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Starship Development Thread #59

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FAQ

  1. IFT-7 (B14/S33) NET Jan 11th according to recent documentation NASA filed with the FAA.
  2. IFT-6 (B13/S31) Launch completed on 19 November 2024. Three of four stated launch objectives met: Raptor restart in vacuum, successful Starship reentry with steeper angle of attack, and daylight Starship water landing. Booster soft landed in Gulf after catch called off during descent - a SpaceX update stated that "automated health checks of critical hardware on the launch and catch tower triggered an abort of the catch attempt".
  3. Goals for 2024 Reach orbit, deploy starlinks and recover both stages
  4. Currently approved maximum launches 10 between 07.03.2024 and 06.03.2025: A maximum of five overpressure events from Starship intact impact and up to a total of five reentry debris or soft water landings in the Indian Ocean within a year of NMFS provided concurrence published on March 7, 2024

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Status

Road Closures [](/#!!!!! THIS TABLE IS BOT GENERATED; DO NOT EDIT !!!!!)

[](/# Closure Table Start)No road closures currently scheduled

No transportation delays currently scheduled

Up to date as of 2024-12-22[](/# Closure Table End)

Vehicle Status

As of December 12th, 2024.

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ShipLocationStatusComment
S24, S25, S28, S29, S30, S31Bottom of seaDestroyedS24: IFT-1 (Summary, Video). S25: IFT-2 (Summary, Video). S28: IFT-3 (Summary, Video). S29: IFT-4 (Summary, Video). S30: IFT-5 (Summary, Video). S31: IFT-6 (Summary, Video).
S32 (this is the last Block 1 Ship)Near the Rocket GardenConstruction paused for some monthsFully stacked. No aft flaps. TPS incomplete. This ship may never be fully assembled. September 25th: Moved a little and placed where the old engine installation stand used to be near the Rocket Garden.
S33 (this is the first Block 2 Ship)Mega Bay 2Preparations for IFT-7December 11th: Rolled out to Massey's Test Site for Static Fire and other tests. December 12th: Spin Prime test. December 15th: Static Fire test, all six engines. December 16th: Single engine Static Fire test to simulator Raptor relight in space. December 17th: Rolled back to Mega Bay 2.
S34Mega Bay 2Fully Stacked, remaining work ongoingNovember 18th: Aft/thrust section stacked, so completing the stacking of S34.
S35StarfactoryStacking has startedDecember 7th: Payload Bay moved into High Bay. December 10th: Nosecone moved into High Bay and stacked onto the Payload Bay. December 12th: Nosecone+Payload Bay stack moved into the Starfactory.
BoosterLocationStatusComment
B7, B9, B10, (B11), B13Bottom of sea (B11: Partially salvaged)DestroyedB7: IFT-1 (Summary, Video). B9: IFT-2 (Summary, Video). B10: IFT-3 (Summary, Video). B11: IFT-4 (Summary, Video). B12: IFT-5 (Summary, Video). B13: IFT-6 (Summary, Video).
B12Rocket GardenRetired (probably)October 13th: Launched as planned and on landing was successfully caught by the tower's chopsticks. October 15th: Removed from the OLM, set down on a booster transport stand and rolled back to MB1. October 28th: Rolled out of MB1 and moved to the Rocket Garden, possibly permanently.
B14Mega Bay 1Final work before IFT-7 ?October 3rd: Rolled out to Massey's Test Site on the booster thrust simulator. October 5th: Cryo test overnight and then another later in the day. October 7th: Rolled back to the Build Site and moved into MB1. December 5th: Rolled out to launch site for testing, including a Static Fire. December 7th: Spin Prime test. December 9th: Static Fire. December 10th: Rolled back to MB1.
B15Mega Bay 1Fully Stacked, remaining work continuesJuly 31st: Methane tank section FX:3 moved into MB2. August 1st: Section F2:3 moved into MB1. August 3rd: Section F3:3 moved into MB1. August 29th: Section F4:4 staged outside MB1 (this is the last barrel for the methane tank) and later the same day it was moved into MB1. September 25th: the booster was fully stacked.
B16Mega Bay 1LOX Tank stacked, Methane Tank stacked but vehicle not yet fully assembledNovember 25th: LOX tank fully stacked with the Aft/Thrust section. December 5th: Methane Tank sections FX:3 and F2:3 moved into MB1. December 12th: Forward section F3:3 moved into MB1 and stacked with the rest of the Methane tank sections. December 13th: F4:4 section moved into MB1 and stacked, so completing the stacking of the Methane tank.

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Posted Dec 21, 2024, 9:00 AM UTC

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