Kiko Dontchev
@TurkeyBeaver
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VP of Launch @ SpaceX and father of Finn and Otie
Cocoa Beach, FL
Joined January 2018
I recently did a talk at Summit on SpaceXs approach to exponential growth, specially the “algorithm”. Check it out! If you’re interested in joining the best team in the Universe, don’t hesitate to reach out https://t.co/IVXMMF1GkY
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The @SpaceX recovery and @Starlink team consistently deliver absolutely insane videos from the middle of the Indian Ocean. Hard to overstate the learning and inspiration gained from these videos.
Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean
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Congrats @SpaceX on an epic doubleheader between Starship and Falcon! 🚀🚀🚀
Successful deployment of all KF-03 satellites confirmed
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Awesome look inside of the bakery at the Cape!
World’s most advanced bakery
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Another major step toward landing Americans on the Moon’s south pole. The progress @SpaceX demonstrated with today's Starship test is critical for our Artemis missions. While we prepare for Artemis II, every flight strengthens our progress on Artemis III, and beating China
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!!!! 🚀🚀🚀🚀!!!!
Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting eleventh flight test of Starship!
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SPLASHDOWN AND TOTAL SUCCESS — Starship’s V2 era ends with a success, splashing down on-target in the Indian Ocean, setting up SpaceX for V3 flights from Pad 2 at Starbase in the coming months. Congrats, SpaceX team!
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Super Heavy completes a successful hover and splashdown off the shore of Starbase! An epic explosion followed, as planned. 💥😎
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My best sighting of a Starlink satellite "train" from orbit!
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The @starlink direct to cell constellation is the largest provider of 4G services in the world. Thanks to our partners across 5 continents (and growing).
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Congrats to the entire @SpaceX team for another 16 Falcon launch/month. We were one tropical system away from hitting 17 in September, but we’ll take recovery impacts over landfall any day! Special shout out to the entire west coast team for their first ever 8 launch/month.
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In less than 25 hours, Space Launch Delta 45 supported three launches from three pads by two different providers. Sept. 24, 7:30 AM EDT -- Falcon 9 IMAP Sept. 25, 4:39 AM EDT -- Falcon 9 Starlink 10-15 Sept. 25, 8:09 AM EDT -- Atlas V KA-03 @USSpaceForce @USSF_SSC @usairforce
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Falcon 9 launches NASA’s IMAP mission to study the sun at 7:30:50am ET this morning 🚀☀️
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Great work by the @SpaceX team!
The latest rocket launch market share report just dropped 🚀 SpaceX launched 88.5% of all satellites in Q2, on track to hit the 90% share @ElonMusk predicted for the rest of 2025. By weight lofted to orbit, SpaceX did 86% of the global total. And it’s a power law; once you
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Congrats to the new @NASA astronaut class, with a special shout out to the two @SpaceX alums, Anna and Yuri!
.@NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United States. https://t.co/V0aA9KXT3L
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