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9th of October, 2024
"We live in the most interesting times..." - Elon
FYI: No update tomorrow. Medical appoint. Will be randomly posting.
■ TESLA $TSLA ($241.05, -1.41%):
- Ɖ𝕓𝕝ℂ𝕒𝕡ℂ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕚𝕟 (@dblcapcrimpin) posted some pics of the Cybertruck Lightbar. Looks great! Follow Cap!
- Cybertruck Demo Drives are now available across the US. But they are still not available on the weekend. WTH...
- Giga Texas has installed Elon's sculpture of a "Fork in the Road" at the southwest corner of the Gigafactory. Pic posted by Greggertruck (@greggertruck). Have fun at 10/10, Greg!
- You can now get a new Model 3 or Y at 0% APR for up to 72 months with the purchase of FSD, or $0 down at signing. You can still utilize the $7,500 Federal tax credit on eligible models, save another $1000 by using a referral, and save another $1000 if you are serving or have served in the military.
- Tesla Semi at Giga Berlin this evening. Pic by Tesla's Jusuf Dag.
- The Tesla Referral Program has launched in South Korea.
- According to Tesla's Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy), they have fixed a four year old bug in the rendering visualizations on the FSD 12.5.6 update. The cars don’t jitter at all anymore and it seems to be steady 60fps
- Tesla will live stream 10/10 on X at 7pm PT.
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Jeff Roberts (@peterdog15), 9th of October, '24.
Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh (@tobilindh), 8th of October, '24. Great shot from Tobias's flyover. Giga Train, Model Y's outbound, and the Tesla Semi.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 8th of October '24.
■ SPACEX:
- Road closures are in place for Hwy 4 and Boca Chica Beach on the 13th of October from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. NOTAMs have been issued, deluge system has been approved, FTS is installed. Guys, we are ready to launch! Any day now FAA will give a license. Pic by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages).
- SpaceX is putting up a Mars Colony mural on the parking garage. Not sure what I was expecting, but it certainly was not this. Super cool! Pic by Genna Hammer (@genna_hammer).
- At the McGregor Test facility, @NASASpaceflight's Gary Blair spotted Booster 11's engines that were recovered out of the Gulf of Mexico.
- The encapsulated Europa Clipper spacecraft has been transported to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A. Teams secured the spacecraft in the hangar in preparations for Hurricane Milton.
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! Sunday, 13 of October, at 7:00 a.m. CT, Starship 30 Super Heavy Booster 12 ITF-5 will launch from Launch Complex Pad A at Starbase, Texas. Ship 30 will make a soft splashdown off the coast of Madagascar. After boostback burn if all operations are nominal, Booster 11 will reenter above Pad A for a Tower Catch.
Launch 99! Sunday, 13th of October, at 12:12 p.m. ET, 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 100! Monday, 14th of October, at 1:48 a.m. ET, 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 101! Tuesday, 15th of October, at 1:03 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-7 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 102! TBD, 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 103! TBD. 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: N/A... boring.
■ NEURALINK:
- Penny2x (@imPenny2x) posted the above pics. The team that performed Noland’s Neuralink surgery signed the heads they used to practice on and gave it to Noland. Creepy sci-fi goodness! Love it.
■ STARLINK:
- The TS Global Network of Malaysia showed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) how bonding Starlinks can achieve a 1.5Gbps.
- Per Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell) on Emergency Direct-to-Cell approval, "Thank you to the FCC for the rapid approval enabling this capability which is so critical to helping those that have been impacted by Hurricane Helene or are in the path of Hurricane Milton. With this best effort trial, we have sent emergency alerts through the network including evacuation notices and other messages helping to connect those in need. I am so proud of the Starlink, T-Mobile, and Falcon teams."
- Along with Japan, the FCC has given SpaceX permission to test Direct-to-Cell in New Zealand via telecom operator One New Zealand and in the US states of Oregon, Kansas, and Area 51 in Nevada 👽
- Yesterday, SpaceX Enterprise Sales Manager of Europe, Rogier Beld, gave Starlink presentation to the Club of Network and Telecom Managers (CDRT) in the Le Chalet Des Iles Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France.
- Per Elon on making Direct-to-Cell emergency use on other carriers beside T-Mobile, "You’re right that we should make it work for all carriers for emergency services. This is something we’re working on."
- NBN News, in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, has installed Starlinks to their Channel Nine broadcasting vehicles.
■ X:
- Today, X made changes to their newly named Creator Revenue Sharing program. It is no longer called Ads Revenue Sharing, because Ads no longer count. It is all based on Premium/verified user engagement. The more Premium followers you have that engage, the more revenue you get. X is claiming this causing great payouts.
- Yesterday, X's Amy Elkins (@Elkins) was at the X Office in New York City for meeting with some of X's Partners; Gucci and the NBA.
- X is returning to Brazil. They have met Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requirements including taking down some user accounts and appointing a legal representative for the platform. Per Alexandre "The company has met all the requirements necessary for the immediate return of activities in Brazil... I decree the end of the suspension."
- This is the first pic I have seen of X's new home in Palo Alto. Pic is by X's Chris Park (@chrisparkX).
■ xAI: N/A...
■ ELON NEWS:
- During the Tucker conversation, Elon stated the UFOs seen around the United States are not extraterrestrial life but more likely the US government’s. "Well, unidentified flying objects are one thing, but there are always a bunch of classified programs that are underway. Some pilot sees something moving fast and says, ‘Hey, I saw a UFO!'” but it could be a new weapons program that is being experimented with on a need-to-know basis. The split second I see any evidence of aliens, I will immediately post that on the X platform. It will probably be our number one post of all time."
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SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Jeff Roberts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwXrHRVhYs
Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ZN-vBb0ig
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FXbAycqYU
Starlink:
FCC Direct-to-Cell https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=359705&x=
X:
Elon News:
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