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Elon Musk has tweeted about floating 'spaceports' for SpaceX before, and it looks like the company may be taking steps to build them.

SpaceX’s next spacecraft is in development in Texas, and CEO Elon Musk previously revealed that the company was planning to build floating spaceports for Starship operations, after a job ad was posted looking for someone to oversee their development. Now, SpaceX has purchased two oil rigs to convert for this purpose, as first reported by […]

SpaceX delays push Starship flight, two Falcon 9 launches into same three-day period Update: SpaceX’s Transporter-1 launch has slipped to January 22nd and a Starship SN9 static fire attempt planned today (January 19th) has been cancelled. Starlink-16 remains scheduled to launch no earlier than 8:02 am EST, January 20th. A series of recent Starship and Starlink delays have pushed SpaceX’s Starship flight test and two Falcon 9 launches into the same ~25-hour period, potentially setting the stage for a frenetic Wednesday and Thursday. SpaceX announced a third delay for its Starlink-16 missi...

SpaceX sets reuse records in 2020, looks ahead to even more ambitous 2021 January 2, 2021 In their most active year to date, SpaceX reached several reuse milestones, further pursuing their goal of rapid reuse. SpaceX flew boosters on fifth, sixth, and seventh flights for the first time this year and significantly decreased the turnaround time of boosters, with the quickest turnaround of just under 51 days. Not only is this a record for SpaceX, it also beats Space Shuttle Atlantis’ fastest turnaround time, which was 54 days. Atlantis held the world record for the shortest turnaround time of ...

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