Looks like the regulatory approvals for landing Falcon 9 boosters on ASDS within The Bahamas waters regularly may have been obtained, because this launch is apparently heading for a landing at Exuma Sound per the filed document to the FAA!
“We are currently working through the regulatory process to ensure that the environmental review is complete and that we are meeting all the required monitoring and upkeep,” Ms Gillis said. “I think we are pretty close on that process towards a second landing in Exuma, and we are working with all the regulatory authorities to make sure it happens soon.”She said the company hopes to complete anotherlanding before the end of 2025. “I believe they are shooting for something before the end of this year,” she said. “We do not have too much left of the year, so it should be coming along soon.”Ms Gillis said future landings would all use the Exuma Sound site and that SpaceX expects to perform “an additional 20 landings here in the Bahamas on the Exuma Sound landing site” once approved.
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Congrats to the entire @SpaceX team for achieving 165 launches🚀 ! While we originally set out for 170, we actually revised the manifest to 165 this summer based on business and manifest needs. We have two more Falcon launches to go in 2025 for extra credit for a total of 1-6-7 🤣! Worth noting that SL6-99 was also our last single stick from 39A for some time as we put full focus on Falcon Heavy launches and ramping Starship from the Cape!
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app.This will be the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES O3b mPOWER-E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, mPOWER-D, CRS-33, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
