@RocketRobMurphy

Rockets and Darwin dreams 🌠🚀 Let’s explore the stars!

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Joined May 2023
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Adam Bernstein
@ABernNYCOct 19
A beautiful start to a very exciting mission. Japan’s H3 rocket lifts off with @JAXA_en’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe, bound for Phobos to collect a soil sample and return it to Earth.
Spaceflight Now
@SpaceflightNowOct 19
Liftoff of JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) at 4:41 am JST (3:41 pm ET / 1941 UTC). Separation of the spacecraft is expected about an hour and 11 minutes after liftoff.
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Kevin Chen
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$ASTS $SPCX: Keith Dyer tests four phones at once on Starlink Mobile with @virginmedia @O2 The photo caption is: Four phones connect to overhead satellite services, loading maps services, connectnig to WhatsApp and sending SMS. All four phones have only 1 bar of signal and are low to mid battery, probably because of the constant need to switch satellites. The article notes that each connection would last around a minute and would reconnect every couple of minutes. The low signal aligns with findings by @Telstra that I posted about previously, linked below in the next post. 🧵 the-mobile-network.com/2026/…
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$ASTS: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TelefĂłnica and Vodafone just signed an LOI to explore a joint MSS spectrum bid. AST SpaceMobile welcomed the move from Europe's four largest mobile operators as it advances service readiness across a market of more than 500 million subscribers.
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The H3-24L rocket, carrying the MMX spacecraft, has arrived at the launch pad! 🚀 It can be seen quite clearly from Minamitane Town on Tanegashima 👀 Surrounded by a vivid blue sky and ocean, the MMX mission is just a few hours from liftoff! 💪 #MMXLIFTOFF 10.20 at 04:41:03 JST
The H3 launch vehicle on the launch pad

ALT The H3 launch vehicle on the launch pad

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AST SpaceMobile Advances Space-Based Cellular Broadband in Europe in Collaboration with European Mobile Network Operator Partners businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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Manufacturing-as-a-Service 🇺🇸 Hadrian (@HadrianInc) announced a first-of-its-kind, seven-year agreement with Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) to bring its advanced manufacturing capabilities to Lockheed Martin's facility in Grand Prairie, Texas supporting critical missile programs integral to the United States' Arsenal of Freedom, including PAC-3 MSE, THAAD, PrSM, and GMLRS. "The warfighter can't wait on peacetime timelines. Hadrian is bringing the automation, software, and workforce training from our own factories directly into Lockheed Martin, so we can produce more, faster. Rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom at the scale America needs will take partnerships that combine expertise and speed, and this is what that looks like" - Chris Power (@2112Power), CEO of Hadrian. In December 2025, Hadrian and Lockheed Martin had signed a MoU to integrate Hadrian's manufacturing capabilities, Opus software platform, and national factory network with Lockheed Martin's program and production expertise. Learn more >> tinyurl.com/yk22brt2
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Phil Metzger
@DrPhiltillOct 17
This was 1/2 ton landing mass. Now imagine 20 tons, 40 tons, 100 tons or more for the upcoming human-class landers. Entirely different flow regimes will occur in the soil so it isn’t just a linear extrapolation.
The Hawking Center@HawkingCenterOct 17
A Moon base means landing rockets near hardware already on the surface. Four NASA lander missions awarded for late 2028 will each carry SCALPSS cameras to film engine plumes hitting lunar dust, data for models that predict erosion and ejecta. nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-a…
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Is dark matter a physical thing? Three weird galaxies make a strong case: quantamagazine.org/triplet-o…
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Replying to @ShuttleAlmanac @astro_reid @Astro_Jeremy @Astro_Christina @NASAAdmin
Dose, yes. Preclude flying again, no. I could have walked on the moon, but I’d rather help someone else do it. That’s my truth, not speaking for anyone else.
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One Won Juan@one_won_juanOct 15
$ASTS Michael Pollack, Executive VP for Government Operations at ASTS, was Keynote speaker at the MILCOM 2026 Classified Programs event at John Hopkins đź‘€ The panel required security clearance to attend, his specifically required Secret level at least
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JAXA's RV-X lifts off, hovers on its engine, moves sideways and touches down on the pad. JAXA just released the official recap of the July test. It's an early step toward a reusable Japanese booster.
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“Coming in hot for booster catch.” First catch. Two years ago. Today.
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$VOYG: NASA JPL testing readies Voyager Technologies lander for Moon mission nasa.gov/missions/moon-base/…
Space Investor
@SpaceInvestor_DOct 13
$VOYG: Griffin-1 has completed acceptance testing and is targeting a late 2026 launch to the Moon. It will carry 10 payloads from six countries to the lunar South Pole, including NASA and ESA payloads. Voyager is building toward sustained operations on the Moon.
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Colleen
@colleenadastraOct 13
Booster 23 was transported to Masseys test site last night ahead of some cryo testing! Do you think we will see B23 be transported to Florida? đź“·@NASASpaceflight | đź“ąnsf.live/starbase
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$ASTS A lot of the attention lately has been on SPCX entering the MNO market, so wanted to shed some light on the other side of AST’s business that’s been growing behind the scenes. Putting together a full list of govt contracts was quite a task, as most of the details were scattered across DoD websites, award descriptions, side letters, etc.
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$ASTS ”Is best positioned to become a partner in the alliance between Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone and Deutsche Telecom” 🇪🇺
ADSLZone
@adslzoneOct 13
Movistar, Orange y Vodafone ya tienen favorito para su alternativa a Starlink en el móvil por satélite adslzone.net/noticias/operad…

Movistar, Orange y Vodafone ya tienen favorito para su alternativa a Starlink en el mĂłvil por...

Movistar, Orange y Vodafone, junto con Deutsche Telekom, estudian competir con Starlink. AST SpaceMobile se perfila como socio inicial de su proyecto satelital.

adslzone.net
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NASA Wants More Than 70 Moon Landings in the Next Decade—But How? spectrum.ieee.org/nasa-moon-…

Inside NASA’s High-Risk, High-Reward Push for a South Pole Moon Base

The agency’s ambitious moon base plans have a big question mark

spectrum.ieee.org
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full photo gallery will be uploaded to patreon.com/rgvaerial later today

Get more from RGV Aerial Photography on Patreon

Get more from RGV Aerial Photography on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $2/month. I have been documenting the site at Boca Chica Space…

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Starship 40 Homecoming Parade 🚀 Last night Ship 40 rolled from the Port of Brownsville back to the production site at Starbase. After surviving reentry, floating in the Indian Ocean, getting towed to Christmas Island, and taking a long boat ride on the Forte - the first recovered Starship upper stage is finally back where it was built. Welcome home Ship 40! 🇺🇸🫡 📸: @mymatrixplug For WAI Media
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$RDW: Redwire's Octopus payloads help military operators detect, identify, and track targets in challenging conditions. At AUSA 2026, visitors will be able to operate an Octopus 140 payload in real time aboard Redwire's Stalker drone. rdw.com/newsroom/redwire-oct…
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