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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:19am- Crane lifts large sheet of metal behind dog house. Moves out of sight behind the OLM. Cover for the deluge pipe vault?

2:02am- Crane leaves

3:21am- AWP goes back up to the back right rail of the tower

7:50am- Work continued on the top of the OLM and on the chopsticks overnight. Crews are also currently working on the BQD.

8:20am- Another roof piece lifted up to the new mega bay

10:28am- AWP goes up to just above the common dome area of B9. FTS work or testing?

11:07am- Another piece was lifted up to the new mega bay

1:02pm- 3rd piece lifted up to the new mega bay

1:54pm- AWP back up around the FTS location on B9

3:49pm- 4th piece lifted up to the new mega bay

4:28pm- Cross tie lifted up to the new mega bay for the 2 corner pieces that were lifted earlier

6:28pm- Chopsticks start rising

6:37pm- Chopsticks stop about equal with the top of the chines

6:57pm- Chopsticks rise another couple of feet

7:13pm- Rise another few feet

7:31pm- Chopsticks go back down

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

8:30am- Lifts were up to the top of the OLM and chopsticks overnight. A crane was also extended to the chopsticks but never lifted or lowered anything. So probably just support for whatever was being worked on. Paint crews are at work currently on the cryo leg. No lifts have gone up to the staircase in over 24 hours.

10:50am- Crane goes back up to the chopsticks

1:25pm- Literally watching paint dry. Lift has been up at the BQD as well.

2:00pm- Lift goes back up to the right rear chine. Hopefully someone will get a ground shot of what they’ve been doing because you really can’t tell on the video

3:00pm- Aerial work platform goes up near top of B9 and then starts coming down. Stopped at chopsticks

3:08pm- Stair section lifted into the new mega bay

3:48pm- Crane lifts part of the moveable rails (tank treads) on the left chopstick. Shifts it backwards

4:12pm- The LR11000 at the pad is on the move

4:36pm- LR11000 stops by deluge tank farm. Crane lowers from the chopsticks

10:05pm- Lots of workers have been walking around the top of the OLM. A scissor lift has been up under the piping to the left side of the staircase. Work also continues on the chopsticks with lifts going up and down. An aerial work platform is up by the back right rail on the tower that was inspected a few days ago. Finally a lift is up at the staircase and all is right in the world again. (Even though it looks like they just used it to lift equipment up to the doorway and they aren’t actually working on the staircase)

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

8:45am- Lifts were up at the chopsticks, OLM, and the right rear chine overnight. Workers were also seen on top of the OLM.

2:04pm- Crane lifts another staircase segment into the new mega bay

3:47pm- Aerial work platform goes up to the underside of the SQD arm

6:23pm- Crane arrives near the chopsticks

6:30pm- Lift goes up to the chopsticks

7:04pm- 2nd crane arrives. Mini excavator working over by the dog house. (Breaking up fondag?)

8:05pm- Crane lifts the hydraulic arm, that operates the booster alignment pin on the right side, off of the OLM

9:15pm- Crane lifts the left side alignment pin unit off

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:31am- Vent hose installed on the OLM

7:30am- Lots of welding on the staircase overnight. One lift was up at the dance floor and some welding flashes could be seen coming from there as well.

8:25am- Kettle boiler is lifted off a truck and sat on the ground on the lox side of the OTF

8:28am- 2nd kettle boiler arrives

8:38am- 3rd kettle boiler arrives

8:48am- Starlink box is on the move. Looks like it’s going to a storage area

9:08am- Second kettle boiler lifted off it’s truck

9:18am- Staircase section lifted into the new mega bay

9:28am- Kettle boiler lifted up on to it’s concrete base

9:48am- Second kettle boiler lifted up on to it’s concrete base

10:04am- Paint crew painting the new door on the OLM

10:25am- Staircase is getting a paint job as well

10:32am- Third kettle boiler is lifted up behind the first kettle boiler in the line starting a second row

1:03pm- Lift up at the tower (Looks like it’s inspecting the back right rail)

2:25pm- 2 more lifts up painting the OLM legs

4:28pm- The kettle boilers have been removed from their concrete stands

4:33pm- Worker on the SQD arm

4:42pm- Removing fence wreckage

5:51pm- Lift up to the chopsticks

8:25pm- Handrail like structure that was lifted up to the right chopstick a couple of days ago is removed. A worker is also grinding on the chopstick

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

4:23:30am- Pulling the legs out from under the front of the mid bay

4:29am- And down she goes in spectacular fashion

4:29:52am- Someone very appropriately yells Woo!!

4:33am- Excavators get to work clearing the mid bay

9:00am- Lifts were up under the OLM and at the chopsticks overnight. Things have been quiet this morning.

9:27am- Crane lifts something up to the chopsticks

10:40am- Lifts up on the backside of the OLM

11:59am- Lifts go down pad is quiet

2:45pm- Lift goes up on backside of OLM

3:14pm- Workers inspecting the blown over fence

9:10pm- OLM work continues. 3 lifts have been up to the OLM most of the evening.

10:19pm- Grinding and welding on the staircase. Looks like the upper crossbeams

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

10:49pm- Equipment being loaded on to the dance floor

2:31am- RIP tent 1

2:41am- Dance floor is being lifted. They didn’t raise it all the way up though.

3:33am- Dance floor stand rolls away

6:47am- Railing around the dance floor is up

7:02am- Welding tanks brought in

10:13am- Crane arrives in between the tower and back of the OLM

10:35am- Crane connected to something behind the doghouse.

10:40am- Lifts have been up inspecting all around the OLM. All of the welds on the staircase were checked. Workers have also been on top of the OLM. Vehicles have blocked the view of under the OLM all night.

11:07am- Crane lifts a flat metal rectangular frame to the backside of the OLM

11:16am- Lifts object up to the top back of the left chopstick (Maybe some kind of handrail?)

2:20pm- 3 lifts have been up at the pad and 1 at the chopsticks

3:02pm- Lift goes up to the back right chine

3:19pm- Stair section lifted into the new mega bay

6:20pm- 4 excavators are going to town clearing up the remains of tent 1

7:43pm- Crane lifts a similar piece of railing as earlier up to the right chopstick

9:40pm- Lifts still up at the OLM and chopsticks

11:32pm- Looks like 6 more beams still to be cut out before we may see an attempt at pulling the mid bay over.

Rover 1-

20:35- There is a sheriff at the entrance to the production site and sparks are flying at the front of the mid bay. Is it finally time?

22:20- Several beams have been removed on the side closest to Rover 1

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Apparently two engines shut down prematurely. Is that good enough for them to continue stacking? We should see soon enough.

https://x.com/spacex/status/1695158759717474379?s=46&t=Mj914Aam14loAYQOISZ9zQ

Yes looked great. Now hopefully a stack of ship 25 next week. A launch in September looks realistic, depending on FAA license…

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

12:32am- Finally turn the light off. Workers checking the area

1:32am- Pressure washer truck leaves

2:10am- Pad appears clear

6:12am- Don’t see any people but there were headlights off to the right of the pad

9:00:32am- FireX test

9:04am- Sheriff at the road block

9:11am- Pope stack venting

9:36am- Tank farm activity picking up

10:34am- OLM vent (Maybe 2 to 2.5 hours away)

11:24am- OLM vent stops. Propellant load should be starting

11:26am- Methane sub coolers going

11:30am- Frost ring on the Lox tank

11:39am- Frost ring on the methane tank

11:51am- Methane load complete

12:26pm- OLM vent returns. Propellant load should be done

12:36:08- FireX

12:36:23- Deluge

12:36:27- Static fire

12:39:10- Deluge ends

12:39:29- Depress

12:59pm- SQD arm swings away

1:11pm- Chopsticks closing

1:17pm- Chopsticks lowering

1:23pm- SQD arm swings back over the booster

1:27pm- Lift up at S25 (Hurry up with those tiles)

1:31pm- Chopsticks all the way down on the stop

1:36pm- Big purge from under booster

2:21pm- Another depress vent

3:00pm- Just a tiny bit of frost left on the lox tank

3:48pm- Road open

6:27pm- Tent 1 is starting to get torn down

6:30pm- Workers return to the pad

6:36pm- Dance floor rolling back under the pad

8:43pm- Workers walking around inspecting the area

9:12pm- Red caution tape being wrapped around the base of the OLM

9:28pm- Lifts going up

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

4:01am- LR11000 moves away from the pad

6:43am- Workers return to pad. Service trucks to the broken down lift

6:58am- Raptor install stand rolling over to the pad

7:15am- Lifts go up to the install stand

7:30am- Install stand rolls up to the the OLM

7:33am- Lift goes up to the top of the OLM

7:36am- The lift lives!! High five to my fellow mechanics!

7:50am- More lifts arrive and go up to the top of the OLM

8:18am- The remaining scaffolding on top of the OLM is coming down

8:46am- Workers working on the deluge plate?

9:00am- Raptor install stand moves under the pad

9:18am- Install stand rises up under the booster

9:45am- Here comes the engineers to look at things

9:50am- SPMT’s leaving the launch site

12:00pm- Raptor stand is still up under the vehicle and lifts have been going up and down from it. Workers have also been on top of the OLM.

1:13pm- Guy with a leaf blower blowing dust off the pad

1:37pm- Sweeper vehicle working along the edge of the pad

1:57pm- Work platform lowers on the install stand

2:49pm- Raptor install stand rolls out from under the OLM

3:00pm- Rolls all the way over to the sub orbital pads

3:24pm- Red caution tape wrapped around the bottom of the OLM

3:50pm- Workers at the SQD and on top of the OLM.

5:50pm- Workers have been inspecting something over by the tower and are still working on top of the OLM

6:30pm- Workers have set up a total station under the pad to survey/scan the area

7:04pm- Packing the scanner away. Would be interesting to know if they were just taking measurements or if they were using it to calibrate sensors

7:06pm- Power washer!! (It took 5 hours last time to clean the whole pad)

7:45pm- Lifts have come down from the top of the OLM. Workers still working under the pad though

8:14pm- Operation point lighting tower right at NSF camera is a success

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Yeah this is a really nice article. It’s easy to make fun of Boeing, but valves really are tricky in these conditions. Key is to be able to iterate quickly, and it sounds like NASA is happy with SpaceX in that regard.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

3:05am- Dance floor lowered on to its carrier

3:52am- Dance floor drives away

7:25am- Lifts were up most of the night and workers started to remove equipment from around the OLM.

10:04am- SQD arm swings out of the way

10:13am- Chopsticks go up

11:00am- One lift still at the pad and no sign of pressure washers yet. I also just noticed this morning that they put hesco barriers (the big dirt filled containers) in front of the container they brought over to the side of the pad the other night. Are they really thinking about leaving it there for a launch?

1:12pm- Workers removing the tarp that covers the deluge plate

1:25pm- Forklift hauling away the tarp

1:36:44pm- B9 ambient air depress vent?

1:37:49pm- Another vent

1:38pm- Grid fins tested

2:36:56pm- FireX test

2:57pm- Sheriff at the road block

3:16:34pm- Much larger FireX test

3:46pm- Adrian predicts that it will be at least 7pm cdt before a test occurs

5:06pm- OTF venting

5:18pm- Pope stack

6:16pm- OTF venting really picking up

6:37pm- OLM vent

7:25pm- OLM vent stops. Propellant loading should be under way. Appx 30 minutes until spin prime

7:34pm- Lox frost line

7:45pm- OLM vent. Propellant load should be done

7:48pm- Engine venting

8:11:15pm- FireX

8:11:34pm- Spin prime

8:13:31pm- Depress vent

8:18pm- Recondenser on

8:30:05- Purge vent test

8:46:35pm- Tower vent

8:50:03pm- Another purge vent test

9:51pm- 3rd purge test

10:04pm- Another depress vent

10:05pm- One stream of water from the FireX

10:42pm- Road open

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Short video of Booster 9 rolling out: https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1694019925667459409?s=46&t=Mj914Aam14loAYQOISZ9zQ

They can roll out to the launch pad today. There’s a possible closure tomorrow for a static fire.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

2:30am- Pad clear

6:14am- Lift goes up because not even a landfalling tropical storm can stop work on the staircase

7:15am- Lift goes back down

7:26am- Lift goes back up. More workers showing up under the pad

7:44am- Second lift goes up

10:05am- 2 lifts have been up at the OLM and 1 at the chopsticks. Crane is in position to lift the kettle boiler. B9 still tucked away in the mega bay as the rain continues to fall

10:54am- B9 rolls to the front of the megabay

11:03- B9 rolls out of megabay

11:24am- Turns on to Hwy 4

12:01pm- Chopsticks go up

12:30pm- Turns into the launch site

12:40pm- Arrives at the chopsticks

12:44pm- Drives in between the chopsticks

2:15pm- Chopsticks close

2:19pm- Chopsticks rise up to the lift points

3:57pm- Klaxon and PA announcements

4:48pm- Lift starts

4:52- Paused

5:11pm- Raising up again

5:14pm- Swinging open

5:17pm- Going up again

5:20pm- Swinging over the pad

5:30pm- Lowering

7:12pm- Chopsticks open and lower

7:21pm- SQD arm swings over

7:33pm- Lifts go up to the top of the OLM

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That’s very compelling, but I guess we won’t ever know. Regardless I’m happy they can try again soon, instead of having to work 2 weeks to restore the pad after each static fire.

I wouldn’t mind them spending the next few weeks just doing 5-10 static fires to make sure they got everything right.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

10:29pm- Scaffolding coming down off the top of the OLM

10:53pm- Workers working inside of the BQD

1:29am- Pickup brought in 2 enclosed trailers and left them at the edge of the pad

1:52am- Pick up brings in a flat trailer with equipment on it (to dark to see what kind of equipment)

2:00am- Welding continues on the staircase

2:29am- B9 rolls to the middle of the megabay

4:30am- OLM seems clear of workers

7:00am- Lift going back up

7:10am- B9 rolls back into the corner of the megabay

9:14am- Lift back up at S25 lift points

12:15pm- Things are quiet at the OLM. Just a couple lifts up. At the production site an excavator is still working on clearing up debris from tent 2.

12:31pm- Shipping container is moved from behind the midbay

1:00pm- 1 lift at the chopsticks and 1 lift at the OLM

3:20pm- A couple of lifts still going up and down to the OLM

4:53pm- BQD hood closes

5:55pm- 3 lifts up at the top of the OLM.

8:45pm- Pad looks to be clear in anticipation of the storm.

9:00pm- Future radar predicts outer bands hitting around 10:30pm and main storm starts around 3am.

9:35pm- Spoke to soon. Workers are back.

9:45pm- Lifts back up. Welding on the staircase resumes

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

7:39am- Staircase section lifted into the new mega bay

7:47am- Excavator with metal shears attachment starts tearing the siding off the mid bay

8:45am- 3 lifts were up and down from the OLM overnight

12:10pm- The 1st shift OLM crew seem to have taken the day off.

12:40pm- You can see orange dots spray painted on some of the beams of the midbay. Indicating where to cut?

2:15pm- One lift went up to the OLM and chopsticks for a bit.

2:31pm- Workers up at the BQD in a aerial work platform

2:50pm- Workers at the BQD working on the methane and oxygen fill lines and taping over the openings. Was weird, looked the lines had been completely disconnected from the plate and that they just reached thru the holes and pulled them back out and then taped them.

5:00pm- Worker up in a lift at the mid bay using a torch to cut some of the siding to expose the support beams more

6:09:48- Vent at the pad

6:13:25- BQD venting (So much for that tape job earlier)

7:06:25pm- RQD purge

7:53pm- Venting from the OTF

8:10pm- Venting dies off

8:39pm- Workers on top of the OLM

9:10pm- Lifts going up

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

9:30am- There were workers inspecting the pad shortly after the test and then there was 1 lift at the top of the OLM and 1 lift up at the chopsticks overnight. 1st shift started moving equipment back in when they arrived but they haven’t started any meaningful work as of yet. A lift has also been up at one of S25’s lift points this morning.

10:10am- I thought the lack of work on the OLM might be a sign that B9 would roll during the early closure but no sign of movement yet

11:45am- Lifts going up and down to the top of the OLM

1:07pm- Workers at the SQD

1:17pm- Side wing with the work platform swings away from the SQD

3:32pm- Crane returns to the launch pad

3:51pm- Crane removes a load from the dance floor

4:10pm- Crane removes a 2nd load of what looks like scaffolding pieces

4:22pm- 3rd load lifted and crane lowers

4:31pm- Crane leaves

5:00pm- Second closure window opens. B9 remains tucked away in the mega bay.

6:22pm- SPMT’s are still sitting outside of the mega bay. I think we can safely say they aren’t going to get B9 moved in the closure window.

6:32pm- Water truck filling up the plastic barriers around the mid bay.

8:00pm- Lifts have been up and down at the OLM. Water truck continues to fill the barriers around the mid bay. SPMT’s still sitting outside the mega bay.

9:30pm- 2 lifts have been up under the right side of the OLM working (on one of the pipes?)

10:30pm- Same 2 lifts up. Have moved to the back some

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Should be deluge. They don’t power wash the pad for anything else.

Edit- PA announced Deflector testing confirming deluge test

7:19pm- There’s still a tanker unloading at the deluge tank farm.

7:35pm- Tanker left/still one person under pad

8:18pm- Another tanker

8:35pm- Tanker leaving. Drone

8:43pm- PA announcement/Klaxon

9:07pm- System is being primed. Pad is wet

9:09pm- Whoosh

9:10:05pm- End (Looking at the replays, it looks like full pressure for around 25 seconds)

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New transport closure for tomorrow. I guess that’s to bring Booster 9 to the OLM for the next static fire (or spin prime?) on Monday.

https://www.cameroncountytx.gov/spacex/

Stuff is really starting to come together. Wonder how long it’ll take them to get the FAA license, but September doesn’t look crazy to me.