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19th of August, 2024

"America is like Atlas holding up the free world. And you are the arms of Atlas..." - Elon (@elonmusk), 16th of August, 2024

■ TESLA $TSLA ($222.86, +3.12%):

- Doris Jeremine Busse, Tesla Senior Marketing Programs – APAC, and team at the Powerwall 3 event in Sydney. "Probably one of my proudest career highlights: launching Tesla Powerwall 3 in Australia & New Zealand. Big thanks to my incredible team and my managers for their guidance and belief in me. We’ve made it!"

- Tesla Singapore set up a Pop-up store at Millenia Walk with a Cybertruck. It will be open to the public starting the 22nd of August until the 1st of September.

- According Greggertruck (@greggertruck) via the Cybertruck Owners Club, the Cybertruck Core Wheels with the covers are getting approximately 370 miles of range.

- Greenfield, California, Police Department (@GreenfieldCAPD) displayed their new Model Y Patrol Car at the Hagerty MotorLux event in the Monterey Jet Center. "Thanks to Unplugged Performance and UP FIT for being incredible partners in upfitting our vehicle."

- CS Energy's (@CSEnergyQld) 100 MW/200 MWh Chinchilla Battery in Queensland, Australia, recently commenced commercial operations. It features 80 Megapacks and can power 30,000 homes for two hours in the evening peak before needing to recharge.

- Tesla's Marta Gentili and team were in Edolo, Italy, with a Model 3 and Y for the Color Run. "A mountain of colors! We met many little and big friends, it was beautiful!"

- Ben Price, Co-Founder of Heatable in the UK, just got their first batch of Powerwall 3s. "These sleek, energy-packed beauties have just rolled in, and we can't wait to start installing them. With their enhanced storage and efficiency, they’re the energy superheroes we’ve been waiting for." They have already pre-sold the first 180 units.

FLYOVERS (all links in the Sources Section):

• Giga Berlin: Robert and Andreas (@wolfpackberlin), 18th of August, '24. Nice video of Phase 2 expansion and the Charger Solar Canopy.

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 17th of August, '24. Lots of asphalt has been laid around both the east and west sides of the southend.

• Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 16th of August, '24. More great views of the Tesla Semi Factory ground work. Per Zane, "I estimate that 80-90% of all footings have been dug. 20-30% of these have concrete poured and are curing. A subset of these have post bases and are ready for steel."

• Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh (@tobilindh), 16th of August, '24. Another great one. Phase 2 construction progress and the new Charging Solar Canopy. Production is looking good!

■ SPACEX:

- Module 8 of the 2nd Tower was stacked Saturday morning. This leaves just on more module to cap it off. Wild how fast SpaceX built this. I'm ready to check it out at IFT-5. Beautiful pic by Anthony Gomez (@AnthonyFGomez) of Mary, BocaChicaGal, watching.

- To cap off the 2nd Tower, the 9th and final module left Sanchez and arrived at the LC around mid-night last night. Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). As always, subscribe and support Carlos!

- South Korea has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch the GEO-KOMPSAT-3 multipurpose communications satellite to geostationary orbit in the second half of 2027. GEO-KOMPSAT-3 is a 3.7-ton satellite also known as Chollian-3. It is designed to replace the older GEO-Kompsat-1 and will feature advanced payloads for communications, disaster prevention, maritime safety and the safe flight of aircraft.

- Test booster B14.1 was lifted off the OLM Friday night and rolled back to the production site the following morning. Pic by Genna Hammer (@genna_hammer).

- Test Tank 16 left the Starfactory Friday night and returned to Massey's for further testing. It was placed into the test stand today. Pic by Mary (@BocaChicaGal).

- 3 new LOX tanks new were spotted arriving at the Port of Brownsville yesterday. These should be for Massey’s Outpost.

- Welders are currently placing large plates on the seems on the vertical beams of the chopsticks to reinforce and make them more resistant to buckling. Pic from @LabPadre's live feed.

Countdown to 144 (81 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

• Launch 85! Tuesday, 20th of August, at 5:20 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-5 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SCL-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Launch 86! Wednesday, 21st of August, at 1:47 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-5 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.

• Launch 87! Monday, 26th of August, at 3:38 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Polaris Dawn will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This will be the first mission of the privately funded Polaris program. This mission is to last up to five days in orbit, fly higher than any previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY: N/A... boring.

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- The Clarus Networks Group has integrated Starlink Maritime aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough, a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) vessel. "Starlink has transformed communication for everyone at BAS. Faster speeds now possible with Starlink enables scientists to collect and deliver data more effectively and makes it easier for those in Antarctica to reliably stay in contact with friends and family."

- KVH Industries, Inc. announced new Starlink plans and additional value-added services designed to make the maritime connectivity service more flexible and valuable to commercial and leisure vessels. KVH’s new custom monthly data plans include 100 GB, 300 GB, 600 GB, and 2,500 GB packages. This is similar to what Marlink announced a week ago, though theirs start as low as 10 GB to unlimited.

- Starlink installation on a Gulfstream G550 at New World Aviation ABE. "The positive feedback from our users is increadable. The speed and monthly cost both exceed the end users expectations. And the kitting provided to us by Nextant is equally impressive. Pricing is much less than the past cabin connectivity systems and you can monitor through the Starlink portal."

- Currently Starlink is connecting more than a quarter million active customers in Brazil

■ X:

- The US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary sent their own letter to the EU's Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) condemning his attempts to infringe on free speech and interfere with US political discourse. "In light of your recent threats of reprisal toward X Corp., an American company, for facilitating political discourse in the US, we write to demand that you stop any attempt to intimidate individuals or entities engaged in political speech in the United States." The official X account of the House Judiciary Committee posted the letter directly to Thierry with the quote, "Freedom is coming!"

- The topic of AI on X has nearly increased 91% YoY and 27 billion impressions at a 9% increase YoY. Engagement is at 1.8 billion video views at a 37% increase in the past 6 months.

- Alexandre de Moraes (@Alexandre) has threatened to arrest staff of X Brazil for not following censorship orders via a secret order. To protect their safety, X is now closing their Brazilian office. X has published the secret order, is leaving the platform as is, and it will remain available for the Brazilian people.

Per Elon, "Due to demands by “Justice” Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret) Brazilian, Argentinian, American and international law, X has no choice but to close our local operations in Brazil. If we had agreed to Alexandre’s (illegal) secret censorship and private information handover demands, there was no way we could explain our actions without being ashamed. No question that Moraes needs to leave. Having a “justice” who repeatedly and egregiously violates the law is no justice at all... He is an utter disgrace to justice."

Per Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX), "Incredibly sad day for the people of Brazil."

- Community Spam Settings are now accessible to all admins with the web and the latest version of the mobile apps.

■ xAI:

- According to the Daily Memphian, xAI is planning to build a 10 million gallon wastewater treatment plant that would connect to the City of Memphis’ T.E. Maxson Treatment Water Facility. They also state that other major water users are considering using the plant as well. They say xAI, the city, TVA and other major water users have begun to meet weekly as plans for the plant are finalized.

■ ELON NEWS:

- This past Friday, Elon was at West Point with Dean of the Academic Board, Brigadier General Shane Reeves to help kick off this years theme "The Human and the Machine: Leadership on the Emerging Battlefield. Per Elon, "Honored to have been the convocation speaker yesterday at West Point!"

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SOURCES

FLYOVERS:

• Giga Berlin: Wolfpack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpq5nj1OpB0

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SurrocTdtg0

• Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6NAlYigZFM

• Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKZlh2ELgI

SpaceX:

• https://spacenews.com/south-korea-spacex-geo-kompsat-3-launch/

Starlink:

• https://www.clarus-networks.com/2024/03/27/case-study-rrs-sir-david-attenborough/

• https://cyprusshippingnews.com/2024/08/19/kvh-expands-starlink-maritime-options-flexibility-with-new-plans-value-added-services-while-achieving-new-subscriber-milestone/

xAI:

• https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/45760/tennessee-valley-authority-tva-memphis-greywater-plant