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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

8:08am- 2 SPMT’s with counterweights headed to Massey’s. It was a slow night at the OLM as far as lifts going up.

11:59am- Dance floor lowered on to its carrier

12:28pm- Rolling out from under the OLM

2:23pm- 3rd section of the 5th floor of the new mega bay is lifted

3:09pm- Clear pad announcement

4:56pm- Pope stack venting

5:30pm- Venting can be heard and lifts are up at S25

5:54pm- S28 getting frosty at Masseys

6:02:32pm- Something went bang on both SBL and Rover 2. (18:02:28 on Rover 2. Not quite as loud as on SBL)(One of the mods on SBL said it was just a dumpster lid. Which Jack was out there according to his Instagram. On Rover 2 though, 2 people look up towards the OLM and back away.)

7:09:13pm- B9 igniter test

7:20pm- S28 full frosty

9:15pm- S28 still holding at full frost

11:10pm- Frost on S28’s methane tank decreasing

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

12:15am- OLM vent starts

12:25am- OLM vent stops

12:59am- Lifts go back up. Looks like it was just a quick test during the time that is normally dinner break.

8:04am- Concrete pump truck goes up over by the deluge tank farm

10:35am- Inspection plates going back on the cryo leg

11:45am- Lifts have been up at the OLM and S25. Looks like they are starting to remove the scaffolding around B9’s lox hatch.

12:05pm- Pump truck went down

4:25pm- Lifts have been up all around the OLM, at the top of the raceway on S25, and around the hot stage test article at Massey’s. No cables have been connected on the can crusher that we can see yet.

11:22pm- Lots of work on the hot stage ring test article still. Haven’t seen any welding flashes but it seems they are trying to secure it somehow. Lifts still going up all around the OLM and to the dance floor. All the scaffolding has been removed from the top though and the final cryo leg inspection plates reinstalled

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What do we make of this? Is the hot stage ring detachable in general?

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

9:45am- Work continues on the OLM and B9. The squid was disconnected from S25 and reinstalled again overnight. Workers are working on one of the tracking dishes. No signs of anything ready to roll 45 minutes into the current closure.

2:06pm- 26.1 aft skirt being lifted onto the hot stage test article at Massey’s.

3:47pm- Top of can crusher lifted on to the hot stage test article

4:28pm- Vent hose removed from B9

5:16pm- Lox hatch being reinstalled on B9

10:00pm- Work continues on the OLM, Chopsticks, and the SQD. 2 more inspection plates were reinstalled on the cryo leg while the cameras were focused on Massey’s. That leaves 3 to go but the top 2 look like the scaffolding will have to be removed before they can go back on.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

8:45am- Lifts went up, lifts went down. Work on B9’s lox tank continued. Aerial work platform back up at B9’s methane tank area.

11:15am- Hot staging test article lifted onto the crusher at Massey’s

12:22pm- Starlink dispenser rolled back into the payload building

4:07pm- Hot staging ring removed from test article. (Okay going back and looking at the pictures from yesterday, I didn’t even notice that it was just being held by chains)

5:00pm- Crews have been working on B9, OLM, and the SQD. Paint crews have been up at the OTF. New black and red scissor lift arrived along with 3 new black tool boxes. (New sub contractor?)

5:04pm- Hot staging ring being lifted back on

9:15pm- OLM and B9 work continues. Crane moved something behind the OLT but couldn’t see what.

10:00pm- Intermittent road delay window opens. S25 is still on Stand B.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

7:35am- Nothing to big to report from last night. Workers have been welding the shielding installed on the new staircase leg most of the night. Shielding was also reinstalled on the leg to the right of the staircase. People could be seen up on the dance floor and top of the OLM as well.

11:45am- (SpongeBob 4 hours later meme) Either they are just taking it easy today or they really are done with most of the big stuff.

4:30pm- One inspection plate was added back to the cryo leg. That leaves 4 more to go. Work on the OLM and dance floor has continued.

7:35pm- A couple lifts went up and down. A forklift drove around with nothing on the forks. First shift workers on top of the OLM and at B9 seemed to call it early. (Let’s see if second shift is any more exciting)

9:01pm- 26.1 skirt and B11 hot stage test article roll out on Hwy 4 headed to Massey’s

10:15pm- Turn into Massey’s

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

11:00pm- Vent line added back from B9 to OLM

11:29pm- S28 almost frost free

1:25am- Concrete truck shows up to fill area around doghouse

2:45am- Second concrete truck arrives for the other side of the doghouse

3:30am- First inspection plate going back on the cryo leg

3:46am- Second plate goes up

4:20am- 3rd plate goes up

5:16am- 3rd concrete truck shows up at the doghouse

5:32am- Concrete truck shows up on right side of OLM

7:15am- 2nd segment of the 5th floor of the new mega bay is lifted

7:49am- Paint crew is back and working on the cryo leg

7:57am- Crews back working on B9

8:23am- Piece of cladding lifted up to the tower

8:29am- Crane moves a shipping container at the sub orbital pad

11:07am- Raptor install platform leaves the build site and heads down Hwy 4

11:11am- Crane lifts another piece of cladding up to the tower

11:37am- Install platform arrives at the launch site

11:55am- Install platform pulls to the side of the OLM

12:09pm- Install platform moves in between the OLM and OLT

1:22pm- Another cladding piece lifted to the tower

3:20pm- Stair section lifted up to the side of the tower. (Pretty sure this is the 3rd section)

8:15pm- Lifts have been up and down all around the OLM. Workers continue to go in and out of B9.

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This looks great. Can’t wait to see this with a a static fire.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

2:17am- Semi Tanker truck arrives at the pad. Backs up to right of the camera

2:50am- 2nd tanker truck arrives. Backs up to left side of pad. Red and white. I’m 90% sure they are water

3:53am- Ventilation hose gets removed from B9

3:57am- Tanker on the left side leaves

4:30am- B9’s ventilation hose is removed from the leg

4:46am- Dance floors hose is removed

5:00am- OLM’s hose is removed

5:34am- Crane lifts more high pressure tanks over at the deluge tank farm

6:11am- Forklift clearing right side of pad

7:00am- Generator is towed away

7:05am- Air conditioning unit is hauled off

8:08am- Light trailer towed away

8:27am- Starlink trailer hauled away. Pad is pretty much clear now. Just some cones around

8:31am- Crews sweeping where the equipment was parked

8:43am- Crane shows up at the pad

8:48am- Another water tanker shows up. Goes to the left of the pad. Backs up by the deluge pipe bunker. Priming the pipes?

8:50am- Lifts up at the orbital tank farm

8:59am- Crane lifts the big (argon?) tank next to the tower and moves it further back towards the old landing pad area

9:11am- Tanker truck leaves

9:24am- Lifts at the OTF are painting

9:53am- 3 pick ups still at the pad. Employees walking around the area and 1 guy with a backpack leaf blower blowing the area off.

9:56am- Crews still working between the pad and retention pond areas

10:13am- PA announcement- Overhead drone operations for the next hour

10:53am- 2 pick ups leave. At least one worker still walking around

11:00am- Pad appears clear. There are still 2 lifts on the highway 4 side of the tank farm. Will they wait for them to go down?

11:21am- People appearing out of nowhere at the pad.

11:26am- Meeting of I’d guess engineers under the pad

11:50am- People leaving pad again. Paint crew is down at the OTF. There are still a few stragglers on top of the OLM.

12:00pm- At least 3 people still on top and 1 under the OLM.

12:08pm- PA announcement- Clear the pad for deflector testing

12:33pm- Another announcement to clear the pad and alarm sounding

12:36pm- Chopsticks raising

12:52pm- Drone

1:00pm- Drone telling someone to leave

1:09:58- Deluge test

1:11pm- The tarp survived!!!!!!!!

1:23pm- Raptor install stand headed towards the build site

1:26pm- Chopsticks being lowered

2:03pm- People back at the pad

3:09pm- Forklift brings the air conditioning unit back to the base of the OLM

3:19pm- Lift goes back up to S25

3:39pm- Generator is brought back over

3:56pm- Dance floor is being lowered

4:08pm- Vent hose for the OLM Is being reinstalled

4:18pm- Another row of high pressure tanks is being lifted over at the deluge farm

4:22pm- Tarp was removed from the cryo leg

5:06pm- An air compressor comes magically flying through the air from behind the tower. (Okay, It maybe getting a little help from a crane)

5:37pm- After a quick inspection the dance floor is being lifted back up

5:46pm- Another small generator gets brought over

6:09pm- And since this is SpaceX, let’s cryo proof S28.

6:36pm- Frost on S28’s methane tank

7:00pm- S28’s lox tank looks full frosty

7:39pm- Forklift brings a light tower back (Thankfully because it was getting hard to make things out)

10:26pm- Workers are on top of the OLM and the dance floor. Some engineer types have been walking around the plate but aren’t really getting down to look at things. Forklifts have been bringing equipment back over to the right side. S28 still has some frost.

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And it’s unlikely they’ll fly crew-9 either IMO. Crazy.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:05am- Pump truck goes up over towards the back side of the pad. Still working on the spillway over to the retention pond?

1:53am- Forklift clearing out some of the equipment and clutter around the OLM

5:28am- Pump truck folds up

7:06am- Dance floor is being lowered

7:37am- First segment of level 5 of the new mega bay is lifted

8:00am- Work on the booster and OLM continued overnight as well as the dirt work along with the edge of the new pad. Forklifts cleared out a significant amount of equipment. It’s almost like they are getting ready for some kind of test.

8:20am- It looks like some of the engine shielding being carried off the dance floor

9:18am- Aerial work platform that had been used for the methane tank inspection leaves

9:24am- Forklift brings over a skid of supplies to the dance floor

11:05am- Dance floor goes back up

11:26am- Work on the silt barrier around the back left side of the OLM

11:47am- Forklift removing scraps from around the left side of the OLM

12:58pm- I wonder if there is something special about the blue jumpsuits the workers wear into the lox tank of B9

2:25pm- Forklift brings in more plastic barricades to line the drop off at the edge of the pad

2:39pm- They appear to be using a fork lift to rip out some of the silt fence

2:53pm- Crane is lifting the lid for the deluge pipe bunker

3:27pm- Forklift removes one of the lighting towers from the OLM. (If we see the generator and air moving unit being moved, I think we can pretty much guarantee a test is coming)

5:25pm- Lifts back up at S25

5:55pm- 3 pick up trucks with water tanks arrive at the OLM

6:30pm- 4th pick up shows up

6:39pm- Forklift picks up a triangular piece of metal and moves it behind the cryo pipe leg

6:43pm- Guys in the pick ups are power washing the pad

6:44pm- Water tanker shows up

7:22pm- 2nd water tanker

7:33pm- S26 is picked up and swung over by the remnants of SN15

8:55pm- Workers inside of the cryo leg

9:11pm- Workers tuck the doghouse in for the night and cover it with a tarp

9:13pm- Pressure washers leaving

9:51pm- Pulling the tarp over the doghouse up farther over the leg. Looks like it’s for welding

10:29pm- Workers remove some of the plastic barriers that were along the edge of the pad

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase Live-

1:05am- Pump truck goes up over towards the back side of the pad. Still working on the spillway over to the retention pond?

1:53am- Forklift clearing out some of the equipment and clutter around the OLM

5:28am- Pump truck folds up

7:06am- Dance floor is being lowered

7:37am- First segment of level 5 of the new mega bay is lifted

8:00am- Work on the booster and OLM continued overnight as well as the dirt work along with the edge of the new pad. Forklifts cleared out a significant amount of equipment. It’s almost like they are getting ready for some kind of test.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

11:07pm- 2 fondag trucks

11:13pm- Grinding over in the draw works shed

11:27pm- Shower of sparks off the OLM

12:40am- 5 Fondag trucks

3:07am- Excavator leaves. 7 trucks

5:49am- Dog house is moved next to the crane

7:47am- Workers shoveling dirt out of the dog house

8:37am- Straps attached to the dog house

8:40am- Forklift with more rebar on the right side of the OLM

9:15am- Lift up at S15

9:30am- Aerial work platform arrives between OLM and OLT

9:54am- More formwork is going up between the OLM and the retention pond

10:30am- Crane lifts doghouse and flips it over

10:54am- Doghouse re rigged and lifted

11:03am- Crane carried it over and lowered it back in place at the bottom of the cryo pipe lid

11:42am- Pump truck is up over at the old landing pad area

12:56pm- 3rd piece of shielding goes up in the left side of the stairs

1:10pm- Pump truck folds up

1:36pm- Excavators digging to the left of the pad that was just poured. Looks like they are making a dirt ramp beside the edge of the concrete so it’s not a 3ft drop off.

1:44pm- Pump truck goes back up by the retention pond. End of boom goes behind the OLT

1:52pm- Paint crew is back at it

2:13pm- Pump truck folds up again

3:54pm- Lift up at the lower left side skid of the chopsticks

4:04pm- Forklift lifts metal plate over towards the data cable leg

4:15pm- Crew back up at B9’s methane tank

7:27pm- RIP SN15. You proved to the world it was possible and paved the way for all that is to come. Your legend will live on when the story of starship is told.

9:07pm- Forklift brings over another inspection hole cover plate to the data cable leg

9:18pm- 3rd inspection plate brought over

9:32pm- 4th plate

9:43pm- 5th plate

10:05pm- Crane lifts a piece of plastic pipe up on to the OLM from the dirt off to the side. One worker then picks it up and drags it off to the side

10:21pm- Crane lifts a remote controlled trench roller up onto the OLM from same area as pipe

10:56pm- There’s just something about a shower of sparks flying off the top of the OLM at night that makes me smile.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

1:47am- Concrete pump truck arrives. Sets up to finally pour the left side of the OLM pad.

2:25am- Pour starts

5:50am- Long reach excavator is working on the back side of the OLM laying more fondag.

8:21am- Pump truck folds up

8:26am- Pump truck leaves. Rough count, 38 trucks.

8:54am- Forklift brings in first piece of shielding for the left side of the new staircase

11:15am- Lifts go up, lifts go down.

11:19am- Gantry crane going into the payload integration building

1:22pm- Concrete pump truck goes up over by the retention pond

2:42pm- Crane lifts 2nd piece of shielding up to the left side of the new staircase

3:30pm- S15 is getting hooked to the crane in the rocket garden. (They wouldn’t?)

3:54pm- Lift goes up to the boosters methane tank access with a ladder. Looks like they are going to inspect it too.

5:50pm- Pump truck is down

6:29pm- Chopsticks swing to the side

6:38pm- Chopsticks lowering (maybe they’re finally going to grease them)

6:51pm- Chopsticks all the way down sitting on the stop

7:24pm- Long reach excavator is back. Looks like more fondag work tonight

7:39pm- First piece shielding goes on right side of the new staircase

10:06pm- Excavator moved over by the new pour and a concrete truck has arrived. Looks like they aren’t wasting time and already pouring the fondag on top of it.

10:17pm- Crane lifts second piece of shielding up to the right side of the new stairs

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

7:50am- No lights went on last night and I still don’t see any workers on or around the OLM.

8:14am- Vehicles start pulling up at the OLM

8:20am- Lift goes up to S25

9:09am- Starting to bring equipment back in.

9:16am- Raptor install platform looks like it’s going back together after being cut in half last week

10:07am- Dance floor goes back up

10:32am- Pump truck arrives to the back side of the pit. (Will today be the day they finish the pour?)

10:35am- They’ve got themselves a nice new big scissor lift.

10:44am- Pump truck goes up

11:05am- Third ventilation hose being installed

11:35am- Concrete pour starts

12:30pm- 10 trucks so far. Looks like they are pouring at the new retention pond

1:35pm- 14 trucks

1:46pm- Ventilation hose extended up to the booster

1:52pm- New SQD extends for the first time on hoop cam

2:40pm- 18 trucks

3:22pm- SQD retracts

3:31pm- 22 trucks

4:40pm- 25 trucks

5:04pm- Concrete pump truck starts to fold up. Worked on the retention pond and the spillway over towards it.

5:09pm- Workers start to remove the access hatch into B9

7:21pm- Hatch to the lox tank is opened

9:07pm- Workers appear to be getting ready to enter B9. Just put ladder in through the hatch

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I think the tanks are pressurized using some sort of compressor while at the rocket garden. Maybe one of those compressors / hoses etc failed? Could be due to any number of reasons not directly related to the ship itself, but as you say, expensive mistake.

So that looks like a successful cryo test. Think they still have closures for the next few days. They just finished pouring the last big plate so they might have to wait a few days before doing a static fire, but a spin prime test could be soon.

This whole campaign is going really quickly. Outstanding items are the hot staging ring and FAA approval though, who knows how long that takes.

Didn’t expect to see them ready this quickly; without the hot staging change they could have been ready end of the month.

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:45am- Crane lifts another light tower closer to the OLM

12:56am- Crane lowers and leaves

2:15am- Forklift carries away an air compressor from beside the OLM

2:30am- Looks like they are starting to clear everything out from around the OLM

6:30am- Covering the top of the dance floor with a tarp.

6:50am- Venting from the OTF starts really picking up

7:35am- Sheriff at the road block still letting SpaceX personnel thru

7:40am-Still one pick up at the pad

7:55am- Pad clear alarm

8:32am- Pope stack starts venting

9:06am- OLM venting

9:18an- SQD arm swings in

10:16am- OLM venting stops. Cryo loading should be under way

10:25am- Frost line forming on the lox tank

10:40am- Venting under the booster.

10:47am- Frost on the methane tank

11:26am- Vent from the lox tank

11:47am- Drone. Methane tank looks pretty close to full. Lox tank about 80%

12:07pm- OLM vent starts. Fueling should be done

12:10pm- Methane tank venting

12:45pm- Holding at pressure

1:50pm- Frost may finally be starting to go down

2:35pm- Methane tank about 3/4 empty. Lox tank still mostly full.

3:01pm- OLM venting

3:17pm- OLM vent stopped

4:08pm- Methane tank looks empty. Lox tank still looks almost full

4:20pm- Lox tank finally looks to be de tanking

6:35pm- Lox tank has frost about 1/4 of the way up still.

6:55pm- OLM vent

7:03pm- Vent stopped. Booster looks 90% frost free

7:17pm- Big vent from the OLM

7:22pm- Depress vent

8:01pm- Road open

9:15pm- Venting from the pope stack picks up

10:30pm- While the road is open, the launch site is still closed. Venting from the tank farm and OLM is ongoing.

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:26am- Pump truck goes up behind OLM. Swings over to the pit

2:16am- First concrete truck arrives on Rover 2

2:28am- Boom starts moving around

7:00am- We’re at 40 trucks so far.

7:21am- Pump truck folds up

7:28am- Another pump truck is arriving

7:53am- 2nd pump truck going up

8:14am- 2nd pump truck folds up(?). Concrete trucks going straight to the back side of the pit

9:48am- Crane lifts an acetylene torch from over by the pit to the front side of the OLM

10:06am- Crane lifts a load of rebar away from the pit

10:26am- Crane lifts an air compressor over to the pit

10:50am- 45 trucks so far and it looks like that may be it. Of interest, it seemed like the pump truck last night never got the area over by the crane. Fully expected that the 2nd pump truck would set up to reach that area but it didn’t.

(That puts my rough count at 560 concrete truck loads so far)

11:08am- 2nd pump truck goes back up

11:30am- Pump truck goes back down

11:35am- Pump truck leaves the OLM.

1:21pm- PA announcement- Attention on the orbital pad, due to B9 check outs on the launch mount, expect loud venting. Hearing protection is recommended

1:24:50pm- Venting

2:48pm- Visitors under the OLM

3:03pm- Times to get those legs looking spiffy. The paint crew is back

7:39pm- Forklift brings in a piece of metal sheeting and lifts it up towards the draw works shed

9:15pm- Next section of the new mega bay being rolled over for lift

9:46pm- Dance floor is lowering

10:06pm- Crane swings in another light tower to the OLM

10:25pm- Swings another light tower over towards the pit

10:34pm- Dance floor is completely down

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New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:03am- Ship 28 rolls out of the high bay

12:15am- Rolls out on to hwy 4

1:25am- Chopsticks open

2:36am- Ship 28 turns into Masseys

2:54am- Crane lifts something big over to the base of the OLM.

3:44am- The extended reach excavator is back working by the OLM. I’d assume doing more concrete work

4:26am- Crane swings load over to the right side of the OLM

7:46am- Ship QD arm swings over

8:27am- Crew climbs up on to the SQD

9:54am- Booster stand starts to roll away from the OLM

10:21am- Forklift brings a concrete vault over to the pit

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