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06-30-2023, 02:26 PM | #5191 |
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Cool little recap of yesterday's flight.
VSS Unity flying an Italian Air Force crew on Virgin Galactic's first operational mission yesterday |
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07-01-2023, 07:45 PM | #5192 |
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Some great shots of Tuesday's static fire of SN25.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023 The second orbital test flight should be coming along soon!
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07-08-2023, 04:54 PM | #5193 |
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A real Fairchild 𝑢A741 opamp date code 6920A (May, 1969). These were used on the Apollo 11 mission. Note the large metallization area which is the 30 pF internal compensation capacitor. This device was designed by Dave Fullagar and was probably released in 1968.
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And there's a FH launch scheduled next week:
EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) Launch Time Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:04 PM MDT EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) will be the heaviest geostationary satellite ever launched, at just over 9 metric tons.
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ViaSat and EchoStar relying on SpaceX to launch their previous gen alternatives to Starlink is pretty funny though. Cost for a Falcon Heavy launch is about $100MM. ViaSat-3 was a fully expendable Falcon Heavy launch, while the upcoming EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 launch will expend the booster only (the side boosters are set to be reused). |
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07-26-2023, 08:24 AM | #5201 |
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Falcon Heavy launch tonight 10 pm CT.
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07-26-2023, 08:53 PM | #5202 |
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FH launch in 10 minutes!
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07-26-2023, 09:05 PM | #5203 |
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07-26-2023, 09:23 PM | #5204 |
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Scrubbed.
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07-26-2023, 10:11 PM | #5205 |
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Has this thing launched recently or ever? Seems it's gotten scrubbed a ton.
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