“Congratulations Jeff and the Blue Origin team!” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
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■ TESLA $TSLA ($401.99, -6.64%):
– Felix Le Merle (@FelixLeMerle), Tesla’s Staff Business Development Manager for Amsterdam, North Holland, and the Netherlands, led EMEA partners on tours of the Shanghai Megafactory to see Megapack production firsthand. He wanted them to see the manufacturing processes and operational scaling for the global energy transition. “We’ve now scaled Megapack production across Lathrop, California and Shanghai to over 80 GWh, or roughly 20,000 Megapacks annually, with our third Megafactory in Houston already under construction and targeted to start production in late 2026.” Participants included Tesla’s Mike Toomey, Muhammad Junaid, Rabih Bou Said (@RabihBOUSAID), Laura Rivera Díez, Gabriele S., David Arnaud (@netdadou), Mars Li, and the Shanghai teams.
– Itay Raved (@itayraved), Tesla’s Israel Country Manager, announced the opening of the new Tesla Center Kiryat Ata. It will operate as a sales and service hub in northern Israel. The sales floor and showroom are currently open to customers, featuring a Model Ys and 3s, with the dedicated service center becoming fully operational in the coming weeks. A grand opening event is scheduled for December 19th.
– Esther Rebers (@EstherRebers) posted a pic of Model Ys at the harbor of Rostock, Germany. Many heading north to Sweden and Norway. Later today Captain Arve 𝕏 (@captainarve) reported that the Seine Highway ship arrived in Trondheim today carrying a large shipment of Teslas. Norway’s impending end to VAT exemptions for EVs this year has triggered a massive rush for deliveries before December 31st. Great work guys!
– Plus Power secured $160 million in tax equity investments from Morgan Stanley to fund two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in New England. The financing allocates $95 million to Cranberry Point Energy Storage in Carver, Massachusetts, a 150MW/300MWh facility using 82 Megapack 2XL units, and $65 million to Cross Town Energy Storage in Gorham, Maine, a 175MW/350MWh project representing the region’s largest BESS, with commercial operations slated for late Q4 2025.
– Tesla Australia announced their are now over 150k Teslas on their roads.
■ SPACEX:
– SpaceX Team members on the successful launch, and landing of New Glenn 2 by Blue Origin today:
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Elon, “Congratulations Jeff and the Blue Origin team!“
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Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell), COO & President, “Magnificent!“
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Jon Edwards (@edwards345), VP of Falcon and Dragon, “Congratulations to the Blue Origin team! Recovering an orbital-class rocket is incredibly hard. Well done! We as Americans should be very proud of what we are accomplishing in space.”
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Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver), VP of Launch, “Well said JEdwards! Congrats Blue Origin on achieving orbital rocket reusability! This milestone moves the country and industry forward to aircraft like operations and cheaper, more available launch!“
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Kate Tice (@kate_tice), Sr Manager, Quality Systems Engineering, “Hoping my friends at Blue Origin remember to hydrate during their well-deserved celebrations tonight 🙂 What a landing! Commercial space is so exciting right now.”
– Yesterday, SpaceX performed a 78 second static fire of a new Falcon 9 booster at the McGregor, Texas, test facility. NSF says it is either B1099 or B1101. Video from NSF’s (@NASASpaceflight) live feed.
– Last night at Starbase, the Starship Cryogenic Test Stand was moved from Massey’s test site to the production site. Starship Gazer (@StarshipGazer) and Jordan Guidry (@Jordanguidry6).
– Both of Pad 2’s Booster QD hoods were delivered to the launch complex last night. Pic by Amy (@mymatrixplug).
– Today in Brussels, the first public hearing on the EU Space Act convened under rapporteur Elena Donazzan, featuring SpaceX as a key participant alongside European agencies like EUSPA and ESA, companies such as Leonardo, OHB, Arianespace, Qascom, ISAR, Eutelsat, and Viasat, industry associations ASD-Eurospace and GSOA, and research body INFN. SpaceX contributed to the constructive debate by offering insights on refining the regulation’s text to enhance safety, resilience, and sustainability, emphasizing simplification of rules and allocation of dedicated funding to bolster Europe’s space sector competitiveness and growth. This input aligned with the consensus call for a balanced framework to foster innovation and job creation.
Starbase City Commission Meeting (Located at The Hub, 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521):
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City Commission Regular Meeting, November 19, 2025 7:00 PM
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City Commission Regular Meeting, December 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Countdown to 180 (144 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 5 – Starship):
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Launch 150! Friday, 14th of November, at 10:01 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-85 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Launch 151! Friday, 14th of November, at 10:01 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-89 will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Launch 152! Sunday, 16th of November, at 7:21 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Sentinel-6B will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will return-to-site (RTS) and land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992. Live link is already posted HERE.
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Launch 153! Tuesday, 18th of November, at 6:29 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-94 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Launch 154! Wednesday, 19th of November, at 10:18 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Transporter 15 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX’s 15th dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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Launch 155! Wednesday, 19th of November, at 2:00 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-30 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.
■ THE BORING COMPANY:
– This is not new, but MSM has jumped on it. So let’s remove the drama and state the known facts.
TBC refuted Nevada OSHA’s May 28th, 2025, issuance of three chemical burns suffered by two firefighters during a December 10th, 2024, tunnel training exercise. TBC provided nearly 1,000 pages of documentation evidencing safety briefings, protective equipment issuance, and tunnel-clearing efforts, while attributing planning breakdowns to the Clark County Fire Department.
The company deemed the proposed $425,595 fines “absurd“ and “false,” in a detailed 25-page slide deck presented at a May 29th, 2025, collaborative meeting with state officials including Nevada Governor’s office infrastructure coordinator Chris Reilly, a former Tesla employee, and TBC President Steve Davis. The citations were withdrawn following a pre-meeting legal review determining they failed legal requirements and overlooked submitted materials.
What MSM has jumped on is that it was outside of the standard appeals process. Nevada OSHA didn’t properly document the removal of the citations. A document in the case file did not show a meeting with Steve Davis and the governor’s office. The meeting information was added later.
You can draw a lot of conclusions, but OSHA did not follow the standard procedures.
■ NEURALINK:
– Another video drop by Rocky Stoutenburgh, aka Rockynohands (@RockyNoHands). Not sure who is controlling the arm, but yes, Convoy is the project Neuralink is developing to allow users control of augmentations. Sick!
– Yvonne Seo (@yvonneyseo) “I’m challenging myself to write weekly on Substack for the next 6 months: mixing life, work, and whatever I’m learning/ reading. This week’s piece starts with my husband getting a distinguished alumni award at UC Berkeley, detours into my Michael Levin obsession, and somehow ends with parenting + AI alignment. Random? Yes. Fun? Absolutely.“
Neuralink co-founder, DJ Seo (@djseo) replied, ““agency without aligned values creates rogue paths”, “defining where the “I” ends and the “not-I” begins, and helping that boundary expand over time””
■ STARLINK:
– Kamran Cheema, CEO of Akoustis Technologies (@AkoustisTechCrp), visited the Starlink Factory in Bastrop, Texas, stating “Akoustis’s XBAW filters will enable the next gen Sats – inspiring!“ SpaceX acquired the assets of Akoustis Technologies in May 2025 through its subsidiary, Tune Holdings. Akoustis’s role is to provide patented XBAW RF filters for Starlink. XBAW technology employs MEMS-based thin-film processes for high-frequency (1.5-20GHz+), ultra-wideband, and high-power filters optimized for 5G, Wi-Fi 7, and satellite applications, with superior resonator performance including enhanced coupling and Q factors. Pic by Kamran from his visit.
– Starlink’s usage in Myanmar has fallen nationwide by approximately 50% in the past month, dropping from around 20,000 active users to 10,000, primarily due to regulatory crackdowns targeting scam centers. Myanmar’s military government, in coordination with Thai authorities, raided over 40 scam facilities in October alone. The junta’s communications ministry now requires official registration for all terminals, limiting access mostly to border areas and legitimate businesses. Scam operators have started to shift to alternatives like VSAT or smuggled Chinese satellite services.
– Starlink Germany is now offering a Residential Lite (Rental) plan for €29/mo. with no contract term and a Standard Kit for free. The only upfront cost is a €19 shipping fee. New subscriber click HERE for a FREE month of service.
– Fly Alliance announced free complimentary Starlink on all its Starlink-equipped aircraft. As an authorized Starlink dealer, the company has installed the system on Ultra-Long-Range aircraft and plans expansions across its Heavy Jet fleet in coming months.
■ 𝕏:
– If you are not receiving X notifications or if the notifications are delayed more than a few minutes, Elon wants to know. Click HERE and give him feedback.
– X Champs Round 3, was today and featured a successful event with presentations, a fireside chat led by xAI co-founder and founding member, Toby Pohlen (@TobyPhln), plus nominations from agency partners; X’s Head of Agency Development, Cat Murray (@catmurray), thanked all presenters and partners.
– You can now do audio and video calls, plus send files via the new encrypted 𝕏 Chat on X Chat.
■ xAI:
– xAI Memphis participated in the YMCA and WREG News Channel 3’s Coat Drive, delivering coats to children in Memphis-Shelby County to ensure warmth during cold weather. Per The YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South (@YMCAMemphis), “Warming Hearts & Homes Across Memphis! Together, we’re keeping kids warm and futures bright!“ xAI team members include Briana Hamilton (@BreezyHam24) and Shea Carbognani (@shea_stock). Also driving the event was the man himself, Kemp Conrad (@kempsuper9).
– X Japan CEO Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama) noticed Ani (@a) was in the lobby at xAI last night. “Since Ani was there, we had our photo taken together.”
– Per Elon, “When Grokipedia is good enough (long way to go), we will change the name to Encyclopedia Galactica. It will be an open source distillation of all knowledge, including audio, images and video. Join xAI to help build the sci-fi version of the Library of Alexandria! Copies will be etched in stone and sent to the Moon, Mars and beyond. This time, it will not be lost.” Do Asimov proud and keep it named Encyclopedia Galactica.
– X Japan’s Head of Marketing, Yohei Takeshita (@airbreeze), spent three days at xAI’s Palo Alto office, observing development, new services, and passion. He became convinced through direct experience that no other company holds such vast potential. “Returning home with a sense of exhilaration from being in an environment where I can truly believe, from the bottom of my heart, that by fully fulfilling my role and identifying areas for collaboration to co-create, there is infinite fulfillment to be found.”
– Per Elon, “The first compelling Grok Imagine 30 min show is probably ~3 months away. 15 second Grok Imagine videos & much improved sound coming by next week.”
– You can now Long-Press on any image (Android and iOS) and be given the option to “Make Video with Grok”. You will have a video in less than 30 seconds.
– “False…” said Elon on a report claiming that xAI raised $15 billion in a series E funding round. Best part, when Reuters contacted xAI for comments, they got a reply of “Legacy Media Lies“.
■ ELON NEWS:
– Baron Capital announced a virtual fireside chat between Elon and Ron Baron at the Baron Conference 2025. Focus will be on the future. A livestream will be available on their X account @BaronCapital starting at 1:05 p.m. ET this Friday, November 14th.
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