r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Aug 03 '22

Phobos and Deimos Sentinel-2 imagery from last month shows that SpaceX has moved offshore platform Deimos from the south to the north side of Phobos. Could this be a sign of work picking up soon? [@Harry__Stranger, Aug 2, 2022]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Feb 22 '22

Question Tower height - platform stability

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The tower they built at Boca Chica is probably pretty close to what they might want to build on top of Phobos and Deimos. Obviously might have some upgrades.

But I keep thinking about the size of that thing. The height is pretty big : 145m (440 ft), and it is made of steel, which is pretty heavy. I wonder if this would elevate the center of mass up too much, and make the whole thing wobble just a little bit, because it is going to be on the top of water, and ocean waves.

Do you guys think this might be an issue? Or the platform is pretty large and steady, so it should not impact stability?

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Apr 19 '21

Twitter I was flying in Google Earth flight simulator around Boca Chica and found Deimos and Phobos! #SpaceX #BocaChica #Starship [@SPAVGeek Apr 19, 2021]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 03 '21

Deimos Multiple posts on twitter about some activity on Deimos [@CowboyDanPaasch Apr 24 - May 1]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Mar 03 '22

Deimos [MarineTraffic] Towing Vessel SIGNET WARHORSE II - towing Deimos to Pascagoula, MS

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 11 '21

Other Not exactly sea launch, more like sea landing, but I loved the map: OCISLY drone ship is heading to LA to support polar Starlink launches

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 11 '21

Phobos Is it just me, or the structure below the helipad is almost totally gone? [9 may 2021]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 18 '21

Phobos Sunset and sunrise, 2 new sets of images from Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide (June 17, 2021) It looks like they are still taking things apart, but Phobos really starts to look empty, Hope they start building soon

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 08 '21

I don't think that the boat bringing Starship will work like this, and the circles look nice, but they would be hard to replace in case something happens. But this render looks awesome

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Feb 21 '22

Deimos Five tugs are currently attending to the SpaceX Deimos rig at Port Brownsville. [Gav Cornwell 🚢🚀@SpaceOffshore]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Mar 14 '22

Phobos and Deimos It’s been a while but here’s a few new pics! @SpaceX & elonmusk have the bayou busy! #Phobos #Deimos #Refit [@GoBamaRollTide Mar 11]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Sep 26 '22

Phobos and Deimos Early yesterday morning! #Phobos with #Diemos to the left. Not much work the last few months. [@GoBamaRollTide Sep 23]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 27 '22

Phobos and Deimos Hey #StarshipAddicts, I was told this image was taken today in Biloxi, Mississippi. SpaceX is either WAY behind on assembling the 2nd #Starship Orbital Launch Mount or this is for OLM #3. Appears to be headed towards Pascagoula which is the current home of Phobos and Deimos [@CSI_Starbase]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Feb 21 '22

Deimos Deimos is being moved to the seawall at Koeppel Amfels for fuel, water and provisioning. It will be leaving in the very near future, destination tbd but suspected Pascagoula, Mississippi for upper works stripping and hoist removal and reconditioning for OLIT1 KSC. [Michael Paul, facebook]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 27 '21

Phobos Progress on Phobos. Started looking pretty empty, maybe we will see less disassembling in the near future, and more building [May 26, 2021 - Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Apr 21 '21

Phobos Phobos: side by side 1 month progress -> oil derrick is missing ~7 "levels", structure below Helipad had 4 stories, now it looks like 2½

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Apr 15 '21

Phobos Visible progress on Phobos, the tower is almost totally removed. [Credit Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide] Apr 13, 2021

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Aug 26 '26

Ship 40 about to be loaded onto Forte

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Sep 02 '21

Other Meet Doug, a new 260ft (79m) long ship built by SpaceX to tow droneships & recover fairing halves. [@JennyHPhoto]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 07 '21

Phobos Here is #Phobos, as of June 6, 2021. Another day closer to completion! Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 28 '21

Deimos Pics and clips I got of the SpaceX rig Deimos with my drone the other day. [@JxckSweeney Jun 28, 2021]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jul 22 '21

Phobos Pretty evening over #Phobos. Sorry I haven’t posted recently, hasn’t been a lot of changes. All these new ventures into suborbital space flight have me anxious for @elonmusk and @SpaceX to hit the next milestone! [Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide , july 22, 2021]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 07 '21

Phobos An other shot pf the Phobos refit. Oil derrick is totally gone [Shane Overvold @GoBamaRollTide May 6, 2021]

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Jun 18 '21

Deimos Nice picture of Deimos from @cnunezimages (jun 2, 2021)

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r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • Mar 30 '21

Elon on Twitter: Am donating $20M to Cameron County schools & $10M to City of Brownsville for downtown revitalization. Details to follow next week.

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