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Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)

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7th of October, 2024

"It doesn't have to be fiction forever..." - Elon

■ TESLA $TSLA ($240.83, -3.70%):

- Tesla Club Finland (@teslaclubfin) held a 900 car Light Show in Espoo. Pics by Stephen Sutton (@fly_byguy).

- Energy-Storage News (@Energystoragenw) has stated Tesla is the leading company in the first release of the Battery StorageTech Bankability Ratings Report, and is the only supplier to feature in the top AAA-Rating band. Tesla's quarterly deployment levels of ESS solutions are currently trending at record highs (almost 10 GWh). Tesla’s Financial Scores are at the upper end of all the companies analyzed in the first report.

- Today, the 100MW/200MWh Lakeside Megapack project in North Yorkshire, England, was powered up. This is the United Kingdom's largest transmission-connected BESS project, The project is owned and operated by TagEnergy, in partnership with Tesla, Habitat Energy, and RES.

- For early Cybertruck reservation holders looking to get a non-Foundation variant, Tesla will honor the original $7,000 FSD price.

- Cybertruck in Greece. Pics by Tesla's Stathis Laios.

- Tesla's Philip Powers (@PhilipPowerss) posted that Denmark now has +75,000 Teslas on their roads. They delivered ~3,400 vehicles in Q3.

- Tesla launched the Model Y LR RWD in Canada and ended sales of Model Y RWD.

- A Fork in the Road 👇

FLYOVERS:

Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 7th of October, '24. Subscribe to Joe!

Giga Nevada: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 6th of October, '24. Subscribe to Zane!

Giga Berlin: Robert and Andreas (@wolfpackberlin), 6th of October, '24.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 5th of October, '24.
Giga Texas: Airwave Dynamics (@AirwaveDynamics), 5th of October, '24.

■ SPACEX:

- Today, Falcon 9 Hera launched 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.

This is the 23rd and final flight for the booster. It previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, Korea 425, Maxar 1, ASBM, and 10 Starlink missions. Due to the additional performance required to deliver Hera to interplanetary transfer orbit, the booster will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.

- Per the FAA, "The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to flight only for the planned Hera mission... The FAA has determined that the absence of a second stage reentry for this mission adequately mitigates the primary risk to the public in the event of a reoccurrence of the mishap experienced with the Crew-9 mission. Safety will drive the timeline for the FAA to complete its review of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mishap investigation report and when the agency will authorize Falcon 9 to return to regular operations."

- Saturday night, Starship 30 was restacked on top of Super Heavy Booster 12. Pic by Fabian Ramirez (@texas_lizard).

- On October 4th and 5th, Super Heavy Booster 14 got frosty with it's cryo-testing. Sunday night it was rolled back to the production site and into Mega Bay 1. Pics by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages).

- Friday evening SpaceX installed the Starship Tower Vehicle Simulator with the Ballast Bags for chopstick testing. Estimated weight test was approximately 700T. Pic by Fabian Ramirez (@texas_lizard).

- Early Sunday morning, Booster 11’s Aft Dome was moved from the Port of Brownsville to Massey's Outpost. After unloading, the salvage ship HOS Ridgewind left the Port of Brownsville and is now headed for Louisiana. That means it's the end of the salvage operation .Pics by Jack Beyer (@thejackbeyer) and Anthony Gomez (@AnthonyFGomez).

- This past Saturday, SpaceX's Jessie Anderson (@whoisheartbreak) attended the 2024 Children's Hospital Gala at The Event Deck in downtown Los Angeles. Not only is she the voice of SpaceX, she does a ton of charity work for St. Jude, Children's, and more.

Countdown to 144 (94 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

Hurricane Milton has intensified to a Category 5 storm, so expect major delays in launch schedule.

Launch 98! Wednesday, 9th of October, at 11:03 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 99! Friday, 11th of October, at 2:54 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 100! Saturday, 12th of October, at 12:19 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.
Launch 101! Sunday, 13th of October, at 5:27 p.m. Falcon 9 Starlink 8-19 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.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- Michel's (@Mic_VegasSphere) Vegas LOOP Update (follow Michel!):

South Hall Convention Center Station. You can see the progress of the installation of the cement block roof from last week. This part goes really fast. The crane lifts the blocks one by one as workers position them. Per Michel, "IMO this will end up very similar to the Riviera station over by Fontainebleau / West Hall north entrance. An underground junction with a car ramp to the surface for boarding. Most likely the turn around will be where their boneyard is today."

- At Giga Texas, Boring crews continue to move road sections into the Cyber-Tunnel. Pic by Joe Tegtmeyer.

■ NEURALINK:

- Per Elon on Neuralink Monkeys, "Our monkeys are great. The Government Inspector came by and said our animal enclosures are the nicest ones she has seen in her entire career. The really rough monkey stuff is actually when it’s done by the government, it’s not great... you don’t wanna be a DMV monkey."

■ STARLINK:

- SpaceX's Mike Coryell (@mikecoryell) and the Starlink Team have been in North Carolina the past week and deployed over 1,000 Starlink kits. they have received over 8,500 requests. "We're going to be here as long as we can to get these deployed as fast as humanly possible."

Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) met up with Mike and the @SamaritansPurse to deliver hundreds more. People are stranded out there with no way to contact emergency services, doctors, or loved ones. "Thanks to Elon Musk and the Starlink team, we were able to put a lot of people back in contact with the world."

- Georgia Emergency Management Agency/HS (@GeorgiaEMAHS) gave a heartfelt thank you to Elon an dthe Starlink Team for providing 72 Starlinks to the State of Georgia. "This generous contribution will help restore critical internet connectivity for residents affected by Hurricane Helene."

- Dallas County 911 in Missouri and their partner, Carbyne, delivered their first 911 call via Starlink connectivity to their communication center. This was a result of an emergency response to a prolonged area-wide cell outage involving a local exchange carrier. Pictured is Ashlee Hensley, Emergency Telecommunicator/CTO, receiving the first 911 call through Carbyne’s Apex software via Starlink satellite internet.

- The latest Starlink Maritime install on the BP Promac by Electrónica Naval of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer of Kentucky is investigating the FCC's decision to revoke an award authorizing SpaceX Starlink to receive $885.5 million in broadband deployment subsidies through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). In the letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairman Comer is requesting documents and communications related to the FCC’s initial decision to award Starlink broadband deployment subsidies and subsequent decision to deny the award to Starlink.

■ X:

- The X Livestream of the Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump Rally generated 28.9 million Impressions, 26.5 million Broadcast Views

- Today, the United States Supreme Court said it will not hear an appeal from X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald Trump. The justices did not explain their reasoning and there were no noted dissents. X says a nondisclosure order that blocked it from telling Trump about the warrant obtained by special counsel Jack Smith’s team violated its First Amendment rights.

- According to Alexandra Merz (@TeslaBoomerMama), you no longer have to upload your ID everytime you want to report someone impersonating you. Thank God!

- Per X's Jonah Katz (@dinkin_flickaa). "Underrated X shortcut on iOS is the little search icon that lets you search for posts on any profile. Rolling out now for Web too!" Profile search incoming.

■ xAI:

- The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County (EDGE) approved xAI's 522 acres expansion and 21-year lease. SpaceX/xAI's Brent Mayo (@BrentM_SpaceX) was on hand helping the EDGE board and answering questions. EDGE President and CEO Joann Massey said the land may be used for the Colossus Water Recycling Facility and that plans for a future youth education space are also in the works.

- Replit CEO Amjad Masad (@amasad) posted that they will be at the xAI Hackathon playing with Grok templates to code with the APIs. "Even if you’re not an expert programmer you’ll be able to make fun things with Grok and X!"

■ ELON NEWS:

- I think it is safe to say, no matter what side of the fence you are on, the biggest story over the weekend was Elon at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. "Fight, Fight, Fight! Vote, Vote, Vote!"

- After the rally, Elon's America PAC (@america) account became very active. Changed his profile pic and his bio now says, "Read @America to understand why I’m supporting Trump for President." If you are interested in supporting the PAC by getting out the vote, email them. They are paying individuals starting at $30 per hour, with bonuses for performance.

- Elon behind the scenes at the Trump rally telling the audience, "Mars will make science fiction real. It doesn't have to be fiction for ever. It's the biggest space race in history. Awesome! The Star Fleet academy should be real!" Video by Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt).

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