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

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The company has been building the second of several planned Starship launch sites for more than three years. Ironically, work on that pad began before the company started building the pad that will actually support Starship’s first orbital launch attempts. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

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INEOS Bio JV Closes $75M in private financing under USDA loan guarantee program for advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

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INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. million dollar cost matching grant from the State of Florida.

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SpaceX wins Skynet launch contract

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Instead of a self-aware, apocalyptic AI, though, “Skynet” refers to the United Kingdom’s planned Skynet 6A spacecraft – part of a family of military communications satellites that far predate their science fiction namesake. SpaceX has won a contract to launch Skynet on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2025.

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3-year project to develop and test standards for describing the performance of automotive lidar

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The objective of these tests was to evaluate the range, accuracy, and precision of eight automotive-grade lidars using a survey-grade lidar as a reference. Bos, Jeffries, and the team set up various targets along a 200-meter path in an open field in Kissimmee, Florida. Additionally, we will measure the eye safety of the lidars.

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SpaceX sends Starship heat shield “bakery” to Boca Chica

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Last week, a local photographer captured photos of one of the many dozens of deliveries that arrive at SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship factory every month – notable this time around because of package labels that reference a “heat shield” and “mini bakery.” They were just starting to build it back then.

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Dealerships on target to promote extra unused cars in 2023

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dealerships, referred to as throughput, is estimated to get up to 842 in 2023, which might be an build up of 83 cars over latter life’s 759, City Science stated. dealerships are set to promote extra unused cars in 2023 than within the life 3 years, consistent with City Science’s midyear Car Franchise Task file.

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SpaceX schedules first West Coast Starlink launch after a quiet July

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In the last two months, SpaceX has shipped two record-breaking Falcon 9 boosters – collectively responsible for 19 orbital-class launches in the last three years – from Florida to its Vandenberg Air/Space Force Base (VAFB), California launch facilities. SpaceX job postings have also hinted at “Starlink V1.5”

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