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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship
1627
Deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed
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Results from these tests have shown super low latency and download speeds greater than 100 mbps – fast enough to stream multiple HD movies at once and still have bandwidth to spare
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Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit – Starlink will deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely unavailable → starlink.com
1630
Second 150m flight test of Starship
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The first Raptor Vacuum engine (RVac) for Starship has shipped from SpaceX’s rocket factory in Hawthorne, California to our development facility in McGregor, Texas
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Onboard camera view of Falcon 9’s SAOCOM 1B launch and first stage land landing youtube.com/watch?v=lXgLyC…
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Targeting September 17 at 2:19 p.m. EDT for Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A
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A fairing half supporting this mission previously supported Starlink missions in May 2019 and March 2020
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Standing down from today's Starlink launch due to recovery issue; vehicle and payload remain healthy. Next launch opportunity is tomorrow, September 18 at 1:57 p.m. EDT, but we are keeping an eye on weather
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Standing down from tomorrow’s launch of Starlink due to severe weather in the recovery area, which is likely to persist for a couple days. Will announce a new target launch date once confirmed
1637
Completed a full duration test fire of the Raptor Vacuum engine at SpaceX’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas
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RVac and sea level Raptor with a human for scale
1639
Static fire test complete – targeting Tuesday, September 29 for Falcon 9's launch of the GPS III Space Vehicle 04 mission
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Falcon 9 will launch @NASA’s super cool Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), which will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a magnetic barrier surrounding our solar system → nasa.gov/press-release/…
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Targeting Monday, September 28 at 10:22 a.m. EDT for Falcon 9’s launch of 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A in Florida
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T-30 minutes until Falcon 9’s launch of SpaceX’s thirteenth Starlink mission; weather is 40% favorable for liftoff. Webcast will go live ~15 minutes before liftoff spacex.com/launches
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Watch Falcon 9 launch SpaceX’s thirteenth Starlink mission → spacex.com/launches twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Standing down from launch of Starlink due to weather; will announce a new target launch date once confirmed
1646
Now targeting Wednesday, September 30 for Falcon 9’s launch of GPS III Space Vehicle 04 for improved launch and recovery weather
1647
This summer, SpaceX completed Crew Dragon’s first mission with @NASA astronauts on board, returning human spaceflight to the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade and becoming the first company to successfully take crew to the @Space_Station and back youtu.be/FMi_m9-e9MU
1648
After launch of Crew Dragon’s first operational mission with astronauts on board, SpaceX will launch its 21st cargo resupply mission to the ISS – the first to use the upgraded version of Dragon outfitted for cargo missions
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Once this Dragon docks to the @Space_Station, there will be two Dragons docked simultaneously. Between crew and cargo missions, there will be at least one Dragon spacecraft attached to the @Space_Station for the entirety of 2021
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SpaceX training of astronauts that will fly on board Dragon’s first operational mission is complete! When the crew arrives for pre-launch preparations at the launch site, they will participate in a run-through of day-of-launch activities with the launch and pad operations teams
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