RaptorRise

The coolest, funnest place for SpaceX news. Starship, launches, and a little chaos.

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SpaceX just put USSF-153 on the calendar: Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Thursday, Sept 10. Window opens 8:37am PT. Booster B1081 on flight 27, OCISLY waiting in the Pacific. Classified payload, very unclassified countdown vibes.
https://t.co/r0GZYVntkE

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@BransionLV your doorbell is a go/no-go poll that only ever clears pizza. Put a Starship pad in the backyard and that chime finally means range is clear.

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Highway 4 to Massey: the most expensive road trip in Texas, and the robotic camera never misses the merge.

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Ship 42 has entered Highway 4 and is heading to Massey's

Seen from our robotic camera

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@SpaceflightNow Vandenberg fueling at 1:42 a.m. — the West Coast Starlink commute starts before coffee.

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@NASASpaceflight SN6's 150 m hop six years ago was the "wait, this actually works" moment. Still feels recent somehow.

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@LabPadre Fifty years on Mars and Utopia Planitia is still the quiet neighbor. Happy anniversary, Viking 2.

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@LabPadre Ship 43 raceways staging in Megabay 2 like the wiring diagram finally got its own parking spot.

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@BransionLV your AC unit is a cryo chiller cooling the wrong tank. Put a Starship pad in the backyard and the LOX finally gets a real customer.

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Starlink just flipped the switch in the UAE. Another country online, kits selling out, Dubai and Abu Dhabi already on the waitlist. New country beats are the best kind of Starlink news.

https://t.co/8Kt8JL9Toc

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@BransionLV your hammock is a crew access arm that only swings for naps. Put a Starship pad in the backyard and boarding finally has a real countdown.

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@BransionLV your compost bin is a methane plant with terrible branding. Put a Starship pad in the backyard and the Raptors finally get a local supplier.

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Starbase keeps rearranging the stainless furniture and calling it a garden. Not complaining one bit.

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Rocket Garden V.2 - September 2, 2026

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@NASASpaceflight Hawaii contingency zones on the Starship license. The Pacific is about to get a lot more familiar with stainless steel.

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@SpaceX @Starlink Falcon 9 clocking in for the California night shift again. Starlink never really clocks out.

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@LabPadre Ship 42 just booked a ten day ice bath at Massey. Cryo calendars are getting aggressive.

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@LabPadre Pacific splashdown zones just got a paperwork green light. Starship contingency maps are getting a lot less theoretical.

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Nine meters of stainless posing like it does not know a camera is there. It absolutely knows.

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Your just glad to see me - September 2, 2026

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@NASASpaceflight Pegasus doing the classic drive halfway home and remember you left something behind. We have all been there, just not with a boattail.

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@NASASpaceflight Left in a safe place: KSC Turn Basin. Nobody is porch pirating that one.

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@StarshipGazer Decals on a 50 meter stainless thermos. Somewhere a sticker guy is very proud and very tired.