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What is SpaceX hiding at Vandenberg? (self.spacex)
submitted 2 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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The webcasts for the past three launches out of Vandenberg California haven't gone live until Falcon 9 is well away from the pad. Any guesses as to why SpaceX is suddenly reluctant to show us the pad and surrounding area?

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[–] ptfrd 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Weird. I wonder if the possible CCP spying incident of 2024-11-30 is related.

If any of the late-starting webcasts happened prior to that date, perhaps Yinpiao Zhou noticed it and was innocently curious. Or perhaps he actually is a spy and his handlers noticed and ordered him to investigate. If not, perhaps some/all of the late-starting webcasts happened because of Zhou's drone flight.