Starship Development Thread #23
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Orbital Launch Site Status
As of August 6 - (July 28 RGV Aerial Photography video)
- Integration Tower - Full height
- Launch Mount - Table placed on launch mount
- Tank Farm - GSE6 tank delivered to OLS, GSE5 sleeved with cryoshell
Vehicle Status
As of August 6
- Ship 20 [construction] - At High Bay following successful B4 fit check, more TPS tile work next, orbit planned w/ Booster 4 - Flight date TBD, NET late summer
- Ship 21 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
- Ship 22 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
- Booster 3 [post-testing] - On Test Mount A post-static fire, Raptors removed, further testing TBD
- Booster 4 [construction] - On orbital launch mount, Raptor TPS next, orbit planned w/ Ship 20 - Flight date TBD, NET late summer
Development and testing plans become outdated very quickly. Check recent comments for real time updates.
Vehicle and Launch Infrastructure Updates
^(See comments for real time updates.)
^(† expected or inferred, unconfirmed vehicle assignment)
| SuperHeavy Booster 4 | |
|---|---|
| 2021-08-06 | Fit check with S20 (NSF) |
| 2021-08-04 | Placed on orbital launch mount (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-03 | Moved to launch site (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-02 | 29 Raptors and 4 grid fins installed (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-01 | Stacking completed, Raptor installation begun (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-30 | Aft section stacked 23/23, grid fin installation (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-29 | Forward section stacked 13/13, aft dome plumbing (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-28 | Forward section preliminary stacking 9/13 (aft section 20/23) (comments) |
| 2021-07-26 | Downcomer delivered (NSF) and installed overnight (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-21 | Stacked to 12 rings (NSF) |
| 2021-07-20 | Aft dome section and Forward 4 section (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
| Starship Ship 20 | |
|---|---|
| 2021-08-06 | Booster mate for fit check (Twitter), demated and returned to High Bay (NSF) |
| 2021-08-05 | Moved to launch site, booster mate delayed by winds (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-04 | 6 Raptors installed, nose and tank sections mated (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-02 | Rvac preparing for install, S20 moved to High Bay (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-02 | forward flaps installed, aft flaps installed (NSF), nose TPS progress (YouTube) |
| 2021-08-01 | Forward flap installation (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-30 | Nose cone mated with barrel (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-29 | Aft flap jig (NSF) mounted (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-28 | Nose thermal blanket installation† (Twitter) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
| Orbital Launch Integration Tower | |
|---|---|
| 2021-07-28 | Segment 9 stacked, (final tower section) (NSF) |
| 2021-07-22 | Segment 9 construction at OLS (Twitter) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
| Orbital Launch Mount | |
|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | Table installed (YouTube) |
| 2021-07-28 | Table moved to launch site (YouTube), inside view showing movable supports (Twitter) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
| SuperHeavy Booster 3 | |
|---|---|
| 2021-07-23 | Remaining Raptors removed (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-22 | Raptor 59 removed (Twitter) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
| Early Production Vehicles and Raptor Movement | |
|---|---|
| 2021-08-02 | Raptors: delivery (Twitter) |
| 2021-08-01 | Raptors: RB17, 18 delivered, RB9, 21, 22 (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-31 | Raptors: 3 RB/RC delivered, 3rd Rvac delivered (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-30 | Raptors: 2nd Rvac delivered (YouTube) |
| 2021-07-29 | Raptors: 4 Raptors delivered (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-28 | Raptors: 2 RC and 2 RB delivered to build site (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-27 | Raptors: 3 RCs delivered to build site (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-26 | Raptors: 100th build completed (Twitter) |
| 2021-07-24 | Raptors: 1 RB and 1 RC delivered to build site (Twitter), three incl. RC62 shipped out (NSF) |
| 2021-07-20 | Raptors: RB2 delivered (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #22 |
Resources
- Spadre.com Starship Cam | Channel
- LabPadre Pad Cam | Channel
- NSF Starbase Stream | Channel
- NSF Booster 3 Updates Thread | Most Recent
- NSF Booster 4 Updates Thread | Most Recent
- NSF Boca Chica Production Updates Thread | Most recent
- Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
- TFR - NOTAM list
- SpaceX Boca Chica on Facebook
- SpaceX's Starship page
- Elon Starship tweet compilation on NSF | Most Recent
- Starship Users Guide (PDF) Rev. 1.0 March 2020
- Starship Spreadsheet by u/AnimatorOnFire
- Production Progress Infographics by @_brendan_lewis
- Starship flight opportunity spreadsheet by u/joshpine
- Test campaign timelines by u/chrisjbillington
- Starship Orbital Demo detailed in FCC Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
- Acronym definitions by Decronym
- Daily Timelines Wiki Page by u/Logancf1
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Posted Jul 22, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC · edited