Stuff That’s Hard to Do (13-19 Oct)

As of: 15OCT/0430
(all times Eastern)

SUN Launch & catch of SpaceX Super Heavy booster:

Booster capture sequences:


Starship reentry and landing, Indian Ocean:

MON Falcon Heavy, Europa Clipper:
Off to the Jovian moon, Europa

For you mission-ops fans, here’s the waiting for AOS (acquisition of signal)

TUE morning twofer:

Falcon9, Starlink FL
Falcon9, Starlink CA

Other US launches planned for this week:

• THU 3:55 pm Falcon9, Starlink FL

Politics:
• FAA seems to have been visited by NASA enforcers
CA wants to limit SpaceX launches due to Musk’s politics
(I expect them to be visited by USSF and NRO enforcers)