SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

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SN-01 propulsion module & moving ring segments

 

 

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Balance

 

 

 

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1) Port of LA Harbor Commission has voted to re-start the Port Starship facility. The City Council & Mayor take it up next week.

 

2) 

 

 

A reusable orbital Starship flight this year? That'd shake things  up  😃

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Starship SN-01 stacking, tests, outfitting

 

Cargo module sections are still indoors.

 

 

 

LabPadre livestream

 

 

(LabPadre stream screenshot)

 

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High Bay

 

Wouldn't be a surprise if a taller one were built for Super Heavy. 

 

 

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Starship SN-01's propulsion module is at the pad for cryotreating & tests. The cargo module/nose cone is being stacked. Starship SN-02 parts have been seen, so they're on a tear

 

Getting the crane & load spreader ready to place SN-01  on the test pad.

 

 

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Fronius = Fronius International, Germany. High end welding.

 

 

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3200 seconds 😎

 

 

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RIP Starship SN-01

 

Looked like the lower LOX dome let go during liquid nitrogen testing, "launching" the rest.

 

SN-02 parts are waiting in the wings to be stacked with weld upgrades per an earlier post, and the SN-03 thrust structure is being built.

 

Nose Cone 2 is being stacked.

 

 

 

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This made me sad when I read about it on Twitter.

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There weren't livestreams back when Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 development tanks rolled across the McGregor Texas landscape, usually in many pieces 😅

 

SN-02 is being stacked, so expect another set of tests in short order.

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Moving fast again,

 

 

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Port of LA

 

Ring forming hardware, steel and other Starship gear is being delivered.

 

 

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SN-02 dome/thrust structure test tank is nearly ready - the big blue Roll-Away transporter arrived March 4. 

 

Also, SN-03 build and a new nose cone, perhaps for the 20km test.

 

Dial down the audio - machinery warning beeps 

 

 

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SN-02 test tank on the pad at 07:40

 

 

 

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Liquid nitrogen test completed, looks like no ka-boom!!

 

Waiting for results.

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LN2 testing tonight was completed with no booms 

 

 

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Test report etc.

 

 

 

 

 

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SN3 stacking

 

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HELL YEAH!!

 

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Definitely evolving into a space-shipyard 

 

 

 

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High Bay 2 for Super Heavy going up? Looks like it.

 

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15 hours ago, DocM said:

High Bay 2 for Super Heavy going up? Looks like it.

 

 

super heavy as in test builds of the booster??

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2 hours ago, anthdci said:

super heavy as in test builds of the booster??

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To build the Super Heavy booster they'll use many of the same rings, domes and other parts from Starship - a high degree of commonality.  That said, the engine bay will be very different, possibly 10+ meters instead of 9 meters and with 6 fin/legs.

 

High Bay 2 will give them a work space, platforms, and elevators high enough to stack the 70 meter (230') tall Super Heavy first stage.

 

This is the same height as fully stacked Falcon 9 or Heavy. Musk recently tweeted the full stack, Super Heavy + Starship, will be 120 meters (393' 8.4").

 

Now add a launch platform & thrust diverter up to 30 meters tall.