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Starbase activities (2025-06-19):

• Jun 18th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Massey's: Additional video speeds and angles of the S36 deflagration. (Pike / NSF slow motion, LabPadre frame-by-frame, LabPadre Rover 1, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, ViX 4, tobEwobE 4k and very close, Starship Gazer)
• "Preliminary data suggests that a nitrogen COPV in the payload bay failed below its proof pressure. If further investigation confirms that this is what happened, it is the first time ever for this design." (Elon)
• An update is posted on the SpaceX website. Two key sentences: "Initial analysis indicates the potential failure of a pressurized tank known as a COPV, or composite overwrapped pressure vessel, containing gaseous nitrogen in Starship’s nosecone area, but the full data review is ongoing. There is no commonality between the COPVs used on Starship and SpaceX’s Falcon rockets."
• Tory sends his regards. (Tory)
• Morning photos and video. (CruiZe427, Pike drone, mcrs987 / RGV Aerial, cmartin380, clwphoto1, Planatus666 1, Planatus666 2, booster_10 / WAI 1, booster_10 / WAI 2, z_nexxx / WAI)
• Ground testing is not a licensed activity with the FAA, so they do not require a mishap investigation. (Beil / FAA)
• Ryan Hansen speculates as to whether it is worth it to repair Ship version 2 test infrastructure or skip to version 3. (Hansen)
• Build site: Hot staging adapter is removed from B16 and exits Megabay 1. (LabPadre, ViX)
• Launch site: The vaporiser which was removed from the pump farm the previous day is replaced with a new cross-braced version. (ViX)

I will be busy for the next couple of weeks. Updates will be infrequent, if any.

driving 160km+ a day for work. Closest fast charge point to my house is

This seems like a case where charging at one's house would make sense. You could easily recharge 160km of range overnight.

Unclear how the ground systems are doing.

We won't know for sure until sunrise, but it seems like a fair bit of the infrastructure surrounding the test stand at Massey's may have gotten torched by the fireball.

Starbase activities (2025-06-18):

• Jun 17th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: A continuous flight auger drill arrives in the ring yard, staging near Starfactory in preparation for drilling for the Gigabay foundations. (ViX)
• Potential sighting of the flight termination system installation crew entering Megabay 1, presumably for B16. (ViX)
• Launch site: Following installation at Pad 2, the fourth water cooled manifold is disconnected from the LR11000 crane. (ViX)
• Bonus gulls. (ViX)
• Massey's: Road is closed, and tank farm spools up. (LabPadre, Starship Gazer, Beyer)
• Cryo load begins on S36. (LabPadre)
• S36 experiences a rapid unscheduled disassembly. (LabPadre 1, LabPadre 2, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, D Wise (slow motion), NSF 1, NSF 2, Golden, Pike (drone), Hardcore Electric, Andrew C, NSF full livestream)
• Fire department arrives. (NSF)
• "Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for." (SpaceX)
• Scot Manley analysis. "you can see the separation of the forward tank and escaping methane appears to generate an impulse that crushes the top of the lower tank leading to propellent mixing and ignition" (Manley)
• Zack Golden's shares his thoughts. (Golden 1, Golden 2, Golden 3, Golden 4, Golden 5, Golden 6, Golden 7)
• Ryan Hansen shares his thoughts, and speculates that one of the composite overwrap pressure vessels could be the culprit. (Hansen 1, Hansen 2)

Flight 10:

• Starship Flt-10 appears on the FAA Operations Plan Advisory with a NET date of Jun 29th, likely somewhat moot following the day's events. (FAA, archive)

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: M-vac shutdown.

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

Liftoff!

NSF are live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAjAUVL455E

Propellant loading is underway.

Starbase activities (2025-06-17):

• Jun 16th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Launch site: At Pad 2, the fourth water cooled manifold is installed on the launch mount (ViX)
• Build site: A raptor engine enters Megabay 2. (ViX)
• Massey's: SpaceX share engine bay video of the previous day's static fire of S36. (SpaceX)
• An additional water spray system has been added to the top of the Massey's flame bucket. (Killip)
• Some flexing of the false ceiling is visible. (Anderson)
• R546 is identified as one of the engines on S36. (Ringwatchers)

Flight 8:

• Potential leaked image of ship engine RUD. (Dawson81702)

Florida:

• Harry Stranger shares a recent satellite photo of LC-39A (and LC-38B). (Stranger, UmbraSpace)

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1934833099474653427

Deployment of 26 @Starlink satellites confirmed

Starbase activities (2025-06-16):

• Jun 15th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: Gigabay foundation preparation and excavation continues. Bonus bird butt. (ViX)
• Storage lockers are lifted in Megabay 2, likely destined for the work platforms surrounding S38. (ViX)
• B16 hot staging adapter moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1, then briefly reemerges to allow access to a crew lift. (LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer, Beyer)
• Massey's: S36 aft flaps are deployed. (ViX)
• Road is closed, the tank farm is active, S36 is venting. (NSF)
• Propellant load begins. (LabPadre)
• S36 performs a single-engine static fire, approximately six seconds in duration. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer, Gisler, NSF full livestream)
• Launch site: The Pad 2 chopsticks rise part way up the tower, and the fourth water cooled manifold undergoes a test fit on the launch mount. (ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3)
• Other: Killip shares thoughts on the S36 heatshield, and speculates on why smaller tiles are used in specific locations. (Killip)
• Zack Golden still struggles to reconcile that the pad names are 1 and 2 rather than A and B, and brings supporting documentation to the contrary. (Golden 1, Golden 2)

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3lrpyz32gpc2o

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 12-26

https://bsky.app/profile/rykllan.bsky.social/post/3lrpf6x3stk24

#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 15-6

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

Edit: M-vac shutdown and nominal orbit insertion.

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

Clever.

Thanks!

Starbase activities (2025-06-15):

• Jun 14th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: Ship static fire stand enters Megabay 2. (ViX)
• S36 is transferred to the static fire stand. (ViX, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3)
• Massey's: Road delay is revised to Jun 15th from 13:00 to 15:30, (cityofstarbase, archive, ViX)
• S36 rolls out to Massey's. (NSF timelapse, NSF full livestream, LabPadre 1, LabPadre 2, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Starship Gazer 4, Beyer, Hardcore Electric, cnunez 1, cnunez 2)
• Launch site: SpaceX propose construction of an air separation unit on Highway 4 across from launch site. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2, Cameron County Dropbox)

even a shoe store

If one did not own a pair of shoes, this seems like it would present a bit of a "chicken or egg" problem...

Mbin uses /m/ :)