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May 28th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
May 28th addendum: S37 is transferred from work stand to cryo stand. (ViX)
Massey's: S37 moves from Megabay 2 to Massey's. (NSF 1, NSF 2, LabPadre)
Build site: One Raptor engine moves from the right side of Megabay 2 towards Sanchez, a second engine (an R-vac) moves into the left side of Megabay 2 (likely for S36). This is the third engine R-vac spotted heading towards S36. (ViX)
An aft flap is lifted to S36. (ViX)
Launch site: Suspected part of the Pad B booster quick disconnect system moves from Sanchez to the pad. (LabPadre, ViX)
A deluge manifold is lifted to Launch Mount B. (ViX)
Pad A chopsticks perform simulated catch tests. (ViX)
Pad B chopsticks are lowered to halfway. (ViX)

Official Starship update presentation (SpaceX, highlights from NASASpaceflight and Co.: (NSF 0, NSF 1, NSF 2, Caton)

The plan for Giga Bay to manufacture 1,000 Starships per year
a close-up video of Raptor 3 firing at the McGregor test site (NSF)
an updated render of orbital refueling (NSF)
the plan for Booster to be redesigned to only have three gridfins (NSF)
an intention to launch five Ships to Mars in the 2026 transfer window, with each ship carrying 10 tonnes of payload (NSF)
a Martian base in the Arcadia region, near large ice deposits (NSF)
and a plan to deploy Starlink satelites around Mars to support interplanetary communications (NSF)

2mo ago

Josh and the Classes

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Now I'm curious what word(s) are between "the speed" and "lobsters die".

Maybe "that the", perhaps?

2mo ago

Starship Development Thread May 2025

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Starbase activities (2025-05-28):

May 27th post-launch cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
May 27th addendum: 2-hour road delay is posted for between May 28th 22:00 and May 29th 04:00 for transport from factory to Massey's.
May 28th and 29th road closures are revoked.
Build site: Arrival of cryo stand outside Megabay 2 suggests that the road closure is for S37. (ViX)
Launch site: The SpaceX LR11000 crane is raised. (ViX)

KSC:

New satellite photo of LC-39A (Stranger 1, Stranger 2, SoarEarth)

Flights 10 and 11:

B16 will be a catch attempt, B15-2 will not. (Shana Diez 1, Shana Diez 2)
It is currently unclear which booster will support which mission. My guess would be that they would expend B15-2 on Flight 10 to retest reentry with a (slightly less) aggressive angle of attack.

2mo ago

Starship Development Thread May 2025

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Starbase activities (2025-05-27):

May 26th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
Launch site: Overnight, B14-2 performs an audible igniter test. (ViX)
Chopsticks open and rise. (ViX, Keegan)
Chopsticks lower and close around S35 again, possibly due to weather. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
Fast boats are on duty. (Cornwell 1, Cornwell 2, mcrs987)
S35 flaps are exercised. (ViX)
Range security gets in position. (Cornwell)
Road closes, range helicopter is on duty. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
Ship and booster transport stands depart from the launch site. (ViX)
Chopsticks open. (LabPadre, ViX)
Pre-launch cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
Another chopsticks test. (ViX)
Tank farm venting. (NSF)
Roadblock retreats. (NSF)
Tower vent. (NSF 1, NSF 2)
Propellant loading. (LabPadre, NSF)
Flight 9 happens.
Cars back to the pad. (ViX)
Build site: S38 aft section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX, Planatus666)
The older style ship lifting jig heads towards Megabay 2 and then turns back. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
Tim Dodd conducts a short pre-launch interview with Elon: Elon was looking forward to seeing how the heatshield performed on reentry. Active cooling is still under consideration, but they're hoping to avoid it if possible. Loss of heatshield tiles precludes rapid reusability.
V3 booster forward section with integrated hotstaging ring is visible during certain camera angles. (Golden, Astro_Ptolemy)

Flight 9:

Jessie Anderson confirms that Raptor #314 is on this B14-2. This was the engine’s third flight, as it flew on Flight 7 (B14’s first flight), and Flight 5 (B12).
Clock holds at T-40 to address a booster engine temperature issue. At T-11 seconds, the clock resets to T-40 to address a GSE issue.
Liftoff. (NSF 1, ViX, Pike, Pike, Evans, SpaceX)
Hotstaging and directional booster flip. (NSF, SpaceX)
Booster experiences rapid unscheduled disassembly immediately after landing burn startup. (Golden, SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2)
S35 makes it to SECO. (NSF, Golden, SpaceX)
Payload door was unable to open fully. No Starlink simulator deployment on this flight.
Ship loses attitude control. (ViX, NSF, Golden)
In-space raptor relight test is cancelled.
Ship burns up on reentry. (NSF, Merritt, Dsandoval20112, SpaceX)
The FAA is aware of the anomaly and are working with SpaceX. There are no reports of public injury or damage to public property at this time. (Beil)
(Elon): "Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review."
(Shana Diez): "Need to look at data to confirm all fixes from flight 8 worked as expected but all evidence points to a new failure mode."

Flight 10:

Shana Diez is optimistic, and implies that it will include a tower catch of B15: "I’m optimistic based on what we are seeing in data that turnaround time to flight 10 will be faster than we had for flight 9." "And definitely need to make sure we understand what happened on Booster before B15 which will be a tower catch mission."

2mo ago

Starship Flight 9 Launch Thread

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Payload door was unable to open fully. No Starlink simulator deployment on this flight.

Next up will be the in-space raptor relight at T+37:49.

2mo ago

Starship Flight 9 Launch Thread

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Jessie Anderson confirms that Raptor #314 is on this booster. This will be the engine's third flight, as it flew on Flight 7 (B14's first flight), and Flight 5 (B12).