80% favorable → spacex.com/webcast
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Falcon 9 first stage supporting this mission previously launched Iridium-7, SAOCOM-1A, and Nusantara Satu
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Team is go for launch of 60 Starlink sats tomorrow—heaviest payload to date, first re-flight of a fairing, and first Falcon 9 to fly a fourth mission. Watching 1 sat that may not orbit raise; if not, 100% of its components will quickly burn up in Earth’s atmosphere
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All systems are go ahead of this morning’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites; webcast will go live at ~9:41 a.m. EST → spacex.com/webcast
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Watch live as Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to space twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed; second stage engine burn underway
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Fairing has deployed—second time for this particular fairing
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Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship – the fourth launch and landing of this booster
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Second stage engine cutoff confirmed, now in coast phase; webcast will return in about 35 minutes for second stage engine restart
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