From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Alain Fournier submitted this idea :   
   > On 2024-07-12 3:36 a.m., Snidely wrote:   
   >> Thursday, the twice postponed Starlink Group 9-3 launch went up from   
   >> Vandenberg at the beginning of the window (no jellyfish for SoCal on this   
   >> one), and the booster (B1063 on its 19th flight) worked and was recovered.   
   >   
   > "Its 19th flight", and B1062 has flown 20 times. I think that is great. I   
   > wonder how much work needs to be done on those boosters for this. I know   
   > SpaceX says they don't need to be refurbished between flights. But an ICE car   
   > needs an oil change after something like 5000 km. I assume Falcon boosters   
   > have some kind of maintenance schedule of their own.   
   >   
   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
      
   There are occasional engine swaps.   B1063 took 58 days for it's   
   turnaround.  That much we know.   
      
   /dps   
      
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