Elon thinks the next launch will be in 6 to 8 weeks
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8 weeks to resume testing on the OLM perhaps, but there will be a lot of new stuff to test before launch
Ship 25 flaps were tested at 12:43 CDT
Yooooo
Road closure is now scheduled for tomorrow!
Starbase live-
9:15am cdt- 11 more loads of rebar have been lifted over to the OLM since midnight. LR11000 still holding the deluge pipe in position to be welded.
Edit-
10:48am- Deluge pipe is moved to the side of the underground pipe bunker and laid down on the ground.
11:50am- 8 more bundles of rebar have been lifted over to the OLM. Some presumably extra bent pieces have been lifted away as well.
1:11pm- Deluge pipe raised again and moved back to join the pipe that goes underground.
5:00pm- Since noon there has been 15 more loads of rebar craned over to the OLM. Most loads appear to be multiple pieces but there are several large bent pieces that have been moved one at a time.
9:00pm- 10 more loads of rebar have been moved over. (44 for the day so far and 56 in the last 40 hours)
It would be great if Mauricio could manage 2 flyovers this week. So much going on
Definitely!! Those piles of rebar by the OLM were huge. It’d be nice to see how big of a dent has been made in them. (I’d guess they’ve moved half of it but I bet I’m way overestimating)
I'm leaving reddit permanently, so thanks for maintaining this!
I was summoned out of my Christmas lair for an update. I see the cladding was already mentioned.
Starbase live- Yellow crane to the left of OLM has been lifting rebar over to the pit most of the day.
(I missed part of the morning but I’ve counted at least 12 loads so far)
Rover 2-
20:43 cdt- The large deluge pipe that we saw test fitted last night has now been painted white and is lifted back over to where the pipes go underground by the tanks.
Reddit thread is back up, thanks threelon
Thanks for coming to hang out here!
I intend to stay, though I will also follow the Reddit thread.
Vehicle Status
As of June 9th 2023
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Ship | Location | Status | Comment |
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Pre-S24 | Scrapped or Retired | SN15 and S20 are in the Rocket Garden, the rest are scrapped. | |
S24 | In pieces in the ocean | Destroyed | April 20th: Destroyed when booster MECO and ship stage separation from booster failed three minutes and 59 seconds after successful launch, so FTS was activated. This was the second launch attempt. |
S25 | Launch Site | Testing | On Feb 23rd moved back to build site, then on the 25th taken to the Massey's test site. March 21st: Cryo test. May 5th: Another cryo test. May 18th: Moved to the Launch Site and in the afternoon lifted onto Suborbital Test Stand B. |
S26 | Rocket Garden | Resting | No fins or heat shield, plus other changes. March 25th: Lifted onto the new higher stand in Rocket Garden. March 28th: First RVac installed (number 205). March 29th: RVac number 212 taken over to S26 and later in the day the third RVac (number 202) was taken over to S26 for installation. March 31st: First Raptor Center installed (note that S26 is the first Ship with electric Thrust Vector Control). April 1st: Two more Raptor Centers moved over to S26. |
S27 | Rocket Garden | Completed but no Raptors yet | Like S26, no fins or heat shield. April 24th: Moved to the Rocket Garden. |
S28 | High Bay 1 | Under construction | February 7th Assorted parts spotted. March 24th: Mid LOX barrel taken into High Bay 1. March 28th: Existing stack placed onto Mid LOX barrel. March 31st: Almost completed stack lifted off turntable. April 5th: Aft/Thrust section taken into High Bay 1. April 6th: the already stacked main body of the ship has been placed onto the thrust section, giving a fully stacked ship. April 25th: Lifted off the welding turntable, then the 'squid' detached - it was then connected up to a new type of lifting attachment which connects to the two lifting points below the forward flaps that are used by the chopsticks. May 25th: Installation of the first Aft Flap (interesting note: the Aft Flaps for S28 are from the scrapped S22). |
S29 | High Bay 1 | Under construction | April 28th: Nosecone and Payload Bay taken inside High Bay 1 (interesting note: the Forward Flaps are from the scrapped S22). May 1st: nosecone stacked onto payload bay (note that S29 is being stacked on the new welding turntable to the left of center inside High Bay 1, this means that LabPadre's Sentinel Cam can't see it and so NSF's cam looking at the build site is the only one with a view when it's on the turntable). May 4th: Sleeved Forward Dome moved into High Bay 1 and placed on the welding turntable. May 5th: Nosecone+Payload Bay stack placed onto Sleeved Forward Dome and welded. May 10th: Nosecone stack hooked up to new lifting rig instead of the 'Squid' (the new rig attaches to the Chopstick's lifting points and the leeward Squid hooks). May 11th: Sleeved Common Dome moved into High Bay 1. May 16th: Nosecone stack placed onto Sleeved Common Dome and welded. May 18th: Mid LOX section moved inside High Bay 1. May 19th: Current stack placed onto Mid LOX section for welding. June 2nd: Aft/Thrust section moved into High Bay 1. June 6th: The already stacked main body of the ship has been placed onto the thrust section, giving a fully stacked ship. |
S30+ | Build Site | Parts under construction | Assorted parts spotted through S34. |
Booster | Location | Status | Comment |
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Pre-B7 & B8 | Scrapped or Retired | B4 is in the Rocket Garden, the rest are scrapped. | |
B7 | In pieces in the ocean | Destroyed | April 20th: Destroyed when MECO and stage separation of ship from booster failed three minutes and 59 seconds after successful launch, so FTS was activated. This was the second launch attempt. |
B9 | High Bay 2 | Raptor Install | Cryo testing (methane and oxygen) on Dec. 21 and Dec. 29. Rollback on Jan. 10. On March 7th Raptors started to be taken into High Bay 2 for B9. |
B10 | Rocket Garden | Resting | 20-ring LOX tank inside High Bay 2 and Methane tank (with grid fins installed) in the ring yard. March 18th: Methane tank moved from the ring yard and into High Bay 2 for final stacking onto the LOX tank. March 22nd: Methane tank stacked onto LOX tank, resulting in a fully stacked booster. May 27th: Moved to the Rocket Garden. Note: even though it appears to be complete it currently has no Raptors. |
B11 | High Bay 2 | Under construction | March 24th: 'A3' barrel had the current 8-ring LOX tank stacked onto it. March 30th: 'A4' 4-ring LOX tank barrel taken inside High Bay 2 and stacked. April 2nd: 'A5' 4-ring barrel taken inside High Bay 2. April 4th: First methane tank 3-ring barrel parked outside High Bay 2 - this is probably F2. April 7th: downcomer installed in LOX tank (which is almost fully stacked except for the thrust section). April 28th: Aft section finally taken inside High Bay 2 to have the rest of the LOX tank welded to it (which will complete the LOX tank stack). May 11th: Methane tank Forward section and the next barrel down taken into High Bay 2 and stacked. May 18th: Methane tank stacked onto another 3 ring next barrel, making it 9 rings tall out of 13. May 20th: Methane tank section stacked onto the final barrel, meaning that the Methane tank is now fully stacked. May 23rd: Started to install the grid fins. June 3rd: Methane Tank stacked onto LOX Tank, meaning that B11 is now fully stacked. Once welded still more work to be done such as the remaining plumbing and wiring. |
B12 | High Bay 2 (LOX Tank) | Under construction | June 3rd: LOX tank commences construction: Common Dome (CX:4) and a 4-ring barrel (A2:4) taken inside High Bay 2 where CX:4 was stacked onto A2:4 on the right side welding turntable. June 7th: A 4-ring barrel (A3:4) was taken inside High Bay 2. June 8th: Barrel section A3:4 was lifted onto the welding turntable and the existing stack placed on it for welding. June 9th: The next 4-ring barrel (A4:4) was taken inside High Bay 2, later in the day the incomplete LOX tank stack was hooked up to it and placed on the welding turntable for stacking and welding. |
B13+ | Build Site | Parts under construction | Assorted parts spotted through B17. |
So relieved to see a Starship Tech thread here. It's the only thread I check daily without fail. Thanks @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Not much going on anyway plus about three people made it here. This is going to die pretty quick. Hopefully the idiotic Reddit "protest" will too.
To be fair, this place wasn't shared very widely. Also, at least people tried. Can't complain about a big website and then also just sit on your butt doing nothing. Change never happens unless people actively try to make things better.
I hate this defeatist attitude so many have that you should just take what these companies and websites are doing without trying to make change for the better.
I'm glad threelonmusketeers made this alternative. I also don't give a shit about third party apps because I don't use them. So to me it's a bunch of idiots who have no idea how a company operates throwing a temper tantrum because 'muh app' and ruining something for everyone else.
The blackout does quite literally zero harm to Reddit. None. It accomplishes less than nothing, and in fact makes their lives easier with less users taking up server space.
Reddit is nothing without moderators like threelon , and Reddit has done less than nothing with their first party apps to help moderators. To treat the lifeblood of your community with such contempt is a fast way to poison the entire well. If the spacex sub lost it's volunteer mods it would have been crypto bro hell 3 years ago.
And? Reddit doesn't give a shit about that. The blackout does nothing to shareholders. Giving away API for free does. They're going to address one of those issues and it isn't going to be apologizing or conceding to whiners who can't conceive of a life without a weird special app for Reddit.
We're talking about apps used by moderators to do their work. The mods say that the tools provided by Reddit are inadequate.
Yes, this is what I meant by "less than nothing"
What are you talking about? I said that lmao
I understand that, but it does not make my point any less relevant. These morons running around pretending they're hurting Reddit by not using the native app think they depend on mods and ads. They don't. They'll make more by orders of magnitude from profitizing the API. It's the smart business move, but fucking Reddit communists have no idea how businesses actually operate so they think they're relevant.
And in what way, exactly, are the mod tools "inadequate"? Every sub I've ever been to has been horrendously over moderated, and has driven off massive percentages of new users. If you can't figure out how to properly use Reddit without a third-party app, you're a fucking retard.
Fewer users -> less ad revenue.
So if we follow your logic the most profitable company will be the one with zero user. Since zero user = almost zero server cost.
I don't see any flaw in this logic
Steel sheathing going up on the tower at 10:40AM CDT on Starbase Live.
Are they replacing sheathing that was damaged during the first integrated flight test, or are they adding sheathing to part of the tower that never previously had sheathing?
New. They already took a few of the old panels off and then put them back.
I think most of us had a general sense of this already, but Elon stated next flight in "6 - 8 weeks":
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1668622531534934022?s=20
If anyone is interested in the rebar, the guess is that it’s #11 or #14 gauge based on pictures that we’ve seen.
Which leaves me wondering if there’s a tie gun out there large enough or if these guys have to do it all by hand. (My quick search only shows guns capable of #8 and smaller)
It would be a serious unit, our tie gun is amazing, but no way it does 11.
New possible road closures scheduled:
- Primary Date: June 15, 12:00 pm to 12:00 am
- Alternative Date: June 20, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Alternative Date: June 21, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Cryo loading of S25 well underway at 16:18 CDT
Venting around the front flaps on NerdleCam at about 16:39 CDT. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Detanking.
Road open. Done for the day.
Also a reddit refugee here!
Hello there!
This is great thank you, I started following spacex Reddit in the echologic (was that his name?) Days, but the sub got a bit, I dunno, it started to lack a certain something. Just got too big maybe.
I'm happy to see this here! Thanks for starting it, sorry for the off topic 😂