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12:20p, 7/15/26

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In reply to TyHolden • 4:48p, 7/15/26
TyHolden said:
For those that haven't heard yet, the tax abatements were approved 5-2 by both schools in Grimes County tonight.
All that is left is for the governor's approval today (July 15) for SpaceX Terafab's official approval.
It's really happening gif.
BCS is about to change tremendously.





I'm sure he will, but any news on Abbott signing today?
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7:27a, 7/16/26
Ok, it's officially launch day. Hopefully.

ETA: corrected infographic.

They also announced a big increase in the capacity/size of the Xai satellites.
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Elon Musk says that @SpaceX has decided to increase the peak power of its upcoming AI satellite (called AI1) by 67% to ~250kW (up from 150kW), and its average power by 33% to 160kW (up from 120kW).

This will be enough to handle an Nvidia Rubin NVL72 rack, which contains 72 Rubin GPUs. In general, the AI1 satellite will be compute provider interchangeable.

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PJYoung
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8:07a, 7/16/26
Ship was stacked at about 10:30 last night.

All systems go!
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8:15a, 7/16/26
What time are they supposed to launch?
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In reply to jt2hunt • 8:18a, 7/16/26
jt2hunt said:
What time are they supposed to launch?

5:45p
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PJYoung
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8:45a, 7/16/26
lol in the NSF live stream last night showing the stacking the crew on stack let everybody know they were monitoring the NSF stream while doing their job.

https://www.youtube.com/live/PTGEbdli6Hw?si=MhmghUEOaNW-4B2s&t=21060
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9:50a, 7/16/26


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9:52a, 7/16/26
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In reply to PJYoung • 9:56a, 7/16/26
Hopefully the last 'one and done' lower stage as well.
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10:47a, 7/16/26
Disregard my post. I didn't see the one right above mine. I will also be happy when we go back to catching boosters.
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In reply to nortex97 • 10:54a, 7/16/26
nortex97 said:
Hopefully the last 'one and done' lower stage as well.


Ready to see some booster catches as well as starship not being dropped into the ocean. I think they are really close at this point.
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11:03a, 7/16/26
I just want a mission where we get the Raptor relight to permit orbital ops. Not sure we'll get it today or not, seems like there were quite a few hiccups on the V3's initial flight.
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In reply to Centerpole90 • 1:04p, 7/16/26
I was just wondering what I'd said that made you put me on ignore, LOL.

Anyway, broadcast in a few hours (yes, Angry/NSF will have their own).

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In reply to nortex97 • 1:12p, 7/16/26
lol. Ya, that'll never happen. I thought the tweet was the last post on the thread and I said 'booster catch?'… then looked again and saw your one-liner that put that issue to bed.
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1:22p, 7/16/26
I really think they will catch the booster on the next flight IF this booster does a great soft landing partially because they are low on boosters at the moment.

And I know Elon said the next flight would be from the cape but I find that hard to believe. I think they want to fly the next one as soon as possible which more than likely means Boca Chica.
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In reply to nortex97 • 1:23p, 7/16/26
nortex97 said:
I was just wondering what I'd said that made you put me on ignore, LOL.

Anyway, broadcast in a few hours (yes, Angry/NSF will have their own).


Buddy NSF has been streaming non-stop since 8:45am. Nobody angry yet.
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In reply to PJYoung • 2:02p, 7/16/26
PJYoung said:
Nobody angry yet.


IT'S MF'in LAUNCH DAY!!!!
No, I don't care what CNN or Miss NOW said this time
Ad Lunam
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In reply to PJYoung • 2:26p, 7/16/26
Who was the dude during the first several flights who would critique everything with doom and gloom and predictions of catastrophic failure only to be proven wrong over and over again?
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 2:30p, 7/16/26
ABATTBQ11 said:
Who was the dude during the first several flights who would critique everything with doom and gloom and predictions of catastrophic failure only to be proven wrong over and over again?

Probably Phil Mason aka Thunderfoot
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In reply to txags92 • 2:50p, 7/16/26
Yeah that's probably it. That guy was quite the nozzle.
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In reply to ABATTBQ11 • 2:59p, 7/16/26
ABATTBQ11 said:
Yeah that's probably it. That guy was quite the nozzle.

If the world was a just place, it would be physically painful to be as stupidly wrong as he was over and over.
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4:55p, 7/16/26
Sitting on the jetty to hopefully catch my first launch.

Benefit of getting laid off i guess.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 4:57p, 7/16/26
Kenneth_2003 said:
Sitting on the jetty to hopefully catch my first launch.

Benefit of getting laid off i guess.


Details on best place to park and set up been wanting to take my son to one!
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 5:00p, 7/16/26
Kenneth_2003 said:
Sitting on the jetty to hopefully catch my first launch.

Benefit of getting laid off i guess.

Been laid off 3 times and wound up in a better place each time. Good luck!
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5:06p, 7/16/26
Go for Prop load.
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5:39p, 7/16/26
Wow, they're aiming for Starship launch from 39A this year…
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In reply to Maximus_Meridius • 5:41p, 7/16/26
Maximus_Meridius said:
Wow, they're aiming for Starship launch from 39A this year…

Yeah they were saying for the next flight at IPO but it was typical Elon timing.

Documents today say they wanna do the next launch NEXT MONTH! Would be amazing
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5:46p, 7/16/26
Scrub
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In reply to OKCAg2002 • 5:47p, 7/16/26
OKCAg2002 said:
Scrub

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5:47p, 7/16/26
Abort...4 engines didn't ignite?
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5:47p, 7/16/26
Bummer.

SPCX on sale tomorrow?
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5:47p, 7/16/26
It lit and then it didn't
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In reply to New World Ag • 5:48p, 7/16/26
It looked like they were right next to each other.
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5:49p, 7/16/26
1st time we've seen that with this system I believe.
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