SLC-37 got one step closer to having all the Starship tower modules for the first tower, as the 7th module rolled out overnight from Roberts Rd, past the GigaBay, the VAB, LC-39A & LC-39B on its way to the pad.
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The complete launch to entry burn timelapse of the Starlink 10-40 launch yesterday from NASASpaceflight's Jerry Pike including the magnificent "Jelly fish" plus a cameo from Jerry himself.
Launch Replay: youtube.com/watch?v=WU_V...
Rocket Lab has launched the βInsight At Speed Is A Friend Indeedβ mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 12:53pm NZST Friday (23:53 UTC Thursday) from its LC-1A in New Zealand, sending the fourth of five BlackSky Gen-3 satellite to low Earth orbit.
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ANOMALY: Space One's KAIROS rocket has once again failed during first stage flight.
Following an explosion, which could have been the flight termination system, the vehicle spun out of control.
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Ship 39 (yes, we ARE still calling it that) underwent additional cryoproof testing at Massey's ahead of Flight 12, all while work around Starbase prepared the SpaceX site for a hopeful increase in launch cadence this year.
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Cape Canaveral GigaBay Update 1
As SpaceX gets prepared for Starship's arrival to Florida, a look at the progress during February on the GigaBay going up at SpaceX's Roberts Rd Facility.
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Meanwhile, both commercial and state-owned launch providers are moving closer to attempting propulsive landings of first-stage boosters on land and at sea, as the country seeks to secure its first successful recovery of an orbital-class booster.
The latest from China:
China is set to perform additional testing of its Mengzhou crew capsule following a successful splashdown test last month.
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And booster touchdown.
Florida, look up.
Jellyfish time!
LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1080-25 launches Starlink 10-40 from SLC-40.
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So far, so good with Ship 39 testing at Massey's.
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The Starlink Group 10-40 mission will launch on a Northeast trajectory from the Cape, adding 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to SpaceX's Low Earth Orbit mega constellation.
Falcon 9 booster B1080-25 is to take to the skies from Space Launch Complex 40, no earlier than 1:58 a.m. EST / 6:58 UTC, with drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas being deployed for booster recovery.
Join us π΄LIVEπ΄ from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on early Wednesday, March 4th from approx. 12:58 a.m. EST / 5:58 UTC, as SpaceX launches the Starlink Group 10-40 mission.
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It was a busy delivery day at SpaceX's McGregor test site, as 7 different Raptor 3 engines rolling by the NASASpaceflight McGregor Live cameras: including 108, 113, 114, 122, 123 (new record holder), and two more we could not spot the number of.
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Following an inspection inside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the agency has announced that a seal in the quick disconnect, through which helium flows from the ground systems to the rocket, was obstructing the pathway, preventing helium from flowing to the upper stage.
NASA has released an update regarding SLS following the rollback to the VAB:
NASA plans to roll the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission out to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center again in the coming weeks, ahead of a potential launch in April, 2026.
"The most challenging task was installing some of the cabin's 19-meter-long, 17-tonne components, which were installed through the firing aperture. A special technique was developed for this."
Two months after getting damaged during launch, Roscosmos announced that the repair work on the maintenance cabin of Pad 31 Baikonur Cosmodrome has been completed.
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Join us π΄LIVEπ΄ Today, March 3rd from 2:00 p.m. CST / 20:00 UTC on NASASpaceflightβs Starbase Live stream for another Raptorside Chat.
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NASASpaceflight Starbase live view of last night's total lunar eclipse, when the moon passed through Earth's shadow, causing it to have the unique reddish hue, also known as "blood moon".
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Overnight, another Starship tower segment went on a tour of the Kennedy Space Center as it rolled towards Space Launch Complex 37. This was the 5th of potentially 9 segments to rollout for the first tower at that pad.
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Another night, another cryo test for S39 at Masseys, as teams continue with the pre flight testing flow ahead of flight 12. We will have to keep an eye out for future testing or signs of it rolling back.
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Starship V3 Ship 39 Begins Testing β Artemis III Just Changed | Starship Update with Max Evans
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Artemis II: Very much subject to change, but we're hearing from KSC folk that there's a target of NET March 19 for SLS to roll back to 39B.
That's still a while away, thus subject to change, but it does point to them having a good grasp of the issue and the resolution path.
Max Evans for NSF.
