NASA’s Artemis Mobile Launcher, on its way from pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building, photobombs pad 39A where SpaceX was erecting a Falcon 9 rocket for launch later today to put 40 OneWeb internet relay satellites into orbit (fixing typo)
Rocket looking good!! 🚀🚀 @OneWeb @SpaceX
Team of rivals? OneWeb's chief technology officer @M_Ladovaz had effusive praise for SpaceX when I spoke to him today.SpaceX designed a brand new satellite dispenser for OneWeb in just a few months. It has a simpler separation sequence & holds 40 sats.spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/08/fal…
In a pre-launch interview, @M_Ladovaz of OneWeb said:"Honestly, it’s incredible what SpaceX can achieve in such a short amount of time ... It’s in another dimension compared to other launch vehicle providers.”https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/08/falcon-9-oneweb-15-coverage/
Pad photo from SpaceX's mission page. But I'm not sure if it really is from this mission. SpaceX sometimes reuses old photos.
A moment of madness this morning at KSC!The mobile launcher, a Falcon 9 going vertical and what appears to be a Falcon Heavy center core 😲 all meet at Launch Complex 39! @NASASpaceflightHighlight from SCL. You'd be be amazed at what you might see: nsf.live/spacecoast
Doug is positioned downrange, near Cuba, to recover the fairing from the OneWeb launch in a few hours!
