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SpaceX Successfully Launches 22 Satellites and Scrubs Mission to Space Station · Elon Musk Podcast

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  SpaceX kicked off the first Sunday of June with the ignition
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  of a Falcon 9 rocket. It Cape Canaveral space for
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  station the inaugural act in which what was intended to be a
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  doubleheader of launches this weekend.
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  However, the stubborn weather over the Atlantic Ocean.
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  Had other plans causing the cancellation of the second lift
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  off. Now, the pre noon, spectacle
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  began it. Exactly, 8:20 a.m. eastern Time
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  as a Falcon 9 rocket roared into the clear blue Florida sky in
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  the First Act of what was intended to be in.
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  Awe, inspiring double feature today.
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  Now, this marked the 27th successful launch from the space
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  coast for this year. In the spotlight was, then sent
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  to shift to the nearby Kennedy Space Center where another
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  Falcon 9 was being prepped for launched.
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  But as the saying goes, the best laid plans of mice, and men,
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  often go awry and the Wings Over the Atlantic recovery zone.
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  Whereas space. X drone ship was patiently
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  station to receive the returning Falcon 9.
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  We're simply too high for a safe launch.
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  The Falcon 9, a 230 foot tall, Marvel of modern engineering
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  sword, through a Southeast trajectory from launch complex,
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  40 neatly, navigating between Florida and the Bahamas, its
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  Precious Cargo included 22, second generation.
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  Starlink satellites all destined to join.
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  Spacex's near Global constellation about.
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  Eight minutes post lift off the first stage.
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  Booster meet us descend towards SpaceX is appropriately named,
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  just read the instructions, drone ship in the Atlantic
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  Ocean. And for the uninitiated SpaceX
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  is starlink Project is an ambitious effort to deliver high
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  speed internet services, to the most remote corners of the globe
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  as well as urban areas often overlooked by traditional
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  providers. The second generation model
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  endearing lead nicknamed V 2 Min.
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  He's currently orbits roughly 340 miles.
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  Above the Earth contributing to this Global important Endeavor.
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  Now the list of Sterling customers recently breached the
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  1 million user Mark yes SpaceX shows no sign of slowing down
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  and plans are afoot to expand the orbital network with tens of
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  thousands of satellites in the future.
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  The target audience includes it not just residential and
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  business customers across all continents but also vessels in
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  motion bodes, planes RV. These campers and people who are
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  on the go and they're all set to receive seamless connectivity
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  Services through starlink. However, the second launch for
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  Sunday was scrubbed and it was a minor hiccup in Space.
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  X is plans all together, but undeterred SpaceX and NASA
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  together your retargeted. Their sights on Monday.
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  June 5th at 11:47 a.m. eastern time for an instantaneous launch
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  of the Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station.
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  This one in Leads ferrying. A cargo to the ISS from Kennedy
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  Space. Center's pad 39a in the resupply
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  mission is a vital one. As it's responsible for the
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  delivery of thousands of pounds of cargo and scientific
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  experiments to the crew aboard the International Space Station.
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  Now, one successful, this will be spacex's 28 cargo run for
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  NASA simultaneously marking the 28th Mission launched from
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  Florida for 2023 and while a successful doubleheader on
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  Sunday, Would have indeed been noteworthy.
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  What they've set any new records for the quickest turnaround
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  between to Florida missions. Now this distinction still rests
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  with NASA's legendary Gemini program, which astoundingly
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  launched two, separate vehicles in a window of approximately, 90
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  minutes way back in 1966. Now, the starlink mission is
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  important because it will bring high-speed internet connectivity
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  in an Ever growing effort to connect people, in rural areas
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  and mid this scrub in the rescheduling SpaceX will launch
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  again on Monday morning. So please tune into our YouTube
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  channel, at space news pod for live coverage of that event.
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  So that's it for today. Take care of yourselves and each
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  other. And I will see you in the next
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  one.