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SpaceX drone ship to ride transport vessel through the Panama Canal

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After a quick jaunt from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has been loaded onto the deck of a much larger semi-submersible transport vessel. Typically, tugboats tend to tow SpaceX’s drone ships no faster than 9 mph (13 kph).

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SpaceX preparing for back-to-back Starlink launches from California and Florida

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2400 miles (~3900 km) to the east, SpaceX’s Starlink 4-15 mission – preparing to launch from the company’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) LC-40 pad – recently found itself in the opposite boat. SpaceX will land a booster in the Bahamas this coming week.

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