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SpaceX Signet Warhorse positions.
Signet Warhorse III, is in Jacksonville, FL (likely for heavy maintenance) (arrived Oct. 19th)
Signet Warhorse I, Inbound with ASOG from Bandwagon Falcon 9 to Cape Canaveral.
Signet Warhorse I is typically assigned to moving Starship materials, "You'll Thank Me Later", from Port of Brownsville, but appears was assigned for this Bandwagon ASOG recovery due to relocation of Warhorse III to Jacksonville.
Signet Warhorse I will likely move back to move "You'll Thank Me Later" back to Port of Brownsville to transport additional Starship materials.
With Signet Warhorse III in Jacksonville (arrived Oct. 19th) . This leaves no tug to move ASOG for additional F9 launches. Heavy Maintenance typically takes 4 to 6 weeks.
So anyone looking for F9 launches with F9 core recovery. You will need to watch Signet Warhorse III for a return to Cape Canaveral. There will likely be no F9 (core recovery) launches until the return of Signet Warhorse III from Jacksonville which could be late November.
We will see if Signet Warhorse I leaves Cape Canaveral in the next day or so, head back to Brownsville with ""You'll Thank Me Later""
For those interested. According to the data, Signet Warhorse II returned in June to its home port in Pascagoula, AL which foreshadowed the end of Starlink launches from Florida.
FCC Grants Initial STA's for a batch of Starlink Quad Band Gateways.
SpaceX withdrew it's application for the Eloy, AZ Gateway, which was close to the Iridium Gateways in Tempe/Chandler.
Quad Band Gateways approved STA
SES-LIC-20260730-02140 | E260544 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Lexington, MO
SES-LIC-20260806-02181 | E260565 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Ontario, California
SES-LIC-20260724-02108 | E260528 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Ponce, PR
SES-LIC-20260730-02134 | E260535 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Lindon, UT
SES-LIC-20260730-02137 | E260538 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Payson, UT
SES-LIC-20260804-02160 | E260548 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Elbert, Colorado
SES-LIC-20260803-02154 | E260546 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Gower, MO
SES-LIC-20260804-02159 | E260550 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Lockport, New York
SES-LIC-20260624-01908 | E260472 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Wills Point, Texas
SES-LIC-20260806-02180 | E260563 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Racine, Wisconsin
SES-LIC-20260724-02107 | E260526 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Aurora, Illinois
SES-LIC-20260806-02179 | E260561 | Initial STA | 60 Days | American Canyon, California
SES-LIC-20260818-02332 | E260596 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Mount Vernon, Washington
SES-LIC-20260818-02335 | E260590 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Cle Elum, Washington
SES-LIC-20260818-02334 | E260592 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Huntington Park, California
SES-LIC-20260814-02275 | E260578 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Bennett, Colorado
SES-LIC-20260806-02177 | E260557 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Stockton, California
SES-LIC-20260806-02176 | E260555 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Sherman, Texas
SES-LIC-20260806-02178 | E260559 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Greenfield, California
SES-LIC-20260818-02337 | E260586 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Roberts, Wisconsin
SES-LIC-20260818-02338 | E260584 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Buffalo, Minnesota
SES-LIC-20260818-02336 | E260588 | Initial STA | 60 Days | Everett, Washington
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets …
Capitol agenda: Dem gavels are coming for Elon Musk politi.co/4dPcGpd
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BREAKING: Starlink was all over United’s Q3 earnings, with the airline calling it a “meaningful differentiator.”
CEO Scott Kirby: “We are winning new long-term, brand-loyal United customers because they are trying us for Starlink…”
• More daily Starlink flights than the rest of the U.S. airline industry combined.
• Over 5.4 million customers experienced Starlink in September.
• 640+ aircraft equipped, adding around 3 per day.
• Available on about half of all United flights, including regional flights.
• Expected to reach 61% of flights by end-2026, 87% by June 1, 2027, and the full fleet by end-2027.
• Customer service scores on Starlink-equipped planes nearly double those with other Wi-Fi.
• United’s best-ever third-quarter scores for inflight entertainment and Wi-Fi.
• Live NFL and college football on Starlink-enabled seatback screens.
• Free for MileagePlus members in every cabin.
• Powered an ESPN fantasy football draft livestream from a flight.
• Tom’s Guide praised the rollout as a “masterclass in passenger experience.”
V3 updates... Orbital Shell Phasing.
It appears that SpaceX is targeting 30.5 degree shells of 12 satellites per shell (30 degree spacing). 12 have leveled off at 350 km.
A second shell of 12 satellites is forming/raising at around 345km. With the remaining 2 V3's at 320km which will form with a later launch with another 10 V3 satellites. Anyone else got a different viewpoint?
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Starlink moves the needle
BREAKING: United CEO says customers are switching from other airlines because of @Starlink
“We already see customers moving from other airlines today”
United will cross 50% of flights with Starlink this week and expects to finish its full fleet rollout by the end of next year.
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Question if Muse has the customer’s permission, meets AT&T’s security requirements and acts in the customer’s interest, AT&T should have a clear, objective reason for refusing access not simply a preference to keep the customer inside its own ecosystem.
After all If Muse can compare plans across carriers and recommend the cheapest option that meets a customer’s needs, it could make it harder for carriers to retain customers through brand loyalty, bundles and marketing.
Carriers continue to build walls around their customers, but that’s not a long-term strategy. You can try to block AI agents like Muse from helping customers find better plans and save money, but you can’t stop the future.
@mobileXus will embrace AI agents and empower customers to make smarter choices. The future belongs to companies that compete on value and customer experience, not those that build walls to protect the status quo.😀
5 x F9 launches from Vandenberg in the next 20 days.
Nada scheduled from Florida. I guess, no planned launches on the near-term manifest
UPCOMING FALCON 9 LAUNCHES:
Oct 21 - Nov 10 (updated) 🚀🛰
5x Missions (4x @Starlink)
▪️ Tue, Oct 21 | Starlink (Group 15-15) | Vandenberg SFB, CA | 4.01 p.m. PT
▪️ Fri, Oct 23 | Starlink (Group 15-16) | Vandenberg SFB, CA | 10.29 p.m. PT
▪️ Tue, Oct 27 | Starlink (Group 15-18) | Vandenberg SFB, CA | 9.31 p.m. PT
▪️ Thu, Nov 5 | NROL-195 | Vandenberg SFB, CA | 3.34 p.m. PT
▪️ Sat, Nov 10 | Starlink (Group 15-21) | Vandenberg SFB, CA | TBA
Source: SpaceX, NSF
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Elon Musk says SpaceX is using its rocket-engine casting shop to make turbine blades and vanes, the parts that run 12 to 18 months behind the rest of the turbine, so it can bring power online 12 to 18 months faster than anyone else
“So we’re casting the blades and vanes for the turbines. So SpaceX already has a very advanced castings capability that was developed for rocket engines."
"So we have, I think, actually the most advanced casting capability on Earth, because the demands for castings for rocket engines exceed the demands for anything else you could possibly imagine."
"So, taking that incredible team that has, I think, objectively the most advanced casting technology in the world and saying, hey, can you guys also make some blades and vanes for terrestrial turbines is much easier than what they have done in the past."
"And when we talk to the turbine suppliers, they tell us that the blades and vanes are 12 to 18 months behind the rest of the turbine. Meaning they can deliver everything except the blades and vanes 12 to 18 months before they can deliver the blades and vanes."
"So casting is this really difficult bottleneck. And if anything, it seems to be getting worse."
"So that means that we can bring power online 12 to 18 months faster than anyone else."
"That’s the kind of advantage that’s difficult to replicate. Unless someone else is building an advanced casting shop, they will be unable to compete with SpaceX in this regard.”
Elon Musk reveals chip-fab "breakthroughs" he won’t discuss on the earnings call, says TeraFab’s first test chip is due around May or June next year with volume production around Q3'28, and credits ASML for “accelerating equipment deliveries”
“Well, I mean, we’re just figuring out chip fabrication. So, but I’ll tell you what our internal expectations are, which obviously I put, you know, big error bars in this because we don’t know if we will actually achieve this or not, but it’s what we’re aiming for internally: is to make our first sort of test chip functional in approximately May or June of next year."
"That’s just kind of a SRAM chip or something to basically test the line. That’s at the Research Fab in Austin."
"And we’re aiming to, our aspiration is to reach volume production around Q3 of ‘28 at TeraFab, at Gibbons Creek, the main TeraFab location. These were very aggressive dates, and we’re very appreciative of ASML and all of our other suppliers in accelerating equipment deliveries in order to achieve this outcome."
"Let’s just say that that outcome of achieving volume production is at least in the set of possible outcomes for Q3 or Q4 of ‘28. So these are obviously like insanely fast timeframes for chip production."
"We do have, I think, some significant potential breakthroughs in chip fabrication, but I don’t think I should discuss that on earnings call.”
"Let’s not give away the shop here. But I am optimistic that we will dramatically accelerate chip production and that TeraFab will ultimately do what the name suggests, which is to make a terawatt of superintelligence chips per year.”
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Earlier today, the newest Falcon 9 booster (B1109) departed SpaceX's McGregor test campus destined for either California or Florida.
With the cadence of launches scaling back, and future operations transitioning to Starship, could this be one of the last new boosters we see? (Probably not, but stick with us to find out for sure!)
@NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/mcgregor
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
Thank you @Starlink team for a great third quarter – we reached 13.6 million consumer subscribers, in addition to hundreds of thousands of enterprise subscribers, and were active in 174 markets! We continue to be driven by the core mission of making reliable, high-speed internet available to everyone in the world.
Q3 2026 Financial and Operational Results xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1PKqrNbLZ…
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
We definitely need to explain this in detail. Veterans of the cellular industry look at the chess board of existing pieces and don’t see a solution.
They don’t understand that SpaceX is developing entirely new pieces that fundamentally alter the strategic landscape.
FREESPEECH101 retweeted
More than 3,800 aircraft were equipped with @Starlink as of September 30, 2026, according to SpaceX.
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BREAKING: Ecuador Government to connect 1,670 schools with Starlink.
The Ministry of Education has allocated $1.5 million to expand satellite internet. The initiative supports Ecuador’s Aula Digital program, helping rural classrooms gain access to digital learning.
BTW... In case anyone missed it...
Eurocontrol extended the contract with BT for the EAN through 2033. This effectively closes off the small sliver of 2GHz MSS 10x10MHz of spectrum that AST applied for, but has not as of yet been Dismissed with Prejudice by the FCC.
computerweekly.com/news/3666…
Viasat files Petition to Deny for portions of AST SpaceMobile SAT-MOD-20260729-00318 including 2GHz S Band that Viasat currently has deployed with the European Aviation Network. The 2170-2180Mhz is the last remaining "pending" decision in the European 2GHz spectrum. 2180-2200MHz has already been prohibited for use by AST SpaceMobile globally by the FCC.
