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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. The company has been building the second of several planned Starship launch sites for more than three years. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

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SpaceX begins stacking Florida Starship launch tower

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SpaceX has begun stacking Starship’s first Florida launch tower. Once it reaches its final height, that tower will become the second tallest rocket-related structure on the East Coast, only beaten by NASA’s iconic and immense Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It could also reach that height far sooner than later.

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SpaceX preparing giant crane to assemble Starship’s first Florida launch tower

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SpaceX has begun staging and assembling parts of a giant crane it will soon need to stack Starship’s first East Coast launch tower and install other major launch pad components. Many new structures being built at SX and the building looks almost complete. Starship’s Florida mount has incorporated many design changes.

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SpaceX to ship Starship ‘deluge’ hardware from Florida to Starbase

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SpaceX appears to be preparing to ship a huge collection of hardware – including parts of a possible launch deluge system – from Florida to Texas. Starship’s Florida deluge Some part of SpaceX knows that. NOAA) Starship’s Pad 39A launch mount, where that ring was eventually installed.

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EVgo builds public EV charging stations faster and cheaper using prefabrication – Charged EVs

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EVgo expects its prefabrication process to reduce station construction costs by an average of 15% at suitable sites, and to reduce installation timelines by as much as 50%. Outside of Texas, EVgo plans to open prefabricated stations in Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina and California in 2024.

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USDA invests $26 million in biofuel infrastructure to expand availability of higher-blend renewable fuels in 23 states

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states. million grant to install a pump, safety infrastructure and piping at its fuel distribution facility. In Ohio, United Dairy Farmers Inc.

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SpaceX Starship factory aiming to build five megarockets in 2023

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CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX’s South Texas Starship aims to build up to five of the two-stage megarockets in 2023. In late 2019 and early 2020, the company began building the bones of the factory that exists today, relying heavily on several giant tents (“sprung structures”) similar to those used by Tesla.

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