{"id":19780,"date":"2019-09-25T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19780"},"modified":"2019-09-25T16:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:15:32","slug":"space-transport-roundup-sept-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19780","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Sept.25.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5\">previous roundups here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Great views of the Starship Mk.1 coming to together at Boca Chica Beach:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fczLYlgXX9\">pic.twitter.com\/fczLYlgXX9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpacePadreIsle\/status\/1176949738580709376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bnqh29D1tw\">pic.twitter.com\/Bnqh29D1tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpacePadreIsle\/status\/1176938529248686087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09zNrfd5WgY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Today a Russian Soyuz launched 3 new ISS crew members including the first astronaut from the UAE<\/strong>. This was the final flight for the Soyuz-FG version of the rocket. The modernized <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz-2\">Soyuz-2<\/a> will now become the standard crew launch version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_(rocket_family)\">Soyuz family of rockets<\/a>. The Expedition 61 crew includes Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori. The launch was timed for a fast rendezvous with the station and the spacecraft is set to dock today at 3:45 p.m. EDT (1945 GMT).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/25\/soyuz-ms-15-launch-mission-status-center\/\">Live coverage: International crew preps for launch in Kazakhstan \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/soyuz-fg-retirement-last-launch-gagarins-first-emirati-astronaut\/\">Soyuz-FG retirement; Last launch from Gagarin\u2019s Start lofts first Emirati astronaut &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6dYhX0lBLk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>A Japanese H-IIB rocket launched a HTV cargo module to the ISS<\/strong> on Tuesday. Following a scrub on Sept. 10 due to a launch pad fire, the H-IIB successfully lifted off yesterday from the Tanegashima Space Center with the eighth <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-II_Transfer_Vehicle\">HTV<\/a> (H-II Cargo Vehicle) to go to the ISS. The spacecraft will take 4 days to reach the station with its load of over 4 tons of supplies and equipment, including several new lithium-ion batteries\u00a0 to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries for part of the station&#8217;s power system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/jaxa-launch-htv-8-cargo-iss\/\">HTV-8 launches on H-IIB to the ISS &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/24\/fresh-batteries-experiments-on-the-way-to-the-international-space-station\/\">Fresh batteries, experiments on the way to the International Space Station \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KymyqgOISmE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Three rocket launches took place in China in the past week<\/strong> including a <strong>Long March 2D today carrying a Yunhai remote sensing satellite<\/strong>: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/25\/china-launches-environmental-monitoring-satellite\/\">China launches environmental monitoring satellite \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QQn0Lk9fuWY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Long March 3B rocket on with two Beidou navigation satellites launched on Sept. 22th:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-09\/23\/c_138414889.htm\">China launches two new BeiDou satellites &#8211; Xinhua | English.news.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/long-march-3b-beidou-3m-satellites\/\">Long March 3B launches latest Beidou-3M satellites &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/23\/two-more-satellites-launched-into-chinas-beidou-navigation-fleet\/\">Two more satellites launched into China\u2019s Beidou navigation fleet \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K0_wDKXLddM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>A Long March 11 launched on Sept.19th with five satellites<\/strong> for the private company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myorbita.net\/\">Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science and Technology Co., Ltd.<\/a> The group of satellites included four with hyperspectral imaging systems and one with video imaging.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/long-march-11-zhuhai-1-group-3-satellites\/\">Long March 11 lofts Zhuhai-1 Group-3 satellites &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4y-ZZ7ynP4M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/virginorbit.com\">Virgin Orbit<\/a> shipped out the first operational <\/strong><strong>LauncherOne rocket<\/strong> for tests in prep for launch by end of the year: <a href=\"https:\/\/virginorbit.com\/launcherone-shaping-up-and-shipping-out\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LauncherOne: Shaping Up and Shipping Out | Virgin Orbit<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>This week, after a very hard drive by our teammates in our Long Beach factory, we waved good-bye to our latest test rocket. Our previous LauncherOne served valiantly through a battery of tests highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BybTdllh_z9\/\">several captive carry flights<\/a>\u00a0and especially by our flawless\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/virginorbit.com\/virgin-orbit-completes-key-drop-test-ahead-of-orbital-test-flight\/\">drop test<\/a>. Our latest rocket \u2014 which has already been fully integrated, tested, checked, re-checked, analyzed, and triple-checked \u2014 is destined for a rigorous crucible of engineering demonstrations and tests of its own. The final demonstration for this rocket will also be the biggest test we\u2019ve attempted as a team: during that test, we\u2019ll fire up LauncherOne\u2019s engine in flight and head for space for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19781\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virginorbit.com\/launcherone-shaping-up-and-shipping-out\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19781\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Virgin Orbit LauncherOne\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This will be the first Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket to attempt to put a payload into orbit.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19781\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Virgin Orbit LauncherOne\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/PANA2213-1024x7681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This will be the first Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket to attempt to put a payload into orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>**<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/firefly.com\/\">Firefly Aerospace<\/a> is posting updates on preps for the first launch<\/strong> of an <a href=\"https:\/\/firefly.com\/launch-alpha\/\">Alpha rocket<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are running 4 test stands at Firefly as we move towards first flight. Currently on TS-2 we are performing Stage 2 Qualification testing. This video shows Thrust Vector Control (TVC) during a recent test. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Firefly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Firefly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MakingSpaceForEveryone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MakingSpaceForEveryone<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4k2t7gCqzo\">pic.twitter.com\/4k2t7gCqzo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Firefly_Space\/status\/1176150593360076801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>The small company <a href=\"https:\/\/launcherspace.com\/\">LAUNCHER<\/a> pushes 3D printing technology<\/strong> to make its\u00a0 rocket engines more efficient:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More &#x1f48e;&#x1f48e;&#x1f48e;&#x1f680;. To further reduce the cost of 3D printing our highest performance copper alloy engines &#8211; we more than doubled the powder layer thickness and as a result sped up the 3D printing time by more than 2X. Made possible by AMCM and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3T_am_ltd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@3t_am_ltd<\/a> on an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EOSGmbH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EOSGmbH<\/a> 3D printer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTOdKmQj2B\">pic.twitter.com\/rTOdKmQj2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LAUNCHER (@launcher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/launcher\/status\/1176199852407099392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>**<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/\">Blue Origin<\/a> targets November for next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/new-shepard\/\">New Shepard<\/a> flight<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Blue Origin appears to be targeting NET Nov. 1 for its next suborbital flight of New Shepard. It&#8217;s anticipated the company will fly at least two more uncrewed missions before sending people into space.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/strONivCQ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/strONivCQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SciGuySpace\/status\/1176849729151483904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>An update on research on bleeding-edge propulsion<\/strong> concepts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centauri-dreams.org\/2019\/09\/20\/marc-millis-testing-possible-spacedrives\/\">Marc Millis: Testing Possible Spacedrives &#8211; Centauri Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Marc Millis, former head of NASA\u2019s Breakthrough Propulsion Physics project, recently returned from another trip to Germany, where he worked with Martin Tajmar\u2019s SpaceDrive project at Germany\u2019s Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden. Recent coverage of the ongoing experimental work into spacedrives in both the popular and scientific press has raised public interest, leading Millis to explain in today\u2019s essay why and how the techniques for studying these matters are improving, and how far we have to go before we have something definitive. Millis is in the midst of developing an interstellar propulsion study from a NASA grant even as he continues to examine advanced propulsion concepts and the methodologies with which to approach them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/143422\/just-how-feasible-is-a-warp-drive\/\">Just How Feasible is a Warp Drive? &#8211; Universe Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\">SpaceX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Assembly of the Starship Mk.1 orbital demonstrator accelerated<\/strong> at even a faster pace in the past week at Boca Chica Beach. It appears that some staff from the Mk.2 project in Cocoa Beach, Florida came to help out in Texas so that a complete Starship can provide a dramatic backdrop to Elon Musk&#8217;s update presentation on the project this Saturday, Sept. 28th.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For the first time in history, not in science fiction, an actual spaceship is under construction. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fm4aOw88mZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/fm4aOw88mZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SafeNotAnOption\/status\/1175867362144219136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-starship-three-raptors-installed-says-elon-musk\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s Starship Mk1 rocket already has three Raptors installed, says Elon Musk &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-kicks-off-starship-wing-installation-elon-musk-update\/\">SpaceX installs two Starship wings ahead of Elon Musk&#8217;s Saturday update\u00a0 &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At last&#8230;! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starship<\/a> Mk1 is coming together!<br \/>\nThe new nose-cone has been stacked!! &#x1f44d;&#x1f680;&#x2728; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DWXFGa3i5G\">pic.twitter.com\/DWXFGa3i5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reagan Beck (@bluemoondance74) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluemoondance74\/status\/1176790815772958720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SpaceX&#8217;s Starship Mk1 at Boca Chica ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s (Elon&#8217;s estimated timeline) integration and weld of the pointy end to the noisy end.<\/p>\n<p>Mary (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BocaChicaGal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BocaChicaGal<\/a>) with Monday&#8217;s photos.<\/p>\n<p>More here:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sha26ScaEd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Sha26ScaEd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mmpjwK6Gd2\">pic.twitter.com\/mmpjwK6Gd2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris B &#8211; NSF (@NASASpaceflight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASASpaceflight\/status\/1176149738615386113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>***<strong> Elon gives some pre-presentation hints<\/strong> on the latest Starship design and operation concepts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/09\/elon-musks-starship-presentation-12-months-progress\/\">Elon Musk&#8217;s upcoming Starship presentation to mark 12 months of rapid progress &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-elon-musk-explains-starship-orbital-reentry\/\">SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains how Starships will return from orbit &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/elon-musk-tweets-sneak-peek-vision-spacexs-starship-mega-rocket\/\">SpaceX\u2019s Elon Musk tweets a sneak peek at his Starship vision \u2013 GeekWire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*** <strong>Tim Dodd, the <a href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/\">Everyday Astronaut<\/a>, gives an overview of the new design for the fins<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hsul-GE4XiA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Scott Manley also gives his thoughts on the design changes<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/spacex\/\">Scott Manley: New Details Revealed About SpaceX&#8217;s Stainless Steel Starship as Prototype Nears Completion : spacex\/reddit.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRbKZqg5W-I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Some synergy at last between SpaceX and Tesla<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-starship-tesla-battery-packs-spotted\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s Starship Mk1 rocket shares a surprising connection with Tesla EVs &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>These battery packs were spotted by an eagle-eyed forum user who was first to recognize the hardware for what it likely was. Per the above photo, SpaceX appears to have joined two self-contained Tesla battery packs into single units that were then installed on a header tank. Knowing that the highest capacity Tesla offers is ~100 kWh, the 2\u00d72 packs could store up to 400 kWh and offer instantaneous power output (ignoring thermal limitations) well into the megawatt (MW) range.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Tesla batteries are needed to run the motors that move the fins:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Many powerful electric motors &amp; batteries. Force required is enormous, as entire fin moves. More about this on the 28th.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1176557685820387328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Yusaku Maezawa raises a few billion dollars<\/strong> from selling stock in his clothing company. This will provide him additional money to fund his <a href=\"https:\/\/dearmoon.earth\/\">Starship flight around the Moon<\/a> with artist friends. He may also take a preliminary flight to space on a Crew Dragon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-first-starship-customer-resigns-private-moon-mission\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s first private Starship customer resigns to fund, train for private Moon mission &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/yusaku-maezawa-zozo-ceo-resigns-sells-yahoo-spacex-starship-flight-2019-9\">Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa resigns to train for SpaceX moon flight &#8211; Business Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jsimms\/2019\/09\/13\/moon-shot-billionaire-maezawa-to-give-up-control-of-fashion-site-zozo-in-yahoo-japan-deal\/#54f435ea643c\">Moon Shot: Billionaire Maezawa To Give Up Control Of Fashion Site Zozo In Yahoo Japan Deal &#8211; Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Forbes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>While acknowledging his mistakes at a two-hour press conference, he said there were two personal reasons for his resignation: Preparing for the 2023 lunar mission, including going into space once before that, and wanting to feel the \u201crush\u201d of building a company from the ground up again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;Training to go into space will to take up much of my time,&#8221; he said, flanked by his successor at Zozo, Kotaro Sawada, and the president of Yahoo Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<strong> Falcon 9 launch rate to accelerate in coming year<\/strong> as SpaceX ramps up deployment of the Starlink broadband Internet constellation: <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/09\/18\/starlink-to-fill-lions-share-of-spacex-near-term-launch-manifest\/\">Starlink to fill lion\u2019s share of SpaceX near-term launch manifest \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>SpaceX plans as many as 24 launches next year to build out the company\u2019s Starlink network to provide broadband Internet service from space, following up to four more Starlink missions before the end of this year, according to SpaceX\u2019s chief operating officer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The rapid-fire launch cadence for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink fleet will take up the majority of the company\u2019s launch manifest next year with a series of missions taking off from Florida\u2019s Space Coast, adding new nodes to a network that could eventually contain nearly 12,000 small satellites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>After a two month break, the next Falcon 9 launch looks to happen in mid-October<\/strong> but not clear yet if it will be a Starlink payload or a customer satellite\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-next-falcon-9-launch-payload-fairing-arrival\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s next Falcon 9 launches get a bit closer as hardware arrives in Florida &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>SpaceX completed its last orbital launch on August 7th, placing the AMOS-17 communications satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on an exceedingly rare expendable Falcon 9. As of then, SpaceX\u2019s next launch \u2013 an internal Starlink mission \u2013 was already expected no earlier than October and has since settled towards the end of the month. First reported by NASASpaceflight.com, the first Starlink v1.0 mission (AKA Starlink-1) is tentatively scheduled to launch no earlier than (NET) October 17th, followed by Starlink-2 NET November 4th and Starlink-3 NET late-November.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Of note, there have been whispers in the last few days that SpaceX\u2019s next launch is not, in fact, a Starlink mission. Reading between the lines, only two possible spacecraft \u2013 JCSAT-18\/Kacific-1 or South Korea\u2019s ANASIS \u2013 are next on SpaceX\u2019s manifest, the former of which is scheduled to launch no earlier than November 11th and the latter of which does not yet have a firm date.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Crew Dragon program continues to move along<\/strong> with progress on parachutes, finalizing the April explosion investigation, and targeting late this year for the in-flight abort test:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/news\/local\/environment\/2019\/09\/16\/no-further-action-spacexs-dragon-crew-explion-cleanup\/2324236001\/\">SpaceX anomaly: &#8216;No further action&#8217; needed on Crew Dragon explosion cleanup &#8211; Florida Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2019\/09\/17\/commercial-crew-program-testing-fosters-improvements-in-parachute-safety\/\">Commercial Crew Program Testing Fosters Improvements in Parachute Safety \u2013 Commercial Crew Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4XklSyOj_f4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1524742414\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1524742414&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=079d0abd89e653831609367e775bdb25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Delta-v<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1524742414\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1524742414&amp;asins=1524742414&amp;linkId=044d01889d5c6fded3f9c6e28680f86a&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here): [ Update: Great views of the Starship Mk.1 coming to together at Boca Chica Beach: pic.twitter.com\/fczLYlgXX9 \u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) September 25, 2019 pic.twitter.com\/Bnqh29D1tw \u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) September 25, 2019 ] ** Today a Russian Soyuz launched 3 new ISS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19780\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space transport roundup &#8211; Sept.25.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-592","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19729,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19729","url_meta":{"origin":19780,"position":0},"title":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Sept.18.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here): ** Blue Origin still planning for crewed New Shepard flights this year. @blueorigin's Wagner says 1st crewed flight of New Shepard on track to fly by end of this year. \u2014 Tariq J. 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