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Falcon 9 rocket soars from Vandenberg SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
A Falcon 9 rocket was launched Friday afternoon from Vandenberg Space Force Base, prompting the first round of cheering and applause from the control room. More reasons to cheer would come minutes later. The rocket brought 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4 East.
The launch, which took place during good weather, marked the 56th Starlink mission and SpaceX’s 36th launch in 2022. At just under one minute into the launch, the Falcon 9 exceeded the speed of sound. At approximately 1 minute, 15 seconds into the launch, the Falcon reached MAXQ (the maximum dynamic pressure it will feel during flight). At approximately 2 minutes in, the Falcon was soaring at almost 5,000 kilometers per hour.
MECO (main engine cut off) occurred at approximately 2 minutes, 30 seconds into the launch. At approximately 2 minutes, 40 seconds, stage separation was confirmed, and again there was cheering and applause from the control room. At approximately 2 minutes, 50 seconds in, the second engine startup or (merlin vacuum engine startup) occurred. At approximately five minutes in, the reusable, first stage was coasting back to Earth, with the second stage accelerating under power of the merlin vacuum engine.
The rocket’s reusable first stage has previously launched 10 times with “quite a repertoire of launches under its belt,” according to the announcer. At approximately 6 minutes, 30 seconds, the start of the first stage entry burn began. This was approximately a 20-second burn, where three engine burn slows the first stage down as it enters the upper parts of earth’s atmosphere. The speed of the first stage decreased significantly as it entered the earth’s atmosphere. At approximately eight minutes in, the first stage’s speed
Parklets vs. parking Merchants, restaurateurs, city of Santa Barbara discuss Coast Village Road’s future
reached speeds near or below speed of sound. The first stage landed on a drone ship, and that was at 8 minutes, 30 seconds after the launch — to more cheers and applause. “That was an amazing view of the first stage landing, thanks to our Starlink satellites,” said the announcer. It was the 57th first stage landing on the ship Of Course I Still Love You and the 56th overall Starlink mission landing. email: kzehnder@newspress.com
$740 billion green energy bill passes Legislation now heads to Biden’s desk By DAN MCCALEB CENTER SQUARE EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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Merchants and restaurateurs are looking at whether the future of Coast Village Road lies with parklets or the restoration of parking spaces. Above is a parklet at Jeannine’s Restaurant & Bakery.
By JARED DANIELS NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
City officials and more than a dozen individuals representing retail, restaurants, and residents met in a conference room at the Montecito Inn on Friday to discuss the ongoing debate surrounding restaurant parklets on Coast Village Road. At the heart of the morning conversation was the impact that the COVID-era parklets are having on the already scarce parking availability of Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle, which has also been exacerbated by ongoing construction on Highway 101. While the atmosphere of the hour-long
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forum remained civil, retail store owners and restaurateurs were clearly divided over whether the parklets should remain. Retail owners said they supported the parklets when indoor dining was restricted due to the pandemic. But they added that the time had come to remove the parklets to free-up parking spaces that help bring in customers to retail and other business establishments along Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle. The Montecito streets are within the city limits of Santa Barbara. “Overall, my impression is that the city in establishing the parklet program at the time they did during the pandemic was absolutely the right decision, and I think it helped and
saved a lot of restaurants, and that was great to see,” K. Frank clothing proprietor Kevin Frank told the News-Press after the forum. “But now as tourism has returned and the street and our town are significantly more busy, the loss of parking has created a hardship on the community and all the businesses, with the exception of those restaurants (with parklets), for equal access to the street.” However, despite his stance, Mr. Frank also expressed disappointment in the fact that there didn’t appear to be a readily available solution to the parklet issue short of their removal. Please see PARKLETS on A4
(The Center Square) — The U.S. House passed a $740 billion package Friday that raises taxes on large businesses, funds green energy initiatives, allows the federal government to set caps on certain prescription drugs and doubles the size of the Internal Revenue Service to expand audits. The measure, dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, passed strictly along party lines, 220207, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed. In its analysis, the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model reported it would actually increase inflationary price hikes over the next two years. The Senate added amendments to the measure on Sunday before passing it along party lines and sending it back to the House for Friday’s concurrence vote. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden, who’s said he would sign it into law. This “is a robust cost-cutting package that meets the moment, ensuring that our families survive and that our planet survives,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said moments before the vote. Republicans disagree. “Remember this day,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said, “when Democrats jammed through a 700-page bill that raises your taxes and doubles the size of the IRS.” Among other provisions, the act authorizes spending of $386 billion for clean energy and climate initiatives, including more than $270 billion in tax credits for manufacturing solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, green energy technologies and electric vehicles. Republicans say the increased spending is corporate welfare and will add to elevated inflation. The act would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to set caps on the prices of several prescription drugs, including a monthly $35 cap on insulin copays for individuals. Critics say the caps
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will discourage pharmaceutical companies from investing in new drug development and lead to higher health care costs in the future. It imposes a 15% minimum income tax on companies with revenue over $1 billion. And it provides $80 billion to the IRS to hire roughly 87,000 new auditors. The Biden administration argues the funds gained from auditing Americans will more than pay for the $80 billion in new spending, but critics say small businesses and middle class families will pay the price. email: dmccaleb@ thecentersquare.com.
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Wednesday’s SUPER LOTTO: 3-11-21-23-45 Meganumber: 14
Friday’s DAILY 4: 7-1-0-8
Friday’s MEGA MILLIONS: 23-24-50-54-64 Meganumber: 3
Friday’s FANTASY 5: 9-23-26-27-37
Wednesday’s DAILY DERBY: 00-00-00 Time: 0:00.00
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