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SpaceX sends reused Falcon 9 booster west for first California Starlink launches

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That freed up SpaceX to ship former West Coast drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRT) across the Panama Canal in August 2019, where it ultimately joined the company’s Florida rocket recovery fleet in early 2020 to support a major launch cadence ramp. SpaceX sleuths spot third drone ship under construction in Louisiana.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer.

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SpaceX drone ship completes 5000-mile journey from Florida to California

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A bit less than four weeks after departing Central Florida’s Port Canaveral, SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) has completed a more than 5000-mile (~8000 km) journey to Port of Long Beach, California. Human for scale with Of Course I Still Love You aboard Mighty Servant 1 at Port of Long Beach.

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SpaceX’s first “Version 3” drone ship arrives at Port Canaveral

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SpaceX has officially taken delivery of a third ‘autonomous spaceport drone ship’ named A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG), returning its East Coast booster recovery fleet to two strong. A Shortfall of Gravitas has arrived to Port Canaveral!