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Want to Know: The Daily Musk Company Update (Patreon)
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28th of August, 2024
"Potential Tesla/SpaceX collab: ride hailing works even if you’re in space!" - Elon (@elonmusk), 27th of August, 2024.
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■ TESLA $TSLA ($205.75, -1.65%):
- Cybertruck bidding farewell to Falcon 9 Booster B1062. Great shot by Gavin (@tweetsiphotos).
- Today, Tesla Energy, Eolian LP, and CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas, entered into two new Storage Capacity Agreements named “Ferdinand” and “Padua 2.” Combined they will total 350 MW/1,400 MWh. When added to the 50 MW/100 MWh "Padua 1" already under construction, the total is 400 MW making this the largest standalone battery storage buildout in ERCOT history and one of the largest in the world. According to Eolian, Tesla is supplying 1.9 GWh of Megapacks!
- If you are looking to get a Tesla, remember to use someone's referral and get a $1,000 off the purchase. According Stanley Yuan (@nonlineargrowth) "Delivery staff said the $1k referral incentive is really working" Check out that line in the Houston Cypress Delivery Center when Stanley picked up his Cybertruck.
- Latest shots of the Tesla Lithium Refinery in Corpus Christi (Robstown), Texas, by Michael Wyatt, Owner of Wyatt Aerial Productions.
- "Beasts at the Beach Kauai style..." by JESUS LOVE'S KAUA'I (@kauai_renatus).
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer, 28th of August, '24. Joe got a late start today, he stayed up late for the SpaceX Starlink launch. Trooper as he is, we will get another great video today. Stay tuned!
Giga Nevada: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 28th of August, '24. Tesla has installed 18 more columns along the perimeter wall of the Semi Factory.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 27th of August, '24. It rain prior to Brad's flight be he still got great footage. Massive amount of Cybertrucks at the End of Line lot. Southend is just as busy as ever.
■ SPACEX:
- Launch 86 took place early this morning of Falcon 9 Starlink 8-6 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SCL-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Sadly, on its 23 landing attempt, booster B1062 appeared to have a landing leg strut failure as it touched down on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. It is hard to tell if it was a harder landing than usual, but fuel started pouring out the bottom and then it tipped over. Pics from @NASASpaceflight's live feed. Subscribe NSF and support their awesome work!
This unfortunately ended a 267 successful landing streak by SpaceX. What an incredible run! The booster previously launched GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration-4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb Launch 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and 15 Starlink missions. The mission was still a success as 21 Starlinks were deployed, including 13 with Direct-to-Cell. SpaceX now has 142 Direct-to-Cell Starlinks in low earth orbit.
Per Elon, "Now we figure out what went wrong to drive the landing failure rate far above 1 in a thousand, then 1 in 10 thousand… 1 in a million, etc."
- Unfortunately, but expected, the FAA wants an investigation into the failed landing of Booster B1062. This means all Falcon 9 launches are on hold... again. This includes Polaris Dawn. The flight was already pushed back due to unfavorable weather forecasted for the Dragon's splashdown area off the coast of Florida. As of now, we do not know when the flight will take place. Pic by Ben Cooper (@LaunchPhoto) of Falcon 9 Starlink 8-6 over Polaris Dawn and the moon 🫡
It's hard to say how long the FAA will have Falcon 9 grounded. The last hold was 2 weeks. The only way to return to flight is either SpaceX close the mishap investigation, or the FAA deems this issue not endangering public safety. SpaceX will not just close it. They will 100% investigate the failure. So, the FAA will need to decide it is not a public risk and allow the investigation to be conducted while flights continue. We shall see.
- The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce held the 'Bridging Borders and Beyond' event to discuss the impact of U.S.-Mexico relations and space exploration for the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). The event featured Starbase General Manager Kathryn Lueders as the keynote speaker. She was also part of a panel that included moderator Glenn Hamer, President & CEO of the Texas Association of Business, Consul Judith Arrieta Munguia, Consulado De Mexico en Brownsville, Norman Roy Garza, Jr., Executive Director, Texas Space Commission, and Helen Ramirez, Brownsville City Manager. Hopefully a video will pop up soon.
- Looks like SpaceX has filled the gap between the Starfactory and HQ Offices. In this pic by Carlos (@cnunezimages) you can see the steel beams full across what was the open area. Once complete, it looks like it will be similar to the southend of Giga Texas. As always, subscribe to Carlos!
Countdown to 144 (83 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):
Launch 87! Thursday, 29th of August, at 10:41 p.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 88! Friday, 30th 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 drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launch 89! Saturday, 31st of August, at 1:39 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 8-10 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 90! Monday, 2nd of September, at 6:56 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 NORL-113 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is the third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Latest images of the Cyber-Tunnel from Brad Sloan's flyover of Giga Texas.
■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- These two images are from a TheWarZone article about Starlink becoming a part of the Navy's SEA2 program that aims to provide high-bandwidth resilient global connectivity for U.S. warships that will have major operational and morale benefits. I posted about this a week ago.
The first pic is USMC Cpl. Haley Fourmet Gustavsen discussing Starlink and Kymeta, both on display, at a US Marine Corps event in Japan. It was unrelated to SEA2. The second pic is a member of the US Air Force as he sets up a Starshield terminal during a visit by the service’s aircraft to Indonesia this month. I post them to show how Starlink is moving throughout the armed forces. Navy, Air Force, Marines, and I am sure the Army are all using Starshield.
- Per Elon, "After thinking it through, SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress for free. This applies worldwide, subject to approval by country governments. Can’t have a situation where someone dies because they forgot or were unable to pay for it."
- A Starlink endcap at a grocery store in Nairobi. Not sure who took the pic.
- Starlink is now operational in Botswana and Ghana, making them the sixth and seventh South African countries to host the service. Others include Zambia, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar.
- Sea Machines Robotics (SMR) latest Starlink install onboard a survey vessel. Per SMR, "Starlink provides more consistent coverage, you can transmit data in real-time as you collect it, reducing downtime and speeding up your workflow, and allows for remote data processing, so your team can work while you’re still at sea.
■ X:
- "Beautiful day at 𝕏," by X's Nate Esparza (@Nate_Esparza) outside of HQ in San Francisco. Nate also posted great list of recommendations to help build your X account. Check it out here.
- X secured a Money Transmitter License in Maine, increasing the total to 36 states.
- X Japan's Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama) will be talking at the DX General EXPO in the Tokyo Big Sight on the 1st of October at 12:30 p.m. He will discuss the evolution of X. Go check him out and say hi if you are in the area.
■ xAI:
- According to Lohan Simpson (@Lohansimpson) prompt editing for grok is going live today. This will highly improve usability. If you are user, let xAI's Yaroslav (@512x512) know if you have any issues.
- Per xAI's Hieu Pham (@hyhieu226), "Neural nets need so many weights because optimization algorithms are bad. It's easier for gradient descent et al to find good local minima in that huge dimensional space, than in a smaller one."
■ ELON NEWS: N/A...
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SOURCES
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer... coming soon.
Giga Nevada: Zanegler... coming soon.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdK2Hw-Y6Vc
Tesla:
Starlink:
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