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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower

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SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation Starship rocket. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019. In late 2021, SpaceX finally began constructing the second iteration of Starship’s first Florida pad.

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NTSB investigation of Model 3 fatal crash in March finds Autopilot was active

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The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the fatal March 2019 crash of a Tesla Model 3 with a semi-trailer in Delray Beach, Fla., Autopilot also was active at the time of a 2016 fatal crash in Florida involving a semi-trailer and several other serious crashes since that incident.

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SpaceX gears up for busy year of Falcon Heavy launches

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Aboard LPDE-3A, which is essentially a satellite without a payload, various stakeholders will install an unknown number of experiments, instruments, and smaller satellites that can be activated or deployed once in orbit. The schedule is reminiscent of 2019, when SpaceX launched its second and third Falcon Heavy rockets 75 days apart.

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SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery

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Minutes later, SpaceX began loading unusual hardware onto the drone ship and it soon became clear that preparations were underway to transport OCISLY from Florida to California. Before / After Check out the height difference of OCISLY droneship after 24 hours of pumping out the water ballast.

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SpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica

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.” In any other case, it would’ve been just another nondescript delivery – likely carrying the latest batch of the ceramic Starship heat shield tiles SpaceX currently manufactures in Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here's a Google satellite image of "The Bakery" in the city of Cape Canaveral Florida.

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Wärtsilä to equip first US ocean-going LNG fueling barge

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The vessel will be used to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel to cruise ships along the east coast of Florida, USA. Deliveries will continue throughout 2018 and 2019, and the vessel is scheduled to commence operations in 2020.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket passes static fire test three years in the making

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After knocking out some figurative cobwebs, SpaceX has test-fired a Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time since June 2019. Static fire of Falcon Heavy complete; targeting Tuesday, November 1 for launch of the USSF-44 mission from Launch Complex 39A in Florida — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 28, 2022. million lbf) of thrust.

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