A sight that’s starting to feel novel again…
Falcon 9 first stage B1085 has returned to Port Canaveral aboard SpaceX’s recovery drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” after launching the Bandwagon-5 mission this past Tuesday morning.
With no Falcon launch operations expected for the next ~6 weeks from Florida, that would mark the longest gap between Space Coast launches since 2020.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 B1085-19 returning to Port Canaveral.
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BREAKING: The first indication of @BlueOrigin's New Glenn Return-To-Flight is here...
December 28, 2026.
The CADENA air traffic advisory lists this mission as "New Glenn 4.1". The rocket which exploded was "New Glenn-4".
As ever, these dates are extremely provisional, and should be taken with a pinch of salt until more concrete information is released.
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Should be seeing road closures for Booster 22 to the pad and Static Fire testing soon.
A 10000ft Temporary Flight Restriction for high energy testing at the Starbase launch site starting on October 23 has been published
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A new high profile missions slide has been published. While the Starship launch dates remain the same, New Glenn's return to flight has been added with a NET date of December 28
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Another night, another Ship!
Starship Ship 43 has arrived to Massey's for its cryo testing campaign, 4 days after its potential flight 16 partner Booster 23 returned from its cryo campaign.
Could this be the first Ship to fly out of the Kennedy Space Center?
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Tonight is brought to you by the letter M for Massey's and the number 43.
S43 is on a cryo stand, likely to head out to Massey's tonight, but before it gets there, the S43.1 test tank underwent another round of testing.
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While it waits for the booster, Starbase Pad 2 is keeping busy testing ahead of the potential catch attempt/s on Flight 15, with teams running a full deluge test simulating launch conditions, with a second test around 8 minutes later timed with when the booster will return for a catch.
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Amazing to hear from @TurkeyBeaver, @jstyer, and Mark Soltys tonight in Cocoa Village, sharing their stories from SpaceX over the years—from recovering Ship 40 to their human spaceflight program and so much more.
And as if the Florida Starship hype train wasn’t already gathering speed, after hearing what really lies ahead for the Space Coast, it’s full steam ahead.
Bring it on!
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Pad 2 Water Deluge testing again simulating a launch and a catch eight minutes later! @NASASpaceflight
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Replying to @RocketRanchTX
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Starbase Pad 2 BQDs (Booster Quick Disconnect) purging. Hopefully ahead of Booster 22 arriving soon.
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This is one of the days I will never forget as a passionate fan and tracker of this engine 🥹
I got the immense privilege of performing a tracking of this Raptor 3 Vacuum SN 265 arriving through our cameras at McGregor Live this morning in a vertical transport 🦖
What a happy day!
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And the crowd softly chants, “Moon! Moon! Moon!” As the waxing gibbous sets behind Massey’s, early this morning. Wow!
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The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHH… @JohnCleese
Earlier today, the newest Falcon 9 booster (B1109) departed SpaceX's McGregor test campus destined for either California or Florida.
With the cadence of launches scaling back, and future operations transitioning to Starship, could this be one of the last new boosters we see? (Probably not, but stick with us to find out for sure!)
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