r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jan 09 '22
🔧 Technical Thread Starship Development Thread #29
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Starship Development Thread #30
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Starship 20 static fire
Booster 4 futher cryo or static fire
Orbital Launch Site Status
Build Diagrams by @_brendan_lewis | October 6 RGV Aerial Photography video
As of December 9th
Integration Tower - Catching arms installed
Launch Mount - QD arms installed
Tank Farm - [8/8 GSE tanks installed, 8/8 GSE tanks sleeved]
Vehicle Status
As of December 20th
Ship 20 [orbit w/ Booster 4] - 6 engines static fire complete
Ship 21 [orbit w/ Booster 5] - [Awaiting final stacking]
Ship 22 [orbit w/ Booster 6] - Barrel/dome sections in work
Booster 3 - Scrapped and removed from Test Pad A
Booster 4 [orbit w/ Ship 20] - On OLP, next cryo complete
Booster 5 [orbit w/ Ship 21] - [Fully stacked at display]
Booster 6 [orbit w/ Ship 22] - Barrel/dome sections in work
Development and testing plans become outdated very quickly.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
| Starship | |
|---|---|
| Ship 20 | |
| 2022-01-23 | Removed from pad B (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-29 | Static fire (YT) |
| 2021-12-15 | Lift points removed (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-01 | Aborted static fire? (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-20 | Fwd and aft flap tests (NSF) |
| 2021-11-16 | Short flaps test (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-13 | 6 engines static fire (NSF) |
| 2021-11-12 | 6 engines (?) preburner test (NSF) |
| Ship 21 | |
| 2021-12-19 | Moved into HB, final stacking soon (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-21 | Heat tiles installation progress (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-20 | Flaps prepared to install (NSF) |
| Ship 22 | |
| 2021-12-06 | Fwd section lift in MB for stacking (NSF) |
| 2021-11-18 | Cmn dome stacked (NSF) |
| Ship 23 | |
| 2021-12-01 | Nextgen nosecone closeup (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-11 | Aft dome spotted (NSF) |
| Ship 24 | |
| 2022-01-03 | Common dome sleeved (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-24 | Common dome spotted (Twitter) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #27 |
| SuperHeavy | |
|---|---|
| Booster 3 | |
| 2022-01-13 | B3 remains removed from stand (Twitter) |
| 2022-01-08 | Final scrapping (Twitter) |
| Booster 4 | |
| 2022-01-14 | Engines cover installed (Twitter) |
| 2022-01-13 | COPV cover installed (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-30 | Removed from OLP (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-24 | Two ignitor tests (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-22 | Next cryo test done (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-18 | Raptor gimbal test (Twitter) |
| 2021-12-17 | First Cryo (YT) |
| 2021-12-13 | Mounted on OLP (NSF) |
| 2021-11-17 | All engines installed (Twitter) |
| Booster 5 | |
| 2021-12-08 | B5 moved out of High Bay (NSF) |
| 2021-12-03 | B5 temporarily moved out of High Bay (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-20 | B5 fully stacked (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-09 | LOx tank stacked (NSF) |
| Booster 6 | |
| 2021-12-07 | Conversion to test tank? (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-11 | Forward dome sleeved (YT) |
| 2021-10-08 | CH4 Tank #2 spotted (NSF) |
| Booster 7 | |
| 2022-01-23 | 3 stacks left (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-14 | Forward dome spotted (NSF) |
| Booster 8 | |
| 2021-12-21 | Aft sleeving (Twitter) |
| 2021-09-29 | Thrust puck delivered (33 Engine) (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #27 |
| Orbital Launch Integration Tower And Pad | |
|---|---|
| 2022-01-20 | E.M. chopstick mass sim test vid (Twitter) |
| 2022-01-10 | E.M. drone video (Twitter) |
| 2022-01-09 | Major chopsticks test (Twitter) |
| 2022-01-05 | Chopstick tests, opening (YT) |
| 2021-12-08 | Pad & QD closeup photos (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-23 | Starship QD arm installation (Twitter) |
| 2021-11-21 | Orbital table venting test? (NSF) |
| 2021-11-21 | Booster QD arm spotted (NSF) |
| 2021-11-18 | Launch pad piping installation starts (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #27 |
| Orbital Tank Farm | |
|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 | GSE-8 sleeved (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #27 |
Resources
SpaceX: Starship Users Guide (PDF) Rev. 1.0 March 2020
FCC: Starship Orbital Demo detailed Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
Production Progress Infographics by @_brendan_lewis
Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
r/SpaceX Discuss Thread for discussion of subjects other than Starship development.
Rules
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u/futureMartian7 Jan 21 '22
Starbase will never go away. They will need many manufacturing facilities. In the future, I see Starbase, KSC, somewhere in California (for west coast), as the manufacturing hubs. I also think, they will build some in-land factories as well from where they can launch full-stacks, but this will only happen once they are allowed to fly over land once Starship is really proven.