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SpaceX navy deploys for back-to-back Italian radar satellite, Starlink launches

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Continuing what appears to be SpaceX’s preferred pace of activity in 2022, several ships in the company’s navy have deployed to support two Falcon 9 launches scheduled later this week. Bob is outbound for the CSG-2 mission and heading ~596 km downrange towards Cuba to recover the fairing.

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

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Over the next two months, a new Port of Long Beach lease for West Coast drone ship operations , FCC launch application requests, and the westbound shipment of a Falcon 9 booster strongly supported Shotwell’s claim.

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