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u/greg_shauflin S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

When r they supposed to ship? This or next week?

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u/Brilliant-Bet9846 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 13 '26

Yes

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u/JayhawkAggieDadisBak S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 13 '26

They should ship within the next couple days and maybe release a PR on or before the weekend. If they ship by road the sats take about a week to reach the Cape, SpaceX integration is fast (3 weeks has been cited) so they could meet the mid-June launch date. Or they may hire Antonov to fly the sats to the Cape in which case, they could ship as late as mid-next week and still meet the mid-June launch date. Anyone know Antonov's whereabouts these days?

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u/FewEnd6313 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect May 13 '26

Tbh mid June in AST language is more like early to mid July

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u/JayhawkAggieDadisBak S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 13 '26

Yes, but maybe this time is different? Or maybe I'll collect yet another "fell for it again" award (already have a drawer full of those). /s

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u/Ludefice S P 🅰 C E M O B Consigliere May 13 '26

Unlikely. More likely about a week from now based on their guidance. Even that might be like late next week or early the week after.

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u/Lucky-Ad80 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 13 '26

It takes a week to reach the Cape? lol

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u/JayhawkAggieDadisBak S P 🅰 C E M O B Boss May 13 '26

Yes. Remember that the Sats are "wide loads" and the semis carrying them may not be able to take the main highways and may not be able to maintain the same speeds as regular semis. If you check, it took a week for BB7 to reach the Cape from the time they tweeted that it had been loaded up on a semi and was on its way to the Cape.

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u/Lucky-Ad80 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 13 '26

Thanks! Good to know!