SpaceX (general discussion)

on 9 august 2022 SpaceX makes 35th launch of this year
for Starling group 4-26
if everything goes well the 169th launch, will be the 144th consecutive successful.
the 111th reflight of a Boosters and 135th boosters landing !
 
Booster 7 is pulled from Launch pad and moved to High bay
unclear why, maybe for additional engine instalment or repairs ?
 
Michel Van said:
Booster 7 is pulled from Launch pad and moved to High bay
unclear why, maybe for additional engine instalment or repairs ?
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Even before I saw the below I knew it would be for further engine instals as it was already known it didn’t have a full complement of engines installed.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1558059320998334465
View: https://twitter.com/bccarcounters/status/1558059320998334465


B7 is getting ready to be removed from the OLM. After yesterdays 21 second static fire, it is now time for more Raptor engines to be installed!

Video of the static fire:
youtube.com/watch?v=y0QGJ-…
Live Views of today:
nasaspaceflight.com/starbaselive
@NASASpaceflight
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It would be nice if Bezos would help fund a ringship cycler deal Starship could hitch a ride to...a Dragon XL left in orbit...
 
publiusr said:
It would be nice if Bezos would help fund a ringship cycler deal Starship could hitch a ride to...a Dragon XL left in orbit...
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The day Bezos works with Musk is the same day a asteroid hits the earth and wipes out all life.
 
publiusr said:
It would be nice if Bezos would help fund a ringship cycler deal Starship could hitch a ride to...a Dragon XL left in orbit...
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let me see
what made Bezos ?
just 22 suborbital jumps with 26 persons on board.
His Rocket New Glenn is 7 years behind schedule, likewise the BE-4 engines
put off NASA with two lawsuits, piss off client ULA.
and made bad shit talk campaign against SpaceX
refuse to launch satellites by SpaceX and goes for Arianespace because New Glenn is not ready...
getting the largest sailing yacht in the world, Y721 for $500 million

what made Musk ?
170 launches with Falcon 9 and the 145th consecutive successful.
the 112th reflight of a Boosters and 136th boosters landing !
he launch a TESLA car into interplanetary orbit to Mars
Launch 2453 Starlink Satellite for global Internet connection
Launch 26 Astronauts to orbit and back.
and builds the biggest rocket yet.

i put my money on Musk...
 
Wow! SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX Starship.
"Superbird-9 is a fully flexible HTS (High Throughput Satellites) mounted the payload missions to be configured and combined to match end-user needs. It will deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands. Superbird-9 will be launched by SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle in 2024 to geosynchronous transfer orbit. SpaceX’s Starship is a fully reusable transportation system that will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle." https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/en...ct_for_superbird-9_satellite_with_spacex.html
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Michel Van said:
publiusr said:
It would be nice if Bezos would help fund a ringship cycler deal Starship could hitch a ride to...a Dragon XL left in orbit...
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let me see
what made Bezos ?
just 22 suborbital jumps with 26 persons on board.
His Rocket New Glenn is 7 years behind schedule, likewise the BE-4 engines
put off NASA with two lawsuits, piss off client ULA.
and made bad shit talk campaign against SpaceX
refuse to launch satellites by SpaceX and goes for Arianespace because New Glenn is not ready...
getting the largest sailing yacht in the world, Y721 for $500 million

what made Musk ?
170 launches with Falcon 9 and the 145th consecutive successful.
the 112th reflight of a Boosters and 136th boosters landing !
he launch a TESLA car into interplanetary orbit to Mars
Launch 2453 Starlink Satellite for global Internet connection
Launch 26 Astronauts to orbit and back.
and builds the biggest rocket yet.

i put my money on Musk...
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My point is that it is best for Musk to make the rockets--and for Bezos, the payloads.
 
Thought the F-22 airshow over Boca Chica today was cool:


You can hear it buzzing around for sometime before they get the cameras on it. Forward to 12:07:06 on the clock in the upper left hand corner of the screen in the video.
 
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SpaceX and T-Mobile join forces to End "Mobile Dead Zone"

Existing Smartphone will have connectivity with Starlink 2 generation satellite, FOR FREE !
Beta start late 2023
 
Michel Van said:
SpaceX and T-Mobile join forces to End "Mobile Dead Zone"

Existing Smartphone will have connectivity with Starlink 2 generation satellite, FOR FREE !
Beta start late 2023
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Oh, the other carriers are going to be crying in their Cheerios and wailing to their bought politicians about "unfair advantages".
 
Yes. It also means that T-mobile will have quickly a world wide offer. I guess first with roaming and local subsidiaries and then a world wide contract and ultimately a planetary offer.

I imagine the cost reduction achievable... Not only for them but also for their customers.

Aaahh, I can already see the long studying nights, the hair pulling and the agonizing screams heard at several floors of the European Union offices...

"Where is the EASA" is my favorite...;)
 
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I guess that does finally put to bed the notion of a Tesla phone though.
 
sferrin said:
Oh, the other carriers are going to be crying in their Cheerios and wailing to their bought politicians about "unfair advantages".
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I talk here in Germany to acquaintance, who works in customer advisory for bigger competitor of T-Mobile,
he face became quite pale white on news X&T...
 
TomcatViP said:
I imagine the cost reduction achievable... Not only for them but also for their customers.

Aaahh, I can already see the long studying nights, the hair pulling and the agonizing screams heard at several floors of the European Union offices...

"Where is the EASA" is my favorite...;)
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Oh we all know THAT will never happen. The carrier will keep those savings for themselves, thank you, and likely RAISE their prices "for the convenience/ added capability".
 
TomcatViP said:
Yes. It also means that T-mobile will have quickly a world wide offer. I guess first with roaming and local subsidiaries and then a world wide contract and ultimately a planetary offer.

I imagine the cost reduction achievable... Not only for them but also for their customers.
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Note that this can only provide a bare minimum floor level of service. Getting a good data rate to many people over orbital distances requires physically large antennas, and there's nothing anyone can do about that. To provide decent service, T-mobile still needs cell towers. What this technology allows is text messages and maybe low-bitrate calls literally anywhere on the planet where T-mobile has a frequency allocation.

This is less of a death knell to other cell operators, and more of a death knell to Iridium. Their most important customers, the ones who buy expensive service to provide emergency calls but never actually use the service, can soon switch to just normal T-mobile plans.
 
Tuna said:
TomcatViP said:
Yes. It also means that T-mobile will have quickly a world wide offer. I guess first with roaming and local subsidiaries and then a world wide contract and ultimately a planetary offer.

I imagine the cost reduction achievable... Not only for them but also for their customers.
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Note that this can only provide a bare minimum floor level of service. Getting a good data rate to many people over orbital distances requires physically large antennas, and there's nothing anyone can do about that. To provide decent service, T-mobile still needs cell towers. What this technology allows is text messages and maybe low-bitrate calls literally anywhere on the planet where T-mobile has a frequency allocation.

This is less of a death knell to other cell operators, and more of a death knell to Iridium. Their most important customers, the ones who buy expensive service to provide emergency calls but never actually use the service, can soon switch to just normal T-mobile plans.
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With today's tech, brother.

Starlink will be constantly upgrading their birds.
 
NeilChapman said:
With today's tech, brother.

Starlink will be constantly upgrading their birds.
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The limit here is physics, and it's not going to be changed by a can-do attitude and some elbow grease. SpaceX is already cheating Shannon in a major way to make Starlink work, and the only way we know how to do that requires antennas that are physically wide in directions at right angle to the signal. Never gonna fit one of those in a cell phone.
 
Well, I can't see what's wrong

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