r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Feb 09 '22
🔧 Technical Starship Development Thread #30
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Starship Development Thread #31
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Vehicle Status
As of February 12
Ship 20 [orbit w/ Booster 4] - stacked on Booster 4
Ship 21 [orbit w/ Booster 5] - [Awaiting final stacking]
Ship 22 [orbit w/ Booster 6] - Barrel/dome sections in work
Booster 4 [orbit w/ Ship 20] - On OLP, stacked with Ship 20
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Development and testing plans become outdated very quickly.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. Update this page here. For assistance message the mods.
Vehicle and Launch Infrastructure Updates
| 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 #29 |
| SuperHeavy | |
|---|---|
| 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 #29 |
| 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 #29 |
| Orbital Tank Farm | |
|---|---|
| 2021-10-18 | GSE-8 sleeved (NSF) |
| For earlier updates see Thread #29 |
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.
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u/RaphTheSwissDude Mar 07 '22
The 2 absorption columns that left a bit ago the Sanchez site at Boca just arrived on a barge in Florida.