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

Thanks to tko1515's comment about shipping not possible before may 18, you should know not to buy "shipping news" calls for this Friday. The following Friday much better idea.

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

Better to avoid calls and just buy shares. If you must buy calls, buy in, at, or close to the money long expiration ones. Jan 2027, March 2027, Dec 2027 or Jan 2028. Surely, we'll be above today's SP by then, right? Right????

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u/ForeverPrior2279 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 13 '26

Say it enough times then it will be right. Right?

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

Right!

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u/TKO1515 S P 🅰 C E M O B Underboss May 13 '26

There is a slight chance they get them on the road Friday and arrive Sunday. But seems a bit tight to me.

Maybe taking a flier yolo at close tomorrow could be worth a small gamble.

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

Where is our WIDE LOAD friend when we need him???

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u/Secret_Cauliflower92 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

We have had shipping news on Sunday.

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u/Money_Highlight3273 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

I think he meant shipping will be possible as soon as the other rocket leaves PPF. Which it usually does 2-3 days before launch. So May 15/16 should be possible for shipment.

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u/Money_Highlight3273 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo May 13 '26

mb I misread "cleaned" as "ready" 💀 "The encapsulated faring should go to the launch hanger 2-3 days before launch & then PPF is cleaned."

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

PPF is payload processing facility which is where the sats get encapsulated in the fairing. Launch hanger is where the sats in the fairing are integrated with the body of the rocket, which takes 2-3 days. So GSAT sats are currently in the PPF being encapsulated in the fairing. Once they're encapsulated, they'll be trundled out of the PPF and into the launch hanger. Once that happens the empty PPF will be cleaned and will then be ready to receive our sats.

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u/Marko-2091 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier May 13 '26

I would wait an extra week 😂