SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, reuses 1st stage for 11th time
Capitalism in space: SpaceX this morning successfully reused a Falcon 9 first stage for the eleventh time, putting 46 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The 2022 launch race:
7 SpaceX
2 China
2 Russia
1 Virgin Orbit
1 ULA
1 India
1 Europe (Arianespace)
1 Northrop Grumman
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Capitalism in space: SpaceX this morning successfully reused a Falcon 9 first stage for the eleventh time, putting 46 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The 2022 launch race:
7 SpaceX
2 China
2 Russia
1 Virgin Orbit
1 ULA
1 India
1 Europe (Arianespace)
1 Northrop Grumman
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Good, the more satellites the better. I am getting my Starlink dish at the end of the week.
So that is 2 cores at 11 flights completed. 2 at 10. Those 4 cores, having flown 42 times, 38 reuses, is more than all of SpaceX launches the previous year.
Reuse can work. Who knew? Maybe someone should tell ULA and ESA?
Interesting tidbit, they mentioned that on the last 14th flight (so 28 fairings) they recovered 93% of them, which is 26. 26/28 recovered fairings is mighty fine. Not perfect, but pretty darn good. I missed the details on how many have reflown (I think she said around 30+ but do not remember the exact number)>
Jay, what magic do you do to get your dish? I have been waiting for over a year now. Comcast has been pretty good so I am planning to cancel Starlink and get my money back. I could always sign up for Starlink later and maybe get cheaper and better equipment.
Let us know how it works for you.
JhonB, actually I have been waiting for a year and one half now. My coworkers have had theirs for over a year and they signed up a month before I did!
A fellow ham radio operator got his email the same time as I. So there must be a big batch of dishes going out.
I know there are two guys here on BtB that have it: Markedup2 and I forgot the other, but he lives on the other side of Washington State. I will definitely give a report once I get it operational.
Jay, that was me. I’ve had Starlink for just over a year, and I’m a very happy customer. Back in Feb 2021 Bob published a brief review I wrote.
JhonB, it all depends on your location. Some places can order Starlink and get immediate shipment. Others (like you) not so lucky. There are a limited number of customers supported in any given Starlink “cell”, which is 10–15 miles across. You may have to wait for additional satellites to be launched, or more ground stations to get built. Good luck!
JohnB
Where are you that Comcast is good? I am not aware of any place people like it
William, In his case Starlink is a total failure. I’m surprised that people put up with a wait of a year and half. My attitude is, you want my money, you provide service tomorrow. You start taking money when you are ready to provide service. To me the most infuriating words in the world are, “Real soon now”. And as far as Comcast goes, it’s service is obviously better than no service.
William, Comcast has been my only choice for the past 40 years or so. I hate comcast, but, I moved to my current home in 2018 and I can count on one hand where my internet has gone out for more than a few minutes. And when it had, Their app was aware of it and gave me a ETA for when the service would be back up. I hate, I mean absolute hate Comcast because when something goes wrong, I would rather stick two red hot butter knives in my eyes than deal with their customer service.
But for some odd reason, I have not had to for quite a while. I signed up for Starlink just so I could kiss their ass goodbye. But I have been getting lighting fast and uninterpreted service them for quite some time. So, maybe switching to an unknown with a much slower advertised speed, might be cutting off my nose to spite my face.
I live in Southwest Florida and like everywhere else I have lived, they are the only game in town.