If he launches this Thursday and I can watch via Starlink whilst on a flight then I may have to pull out my own candle and toke one for Elon.

Here's to a successful flight for Elon, SpaceX and the future of spaceflight - led by true Americans.

fka ftc said:

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If he launches this Thursday and I can watch via Starlink whilst on a flight then I may have to pull out my own candle and toke one for Elon.

Here's to a successful flight for Elon, SpaceX and the future of spaceflight - led by true Americans.

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Send a note to Elon, where's my f'ing Starlink????

Have had it on my last few JSX flights. Its simply unbelievable to have those speeds.

They also received FAA approval to let people use starlink for wifi calling and videoconferencing. A few folks have used that and it has not been an issue thus far.

When you fly with mostly civilized people there seems to be a communal respect enjoyed before folks voted Biden into office.

Although I'm pretty close to Atlanta, I live in a rural deadspot. I have one bar on the cell phone and ATT internet. Max speed is 5 down and 1 up Mb/s, but it comes and goes. I ordered Starlink back in March of '21.

They said I can get service, but I have to agree be throttled because they don't have enough capacity. They said mid 2023 for an upgrade, but they've always pushed the deadline back.

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Although I'm pretty close to Atlanta, I live in a rural deadspot. I have one bar on the cell phone and ATT internet. Max speed is 5 down and 1 up Mb/s, but it comes and goes. I ordered Starlink back in March of '21.

They said I can get service, but I have to agree be throttled because they don't have enough capacity. They said mid 2023 for an upgrade, but they've always pushed the deadline back.

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Throttled to what speed? 5D/1U is horribad. DSL? I would pay for that upgrade.

My BIL lives in the middle of nowhere GA and I have been trying to get him to get Starlink. He has probably forgotten about it now. I just checked, he is not able to, still waitlist territory. GA is spotty for Starlink.

This on a flight a month or so ago, decently full

Elon has cited starship as critical to Starlink's expansion/capabilities. It will make up almost all of the first year of actual cargo missions, in all likelihood, and should offer vastly greater numbers of satellites per launch vs. F9's they've been using (assuming they can keep up with production rates, a real challenge).

Damn!

I may just go ahead and get the throttled! It's probably better than what I have.

If you went back 10 years ago and told people that we would be landing boosters with >95% success rates, people probably would have called you crazy.

Where will we be in 10 years from now with starship? And that is my favorite part, SpaceX opens up so much of the dev to watching through their rapid prototyping that people haven't really been exposed to since the beginning of the space race.

I went ahead and opted for them to send me the throttled Starlink. How much do you want to be it's better than 5 down 1 up I currently have?

nortex97 said:

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Elon has cited starship as critical to Starlink's expansion/capabilities. It will make up almost all of the first year of actual cargo missions, in all likelihood, and should offer vastly greater numbers of satellites per launch vs. F9's they've been using (assuming they can keep up with production rates, a real challenge).

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Starship could basically launch every Starlink they've put into space up till now in a couple months. And in theory with the rates they're talking, in literal days but that's crazy sci-fi stuff.

For now I'm just excited about that "next ten years" period. I truly think we'll get to a point where normal people will be able to make a decision if they'd like to go to space. I'm not sure if you'd be signing up to die on Mars or something but I'm sure lots of people would be interested in something like that. Basically live out the rest of your life as a colonist.

No matter, I call on them to always dump a little fuel for effect on each launch. Thanks Elon Van Gogh!

I was at a retirement ceremony recently at the museum here out where there is absolutely no cell coverage. They used a starlink terminal to be able to stream the retirement ceremony for the guy's friends and family who couldn't make it. Pretty cool experience to be using the starlink capability from within view of one of the SLCs from which they are launched. /coolstory

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I was at a retirement ceremony recently at the museum here out where there is absolutely no cell coverage. They used a starlink terminal to be able to stream the retirement ceremony for the guy's friends and family who couldn't make it. Pretty cool experience to be using the starlink capability from within view of one of the SLCs from which they are launched. /coolstory

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There was a guy with a Starlink dish out at Boca Chica the other day when nobody had cell service. Dude could've charged for the password and made a mint.

You will probably be pleasantly surprised.

Rocketlab Neutron (supposedly just next year) and Relativity Terran R (now being expedited without the reusable upper stage that was going to be the hardest part to build/test/validate) will wind up grabbing some significant share at the expense of the Russians/Euro's/ULA. The German RFA group might wind up as a viable competitor, though I doubt it.

Neutron 1st stage tank halves in progress.
Love it when a plan comes together. pic.twitter.com/KbtjBzSbPy

— Peter Beck (@Peter_J_Beck) January 18, 2023

We use Starlink to stream games at our tailgate party. Works like a charm!

Tailgate88 said:

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We use Starlink to stream games at our tailgate party. Works like a charm!

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User name checks out!

RED AG 98 said:

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Related: Reaallllyy wish I could buy SpaceX stock

Here is the state of medium-lift in the free world:

Atlas V: Sold out
Delta IV: Two left
Vulcan: No spare capacity for awhile
Ariane 5: One left
Ariane 6: Not ready soon
LVM-3: Slowly scaling up
H3: Failure on debut flight

Falcon 9: Near unlimited capacity due to reuse

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) April 19, 2023

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Not that SpaceX needed anything more on their plate, but I have to wonder if deploying Starlink constellations alone would have justified a reusable second stage for F9.

TriAg2010 said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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Related: Reaallllyy wish I could buy SpaceX stock

Here is the state of medium-lift in the free world:

Atlas V: Sold out
Delta IV: Two left
Vulcan: No spare capacity for awhile
Ariane 5: One left
Ariane 6: Not ready soon
LVM-3: Slowly scaling up
H3: Failure on debut flight

Falcon 9: Near unlimited capacity due to reuse

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) April 19, 2023

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Not that SpaceX needed anything more on their plate, but I have to wonder if deploying Starlink constellations alone would have justified a reusable second stage for F9.

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They looked into it but it's not feasible with a Falcon-sized rocket. Hence why Starship is so stupid big.

Nah, Pentagon is now denying all things microwave weapon related despite a multi-million dollar budget for such weapons. The line now is they simply do not exist... to hide the Havannah Syndrome stuff.

Caliber said:

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If you went back 10 years ago and told people that we would be landing boosters with >95% success rates, people probably would have called you crazy.

Where will we be in 10 years from now with starship? And that is my favorite part, SpaceX opens up so much of the dev to watching through their rapid prototyping that people haven't really been exposed to since the beginning of the space race.

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Never underestimate the power of legislation/grifting to bring progress to a grinding halt. For instance, look at what was accomplished between 1958 and 1959 - I mean, good grief, everyone expected 2001: A Space Odyssey to be a certainty in terms of technology over the 30 years following Neil's first step. Enter Chuck Rangel, affirmative action, environmental and safety regulation to the nines, and we haven't been back to the moon in over fifty years.

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I'm thinking from a similar 1.5km distance as discussed here, a SH launch with 33 engines would be well north of 150db.

Saw a funny that hoping for 4/20, 4/22 is '4 twenty, too.'

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Mitch Hedberg would have been proud to have quipped that one.

How does the weather look for tomorrow's launch?

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nortex97 said:

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I'm thinking from a similar 1.5km distance as discussed here, a SH launch with 33 engines would be well north of 150db.

Saw a funny that hoping for 4/20, 4/22 is '4 twenty, too.'

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Mitch Hedberg would have been proud to have quipped that one.

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and i can hear it perfectly in his voice.

Anyone know if Everyday Astronaut is streaming tomorrow? Just looked on his channel and did not see anything

AgBQ-00 said:

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Anyone know if Everyday Astronaut is streaming tomorrow? Just looked on his channel and did not see anything

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6:30a

Teams continue working towards Thursday, April 20 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket → https://t.co/30pJlZmrTQ pic.twitter.com/YwSuNdAR3o

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 19, 2023

Welp I guess I will head down there in the morning not expecting it to launch.

I don't think the odds are very much above 20% that they will do it but at least the window is only 62 minutes this time and I won't be getting up at 4a to beat the traffic.

AgBQ-00 said:

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Anyone know if Everyday Astronaut is streaming tomorrow? Just looked on his channel and did not see anything

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He's there and will stream. It's literally his job as a full time space vlogger.

Still a lot of work to do between now and midnight and the launch team is sleep shifting so they're a little short handed.

Weather tomorrow at 70%, Friday is 65%. Weather deteriorates through the weekend.

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If there's going to be legal roadblocks why didn't anybody file suit Monday morning?

Is the legal stuff just conjecture?

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The only RGV public official I've seen that's critical of SpaceX is Port Isabel CM Jared Hockema. But I've noticed, too, that public officials who usually talk about SpaceX a lot have distanced themselves from the company. Except Com. Tetreau of Brownsville.

— Gaige Davila (@GaigeDavila) April 19, 2023

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/2023-04/PressStatement_%20SpaceXlaunchthreatensRioGrandeValleycommunity_19April2023.pdf

Ahead of Thursday's Starship launch, here's a story on a trip I took to Boca Chica a month ago with conservation biologist Justin LeClaire. I learned a lot. This is just one of the several things I'm looking at regarding SpaceX's impact locally. https://t.co/Xwo4qcAVfo

— Gaige Davila (@GaigeDavila) April 18, 2023