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4 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
SpaceX is preparing to launch its 25th Starlink v1.0 mission, with this Falcon 9 rocket booster going for a record-tying 9th flight and landing.

Livestream, with liftoff expected in about 15 minutes:
Some SpaceX stats:

–10th Starlink mission of 2021
–13th Falcon 9 launch of 2021
–115th Falcon 9 launch to date
SpaceX's @mrsivab reminds viewers that the Falcon 9 series of rockets are named after the Star Wars' Millennium Falcon.

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou
SpaceX launches another batch of 60, with the company having now sent more than 1,500 Starlink satellites to orbit:
SpaceX deploys its 25th batch of v1.0 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit:

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5 May
Liftoff for Starship SN15!

cnbc.com/2021/05/05/spa… #SpaceX #Starship
SN15 punching a hole through the low clouds above Boca Chica, Texas
T+02:10

SN15 first engine shuts down as planned, but the onboard camera feed is frozen. Insprucker says "everything continues to look good."
cnbc.com/2021/05/05/spa…
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5 May
Blue Origin director of astronaut sales @arianecornell is talking to reporters about the expected experience of flying onboard its New Shepard tourism rocket, and the first passenger flight planned for July 20:

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cnbc.com/2021/05/05/jef… Image
Cornell: Astronauts will join Blue Origin in West Texas four days before launch (L-4) for three days of training.
Cornell emphasizes safety, pointing to the 15 uncrewed test flight of New Shepard to date: Image
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5 May
News – Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin says the first passenger flight on its space tourism rocket New Shepard will launch on July 20.

The company has yet to reveal pricing for New Shepard tickets, but will hold a charity auction for a seat on the first flight: cnbc.com/2021/05/05/jef…
The New Shepard seat auction (register.flynewshepardauction.com):

Today to May 19: Sealed online bidding, up to $50,000 (additional ID verification and a $10,000 deposit required for higher bids).

May 19: Unsealed online bidding

June 12: Live online auction
cnbc.com/2021/05/05/jef…
If you win Blue Origin's auction, the Astronaut Experience comes with a number of required documents to sign:

1-A company NDA
2-FAA "informed consent" document
3-Claims waiver
4-Launch services contract
cnbc.com/2021/05/05/jef…
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27 Apr
News – The FCC approves SpaceX's third modification to its Starlink license, despite objections from companies including Amazon and Viasat, in a win for Elon Musk's growing satellite internet network: cnbc.com/2021/04/27/fcc…
The FCC found that SpaceX's proposed modification to Starlink "does not create significant interference problems:" docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

cnbc.com/2021/04/27/fcc…
@SpaceX @elonmusk @FCC The terms of the FCC's order (highlights mine), include that SpaceX issue a report twice a year that states the number of Starlink "conjunction events" (i.e., near misses with other satellites), as well as how many Starlinks were disposed of/re-entered.
cnbc.com/2021/04/27/fcc…
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26 Apr
JUST IN – Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin filed a GAO protest against NASA today, challenging the recent award of a nearly $3 billion contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX to build a crewed lunar lander under NASA's HLS program for Artemis missions: cnbc.com/2021/04/26/jef…
Blue Origin statement: "NASA has executed a flawed acquisition for the Human Landing System program and moved the goalposts at the last minute."

cnbc.com/2021/04/26/jef…
Blue Origin's protest is based on 5 objections:

a-No opportunity to compete
b-Flawed acquisition
c-Unreasonable NASA evaluation
d-Improperly evaluated SpaceX proposal
e-Changed weight in evaluation factors
cnbc.com/2021/04/26/jef…
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26 Apr
ULA launches the massive Delta IV Heavy rocket on a crystal clear day in California for the NROL-82 mission, carrying a classified reconnaissance satellite for the NRO:

$BA $LMT @torybruno
@torybruno The Delta IV Heavy side boosters separate cleanly
@torybruno The Delta IV Heavy's central booster separates, with all three falling back to Earth and not reusable.
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