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What is SpaceX hiding at Vandenberg? (self.spacex)
submitted 1 month 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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[โ€“] ptfrd 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers 2 points 1 month ago

If any of the late-starting webcasts happened prior to that date

The first one was Starlink 9-13 on 2024-11-24 (PST).