SpaceX pulled heat shield tiles off a Starship that had already flown to space and put them on the next ship to fly again.
Two tiles from Ship 40 came back from the Indian Ocean after Flight 13 and flew again on Ship 41 in September. A Starship heat shield carries about 20,000 of them.
On Friday, Flight 15 is set to try catching the ship at the tower, with the goal of bringing the whole heat shield home.
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Can't believe Grok @bot can make phone calls. Booking a flight to avoid the lousy experience—it'll bring me on when the agent's ready.
All 14 Starship launches.
15 is happening this week.
What a ship catch is supposed to look like, next to a real Super Heavy catch.
No Starship has been caught yet. The ship side is SpaceX's official animation of the Flight 15 plan.
The booster side is the real Flight 8 catch on March 6, 2025.
Flight 15 is the first attempt to catch both. Targeting Friday, Nov 13, pending FAA approval.
Video: @SpaceX
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Every Super Heavy booster catch, from the first one to the third.
Flight 5 on Oct 13, 2024 was the first time a Super Heavy booster was caught by the tower chopsticks.
Flight 7 on Jan 16, 2025 and Flight 8 on March 6, 2025 did it again.
Flight 15 is next: the first attempt to catch both the booster and the ship.
Targeting Friday, Nov 13, pending FAA approval.
Video: @SpaceX
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BREAKING: Starlink just unveiled Mini 2, a portable dish that can run up to 4.5 hours on a quick-swap battery, or plug in with USB-C.
It has built-in Wi-Fi 6 and can get you online in about 60 seconds with a clear view of the sky.
The new Mini is 23.1 mm thin, IP67 rated, and comes with the battery, kickstand, 60W USB-C charger and a 3 m cable. Preorders are open by invitation for select US customers, and the first year of service is included.
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Starlink let a stranded solo sailor call for help when his yacht broke down 8 nautical miles off the coast of South Africa.
A strong south-westerly wind was on the way. He used Starlink to reach the Ocean Sailing Association of South Africa, which alerted NSRI Richards Bay.
Volunteer crew launched rescue boat Ocean Guardian, found him safe and towed him through an hour of heavy wind to a berth in Richards Bay. Seven other yachts stood by near him until help arrived.
Starlink saves lives.
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You woke up this morning feeling Mount Everest is in front of you.
Get up and do this.
Stay consistent and never stop.
Take my journey and I pray it’s an encouragement in your journey.
A few weeks w/ @eightsleep Pod 6 👀
Coming from Pod 5, upgrades are noticeable:
• 50% smaller Hub
• 9x more biometric sensors
• 20% faster temperature relief
Pod 6 starts at $1,999
Use code TOSV at now through 11/30 for up to $400 off the Pod 6
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Thank you Tesla for ending the Cybertruck.
I applaud the move. 👏🫡
Starlink connected a remote clinic in Papua New Guinea to a doctor miles away, and it helped save a man whose chest wound had exposed his lung.
No doctor on site.
No evacuation until morning.
At Indagen Health Centre in Kabwum, Morobe, officer-in-charge Cathy Nasim had one lifeline: a telemedicine link.
Dr Simon Ganal guided her step by step, through the tissue layers, until the bleeding stopped.
She kept him stable through the night.
He survived and was picked up by medevac the next day for Angau Memorial Hospital.
The medevac operator's CEO put it simply: "No more climbing trees to make a phone call."
Starlink saves lives.
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Every Starship launch, from Flight 1 to the first orbital flight.
Flight 1 lifted off on April 20, 2023. Flight 14 lifted off on Sept 28, 2026, reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites.
Flight 15 is next.
Video: @SpaceX
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Inside a Raptor's thrust chamber it's about half the surface temperature of the Sun. On the outside, you can see frost.
SpaceX lead propulsion engineer Jake Berkowitz explains why that huge temperature difference is where Raptor gets a lot of its performance, over real test fires from McGregor, Texas.
Flight 15 is targeting as early as Friday, November 13, pending regulatory approval.
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A few weeks w/ @eightsleep Pod 6 👀
Coming from Pod 5, upgrades are noticeable:
• 50% smaller Hub
• 9x more biometric sensors
• 20% faster temperature relief
Pod 6 starts at $1,999
Use code TOSV at now through 11/30 for up to $400 off the Pod 6
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NEWS: Elon Musk is expected to travel with President Trump to China for the APEC summit in Shenzhen, Nov. 18–19.
Elon Musk in 2002 vs now
Share a picture of your Tesla Cybertruck.
A low pass along the Tesla Roadster at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
"On behalf of the Tesla community, we have enjoyed interacting and engaging with the Barbz, and we are here to support you @NICKIMINAJ"
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Tesla crews have set more than 30 Megapacks in a single day. This is how a grid-scale battery goes up.
At Giga Texas, Tesla is installing a 133 MW, 266 MWh Megapack project that provides backup power for the data center on site. Each unit rolls in on a flatbed from the Lathrop Megafactory, gets lifted by crane from six points, and drops onto pier foundations driven straight into the ground.
8 a day on this site. Over 30 in a day where the site and equipment allow it.
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