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

Liftoff!

Starbase activities (2025-05-12):

• May 11th cryo delivery tally.
• May 11th addendum: Cones deployed outside the launch site. (ViX)
• Massey's: S35 performs a six-engine 60 second static fire. (NSF 1, NSF 2), LabPadre, Gomez, HardcoreElectr1)
• There may have been an early shutdown, or possibly a planned staged shutdown sequence, with R-vacs shutting down first. (Golden)
• Forward and aft flaps are tested. (ViX)
• Test Tank 17 is lifted into the structural test stand at Massey's. (ViX, Golden)
• 2-hour road delay is posted for May 13th between 10:00 and 16:00 for transport from Massey’s to factory, presumably for S35 rollback.
• Pad B: Launch mount is lifted onto the legs. (Starship Gazer 1, NSF, Starship Gazer 2, cnunez, Justin_Glenn1)
• Timelapses: NSF 1, NSF 2, LabPadre, ViX
• Full NASASpaceflight livestream of both ship static fire and launch mount lift.
• Cranes are released from the launch mount. (ViX, NSF, clwphoto1)
• The lack of chamfered edges suggest that the launch mount will be bolted down, not welded. (Golden)
• Pad B chopsticks move laterally. (ViX)
• Build site: Highbay demolition continues. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Booster transport stand enters Megabay 1. (ViX)
• B14-2 emerges from Megabay 1. (NSF, ViX, clwphoto1 / HardcoreElectr1)
• 2-hour road delay is posted for between May 12th 22:00 and May 13th 06:00 for transport from Massey’s to pad. Seems like this one is for B14-2 rollout from factory to pad.
• B14-2 rolls out to the launch site. (Starship Gazer, NSF livestream)

Flight 9:

• NET date slips to May 21st, per a revised notice from the United States Coast Guard. (Starship Gazer)

McGregor:

• Raptor 3 #16 is spotted. (SpaceRhin0 / NSF)

Propellant loading has begun.

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziurxgZRdo0

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1922114766819967392

Deployment of 26 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: SECO, nominal insertion.

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

Liftoff!

I love these sorts of stories. Reminds me of Grand Moff Tarkin's carpet slippers...

!knightsofpineapple@lemmy.world

Scrub for tonight, likely due to weather.

Starbase activities (2025-05-11):

• May 10th cryo delivery tally.
• Build site: Highbay demolition continues. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Launch mount B lift prep: After some repositioning, both cranes are hooked up to the launch mount. (NSF, ViX, Starship Gazer, Gisler, Golden)
• Launch mount B is briefly lifted into the air, then set back down. (ViX, Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
• Starship Gazer posts 4k video of the launch mount B rollout.
• Massey's: No S35 static fire. Cryo load on both tanks, deluge activation, then detank. Possibly a spin prime, but likely an aborted static fire attempt. (ViX 1, ViX 2, Gisler, NSF, NSF full livestream)

KSC:

• The two new horizontal tanks are moved towards LC-39A. (NSF)

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec4U4L8QGOI

Weather is currently a watch item for launch.

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3loujjwcess22

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 6-91

SN185 is now the flight leader for fairing halves at 30 flights.

Starbase activities (2025-05-10):

• May 9th cryo delivery tally.
• Booster v3: Overnight, Test Tank 17 (Booster 18.1, first booster v3 test article) rolls out to Massey's for its testing campaign. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer)
• Starship Gazer and Jack Beyer note heat shield tiles mounted on the aft. (ViX, Starship Gazer, Beyer, Starship Gazer full video)
• Thoughts and renders: "Appears like waterjet Stainless Steel tiles that sandwich in sheets of custom re entry tile material". (Killip 1, Killip 2, Killip 3)
• Ship 35: Megabay 2 door opens, ship static fire stand enters. (LabPadre, NSF 1, ViX)
• S35 is transferred onto static fire stand. (NSF, ViX)
• S35 rolls out to Massey's, presumably for a second round of static fire tests. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer, Beyer, SpaceX)
• Ship quick disconnect engages S35. (ViX)
• Build site: Highbay demolition continues. (ViX, RGV Aerial)
• S40 nosecone is spotted. (Starship Gazer)
• S41 nosecone also just barely visible. (Beyer)
• The final section of the Starfactory west wall is demolished. (ViX 1, ViX 2, LabPadre, NSF, Golden, HardcoreElectr1)
• Other: cnunez posts a photo of Highway for widening progress.
• RGV Aerial post recent flyover photos of Massey's and Pad B.
• New CSI Starbase video: POGO: The 63-Year-Old Problem Threatening Starship's Success

KSC:

• The first of two new tanks are unloaded. A nearby pickup truck with a Starlink dish suggests that these tanks could be for SpaceX. (space-offshore)

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3lotk3jaegs2o

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 15-3

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1921107316222394697

Deployment of 28 @Starlink satellites confirmed

"Are you an angel? I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They live on the moons of iego, I think. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe."