Notably, this also marked the first time a booster landed for a 23rd time. The other two boosters that launched for a 23rd time, B1061 and B1062, were taken out of service.

B1061 was intentionally expended for the Hera mission in 2024 October, and B1062 tipped over during it's landing attempt after launching Starlink 8-6. B1067 is the first to stick its 23rd landing.

Until recently, SpaceX has relied primarily on self-produced batteries for its spacecraft. However, as the demand for consistent and advanced power systems has grown, the need for specialized external suppliers became evident. According to industry insiders that spoke with the Korea Economic Daily (KED), LG Energy Solution will provide batteries for both primary and backup power in the Starship rocket.

The project was mentioned during Thursday’s meeting of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group, which is dedicated to supporting NASA missions to the Red Planet.

In one presentation, NASA staffers talked about the space agency buying commercial services from aerospace companies to help explore Mars, according to SpaceFlight Now. This includes possibly contracting SpaceX, which currently provides its Starlink satellite internet system to over 4 million users on Earth.

Slides from the presentation show that NASA asked commercial providers to submit proposals that explained how their technology could be applied to Mars. In one slide, NASA listed a concept from SpaceX to develop “Marslink,” which would be based on Starlink satellite designs.

SpaceX’s concept was among two other ideas about developing “next-generation relay services” capable of beaming 4Mbps or more in data, but across 1.5 astronomical units, or the current distance between Mars and the Sun. This means these satellites would be able to relay data to Earth and other spacecraft across vast stretches of space, likely through Starlink's laser communication system.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-11, 17:22 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-11, 12:22 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1067-23 | | Landing | Landing Zone 1 | | Payload | KoreaSat 6A | | Customer | KT SAT, subsidiary of KT Corporation | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcG3fqE08RE | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhsYugEZ2FA | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFuqyR97BFI | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZoyc7L4LUM | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1856021162981273691 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2QiqAKU-tI

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 20th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 14:52:29 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 40th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 47th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 367th Falcon family booster landing, 377th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 107th Falcon 9 mission this year, 393rd Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 109th SpaceX mission of 2024, 409th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 112th SpaceX launch this year, 423rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

The Koreasat 6A spacecraft, built by Thales Alenia Space, will have 20 transponders for fixed satellite services and six for TV broadcasting to replace the Koreasat 6 launched in 2010.

Koreasat 6A will be based on the manufacturer’s Spacebus 4000B2 platform and is expected to weigh about 3.5 metric tons at launch. It will be designed to operate for at least 15 years.

Starlink Group 6-69 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-11-11 21:28 UTC, or 2024-11-11 16:28 local time (EST). Booster 1080-12 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgam9W8vEHY
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5XNBM0c0MI
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4CI2oyuM-I (deleted)
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEmUO8Kpaok
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1856085347358388704
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4LcKSh_Ns

Starlink Group 9-10 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-11-09 06:14 UTC, or 2024-11-08 22:14 local time (PST). B1081-11 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLPkCv3kVuI
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wC4kCGYyLE
• NASASpaceflight: none
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Iplaq38tY
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1855130320569614369
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLa1Xd3NEe0

Some info from by Kiko Dontchev, VP of Launch at SpaceX

https://x.com/TurkeyBeaver/status/1853983823555350856

Congrats to the @SpaceX team on our 400th Falcon launch!!!

While we will not make our original goal of 144 launches, we are still targeting 30 more launches in 2024 (~one every two days). It will not be easy and our work is cut out for us, but the team is all in. The only way we will achieve this goal is if we focus on safety and reliability. Above all else, we must keep the team safe and deliver 100% mission success!

https://x.com/xdNiBoR/status/1854009195148058660

Wait?? The original goal was 148!

https://x.com/TurkeyBeaver/status/1854009618986316164

The original goal was actually 144, but then we only launched 96 times in 2023 so we added four back to make up the debt. Next year we will set a target agnostic of where we end in 2024. It will be higher than 2024 😜

That would be 29 more launches in 2024, Starlink 6-77 launched since these comments from Dontchev.

Starlink Group 6-77 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-11-07 20:19 UTC, or 2024-11-07 15:19 local time (EST). Booster 1085-3 to land on Just Read The Instructions.

The first launch attempt for this mission was conducted on Nov 3rd but aborted at T-2:40 due to a helium issue on Stage 1.

The second launch attempt was scheduled for Nov 6th, but was scrubbed at T-29 minutes for undisclosed reasons.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inuFXJO9jiE
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eOE4BV2JY (scrub)
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwZp-EktH2U (scrub)
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oGOyTqamAc (scrub)
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1854618152526827852
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uI96G82cME

Another six months, another Cargo Dragon resupply to the ISS!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 02:29 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-04, 21:29 (EST) | | Launch Window | Instantaneous | | Docking scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 15:15 | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Payload | Dragon SpX-30 | | Booster | B1083-5 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Dragon | C208-5 | | Customer | NASA | | Mission success criteria | Successful transportation of cargo to and from ISS |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27yY-W1cr8 | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTvygOAL2I | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gxKyhlAsCs | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcXNwl2kHg | Everyday Astronaut | | The Launch Pad | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853620836663718179 | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 19th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 21 days, 10:23:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 46th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 37th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 364th Falcon family booster landing, 374th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 104th Falcon 9 launch this year, 390th overall

☑️ 106th SpaceX mission this year, 406th overall (excluding Starship flight tests)

☑️ 109th SpaceX launch this year, 420th overall (including Starship flight tests)

Mission Details 🚀

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission page
• NASA mission page

Starlink Group 6-77 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-11-03 21:57 UTC, or 2024-11-03 21:57 local time (EST). Booster 1085-3 to land on Just Read The Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTBnc-NGvQ
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2ntCc7JXA
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHNq7A9kuJ0
• The Launch Pad:
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853193487040307388
• The Space Devs:

Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442260530761902

• B1067 in first place at 22 flights. (B1061 and B1062 each reached 23 but failed recovery or were intentionally expended)
• B1063 in second place with 21 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for third place at 19 flights.
• B1073 in fourth place at 18 flights.
• B1076 in fifth place at 17 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442265274208559

• IFT-5 featured the first Superheavy booster recovery attempt, and B12 successfully returned to the launch site and was caught by the chopsticks.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442278234603753

SpaceX Starship page

Portions of this thread copied from a Starship Dev thread on r/SpaceX.

FAQ

1. When next launch? (Flight 7) NET Jan 11th according to recent documentation NASA filed with the FAA. (Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera 1, Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera 2)
2. When previous launch? (Flight 6)? Booster 13 and Ship 31 launched on 2024-11-19.
3. What was the result? Booster catch attempt aborted, performed soft splashdown in the Gulf. Ship performs in-space raptor relight, survives reentry, and makes an on-target splashdown.

Quick Links

Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live

Starship Dev October | IFT-5 launch thread | Starship Dev 57 | Starship Dev 56 | IFT-4 launch thread | Starship Dev 55

Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)

Road closures

Cameron County website - @bocaroad Mastodon bot

*As of 2024-11-30

• 2-hour road delays are posted for Nov 1st (01:00 to 04:00) and 2nd (00:00 and 03:00) for transport from Massey’s to factory. (Presumably S33 rollback)
• 1-hour road delays are posted for Nov 11th (19:00 to 22:00) and 12th (10:00 to 13:00) for transport from factory to pad, likely B13 rollout.
• 1-hour road delays are posted for Nov 13th (00:00 to 03:00 or 12:00 to 15:00) and 14th (00:00 to 03:00) for transport from factory to pad, either backups for B13 rollout or for S31 rollout.
• 8-hour road closure is scheduled for Nov 17th (08:00 to 16:00) for non-flight testing activities.
• 14-hour road closures are posted for Nov 18th, 19th, and 20th (all 08:00 to 22:00), for flight testing activities, presumably IFT-6.
• Nov 20th road closure is revoked.
• 1-hour road delay was posted for Nov 21st (00:00 to 03:00) for transport from factory to pad, but then revoked.

Vehicle Status

*As of 2024-11-30

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Resources

• LabPadre Channel | NASASpaceFlight.com Channel
• NSF: Booster 7 + Ship X (likely 24) Updates Thread | Most Recent
• NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread | Most recent
• NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation | Most Recent
• SpaceX: Website Starship page | Starship Users Guide (2020, PDF)
• FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
• FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
• FCC: Starship Orbital Demo detailed Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
• NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Technical Report)
• Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
• Production Progress Infographics by @RingWatchers
• Raptor 2 Tracker by @SpaceRhin0
• Acronym definitions by Decronym
• Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Everyday Astronaut: 2022 Elon Musk Interviews, Starbase/Ship Updates | Launch Tower | Merlin Engine | Raptor Engine
• Everyday Astronaut 2024 Elon Musk Interviews: Starfactory tour | Pad tour and post-IFT-4 interview

Chojnacki said SpaceX is looking at March 2025 to begin that fueling campaign and “hoping (the) first half of ’25 to be able to see that work.” He said two launch towers at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach will be needed to do that work.

In order to make this work long-term, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will need to come into the picture. Chojnacki added that the pace of launch will have to greatly increase, potentially to a bi-weekly cadence.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27445874

https://x.com/jswartzphoto/status/1851806714485490059

Static fire for B1090 just occurred at SpaceX McGregor. 77 seconds in length which is normal for the past few boosters. In all 12 tests for over 11 mins of engine testing and all live on http://nsf.live/mcgregor 🔥