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25th of October, 2024
"Flight 6 is coming up soon!" - Elon
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■ TESLA $TSLA ($269.19, +3.34%):
- Cybertruck is at Paris Games Week until Sunday.
- Last night, I received my 30 day free FSD trial email. I have a subscription and the email says, "if you have an active FSD subscription, 30 days of free FSD will be added to your vehicle."
- On the 2nd of November, Tesla Stores in Switzerland are hosting Halloween for their Kids Day. During the event, children activities include a painting table, pumpkins to carve for Halloween, and a race track with kid Tesla cars. Adults. Spots are limited, so sign up.
- According to the New York Business Journal, Tesla signed a lease and will retrofit a 150,000 square foot College Point Multiplex Cinema/Toys R Us in Queens, New York.
- Tesla Malaysia Recruiter YinYin Loo has been touring campuses and organizing student visits the past 6 months educating students about Tesla's mission and technology.
- According to a report from the Korea Economic Daily, Tesla reportedly approached South Korean memory chip maker, SK hynix, about supplying $725 million worth of enterprise-grade solid-state drives (eSSDs). eSSDs are a core component of AI chips alongside high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips.
- Tesla's Fernando Javier Corral Astorga, Lathrop Megafactory Plant Manager, on achieving 200 Megapacks in one week. "To everyone who has worked in manufacturing operations, you know firsthand the complexity, teamwork, and dedication required to successfully ramp up a site of this magnitude. I want to express my deepest gratitude to the outstanding Lathrop Megafactory Team, Tesla Energy Leaders and all the Tesla support team members for their incredible efforts in achieving this significant milestone. Together, we are continuing to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
- Good Faith Energy just completed the very first Tesla PowerShare installation outside of Tesla! In this installation, they featured Tesla’s Universal Connector and PowerShare Gateway, that harnesses Cybertruck's 123kWh battery for off-grid home power. Cybertruck batteries can provide backup power for 2-3 days.
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 25th of October, '24. Beautiful early morning flight.
Lathrop Megafactory/Fremont Factory: MetGod, 24th of October, '24. Rare night flight. Look at all those Megapacks in the outbound lot! Plenty on the production lot as well.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 24th of October, '24.
■ SPACEX:
- Yesterday evening, Super Heavy Booster 13 performed a full duration Static Fire. With this test, and Ship 31 already Static Fired, a Full Stack testing should be next. This puts a November launch for Flight 6 completely possible! Per Elon, "Flight 6 is coming soon!"
- Crew Dragon Endeavour Dragon splashed down off the coast of Florida early this morning with the Crew-8 astronauts aboard. The crew spent 235 days on-orbit and completed SpaceX’s 13th human spaceflight mission. Dragon recovery vessel Megan quickly picked up Dragon offshore near Pensacola. The crew was transported to Ascension Sacred Heart hospital in Pensacola for medical evaluation. NASA said this was "out of an abundance of caution." Let's hope it is nothing serious.
- Last night, the SpaceX Starlink Pez Loader was brought to the Sanchez site. Thoughts?
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 has started preparations and training for their long-duration stay aboard the ISS. They are slated for launch no earlier than February 2025.
Countdown to 144 (100 - Falcon 9, 2 - Falcon Heavy, and 3 - Starship):
Launch 106! Saturday, 26th of October, at 5:47 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-8 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 107! Tuesday, 29th of October, at 4:30 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-9 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 108! Wednesday, 30th of October, at 5:10 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-8 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 109! Friday, 1st of November, at 11:40 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Cargo Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The booster will land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Boring crews continue to install the road section into the Cyber-Tunnel at Giga Texas. Per Joe, "a new batch with big “OK” markings have just arrived... Conduit work and a reinforced slab is under construction nearby."
■ NEURALINK:
- Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) holding Neuralink's BCI currently being used for Telepathy.
■ STARLINK:
- New Starlink Maritime install by NOVA Electronics in Alexandria, Greece.
- Per Director of Starlink Global Licensing and Market Activation, Rebecca Hunter, "Starlink service is live in Qatar! And already our first flight with Qatar Airways. Looking forward to my next opportunity to fly with awesome Starlink internet."
- Yesterday MTN Brazil successfully completed another Starlink Maritime installation for the Locar Guindastes e Transportes Intermodais. Their fleet totals 8 Starlinks now.
- The New Zealand Commerce Commission says SpaceX had $73.8 million in revenue from Starlink in the country between July 2023 and June 2024. Therefore, SpaceX must contribute to the Telecommunications Development Levy, a tax on the industry used to help fund the likes of emergency calling and rural broadband initiatives. In total, SpaceX only has to put in $182,000 toward the levy. Spark, the leading telecom in the country, has to pay $3.4 million.
- Coffee co-op Cooperative Reg.Cafeic. Guaxupé of Brazil has started using Starlink in the field to offer better support to growers like co-op member José Reis da Silva from Sítio Campo da Vargem, in São Tomás de Aquino.
- Starlink's sold in Store at Walmart. Pic by reddit u/pandaSmore.
■ X:
- If you don't know, X TV is now available on Samsung TVs in the US.
- X's Mon (@moni_natasha) and Team hosted the UK media industry for their first Agency Ambassador dinner at the nostalgic Quaglino's. "Fantastic conversation, company and location. Thanks to all who attended. It was great to see you."
- According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX, by the end of the year, the NFL will launch the "NFL Portal" on X. No details, but Linda revealed the news on a call yesterday with both current and prospective clients. Linda said there have been around 272 billion sports-related impressions on X over the past 12 months, +5% YoY. "X is the World’s Biggest Stadium!"
- Some great insights from Linda and Karl Martin (@Karl_A_Martin) on the latest episode of the Arable Leader Podcast. "Comfort zones are meant to be temporary. They are for rest and recovery. The Disruption Zone is about learning and growth."
- X released a new Halloween icon when you hit the like button. Give it a shot and let me know if it works for Articles. #HappyHalloween
- X Japan CEO Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama) and X Sr. Client Partner Yurie Morita gave an interview to BIZREACH Japan on the platforms transition and their experiences that can only be had in Japan. Linkin the sources section.
- Pulte (@pulte), X Philanthropy, just got hooked up with X merch...
■ xAI: N/A...
■ ELON NEWS:
- Jason Cochran of Holland, Michigan, won the daily $1 million from Elon's America PAC.
- Brian Bauer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has also won $1 million daily giveaway from America PAC.
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■ SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iOBZZcsAk
Lathrop Megafactory/Fremont Factory: MetGod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBzyK3Qa9I
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xv_8GCMgII
Tesla:
Starlink:
X:
https://digiday.com/marketing/x-is-set-to-expand-its-nfl-content-partnership-with-new-portal/
Arabel Leader Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAPmCRorFMs
https://www.bizreach.jp/job-feed/public-advertising/jkhiapq/
Elon News:
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