 SpaceX's starlink is expanding fast. Is the Boca Chica concrete finally going to be protected? There's a new European startup that's just received funding, and a lot more is coming up in Monday's tomorrow's Space News. We'll get on to the lack of static fire in a second, but first, chip 28's nose cone has been scooting over to high bay one potentially for stacking operations. So then, the big talking point of the week, the 33 engine static fire or the lack of the 33 engine static fire. During the downtime, a couple wraps of two engines underneath Booster 7, the Super Heavy Booster currently slated to perform the orbital flight test, have been swapped out with brand new ones. It's not been confirmed whether or not the swaps have been because of dodgy data and the wet dress rehearsal, or newer engines are just available to be used. There's one thing we do know, however. The concrete under the pad is going to be under a lot of pressure, with 33 of some of the world's most powerful rocket engines firing away. So what can we do to suppress those forces? The port of Brownsville has seen the arrival of a barge which started its journey at the turn basin at the Kennedy Space Centre. On board are some tanks, the beginnings of a transport stand, and some water deluge pipes. I wonder what they'll be used for? These were later delivered to the launch site by truck. Some new foundations have been laid near the orbital pad, which in conjunction with the arrival of the water deluge plumbing has led people to incorrectly assume that some kind of water tower is being constructed here. That's not the case, however, as what will actually be put here are those white tanks we saw arriving on the barge. Enough of the ship, let's look at the link as it's been expanded to three countries and another airline in just seven days. Nigeria has approved the space-based internet service, becoming the first nation on the African continent to do so. According to data from speedtest.net, the average internet connection in Nigeria achieved 11.4 megabits per second download and 9.87 megabits per second upload, which is far lower than the capabilities of the Stalin constellation. The South American continent has also become more accessible, with Colombia accepting the service within its borders. The country isn't the first on the continent, however, which has already seen service provided to the majority of Brazil, Peru, Chile, and French Guiana. And the third country to join the Cool Kids Club is Italy. This addition makes Stalin available to the vast majority of Europeans, with the only areas currently off-limits being Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the northern half of the Shetlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Belarus, and that little awkward sticky-out bit of Turkey that's technically classed as Europe. Apart from Belarus, all those countries and regions will be getting Stalin soon, however. The newest airline to sign up for the Stalin aviation service is Zip Air, a Japanese low-cost carrier based out of Tokyo Narita Airport. Free Internet is already available on board all of their flights, which are performed with a fleet of four Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners. Zip Air is aiming to increase the connectivity speed on board all of their aircraft by introducing Stalin, allowing customers to do more whilst they're flying in the air. With the announcement from AirBall took only a few weeks ago, it seems that airlines are starting to catch the Stalin bug, so who do you think will announce a partnership next? The exploration company is a new aerospace startup based out of Munich, Germany, and Bordeaux, France. They've recently secured a €40.5 million investment through some Series A funding, helping them to get their nicks capsule off the ground. Their first mission is planned to be a ride share on the inaugural flights of the Ariane 6 with a 40kg 60cm diameter re-entry demonstrator called Bikini. I'm not kidding. The data gathered during this test flight will go on to aid their next flight, which is going to be an impugned demonstrator capsule measuring in at 2.5m across. This will be launched on a Falcon 9 in 2024. And then finally in 2026, the first full flight of their full-scale NIC spacecraft will commence weighing in at 8 metric tonnes. Eventually, the exploration company hopes to have nicks operating as a modular, reusable and refuelable vehicle capable of carrying cargo and crew to multiple space stations orbiting Earth, all for the low cost of €20,000 per kilo. Their ambitions aren't just locked into low Earth orbit, however, as they want to deliver payload to the lunar gateway and to the lunar surface. They're predicting that nicks will have the performance to deliver 2 tons to the moon and 5.5 tons to Gateway, all for just €150,000 per kilo. SmallSat launch provided a virgin orbit to receive another investment from the virgin group, this time being a sum of US$10 million. And this has become a frequent occurrence, with US$25 million being invested last November and another US$20 million being invested in December. With their recent failure on January 9th, they also won't be launching for a while, reducing their earnings from customers. This would have also been made worse by the amount of time they were waiting in Cornwall for their launch licence, meaning they couldn't get back to Mojave for more launches. I'm hoping that with the financial mass of the virgin group behind them, virgin orbit will be able to succeed and start to compete with the current dominant force in the SmallSat launching industry, Rocket Lab. Their ability to launch from anywhere on Earth will open up new opportunities for projects from places you wouldn't even think of launching traditionally, and for that capability to no longer be available would be a big shame to the countries who are looking forward to their own domestic space capability. Time for space traffic, and wow, what a surprise it's another Starlink launch, but with a big milestone attached as this was the 200th launch attempt of the Falcon 9. Only 49v1.5 satellites were inside the payload fairing, but there's a good reason for that, as there was a rideshare payload as well. Why on SCV009, a 64-unit cubesat dispenser from D orbit? Once deployed from the second stage of the Falcon 9, it deployed satellites individually, whilst changing its orbital parameters to meet the client's respective demands. I do wonder if the company had thought through their name, as I'm pretty sure none of D orbits customers would like their payloads de-orbited. All of the payloads aboard were launched on the 31st of January at 1615 UTC from SpaceLodge Complex 4 east of the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. They were delivered to an initial 339x327km 70-degree orbit before deploying from the second stage of the Falcon 9, where I'm glad to say none of them de-orbited. After serving its purpose well, Booster B1071 concluded its seventh flight, touching down on, of course, I still love you, off the coast of Baja California in the Pacific Ocean. The fairings were scooped up by the West Coast Support Ship, NRC Quest. This was SpaceX's 94th consecutive booster landing, so fingers crossed they can keep up the streak and make it to the big 100. Next up was another launch from SpaceX, and another launch of a batch of Starlake satellites. This time, it was for Mission 3 of Group 5, filled to the brim with B2 mini-satellites. Launching at 0758 on Thursday 2nd of February, all 53 satellites were delivered to their initial 325x343km 43-degree orbit, whilst the first stage, B1069, returned to Earth, concluding its flight on a shortfall of Gravitas. The fairings were scooped up by Support Ship, Bob. Don't worry, it's not another Starlake launch. Instead, the Proton was launching for the first time this year, as its 0912 UTC on Friday, Electro L No. 4, was launched on this Proton M from Site 8124 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 3-ton payload is a weather satellite joining a constellation that has been launching over the last decade. This specific satellite was delivered to a 166-degree geosynchronous orbit. Coming up over the next seven days, SpaceX are launching Amazonas Nexus from Cape Canaveral, Roscosmos are launching the Progress MS-22 resupply mission to the International Space Station, the IRSRO are launching EOS 7 and a rideshare payload on an SSLV, SpaceX could be launching Starlake Group 5 Mission 4 on Saturday, and because of a delay with the Mitsubishi launch, that's all of the launches for the next week. As always, thank you to the citizens of tomorrow who helped to fund the show. If you want access to some cool perks alongside your regular tomorrow experience, consider joining the Grand Support Suborbital, Orbital Escape Velocity or Cloud Pro Plus citizens. Or for as little as 99 US cents per month, you could join the system support members and still get access to our always-entertaining post-life show member hangout. You can find out more information at the join button below or join .tmorrow.tv. 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