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7 Apr, 7 tweets, 3 min read
SpaceX is preparing to launch its 23rd dedicated Starlink v1.0 mission, carrying another 60 satellites.

Liftoff is scheduled for 12:34 pm ET (16:34 UTC), watch live here:
This represents SpaceX's 26th Starlink mission overall, if you include the launch of two "Tintin" prototypes, the (now largely deorbited, per @planet4589) batch of v0.9 satellites, and the 10 polar satellites included on the Transporter-1 mission.
@planet4589 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on a sunny day in Florida:
@planet4589 The separation of the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage was visible on SpaceX's ground-based view:
@elonmusk Why aren't there any onboard camera views for today's Falcon 9 launch?
@elonmusk Never mind, it's back! On cue
@elonmusk SpaceX deploys another 60 Starlink satellites in orbit:

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8 Apr
Rocket Lab's next launch, its 20th to date and scheduled for May, will feature the second Electron splashdown recovery with a "beefed up" heat shield:

"This is really the next step in the iteration to make Electron reusable," @Peter_J_Beck told me. cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc…
Beck said this is the second of three planned splashdown recoveries, with the company having "severely disassembled" the first Electron booster it recovered, which overall "was in remarkable shape." cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc…
After three splashdown recoveries, Rocket Lab will then move to the final step of its reuse plan: Plucking the booster with its parachute from the sky with a helicopter. cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… $VACQ
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7 Apr
Real estate entrepreneur Larry Connor is headed to space next year – but first, he will dive to the bottom of the ocean.

He aims to be the 1st to do both within a year, and just the 3rd in history after astronauts @AstroKDS & @RichardGarriott. cnbc.com/2021/04/07/rea…
EYOS Expeditions reached out to Connor shortly after his spaceflight plans were announced, asking if he would help cover part of the costs of an upcoming dive in the Triton Submarines' DSV Limiting Factor – and in return, join as a co-pilot.
cnbc.com/2021/04/07/rea… Image
@EYOSExpeditions @tritonsubs @LuxuryTCG Next Monday he will travel to Guam, with the first dive to Challenger Deep on either Wednesday or Thursday.

A few days later Connor will dive again, to the Sirena Deep – “where there’s only ever been two humans there before."
cnbc.com/2021/04/07/rea…
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9 Feb
SpaceX sent Starlink "Better than Nothing Beta" users a 12 question survey about their experience.

Thread of the questions:
@SpaceX @elonmusk @SpaceXStarlink
@SpaceX @elonmusk @SpaceXStarlink
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25 Jan
SpaceX director David Goldman spoke with FCC officials late last week, to discuss the company's proposal to modify lower some of the Starlink satellites to lower altitudes and give a presentation with an update on the network's progress:
SpaceX says it plans to increase Starlink's download speeds from ~100 Mbps currently to 10 Gbps in the future:
SpaceX dismissed Amazon's $AMZN protest of the modification as "attempts to stifle competition", saying Amazon makes "misleading claims of interference" and emphasizing that the competing Project Kuiper network represents "still nascent plans"
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24 Jan
SpaceX's Transporter-1 mission lifts off, carrying a global record 143 satellites for a single launch:
There goes the rocket's nosecone, revealing the dozens of spacecraft on board
The Falcon 9 rocket booster has a great view of the Atlantic Ocean as it begins its reentry burn back through the atmosphere:
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17 Dec 20
Morgan Stanley published a lengthy research report on quantum communications — using the properties of light and sub-atomic particles to transmit information — and its possible implications for SpaceX.

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MS: Quantum communications is a "a sub discipline of Quantum Information Science which uses the properties of light and sub-atomic particles (i.e. photons) to transmit information."
"Quantum communications is different from quantum computing…although the advancements in quantum computing may help enable the
development and security of quantum communication networks"
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