SpaceX (general discussion)

martinbayer said:
Impossible is such a *very* harsh mistress term to use - if you could get a bored multibillionaire that's not already distracted by any number of other quixotic fool's errands interested in such a glittery thing, they just *might* pull it off as a pure one night launch record stunt. The real point is whether it would make any more sense than any other alternative ETO solution(s), which it *most* likely wouldn't.
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forgot "with significant payload"
 
Italian officials have been negotiating on a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal aimed at supplying Italy with a full range of top-level encryption for telephone and Internet services used by the government, the people said.

The plan also includes communications services for the Italian military in the Mediterranean area as well as the rollout of so-called direct-to-cell satellite services in Italy for use in emergencies like terror attacks or natural disasters, they said.
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finance.yahoo.com

Italy Plans $1.6 Billion SpaceX Telecom Security Services Deal

(Bloomberg) -- Italy is in advanced talks with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for a deal to provide secure telecommunications for the nation’s government — the largest such project in Europe, people with knowledge of the matter said Sunday. Most Read from BloombergIs This Weird Dome the Future of Watching...
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Friday is THE Day
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4 US launches in one day (GMT Time) on Friday 10th Jan.

03:19 - F9 from Vandenberg with NROL mission
06:00 - New Glenn maiden flight
15:27 - F9 from SLC-40 with Starlink Mission
22:00 - Starship IFT-7
 
Well, what a great opportunity for Europeans* to watch what they essentially miss... I would suggest our EU colleagues at Brussels to set a working breakfast watching Glenn and an after-work party starring at Starship. Should be educational at least.

*CET would be by then GMT+1
 
My thoughts too Deino, when will we see an actual landing on land? Come on SpaceX and do the decent thing, I am patiently waiting for it to happen.
 
There’s test cargo this time. I was wondering when they would begin actually deploying stuff. If it’s anything like the F9 reusability testing, they will use a lot of this years test flights to deploy their own payloads as well.
 

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