📆 Sep 5, 2023 #Aschbacher would not commit to a launch date during the first half of 📆 2024 if all went well with the tests.
#Ariane 64 was supposed to cost $126 million 💰. At present, a #Falcon9 rocket, which is roughly comparable in lift capacity, has a base price of $67 📉 million 💶 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/no-firm-date-on-ariane-6s-debut-and-no-public-talk-on-prices-either/2/

Sitting on the back porch of our rental here on Jekyll Island when my wife sees a bright orange glow with a trail to the south. Turns out we saw a falcon 9 launch! #Falcon9 #spacex #space

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-12

"SpaceX launches #Crew7 mission, the company’s 11th carrying astronauts" by @CNBC / @michaelsheetz - #SpaceX #CrewDragon #Endurance launched with 4 astronauts (1 US🇺🇸, 1 DK🇩🇰, 1 JP🇯🇵, 1 RU🇷🇺) on #Falcon9 from Cape Canaveral for 6-month mission to #ISS. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/26/spacex-launches-crew-7-astronaut-mission-for-nasa.html #NASA #CommercialCrew

Zítra v 8:04 SELČ by měla z Vandenbergovi základny v Kalifornii startovat raketa Falcon 9 s družicemi StarLink (jubilejní 100. start s těmito družicemi). SpaceX chystá na oběžnou dráhu vypustit družice 2.generace, neboli V2-mini.
Primární náklad : 21 družic V2-mini
Hmotnost nákladu : 16 800 kg
#spaceprogram #starlink #SpaceX #Falcon9

For today’s art share, I’m throwing it back to a rocket piece that started a series I’m hoping to expand! “SPACEX DM-2 LAUNCH”, 9x12”, ink on illustration board. (Prints available!)

#illustration #spacex #spacexlaunch #falcon9 #illustrationartists #spaceflight #space #nasa #spaceart #SciArt #rockets #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon #ThrowbackThursday

Let's dig in! A new #LabPadre Starbase Weekly Update is out! (Posted August 13th, Episode 75)

Footage from LabPadre
Flyover pictures from RGV Aerial Photography
Edited by Lucid, timmy

#starbase #spacex #starship #falcon9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33XwY_vRuQ

#SpaceX #Falcon9 launch from Vandenberg SFB tonight at 20:57 Pacific Time will be 70min after sunset viewed from LA, 50min after sunset viewed from Bay Area. The rocket should climb into sunlight around 2nd stage ignition, enhancing view. https://spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl6-20 #NewSpace

Let's dig in! A new #LabPadre Starbase Weekly Update is out! (Posted July 30th, Episode 73)

Footage from LabPadre
Edited by Lucid, timmy

Fediverse Starbase Tracker would also like to send condolences and mourn the loss of longtime LabPadre moderator Michael Mackenzie, to whom this episode is dedicated to.

#starbase #spacex #starship #falcon9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihBBaHpQ9u4

Let's dig in! A new #LabPadre Starbase Weekly Update is out! (Posted July 23rd, Episode 72)

Footage from LabPadre
KSC Flyover pictures from Greg Scott and Farrielle Mohan
Edited by Lucid, timmy

#starbase #spacex #starship #falcon9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L8OAIdsE4Q

Cell phone images of #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California viewed from 200mi north in San Jose at Berryessa BART station parking structure. 1st stage (red) in 1st image, 2nd stage enhanced by sunlight at altitude in 2nd/3rd images. #NewSpace

I saw #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch at Vandenberg from 200mi north in San Jose. In this video from Berryessa BART station, the rocket is going up in the center. Below it left to right in this perspective is an A321neo Hawaiian 44 arriving #KSJC from #PHNL. #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek

Let's dig in! A new #LabPadre Starbase Weekly Update is out! (Posted July 16th, Episode 71)

Footage from LabPadre
Flyover pictures from RGV Aerial Photography
Edited by Lucid, timmy

#starbase #spacex #starship #falcon9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw95QVHHcrY

More photos from Saturday's doubleheader of #bioluminescence #kayaking and night #rocket #launch viewing. #spacex #starlink515 #starlink #falcon9 #MerrittIslandNWR #PortCanaveral #Florida https://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/albums/72177720309827737

Met up with my brother to take a visiting cousin on a doubleheader evening of #bioluminescence #kayaking and night rocket launch viewing. #spacex #starlink #starlink515 #falcon9 #MerrittIsland #PortCanaveral

@NewSpaceEconomy In 📆 2022, the #Falcon9 price 💵 per kilogram has dropped by more than 55% 📉 relative to SpaceX’s initial price in 📆 2010. As of 2022 the Falcon 9 price is consistently 50%, 📊 or more, lower then the vast majority of other launch vehicles past and present. https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/21/spacex-falcon-9-launch-pricing-from-2010-to-2022

#LaunchCost

🚨🚨 Actualizada la lista de megaconstelaciones de satélites, tras el lanzamiento de hoy de un #Falcon9 con 54 #Starlink
🛰️ Hasta ahora se han enviado al espacio un total de 4.822 #Starlink, de los cuales 4.485 están en órbita y 3.734 están operativos.
https://www.infosondas.com/constelaciones-de-satelites/

@spacex 📆 Jun 13, 2023 Flight-proven first stages have launched ~90% of the last 100+ missions since the start of 2022

#SpaceX #Falcon9 #LaunchCadence

#SpaceX has around 16 flight-proven #Falcon boosters in its fleet, with several more new-build #rockets slated to fly by the end of the year.
The main #limitation of #SpaceX’s #LaunchRate is not the availability of flight-ready #rockets—it’s the turnaround of the company’s three #Falcon9 #LaunchPads. https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/spacex-launches-its-fleet-leading-rocket-booster-for-record-16th-time

📆 Feb 3, 2022 The #Falcon9 #rocket 🚀 has now launched a total of 139 times https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-has-set-a-record-for-most-consecutive-successes

📆 July 2023 : 245 🚀 #launches (~1 every 3 days) https://www.spacex.com/launches

It was the 16th launch and landing for the B1058 #Falcon9 #rocket 🚀 booster. There are now more than 4,000 active #Starlink #satellites 🛰️ in #orbit around #Earth 🌎.
#Starship : "Looks like we can increase #Raptor thrust by ~20 per cent" 📈. “Fifty #rockets 🚀flying every three days on average enables over a megaton of payload 📦 to #orbit per year – enough to build a self-sustaining city on #Mars 🔴.” https://www.independent.co.uk/space/spacex-launch-record-elon-musk-starship-b2372407.html

Picture : :ccby: :ccnc: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/52822624215/