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SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California

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lol so it sounds like OCISLY will be piggybacking on MS1 from the Bahamas through the Panama Canal – and possibly all the way to Port of Long Beach. With a light load like OCISLY, MS1 could also feasibly cruise twice as fast as towing would allow, probably meaning that SpaceX can cut transport time from around four weeks to two.

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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. SpaceX drone ship heads to the Bahamas for its ride to California.

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SpaceX drone ship leaves port for Starlink mission during a Falcon 9 launch

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Thanks to its relatively light payload, the mission’s Falcon 9 booster was able to boost all the way back to Cape Canaveral for its landing. satellites to low Earth orbit, using an odd slightly southeastern trajectory to allow both the booster and payload fairing to land near the Bahamas. km) to the north.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by wayward cruise ship

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However, that’s not certain as a large number of cruise ships operate in or around the southeasterly corridor Falcon 9 was scheduled to overly between Florida and the Bahamas, making it possible that a different ship was at risk of entering the keep-out zone dozens to hundreds of miles downrange. 28 Jan to 01 Feb.

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SpaceX set to launch two Falcon 9 rockets in 26 hours [webcast]

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Aside from being light enough to allow Falcon 9 to perform a return-to-launch-site (RTLS) booster landing, the payload is a mystery. Falcon 9 B1061 will attempt to land about 640 km (~395 mi) downrange – slightly northeast of the Bahamas to minimize the risk of losing a valuable booster to the wintry mid-Atlantic.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

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These underwater sand dunes adorn the seafloor between Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas. This could mean they record how much red, green, and blue light is reflected from different parts of the ground. Imaging satellites can also capture data outside of the visible-light spectrum.

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