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

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Just an hour or two after B1067 was craned onto dry land, SpaceX began removing OCISLY’s water ballast and installing bumpers on the corners of the drone ship’s ‘wings,’ potentially indicating that the company’s plans to begin West Coast Starlink launches as early as July may actually be within reach.

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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Moreover, to comply with IMO’s 2020 global sulfur limit, ships must either switch from HFO to more expensive very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) or use HFO with a scrubber, if they have one installed. As of November 2019, VLSFO was nearly as expensive as MGO.

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

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Investigators have identified several questions as they try to get to the bottom of what caused a part of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane to be blown out in midflight on Friday, including about how a critical component was installed. How was this door plug installed or who installed it?” Their work is expected to carry on for weeks.

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SpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts

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Known as Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4), SpaceX last used its Vandenberg Air/Space Force Base (VAFB) pad to launch a joint primarily European Earth observation satellite in November 2020 – itself the site’s first launch since June 2019.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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oversight, Boeing’s manufacturing process and installation or maintenance work done on the plane. Airlines abroad, including Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines in Panama, also parked Max 9 planes. The Max was grounded in early 2019 after two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. airlines or in U.S.

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