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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3140 on: 09/29/2024 03:59 pm »
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3141 on: 10/01/2024 01:26 pm »
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3142 on: 10/01/2024 03:46 pm »
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Two corner segments for Pad B Orbital Launch Mount has been delivered this morning.

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3143 on: 10/02/2024 04:00 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1841508171103244319

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Potential parts for Pad B's OLM arrived were lifted by a crane at the Sanchez Lot, Ship 30 was destacked from atop Booster 12, and hardware for future ships and boosters was visible inside the Starfactory.

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3144 on: 10/03/2024 05:59 am »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1841604598999466158

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SpaceX is packing away the huge crane CC8800-1 at the launch site...

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3145 on: 10/03/2024 10:04 am »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1841604598999466158

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SpaceX is packing away the huge crane CC8800-1 at the launch site...

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Points the needle more towards the 'mobile launch platform' theory if they don't need the big crane to lift a fixed OLM into its final position.

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3146 on: 10/03/2024 10:34 am »
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SpaceX is packing away the huge crane CC8800-1 at the launch site...

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Points the needle more towards the 'mobile launch platform' theory if they don't need the big crane to lift a fixed OLM into its final position.
I don't agree with that. The boom is still up on the crane and I think they are packing up the parts they no longer need. If the launch mount is a fixed mount they have two heavy lift cranes on site to do the lift (they did that for the first launch mount).

I do like the thought of a mobile launch mount that that they could swap between launches.

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I see the launch mount at masseys and that is a fixed trench and then the mobile carrier is positioned over the it.

So for a mobile launch platform does anybody have pics(sketches) of what it looks like?
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3148 on: 10/06/2024 06:52 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1842997385930375359

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Mary (@BocaChicaGal) spots two pieces of the new Launch Mount deck for Orbital Pad B. The hollow structure suggests a water-cooled deck, as we have suspected.

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3150 on: 10/08/2024 01:42 pm »
https://twitter.com/rgvaerialphotos/status/1843646095181918526

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Do you want the good news or the good news?

1. OLM-2 launch table spotted at Sanchez! Comparison v.s. OLM-1:

2. The FAA has posted the second NOTAM for S30's splashdown in the Indian Ocean starting on October 13!

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3151 on: 10/08/2024 07:41 pm »
https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1843738077656953141

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Two more huge launch mount parts arrived in Starbase just now. I’m told there are six more just like these on the way. @NASASpaceflight

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3152 on: 10/08/2024 07:59 pm »
https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1843738077656953141

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Two more huge launch mount parts arrived in Starbase just now. I’m told there are six more just like these on the way. @NASASpaceflight

Looks like ten of these would make up the ring of a mobile launch mount and the 'square' part would make the base.

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3153 on: 10/09/2024 03:15 am »
https://x.com/thejackbeyer/status/1843738077656953141

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Two more huge launch mount parts arrived in Starbase just now. I’m told there are six more just like these on the way. @NASASpaceflight

Looks like ten of these would make up the ring of a mobile launch mount and the 'square' part would make the base.

Interestingly, the sections that arrived the other day are broader but not as deep (based on the truck's coordination) as the parts that arrived recently.
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3154 on: 10/09/2024 07:34 pm »
https://twitter.com/AshleyKillip/status/1844093500553560203

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With all the new OLM parts showing up at Starbase thick and fast thankfully with
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 getting amazing overhead shots we can see what they have been cooking up. Still not sure if this monster will be "mobile" but something to remember is we wont need 2 large cranes like the first this will be done with SPMT's making it able to be swapped out easier in the future if needed.
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3155 on: 10/09/2024 08:09 pm »
As you can see, based on these initial renders, the water Deluge Pancake plates seen on trucks will be placed on top of the launch mount.  In one of the pictures of the pancake deluge pictures, one of the parts was the curved inside portion.

The water deluge is on top of the OLM B mount in the orange area. This doesn't exclude the regular Flame Trench water deluge system, which should be installed permanently underneath and separate from this "Portable" mount.

When it arrives at the pad, this mount's water source will be hooked up like the one NASA uses for the MLP.

The purpose of the water deluge pancake plates is to cool the upper mount structure from the intense heat at launch.  Whether the pancake will be opened up to allow water to cascade into the launch mount hole and flow down into the flame trench has not been determined.
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3156 on: 10/11/2024 07:16 pm »
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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3157 on: 10/11/2024 07:39 pm »
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As we wait for the launch license to drop, here's a photo of Pad West's flame trench! Where will it be by the time Flight 6 launches?

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3158 on: 10/15/2024 04:20 am »
It would appear from catch videos that the padding on the grabbers needs no refurbishment

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845966756579627167

What kind of metal, with foam behind it, is flexible enough to not deform when banged around like that?

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Re: SpaceX Texas launch site Discussion and Updates - Thread 12
« Reply #3159 on: 10/15/2024 11:05 am »
It would appear from catch videos that the padding on the grabbers needs no refurbishment

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1845966756579627167

What kind of metal, with foam behind it, is flexible enough to not deform when banged around like that?
They only deform in one axis and have built in flexural joints, so pretty much any steel will work just fine.

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