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Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)
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3rd of October, 2024
Announcement: Congratulations to Jeanne Bryant (@JeanneBryant52) and Linda (@linda_ungureanu)! They won September's Subscriber Giveaways!
■ TESLA $TSLA ($240.67, -3.35%):
- Tesla Regional Events Coordinator Chris Irwin and Team were in at the Northern Ireland Screen Industry Sustainability Showcase in Belfast Harbour Studios yesterday. They showcased the Model 3 and Y. The event featured discussions on climate change, sustainable production policies, and the launch of a new sustainable production fund.
- This weekend's Cybertruck's introduction to Mexico in Monterrey. The Tesla Team onboarded the first 10 Cybertruck owners of Mexico. Pics by Tesla's Brandon Sebastian Rito.
- Tesla will be doing an Over the Air (OTA) update on roughly 27,000 Cybertrucks to fix a delay in the rear-view camera images. The image may not appear within two seconds of placing the vehicle in reverse, and the display may appear blank for up to six to eight seconds when the vehicle is shifted into reverse. This is not a physical recall.
- Tesla Engineering Recruiter Nar Ammar and Team were at the University at Buffalo in New York for the STEM Job + Internship Career Fair. "We had a blast chatting about all things Tesla. Thank you to all the students who stood in line eager to meet with our team!"
- Swedish trade union IF Metall has filed a lawsuit against Tesla in breach of Sweden's Co-Determination Act that stipulates companies must inform labour unions of major changes. They say Tesla phased out its entire sales organisation in the Swedish city of Umea without informing the union and also outsourced other parts.
- Tesla's patent for a silicon-based dry anode was published yesterday. H/T SETI Park (@seti_park).
- Tesla Supercharger install in Port Augusta, Australia. Pic by Jackson Perkin of Perkin Electrical.
- The Tesla Lithium Refinery Team brought a Cybertruck to the Robstown Homecoming parade. Per Tesla's Site Operations Coordinator Klarissa Garcia, "We had an amazing time at the Robstown ISD homecoming parade! Thank you so much for your warm hospitality and for making us feel so welcome. We loved meeting everyone and truly felt like part of the Big Red community!"
■ SPACEX:
- At Starbase last night, Booster 14 was moved to Massey's Outpost for testing. Gorgeous pic by Fabian Ramirez (@texas_lizard). Follow and support Fabian's work.
- The Tank Farm and Chopsticks at Pad A were highly active. Crane CC8800-1 is being disassembled at the launch site. Pic by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). Subscribe to Carlos!
- Carlos also spotted Starship 34 inside the Starfactory.
- Mary (@BocaChicaGal) of NASA Spaceflight spotted the water bag crate off the highway today. Possible Chopstick stress testing incoming.
- The College of Business at the University of Michigan - Dearborn will host UM alumnus and SpaceX Material Manager Mason Falk on Monday, the 7th of October, at 5:00 p.m., in the Fairland Center South, Room 180. Mason will share insights on how to scale up supply chain operations and navigate the evolving landscape of careers in such a dynamic field. Probably worth checking out.
- The salvage recovery ship HOS Ridgewind has left the Booster 11 splashdown site and appears to be making the return pattern as last time. Soon it will be back at the Port of Brownsville to unload any recovered items. The above pic posted by Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) is from the first salvage mission, and good God, that is an amazing shot!
Countdown to 144 (93 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):
Launch 97! Saturday, 5th of October, at 3:43 a.m. Falcon 9 Starlink 10-10 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launch 98! Monday, 7th of October, at 10:52 a.m. Falcon 9 Hera Block 5 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Hera is a mission in development at the European Space Agency's (ESA) Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid with a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid. This will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact. As of now, the booster will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launch 99! Wednesday, 9th of October, at 11:49 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 OneWeb 20 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is a batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit. The booster will land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg.
Launch 100! Thursday, 10th of October, at 12:31 p.m. Falcon Heavy Europa Clipper will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Europa Clipper is the first dedicated NASA mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. It comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Its payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa’s surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon’s magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior. As of now, all three boosters will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.
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■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- I reported the other day on the Romania, Starlink, and National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) collaboration. This is the Romanian crew who are conducting the real-world test to demonstrate that the non-geostationary satellites (NGSO) of the Starlink network can operate without interfering with geostationary satellites (GSOs). The test involves increasing the limits set 25 years ago for the density of the flow of power, over a certain area for a period of six months.
- The South African National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) CEO Dr Cleeve Robertson has said, "We are keenly interested in the recent South African government meetings with Starlink, recognising the opportunities it presents for our service and our beneficiary community... Starlink will revolutionise our ability to respond to emergencies, especially in remote and underserved areas. The real-time communication capabilities will enhance our rescue operations and, by extension, the safety of all South Africans engaging in water-based activities."
- School districts in Alaska are seeking Starlink as an alternative to highly expensive GCI telecom provider. Per the Lower Yukon School District's Technology Director, Joshua Walton, "Out of pocket for Starlink, we’re looking at somewhere around $40,000... A substantial savings when you look at where we were, close to a million dollars out of pocket with GCI. It was an easy decision to make."
- SpaceX brings the heat in a response to the Direct-to-Cell letter sent to the FCC by AST SpaceMobile's European telecoms Vodafone, Telefonica, Liberty Global, PPF, Telenor, United Group, and Orange. "While T-Mobile and SpaceX race to provide this needed service to Americans everywhere, foreign investors and partners in AST’s meme-stock are stopping at nothing to slow progress. AST and its investors continue to hamstring competing direct-to-cellular operations, even if their efforts mean that Americans cannot reliably connect during emergencies and American satellite systems stand at a competitive disadvantage in international markets. Apparently not content with solely harming competition in America, AST is now taking its misinformation campaign overseas by recruiting its European investors and partners to parrot its talking points and harm competition there as well."
- Starlink now available in Samoa.
- At a press conference President Joe Biden said that he directed the deployment of Starlink kits to areas affected by Hurricane Helene. Per Joe, "50 are in place right now, more are going to be put in places like Canton so people can call for help and reach the ones they love."
■ X:
- X Q3 Numbers: 363.6 billion Daily User Seconds, 547.9 million Monthly Active Users, and 8.9 billion Daily Video Views.
- For the Vice Presidential debate, X racked up 2 billion impressions, 385 million views, and 7 million posts.
- Similar to the App, X is will be adding a profile search button for the web.
■ xAI:
- Yesterday, xAI announced the will host a Hackathon on the 12th of October. Attendees will have exclusive access to Grok and X APIs. You must apply by the 7th of October. Link in the sources section.
- Per Elon, on the xAI Memphis Colossus Water Recycle Facility, "Will enable significant expansion of Colossus."
- The Memphis facility is looking to lease 552 acres south of the site for $1.65 million annually. Land is owned by the Economic and Growth Development Engine (EDGE). EDGE is to host a meeting this Friday about the potential lease by xAI via affiliate CTT Properties. The lease will have a 2.5% yearly increase built in. CTT is looking for a 21 year contract with the option of two more 10 year leases or buy the property outright.
- This Friday at 3 p.m. CST, xAI representatives will host a public meeting in Memphis at the Junior Achievement HQ on 516 Tillman Street. They will take the public's questions about the site and future plans. If you are in the area, it would probably be worth your time and you may get some new insights.
■ ELON NEWS:
- The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) announced that Elon will be joining them at their annual meeting in Muscat, Oman, this November. He will take the stage to discuss the technologies and trends shaping today's world and the likely changes it will cast on its future.
- Argentina President Javier Milei has invited Elon will to Buenos Aires on the 23rd of October for a technology conference that will take place in the renamed Palacio Libertad, previously known as the Kirchner Cultural Center.
- Elon reached 200 million followers on X.
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