[Translated] A SpaceX Falcon 9 passes in front of the Moon on its way up to orbit carrying 23 Starlink satellites.
I don't think I could ask for a better photo to end the year! 🚀🎉
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I don't think I could ask for a better photo to end the year! 🚀🎉
Source: RT @manumazzanti
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27 Merlin engines on Falcon Heavy's three boosters propel the rocket and USSF-52 from LC-39A
Source: @johnkrausphotos
Source: @johnkrausphotos
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Reflecting on a great year of spaceflight with SpaceX’s 96th and final orbital launch of 2023, with 23 more Starlink satellites headed to orbit tonight. What a year!
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Source: @johnkrausphotos
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After an extended break, we're back to bring you all the latest updates! (Happy New Year!) As we launch into 2024, let's look back at the stellar year SpaceX had in 2023:
📊 Highlights of the year:
• 98 launches - 91 Falcon 9s, 5 Falcon Heavies, and 2 Starships.
• 185 consecutive booster landings.
• Falcon's life leader booster hit a record 19 flights & landings.
📊 More Records:
• Shortest time between two Falcon launches at 2 hours and 54 minutes.
• B1080 became the first booster to land onshore after launching a crewed mission (Ax-2)
• 294 Falcon launches in total
• 259 booster landings in total.
👥 Elon Musk is set to discuss these achievements and reveal plans for 2024 in a SpaceX company talk he'll be posting publicly.
🚀 Before IFT-3, there's still work to be done: Booster Inspection, Orbital Pad Inspection & repaint, TPS tile replacement on S28, Full Stack WDR, Launch Readiness Review, and FAA Post Launch Investigation conclusion. But SpaceX has been very busy at Starbase. More on that later...
There are good news as Jessica Jensen, the vice president of customer operations and integration at SpaceX, recently stated that:
📅 2024 has barely begun and SpaceX has already completed 2 Starlink launches and one commercial mission. This included the first 6 satellites with direct-to-cell connectivity. Also an exciting launch of a lunar lander is coming up soon.
Stay tuned for more catch-up & news!
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• 98 launches - 91 Falcon 9s, 5 Falcon Heavies, and 2 Starships.
• 185 consecutive booster landings.
• Falcon's life leader booster hit a record 19 flights & landings.
Excluding undisclosed payload masses, SpaceX has launched over 1,238 tonnes of payload to orbit that year, or 2.25 times the mass of a Falcon 9 rocket ready for takeoff.
• Shortest time between two Falcon launches at 2 hours and 54 minutes.
• B1080 became the first booster to land onshore after launching a crewed mission (Ax-2)
• 294 Falcon launches in total
• 259 booster landings in total.
🚀 Before IFT-3, there's still work to be done: Booster Inspection, Orbital Pad Inspection & repaint, TPS tile replacement on S28, Full Stack WDR, Launch Readiness Review, and FAA Post Launch Investigation conclusion. But SpaceX has been very busy at Starbase. More on that later...
There are good news as Jessica Jensen, the vice president of customer operations and integration at SpaceX, recently stated that:
Hardware for Starship flight three will be ready in January, and that the company expects to receive an FAA license in February.
Stay tuned for more catch-up & news!
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Falcon 9 launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from California, including six with Direct to Cell capabilities and lands on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship
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We are aiming for 144 launches in 2024 (12 per month). The launch system (pads, recovery, flight hardware) needs to be capable of 13/month so we can play catch up when planned maintenance, debacles and weather inevitably slow us down.
Source: @TurkeyBeaver | VP of Launch at SpaceX
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Falcon 9 launches the OvzonAB Ovzon 3 mission to GTO and lands at LZ-1 in Florida.
The first Falcon 9 launch to GTO with a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landing.
The first Falcon 9 launch to GTO with a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) landing.
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Key takeaways from NASA's latest Artemis media conference, with the intervention of Jessica Jensen, VP of Customer Operations and Integration at SpaceX:
Artemis 3 has been pushed back to September 2026 to "give Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges". "Artemis 4 remains on track for September 2028", per former Senator Bill Nelson.
On-orbit ship-to-ship propellant transfer demos are intended to be conducted starting this same year, but not on IFT-3. That flight test will feature a propellant transfer test from S28's header tank to its main tank, though. Hardware for IFT-3 is expected to be ready this month and, if all goes according to plan, a new FAA license should be issued in February, according to Jessica.
SpaceX intends to "do an uncrewed landing on the Moon and then ascend from the surface" in 2025 to ensure crew safety before Artemis 3. They will do as many integrated flight tests as they can before that landing takes place.
The number of refills Starship will have to undergo for Artemis is still to be determined, but is currently expected to be ~10. That number will probably go down as SpaceX continues to test and iterate.
Artemis 3 has been pushed back to September 2026 to "give Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges". "Artemis 4 remains on track for September 2028", per former Senator Bill Nelson.
On-orbit ship-to-ship propellant transfer demos are intended to be conducted starting this same year, but not on IFT-3. That flight test will feature a propellant transfer test from S28's header tank to its main tank, though. Hardware for IFT-3 is expected to be ready this month and, if all goes according to plan, a new FAA license should be issued in February, according to Jessica.
SpaceX intends to "do an uncrewed landing on the Moon and then ascend from the surface" in 2025 to ensure crew safety before Artemis 3. They will do as many integrated flight tests as they can before that landing takes place.
The number of refills Starship will have to undergo for Artemis is still to be determined, but is currently expected to be ~10. That number will probably go down as SpaceX continues to test and iterate.
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Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from California and lands on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship