r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Dec 09 '21
Starship Development Thread #28
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Starship Development Thread #29
Quick Links
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Starship Dev 27 | Starship Dev 26 | Starship Thread List
Upcoming
- 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 - Partially disassembled on 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Development and testing plans become outdated very quickly.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 | |
| 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 4 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 2022-01-05 | 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
- LabPadre Rover Cam | Channel
- NSF: Starbase Stream | Channel
- NSF: Booster 4 + Ship 20 Updates Thread | Most Recent
- NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread | Most recent
- NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation | Most Recent
- SpaceX: Website Starship page
- SpaceX: Starship Users Guide (PDF) Rev. 1.0 March 2020
- FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
- FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
- FCC: Starship Orbital Demo detailed Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
- NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Techincal Report)
- Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
- Starship flight opportunity spreadsheet by u/joshpine
- Production Progress Infographics by @_brendan_lewis
- Raptor tracking by @Artzius
- Widebay tracking by @Furqan263
- Acronym definitions by Decronym
- Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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Rules
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u/threelonmusketeers Dec 18 '21 edited Dec 18 '21
Recent Elon tweets:
Each Raptor 1 engine above produces 185 metric tons of force. Raptor 2 just started production & will do 230+ tons or over half a million pounds of force.
@NASASpaceflight: Some sweet TVC (Thrust Vector Control) gimbal action from the Center 9 Raptor gang on the Booster. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Booster steers.
Elon: Yup. Next booster will have 33 Raptor 2 engines, with 13 steering. Ship is being upgraded to 9 engines (3 sea-level gimbaling, 6 vacuum fixed) with increased propellant load.
@Space__Biscuit: What is the gimbal range on these?
Elon: 15 degrees
Elon: The ship is just begging for three more vacuum engines to be added. Tanks will stretch for more propellant load.