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Starbase activities (2025-05-24):

• May 23rd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: B14-2 emerges from Megabay 1. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2)
• The remaining Highbay structure is pulled down. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, ViX 3, ViX 4, Starship Gazer, Golden)
• Starlink simulators are loaded into S35. (NSF, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer, Anderson 1, Anderson 2, Anderson 3)
• Launch site: Overnight, the Pad B chopsticks are lowered. (ViX)
• The chopsticks water bag testing jig is uninstalled. (ViX)
• Pad A chopsticks and ship quick disconnect move into position for B14's arrival. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• B14-2 rolls out to the launch site and parks between the chopsticks. (NSF full livestream, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Pike, RoughRidersShow, Evans, Hardcore Electric 1, Hardcore Electric 2, Hardcore Electric 3, Gomez)

Other:

• Update presentation from Elon is scheduled for May 27th at 16:55 UTC, 11:55 local (CDT). (tweet, direct stream link)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1926344545320501293

Deployment of 23 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

SECO confirmed.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

I remember seeing that film open with Tahei and Matashichi arguing in a barren desert and thinking "ah, so this is where the inspiration for C3PO and R2D2 came from...".

Svalbard Rocket Range at Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway.

Source

Endurance launched on May 10, 2022 at 9:31 p.m. EDT (May 11, 2022, 3:31 a.m. local time) from Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway.

Star Wars fans don't come slightly close, and they've been screaming about anything non-George for years

There's plenty to criticize of George's Star Wars too. The Holiday Special, the Special Edition tampering, the Prequels...

Starbase activities (2025-05-23):

• May 21st cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• May 22nd addenda: Pad B chopsticks testing timelapse. (NSF)
• Timelapse of all Pad B chopsticks testing May 16th through 22nd. (ViX)
• Launch site: Overnight, the chopsticks testing bags were swung to one side and lowered to the ground. Test jig has not been removed. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Some of the water bags depart from the launch site. (ViX)
• Pad A chopsticks are raised and perform a few lateral movements. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Cryo deliveries continue. (RoughRidersShow)
• Build site: S35 moves from Massey's to Megabay 2. (NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer leeward, Starship Gazer windward, Starship Gazer side view)
• S35 is transferred from the static fire stand to the transport stand. (ViX)
• Tag lines are attached to the skeletal remains of the Highbay. (ViX, Golden)
• Starlink simulators move from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
• Ship pez door opens. (NSF)
• Cnunez posts a May 21st photo of S37 nosecone in Megabay 2.
• Other: RGV Aerial post a comparison between 2020 October and 2025 May.
• 1-hour road delay is posted for between May 24th between 22:00 and May 25 08:00 for transport from factory to pad. (B14 rollout?)
• 1-hour road delay is posted for between May 25th between 21:00 and May 26 08:00 for transport from factory to pad. (S35 rollout?)

Flight 9:

• Launch webpage is posted. (SpaceX (archive))
• Confirmation of no tower catch for B14. Instead, the booster will attempt a more aggressive reentry profile, and test engine-out capability for the landing burn prior to splashdown.
• Ship objectives include deployment of 8 Starlink simulators, an in-space Raptor relight, and testing of Ship ver2 heatshield and flap design on reentry.
• "Following stage separation, the booster will flip in a controlled direction before initiating its boostback burn. This will be achieved by blocking several of the vents on the vehicle’s hotstage adapter, causing the thrust from Starship’s engines to push the booster in a known direction. Previous booster flips went in a randomized direction based on a directional push from small differences in thrust from Starship’s upper stage engines at ignition." Diagram by Killip.
• Thread from Shana Diez (Director of Starship Engineering). (Tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3)
• 11-hour road closures are posted for May 27th, 28th, and 29th for flight activity. (NSF 1, NSF 2)

Highlights from SpaceX update (archive): FLY. LEARN. REPEAT.

• "The most probable root cause for the loss of Starship was identified as a hardware failure in one of the upper stage’s center Raptor engines that resulted in inadvertent propellant mixing and ignition." This contradicts the on-stream graphic. (Hansen 1, Hansen 2)
• "To address the issue on upcoming flights, engines on the Starship’s upper stage will receive additional preload on key joints, a new nitrogen purge system, and improvements to the propellant drain system."
• "While the failure manifested at a similar point in the flight timeline as Starship’s seventh flight test, it is worth noting that the failures are distinctly different. The mitigations put in place after Starship’s seventh flight test to address harmonic response and flammability of the ship’s attic section worked as designed prior to the failure on Flight 8."

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3lpszevxlzk2k

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 12-15

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1926060089649054181

Deployment of 27 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: No SECO callout, but it was visible on the video stream.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

Launch date pushed to May 23rd.

Starbase activities (2025-05-22):

• May 21st cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• May 21st addenda: Two new shackles are delivered. (ViX)
• Twenty tankers of water are delivered for the Pad A deluge system. (ViX)
• Starship Gazer 4k video of S35 rollout to Massey's.
• Launch site: Pad B chopsticks testing continues. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2, ViX)
• Drilling begins for piles on either end of the Pad B flame trench. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
• Build site: Highbay demolition continues. (NSF, ViX)
• A B18 LOX barrel section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1. (ViX)
• Massey's: S35 performs a spin prime test. (LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer, NSF livestream 1, NSF livestream 2)
• 2-hour road delay is posted for between May 22nd between 20:00 and May 23 04:00 for transport from Massey's to factory. (S35 rollback?)
• 2-hour road delay is posted for May 28th between 00:00 and 04:00 for transport from factory to Massey's. (S36 rollout?)

Flight 9:

• FAA publish the determination that SpaceX have "satisfactorily addressed the causes" of the Flight 8 mishap, and Flight 9 is authorized for launch. (Foust, NSF, Caton, FAA (archived))
• Size of hazard areas has been expanded. (Beil)
• Flight 8 mishap investigation remains open. (Beil 1, Beil 2)
• Temporary flight restriction for May 27th. (Caton / NeedPizza42 / FAA)

nemesis? Nemesises? Nemesi?

Nemeses.

orbital velocity

They still want to make sure they could reliably deorbit it from orbital velocity before going for an actual orbital insertion. Maybe they'll go for orbit on Flight 10 if all goes well on Flight 9?

Your artificer woke up that day and chose violence.

Salacious Crumb: A Star Wars Story