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Starship Development Thread #47 (sh.itjust.works)
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  1. When (first) orbital flight? First integrated flight test occurred April 20, 2023. "The vehicle cleared the pad and beach as Starship climbed to an apogee of ~39 km over the Gulf of Mexico – the highest of any Starship to-date. The vehicle experienced multiple engines out during the flight test, lost altitude, and began to tumble. The flight termination system was commanded on both the booster and ship."
  2. Where can I find streams of the launch? SpaceX Full Livestream. NASASpaceFlight Channel. Lab Padre Channel. Everyday Astronaut Channel.
  3. What's happening next? SpaceX has assessed damage to Stage 0 and is implementing fixes and changes including a water deluge/pad protection/"shower head" system. No major repairs to key structures appear to be necessary.
  4. When is the next flight test? Just after flight, Elon stated they "Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months." On April 29, he reiterated this estimate in a Twitter Spaces Q&A (summarized here), saying "I'm glad to report that the pad damage is actually quite small," should "be repaired quickly," and "From a pad standpoint, we are probably ready to launch in 6 to 8 weeks." Requalifying the flight termination system (FTS) and the FAA post-incident review will likely require the longest time to complete. Musk reiterated the timeline on May 26, stating "Major launchpad upgrades should be complete in about a month, then another month of rocket testing on pad, then flight 2 of Starship."
  5. Why no flame diverter/flame trench below the OLM? Musk tweeted on April 21: "3 months ago, we started building a massive water-cooled, steel plate to go under the launch mount. Wasn’t ready in time & we wrongly thought, based on static fire data, that Fondag would make it through 1 launch." Regarding a trench, note that the Starship on the OLM sits 2.5x higher off the ground than the Saturn V sat above the base of its flame trench, and the OLM has 6 exits vs. 2 on the Saturn V trench.

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Type Start (UTC) End (UTC) Status
Primary 2023-08-04 13:00:00 2023-08-05 01:00:00 Possible
Alternative 2023-08-06 13:00:00 2023-08-07 01:00:00 Possible
Alternative 2023-08-07 13:00:00 2023-08-08 01:00:00 Possible

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As of July 28th 2023

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Ship Location Status Comment
S15 Rocket Garden Scrapped
S20 Rocket Garden Retired
S24 Gulf of Mexico Destroyed Destroyed on during Flight Test 1
S25 Launch Site Testing Spin Prime and Static Fire
S26 Rocket Garden Resting No fins or heat shield, plus other changes.
S27 Rocket Garden Scrapped Common dome imploded
S28 Rocket Garden Pending Raptor install Previously tested at Masseys
S29 High Bay 1 Under construction
S30 Build Site Under construction
S31 Build Site Parts under construction Assorted parts spotted through S34.

 

Booster Location Status Comment
Pre-B7 & B8 Scrapped or Retired B4 is in the Rocket Garden, the rest are scrapped.
B7 Gulf of Mexico Destroyed Destroyed April 20th in Flight Test 1
B9 Mega bay Pending raptor swap and hot-stage ring install Static fire (August 5th)
B10 Masseys Testing Cryo testing
B11 Rocket Garden Resting
B12 Megabay Raceways installed
B13 Build Site Parts under construction
B14 Build Site Parts under construction
B15 Build Site Parts under construction

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

New comment from /u/santacfan on Reddit:

Starbase live-

12:26am- Pump truck goes up behind OLM. Swings over to the pit

2:16am- First concrete truck arrives on Rover 2

2:28am- Boom starts moving around

7:00am- We’re at 40 trucks so far.

7:21am- Pump truck folds up

7:28am- Another pump truck is arriving

7:53am- 2nd pump truck going up

8:14am- 2nd pump truck folds up(?). Concrete trucks going straight to the back side of the pit

9:48am- Crane lifts an acetylene torch from over by the pit to the front side of the OLM

10:06am- Crane lifts a load of rebar away from the pit

10:26am- Crane lifts an air compressor over to the pit

10:50am- 45 trucks so far and it looks like that may be it. Of interest, it seemed like the pump truck last night never got the area over by the crane. Fully expected that the 2nd pump truck would set up to reach that area but it didn’t.

(That puts my rough count at 560 concrete truck loads so far)

11:08am- 2nd pump truck goes back up

11:30am- Pump truck goes back down

11:35am- Pump truck leaves the OLM.

1:21pm- PA announcement- Attention on the orbital pad, due to B9 check outs on the launch mount, expect loud venting. Hearing protection is recommended

1:24:50pm- Venting

2:48pm- Visitors under the OLM

3:03pm- Times to get those legs looking spiffy. The paint crew is back

7:39pm- Forklift brings in a piece of metal sheeting and lifts it up towards the draw works shed

9:15pm- Next section of the new mega bay being rolled over for lift

9:46pm- Dance floor is lowering

10:06pm- Crane swings in another light tower to the OLM

10:25pm- Swings another light tower over towards the pit

10:34pm- Dance floor is completely down

(This gets synced)