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Starship Development Thread #57 (sh.itjust.works)
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SpaceX Starship page

Portions of this thread copied from a Starship Dev thread on r/SpaceX.

FAQ

  1. When next launch? (IFT-5) Booster catch is now NET "late August or early September", per Elon. IFT-5 is NET Aug 31st, per Elon. (3 weeks from Aug 10th)
  2. When previous launch? (IFT-4)? Booster 11 and Ship 29 launched on 2024-06-06.
  3. What was the result? Both booster and ship make it to landing burn and splashdown. Ship flaps took a beating on reentry, but remained in control of the vehicle.

Quick Links

RAPTOR ROOST | LAB CAM | SAPPHIRE CAM | SENTINEL CAM | ROVER CAM | ROVER 2.0 CAM | PLEX CAM | NSF STARBASE

Starship Dev 56 | IFT-4 launch thread | Starship Dev 55 | IFT-3 launch thread | Starship Dev 54 | Starship Dev 53 | Starship Dev 52

Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)

Status

Road Closures - @bocaroad Mastodon bot

Type Start (CDT) End (CDT) Status
Primary Date 2024-07-09 08:00 2024-07-09 20:00 Possible Closure.
Backup Date 2024-07-10 08:00 2024-07-10 20:00 Possible Closure.
Backup Date 2024-07-11 08:00 2024-07-11 20:00 Possible Closure.
Backup Date 2024-07-10 12:00 2024-07-11 00:00 "Clossure" Scheduled.
Backup Date 2024-07-11 12:00 2024-07-12 00:00 Possible "Clossure".
Primary Date 2024-07-12 08:00 2024-07-12 20:00 Possible "Clossure".

Up to date as of 2024-07-11

Vehicle Status

As of 2024-08-15

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Ship Location Status Comment
S26 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping Static fire Oct. 20. No fins or heat shield, multiple mysterious changes. Completed 3 cryo tests, latest on Oct 10. Rolls to Massey's May 8th, cryo test May 24th, static fired Jun 3rd, rolls to rocket garden Jun 12th. Moves to Megabay 2 Aug 13th, raptors removed Aug 14th.
S30 Rocket Garden Static fired Jul 26th 2x cryo: Jan 3rd and Jan 5th. Engines installed ~Apr 9th. Static fired May 8th. Heatshield replacement completed by Jul 20. Static fired Jul 26th. Raptor replacement Aug 3rd. Spin prime Aug 6th.
S31 Highbay Pending heatshield replacement Cryo tested May 12th, suffers small electrical fire. Underwent repairs in the Highbay, rolls back to Massey's Jul 1. Cryo tested Jul 2nd and 3rd. Engines installed by Jul 26th.
S32 Rocket Garden Resting Fully stacked, fore flaps installed but not aft flaps
S33 Highbay/Megabay 2 Assembly First V2 Starship. Nosecone spotted Jul 14th. Forward section spotted Jul 27th.
S34 Build site Parts spotted Methane header tank spotted Aug 14th.
Booster Location Status Comment
B12 Megabay 1 Pending hot stage ring install Cryo x2, Static fire Jul 15th
B13 Megabay 1 Testing Cryo tests Apr 26th (methane tank) and Apr 29th (LOX tank)
B14 Megabay 1 Pending cryo Stacked Apr 26th
B14.1 Sanchez Resting Multiple catch simulation "slap tests" performed on Jun 26th and 27th.
B15 Build Site Assembly Potential aft end, common dome section, aft tank section, and forward dome spotted.
B16 Build Site Assembly Parts spotted
B17 Build Site Assembly Parts spotted

Resources

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Mechazilla decal added to Ship 30 (lemmy.world)
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Polaris Dawn and Crew-9 capsules (pbs.twimg.com)
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Source

  • Polaris Dawn: C207-3 (Resilience)
  • Crew-9: C212-4 (Freedom)
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The new generation of heavy lift rockets is rising to challenge SpaceX (techcrunch.com)
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Who remembers when SpaceX wasn't "the undisputed leader in launch"? Amazing how time flies.

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Polaris aiming to break barriers, build experience with Dawn (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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FCC approves Starlink first generation upgrade plan (spacenews.com)
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Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission ready for launch (spacenews.com)
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SpaceX to static fire Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Starlink and Crew 9 missions (spaceflightnow.com)
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South Korea hires SpaceX to launch GEO satellite in 2027 (spacenews.com)
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Starlink 10-5 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
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Starlink Group 10-5 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-08-20 13:20 UTC, or 2024-08-20 09:20 local time (EDT). Booster 1085-1 (new booster!) to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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First SpaceX spacewalk: Polaris Dawn mission launch date, details (www.cnbc.com)
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SpaceX launches Transporter-11 smallsat rideshare mission (spacenews.com)
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[rykllan] 2024-08-15 Falcon flightworthy boosters overview (pbs.twimg.com)
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Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1824161314538729844

  • B1061 and B1062 are tied for first place at 22 flights.
  • B1067 in second place with 21 flights, 1063 in third place with 19 flights.
  • B1069 and B1071, and B1073 are tied for 5th place at 17 flights each.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1824161318523359567

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Transporter-11 Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-16, 18:56 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-16, 11:56 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1075-12 | | Landing | LZ-4 | | Payloads | Multiple | | Customers | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to SSO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WVENEaFvvw | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cmrLaEAF9o | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFthRg22Bk&pp=ygUOdGhlIGxhdW5jaCBwYWQ%3D | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824517750707896665 | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 27th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 16:54:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 20th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 341st Falcon Family Booster landing, 351st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 11th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 80th Falcon 9 mission this year, 366th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 81st SpaceX mission of 2024, 381st mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 83rd SpaceX launch this year, 394th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Transporter 11 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.

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WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-15, 13:00 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-15, 09:00 (EDT) | | Mission | CRS NG-21 | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1076-16 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Payload | WorldView Legion 3 & 4 | | Customer | Maxar Technologies | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o12UhwZY4gQ | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5bnoNUK51M | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju0XNW2Ut0 | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=6KNKORsX8mg | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1824065327980019774 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1uPcDo3G4M

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 38th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 5 days, 0:10:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 43rd landing on LZ-1

☑️ 340th Falcon Family Booster landing, 350th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 10th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 79th Falcon 9 mission this year, 365th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 80th SpaceX mission of 2024, 380th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 82nd SpaceX launch this year, 393rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe's next generation of earth observation satellites.

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NASASpaceflight: This Is Starbase | SpaceX Starships Are Made Here (youtu.be)
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Eager Space: Starship Orbital Refueling (youtu.be)
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FAA postpones hearings on Starship environmental review (spacenews.com)
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SpaceX announces first human mission to ever fly over the planet’s poles (arstechnica.com)
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SpaceX launches two satellites for Arctic broadband mission (spacenews.com)
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Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-08-12, 02:02 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-08-11, 19:02 (PDT) | | Mission | ASBM | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1061-22 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | ASBM-1, ASBM-2 | | Customer | Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Inmarsat, USAF | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Highly Elliptical Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnuvVhWe0B0 | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJkwyjdhwXY | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NWv3-vxC7k | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1822812261792014815 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcdMp8SUWw

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 26th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 7 days, 18:38:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 99th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 338th Falcon Family Booster landing, 348th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 8th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 77th Falcon 9 mission this year, 363rd Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 78th SpaceX mission of 2024, 378th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 80th SpaceX launch this year, 391st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

The ASBM satellites will carry multiple hosted payloads including an X-Band payload for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense and a Ka-Band payload for Inmarsat. Northrop Grumman announced last year that it will also provide two Extremely High-Frequency eXtended Data Rate (EHF XDR) payloads for the Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization (EPS-R) to the U.S. Air Force for integration on the spacecraft. The systems are designed to improve secure and continuous communications in the North Polar Region. Additionally, Northrop Grumman was selected to provide critical ground infrastructure for EPS-R.

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Starlink 10-7 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
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Starlink Group 10-7 launch out of LC-39A in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-08-12 10:37 UTC, or 2024-08-10 06:37 local time (EDT). Booster 1073-17 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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Flight 5 and 6 Preparations Underway as SpaceX reveals Raptor 3 (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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First Raptor 3 test fire (pbs.twimg.com)
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1821689943904702664

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1821700452930515321

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Starlink 8-3 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 8-3 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-08-09 16:13 UTC, or 2024-08-09 12:13 local time (EDT). Booster 1067-21 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

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