SpaceX’s drone ship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) has arrived in Port Canaveral, Fla. after undergoing refurbishment in Louisiana. The droneship joins Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) at the port, bringing SpaceX’s tally of east coast-based droneships to two. The additional droneship will help SpaceX’s execute its busy 2020 manifest.
"Just Read The Instructions"
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SpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX Launches Eighth Starlink Mission, Read The Instructions With East Coast Droneship Debut
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CommercialSpaceX
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ChineseInternationalOtherSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Starlink and CZ-8A launches planned; Falcon booster to land in Bahamas
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Blue OriginCommercialOtherRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Soyuz flies; New Shepard simulates lunar gravity
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IndianInternationalJapanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: New Shepard to simulate lunar gravity, India and Japan launch navigation satellites
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SpaceX launched not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on the same mission,…
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ArtemisBlue OriginCommercialInternationalJapanSpaceX
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by John SharpSpaceX dominated this week’s launch manifest with two Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
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Blue OriginChineseCommercialInternationalOtherSpaceX
Launch Roundup: New Glenn scrubs, SpaceX launches national reconnaissance mission
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Blue OriginCommercialSpaceX
Launch Roundup: New Glenn set for maiden flight, Falcon 9 missions end and start the year
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ChineseIndianInternationalRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX, China, and Russia maintain busy launch manifests through the holidays
by John SharpAt the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts…
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ChineseInternationalJapanOtherSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab launch mission for Synspective
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 has been…
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The long-awaited Starship ramp-up in Florida has begun, with work increasing at Pad 39A on…
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ChineseInternationalJapanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: Kairos stands down second launch attempt, Falcon 9 to launch 03, GPS and NRO missions
by Martin SmithThis week, Japanese commercial company Space One stood down two attempts to launch its Kairos…
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ChineseInternationalRussianSpaceX
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by Martin SmithThis week Landspace debuted the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket and the Chang Zheng…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches customer payloads, China fly resupply mission to Tiangong
While SpaceX flew Starship on its sixth integrated test flight, the company also flew three…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalISSRussianSpaceX
Launch Roundup: SpaceX launches cargo resupply mission to ISS, Roscosmos and Rocket Lab also launch
by Martin SmithThis week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were…