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SpaceX sends reused Falcon 9 booster west for first California Starlink launches

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SpaceX has shipped the first of one or two flight-proven Falcon 9 boosters from Florida to California in the latest sign that the company is preparing to begin dedicated polar Starlink launches in the near future. Transporting either to California will take several weeks, limiting SpaceX’s East Coast launch cadence during that period.

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SpaceX closes in on West Coast Starlink launches with lease for drone ship dock space

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That includes a ~5600 square meter (~65,000 sq ft) warehouse and office space formerly used to process SeaLaunch payloads and Ukrainian Zenit rockets, as well as a pier and dock space generally optimized for loading and unloading large rockets from rocket transport ships. In other words, Pier 16 is a perfect fit for SpaceX’s needs.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading an investigation into the episode, has not identified a cause and is searching for the missing piece of the plane. Airlines abroad, including Turkish Airlines and Copa Airlines in Panama, also parked Max 9 planes. airlines or in U.S. Mark Walker contributed reporting.

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