SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship updates

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Flight 4 booster on its way for tests 

70+ m of beautiful 

 

 

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Preps for a second launch Tower at Boca Chica 

 

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Getting busy at Starbase 

She also said they have 3,000 people working there, and have spent $3 billion.

 

Full text;

"Kathy Lueders provided an update on Starbase yesterday. Here are the key points she made:

Starship's IFT-4 licence is expected the last week of May or possibly early June.

SpaceX's Starfactory is nearly complete and should be finalised by the end of this year!

SpaceX is working on enhancing the general infrastructure that surrounds Starbase!

IFT-4 wet dress rehearsal should be done in the next week. It was delayed due to an issue with Ship 31 during its testing.

SpaceX is working on a project to construct a highway or create a secondary pathway.

Tours around Starbase have been suspended due to the extensive amount of construction. An educational day may be organised for October."

 

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Interesting NSF report 

Also a screencap of a Starship V2 fin, which is thinner

 

 

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Starship Flight 4: June 5 

https://spacenews.com/spacex-sets-early-june-launch-of-next-starship-test-flight/

 

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Starship Flight 4 launch 

Date: June 5

Backup: June 6

0800-1200 Eastern (both)

(times in tweet are Central)

 

 

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Starship Launch 4 update 

NOW SET FOR JUNE 6

 

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Date: Thursday June 6

Launch window: 800 - 1000 Eastern

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FAA Statement June 4, 2024

The FAA is responsible for and committed to protecting the public during commercial space transportation launch and reentry operations.
The FAA has approved a license authorization for SpaceX Starship Flight 4. SpaceX met all safety and other licensing requirements for this test flight. The modified license can be found here.
As part of its request for license modification, SpaceX proposed three scenarios involving the Starship entry that would not require an investigation in the event of the loss of the vehicle. The FAA approved the scenarios as test induced damage exceptions after evaluating them as part of the flight safety and flight hazard analyses and confirming they met public safety requirements. If a different anomaly occurs with the Starship vehicle an investigation may be warranted as well as if an anomaly occurs with the Super Heavy booster rocket.

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LANDING BURN AND SPLASH DOWN OF BOOSTER! SUCCESS!

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Qapla'!!

That was freaking beautiful

Now for reentry of Starship, and hopefully a water landing of it as well.

 

 

[anthdci]

what did I just watch! 

[TrevorLahey]

That was crazy!!

Video of the flap breaking up:

 

Edited June 6, 2024 by bguy_1986

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It's official, despite part of a flap burning away it held  together and moving. Starship made a soft Landing in the ocean. 

 

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[Xenon]

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Scott Manley was also impressed 

 

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Musk thinks they'll have the fin hinge seal fixed for the next flight. 

 

 

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European Space Agency Director General weighs in on Starship 4 success

 

 

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Super Heavy booster landing test in Gulf of Mexico. For Flight 5 they're planning to catch it with the launch tower's mechanical arms.

 

 

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For SpaceX's next trick..

 

 

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Starbase Tower 2 incoming 

 

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Starship Integration Tower 2 build has begun 

 

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Big changes to Pad B.

 

This was also an interesting watch: