{"id":20279,"date":"2019-11-16T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20279"},"modified":"2019-11-16T11:33:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T16:33:46","slug":"space-transport-roundup-nov-16-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20279","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Nov.16.2019"},"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>SpaceX executes successful static firing of Crew Dragon launch escape system<\/strong>.\u00a0 A similar firing last April led to an explosion caused by leaks and other problems in the propellant plumbing. Assuming the data looks OK in closer examination, this firing allows for SpaceX to proceed to the in-flight abort test flight, presumably in December, in which a Crew Dragon will detach from a Falcon 9 upper stage not long after launch to simulate the escape from a failing booster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Full duration static fire test of Crew Dragon\u2019s launch escape system complete \u2013 SpaceX and NASA teams are now reviewing test data and working toward an in-flight demonstration of Crew Dragon\u2019s launch escape capabilities <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMHvMRBQcW\">pic.twitter.com\/CMHvMRBQcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1194745251480498177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>See also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2019\/11\/13\/spacex-completes-crew-dragon-static-fire-tests\/\">SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Static Fire Tests \u2013 Commercial Crew Program\/NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-fires-redesigned-crew-dragon-superdraco-flaps\/\">SpaceX fires up redesigned Crew Dragon as NASA reveals SuperDraco thruster &#8220;flaps&#8221; &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/11\/spacex-static-fire-crew-dragons-abort-engines\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpaceX conducts static fire of Crew Dragon&#8217;s abort system engines &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/11\/13\/video-crew-dragon-tests-abort-thrusters-at-cape-canaveral\/\">Video: Crew Dragon tests abort thrusters at Cape Canaveral \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More <a href=\"#SpaceX\">SpaceX entries below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>China launches two rockets on same day<\/strong> &#8211; Sept.13th: <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/china-carries-out-2-orbital-launches-inside-3-hours\/\">China carries out 2 orbital launches inside 3 hours &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuaizhou\">Kuaizhou-1A (Y11)<\/a> launcher sent a remote sensing satellite into low earth orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province in northwest China, on 13 November 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-11\/13\/c_138551735.htm\">China launches new remote-sensing satellite &#8211; Xinhua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/11\/kuaizhou-1a-launches-jilin-1-gaofen-2a\/\">Kuaizhou-1A launches Jilin-1 Gaofen-2A &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Jilin-1 satellite constellation was developed on China\u2019s Jilin Province and is the country\u2019s first self-developed remote sensing satellite for commercial use. Data will be provided to commercial clients to help them forecast and mitigate geological disasters, as well as shorten the time scale for the exploration of natural resources.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The satellites were developed by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd under the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.<\/em><\/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\/CNI5Hd2a0vs?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>And then a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March_6\">Long March-6<\/a> sent five\u00a0 small remote-sensing satellites into orbit from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China&#8217;s Shanxi Province:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-11\/13\/c_138552029.htm\">China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocket &#8211; Xinhua<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/11\/long-march-6-lofts-five-ningxia-1-satellites\/\">Long March 6 lofts five Ningxia-1 satellites &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The new satellites \u2013 also designated Zhongzi, were developed by the DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) \u2013 are part of a commercial satellite project financed by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co., Ltd. and will be mainly used for remote sensing detection.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This mission was the first <em>low-inclination<\/em> orbital launch for the Long March-6 launch vehicles, in response to the mission needs. The rocket was submitted to a series of technical upgrades, including take-off roll, horizontal guidance, new composite material double-walled mount barrel and others.<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>UK govt. aims to develop plan for flight-testing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reactionengines.co.uk\/\">Reaction Engines<\/a>&#8216; SABRE engine<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketeers.co.uk\/node\/6062\">UKSA call for proposals for flight-testing SABRE engine | Rocketeers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/announcement-of-opportunity-general-studies-technology-programme-gstp-sabre-development-call-for-proposals\">Announcement of Opportunity: General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) SABRE Development Call for Proposals &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The purpose of this call is to produce a roadmap for the next phase in the SABRE development. It is focused on flight-testing the core SABRE air-breathing engine and assessing the potential competitive positioning of future SABRE-powered applications in the future space transportation segment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>US rocket company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reactionengines.co.uk\/sabre\">Launcher<\/a> gets $1.5 million for rocket engine<\/strong> development:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/launcherspace.com\/amcm-launcher-update\">Launcher Advances Rocket Development with $1.5M U.S. Air Force Award \u2014 LAUNCHER<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/launcher-af-pitch-award\/\">Air Force funding keeps Launcher development on track &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From launcher:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Launcher Inc. has scheduled the first full-scale test of its <a href=\"https:\/\/launcherspace.com\/engine-2\">E-2 rocket engine<\/a> for mid-2020 after securing a $1.5M award from the U.S. Air Force and taking delivery of the world\u2019s largest 3D printed combustion chamber.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>3D printed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amcm.com\">AMCM<\/a> (An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eos.info\/en\">EOS<\/a> Group Company) in Copper Alloy on AMCM\u2019s M4K machine, it is the world\u2019s largest liquid rocket engine combustion chamber 3D printed in a single part. The combustion chamber is 34in (86cm) tall with an exit nozzle diameter of 16in (41cm).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20281\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/launcherspace.com\/amcm-launcher-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20281\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E2Card2Final-2x.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,431\" 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=\"E2+Card+2+Final-2x\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E2Card2Final-2x.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20281 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E2Card2Final-2x-500x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E2Card2Final-2x-500x287.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E2Card2Final-2x.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launcher <a href=\"https:\/\/launcherspace.com\/engine-2\">E-2 engine<\/a> employs a large 3-D printed combustion chamber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/exosaero.com\/\"><strong>EXOS Aerospace<\/strong><\/a><strong> says structural failure led to the in-flight abort and loss<\/strong> of the SARGE vehicle\u00a0 on the recent launch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceportamerica.com\">Spaceport America<\/a> in October : <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/exos-blames-suborbital-launch-accident-on-structural-failure\/\">Exos blames suborbital launch accident on structural failure &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>In a statement released by the Texas-based company Nov. 14, Exos said its Suborbital Autonomous Rocket with GuidancE, or SARGE, rocket was lost 48 seconds <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/exos-aerospace-suborbital-launch-fails\/\">after its Oct. 26 liftoff from Spaceport America in New Mexico<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cWe are still in the process of evaluating video and telemetry data; however, it appears a structural failure resulted in an abort and deployment of the recovery system at speeds far beyond its design capability,\u201d the company stated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Airbus team flies TEXUS suborbital rocket from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscspace.com\/ssc-worldwide\/esrange-space-center\/\">Esrange<\/a><\/strong> launch facility near Kiruna in northern Sweden:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscspace.com\/texus-56\/\">TEXUS 56 &#8211; SSC &#8211; Swedish Space Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbus.com\/newsroom\/news\/en\/2019\/11\/texus56-research-mission-accomplished.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TEXUS-56: research mission accomplished! &#8211; Space &#8211; Airbus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Airbus has completed another successful space mission. On 15 November, the TEXUS-56 rocket completed a scientific research flight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The research rocket took off at 10:35 CET from Kiruna, north Sweden, and gave the scientists involved six minutes of research in microgravity.\u00a0 After the parachute landing of the rocket, the experiments were recovered by a helicopter team. The research teams will now evaluate the results.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;Mission accomplished! Our TEXUS team from Bremen has once again done a great job for our customers, ESA and DLR,&#8221; enthuses project manager Detlef Wilde. &#8220;With TEXUS, we offer very short preparation times, integrate the payloads and take care of the complete mission execution, including procurement of the rockets &#8211; a service that our customers love to use&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20287\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbus.com\/newsroom\/news\/en\/2019\/11\/texus56-research-mission-accomplished.html#media-list-image-image-all_ml_0-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20287\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20287\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1074,587\" 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=\"Texus-56 Launch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Launch of the Airbus TEXUS-56 mission from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch-1024x560.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20287\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch-500x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch-500x273.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2019-11-15-Texus56-lunch.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launch of the Airbus suborbital TEXUS-56 mission from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong><a id=\"SpaceX\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\">SpaceX<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Falcon 9 first stage returns to port<\/strong> following landing at sea for the Starlink launch:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em> Incredible how well the first-ever four-time flown booster looks. Was sort of bad weather, the B1048.4 traveled thru 15ft seas.<\/em><\/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\/X2PM8AAyyYg?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>Update on the first group of fully operational Starlink satellites<\/strong> to reach orbit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-starlink-satellite-upgrade-more-bandwidth-more-beams\/\">SpaceX says upgraded Starlink satellites have better bandwidth, beams, and more &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Aside from a general improvement to the overall visual fit-and-finish of the v1.0 spacecraft, SpaceX\u2019s official comments on the matter indicated that the most substantial changes between v0.9 and v1.0 were more related to each spacecraft\u2019s advanced electronics and payloads. In the case of Starlink, each satellite\u2019s primary payload is a high-performance suite of electronically-steered phased array antennas. Initially developed to improve the flexibility of tracking and scanning radars used by military fighter aircraft, phased array antennas (and radar) allow multiple beams to be aimed without physically moving the antenna.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>SpaceX says that Starlink v1.0 satellites added a number of Ka-band antennas alongside upgraded Ku-band hardware similar to what was installed on Starlink v0.9. Ka and Ku refer to similar but different communications frequencies, with Ku-band generally offering greater reliability and cloud\/rain tolerance, while Ka-band is a bit more sensitive to environmental factors but offers a substantially higher theoretical bandwidth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>SpaceX aims to launch the Kacific-1 comm-sat to orbit in December<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-next-falcon-9-launch-satellite-heads-to-florida\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s next Falcon 9 satellite launch a step closer as spacecraft heads to Florida &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Known as Kacific-1 or JCSat-18 the massive spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-December and is current set to be SpaceX\u2019s second to last or final launch of 2019. According to tweets published by operator Kacific and satellite manufacturer Boeing, the satellite departed Boeing\u2019s El Segundo, California factory on November 4th and has probably already arrived in Cape Canaveral, Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>After arrival, Boeing technicians will inspect the satellite to ensure its road trip caused no damaged and fuel the spacecraft\u2019s bipropellant and xenon propellant tanks. SpaceX technicians will then take over, encapsulating Kacific-1 inside a Falcon 9 payload fairing, transporting the assembly to its Launch Complex 40 pad, and attaching the fairing to an integrated Falcon 9 rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Boeing Satellite Systems International (Boeing) Factory in California has shipped the Kacific1 satellite. It\u2019s now enroute to SpaceX\u2019s launch operations site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will be prepared for launch atop a Falcon9 rocket. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WxoF6wROc2\">pic.twitter.com\/WxoF6wROc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kacific (@kacific) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kacific\/status\/1191503801674371072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Views of Starship Mk.1 construction activity at Boca Chica Beach, Texas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Starship Mk1 is now preparing for cryo loading tests in the coming days, which will mark fuel tests ahead of the testing with her three Raptor engines.<\/em><\/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\/3kZEnBLekzc?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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Friday evening sunset pics of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Starship<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpaceX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BocaChica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BocaChica<\/a> with Mary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BocaChicaGal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BocaChicaGal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5K7fJlFgA4\">pic.twitter.com\/5K7fJlFgA4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpacePadreIsle\/status\/1195507976318193664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>Latest fly-around the Florida orbital Starship demo construction facility<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Aerial view of Cocoa Facility. Attachment points in the top of the engine section are close to completion so that the top dome can be installed. Three very large containers have arrived at the site who&#8217;s purpose is unknown. They are located in various locations. 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