Starship Gazer@StarshipGazer·A Version 3 Raptor engine is now visible in the SpaceX Starbase HQ windows for the first time. The first confirmed Raptor 3 spotted at Starbase Texas! Texas Version 3 Raptor number 20. Let's Go! 8/22/25
Ceaser G@CeaserG33Got a good look at the new V3 Raptor engine at Starbase. The new design looks very clean! @NASASpaceflight
Connor Martin@cmartin380Old vs. New
StarbaseTracking@TrackingTheSBStarbase This Week (2025-08-24) | Written by @Space_Mr_Banana Welcome to this week's SBTW!Production SiteSN2 is finally getting scrapped! This week saw SN2, a structural test article from the 150m hop days, moved to the scrap yard, and we saw teams get to work on it.Booster 16 had its FTS installed ahead of its first and final launch, Flight 10; it was then rolled out from the rocket garden 4 days later.S37 saw a lot of work over the week; teams were all over it for days working on the TPS, after all, we don’t want it to burn up on reentry…. We later saw the transport stand moved into MB2, and S37 was lifted and placed on the stand. Teams later installed all 8 simlinks onto the ship and rolled it out to the launch site on Saturday.Finally, for the production site, a BQD was delivered for Pad B! And work continues on the Gigabay.
StarbaseTracking@TrackingTheSBStarbase This Week (2025-09-21) | Written by @Space_Mr_BananaS38 got static fired! Just kidding, it scrubbed twice. But from Starfactory came strange block 3 hardware? Welcome to this week’s Starbase This Week.Build siteLots of exciting things at the build site this week. B18.3, the booster fwd test article, left MB1 and rolled out to Massey's for its testing campaign and Gigabay foundation work continues.B18 received new hardware this week as its aft section rolled out of Starfactory (SFC) and into MB1! This new aft section is designed to withstand the brute force of Raptor 3’s and it looks just like the renders - except it's not painted yet.What is that? A strange tank was moved out of SFC and into MB1 and installed on the side of B18’s. The exact purpose of the tank is unknown. It is being theorized that this tank is being used for extra CH4 storage inside the booster. MB1 isn't high enough for a big enough CH4 tank. The booster is shorter because of that until the new gigabay comes online. In the meantime they make the Lox tank as big as the future boosters that will be made inside the gigabay and install an extra tank inside the Lox tank to give the booster enough CH4. This way Spacex reduces the amount of tooling needed to change for the gigabay boosters.Besides the wonderful block 3 hardware the 2 point lifter (2PL) and the ship transport stand was moved into MB2, so that S38 could be transported to the launch site for its static fire testing campaign.Finally a hot staging ring (HSR) was rolled into MB1 and installed on B15.That’s all for this week. Will B18.3 survive its testing? Will S38 successfully complete its static fire testing campaign? When do you think the first flight from Florida will be? For real-time updates, join us in the Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbrSYPzDAqTo explore our maps yourself and track every movement, check out our Figma: https://figma.com/design/2AvC161FuB1VFNLUpAVAV2/Starship-Tracking---Starbase-Tx?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=4Pt2RTobhmM7jKAk-0#SpaceX #Starbase #Starship
MattZ@wvmattz·This afternoon at Starbase, crews lifted the first tower crane section into place. Once the crane is assembled, construction on the GigaBay will start to ramp up! Watch the progress live on http://nsf.live/starbase with your friends at @NASASpaceflight !
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflightThe coolest concrete-related job is back at Starbase!
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflightIt begins! Arguably, the start of the construction of Starbase's Gigabay.
Elisar Priel@ENNEPS·The Starbase GigaBay tower crane construction reached new heights as the cab was lifted onto one of the towers and the turntable already installed. Next up should be the lift and installation of the boom/jib and trolley system.@NASASpaceflight http://nsf.live/starbase
Do we expect to see Spacex footprint grow >12x?
RGV Aerial Photography@RGVaerialphotosQuick photoshopped image of the new GigaBay at Starbase to show the scale after construction is complete.
StarbaseTracking@TrackingTheSBStarbase This Week (2025-12-07) | Written by @Space_Mr_BananaFull steam ahead on Booster 19, B18 remains removed from Massey’s and Block 3 ship finally starts testing. All that and more in this week’s Starbase this Week!Production SiteStarting where all Starships begin, at the production site, more sections of B19 were rolled out of Starfactory (SFC) and into MegaBay 1 (MB1) adding the A5:4, A6:4, part of the transfer tube and the rest of the transfer tube to the booster. That leaves us with only 4 more sections left to roll out for B19: The hotstage ring (HSR-FX:3), F2:4, F3:4 and the aft thrust section (AX:2).With creation there must be destruction, some remains of B18 were lifted off the thrust sim stand and rolled from Massey’s to the Production Site for scrapping this week. It is highly unlikely that any part of B18 will be recycled and reused on future Boosters as most parts will have been damaged in the explosion.Block 3 Ship production is progressing with Nose cone movements inside of SFC:Ship 40, the second Block 3, shifted back over from Cell M to Cell L - opposite from last weekS41, now with both of its fwd flaps is in Cell Q, likely receiving finishes to its TPSS46 has received its Methane header tankAnd a new Nosecone was spotted, S48.Hopefully soon Ship 40 will be rolled out to MB2 to join its older sister S39 as the second Block 3 ship to get stacked.Massey’sThe Block 3 ship test tank, S39.1 or TT18 is finally getting tested! After being moved over to the cryo station on December 1st, S39.1 began its first test on the 3rd, curiously this test was aborted but thankfully did not lead to another B18. S39.1 has now completed its 2nd and 3rd tests on the 4th and 5th respectively.Launch SiteNot a lot to talk about at the Launch Site this week but more testing at Pad B has been taking place with another deluge test on the 5th and curiously both chopstick actuators were removed from Pad B.SpaceX also released a video on X of a full 6 minute and 40 second verification test of a sea level Raptor 3 engine, this was a test of a Ship Raptor, hopefully soon we start to see more Raptor vacuum engines as right now we have only seen one. But that’s all for this week! How long until S39 rolls to Massey’s? And when will B19 be ready for testing?For real-time updates, join us in the Discord: https://discord.gg/ZbrSYPzDAqTo explore our maps yourself and track every movement, check out our Figma, now at both Starbase and Cape Canaveral:Starbase: https://figma.com/design/2AvC161FuB1VFNLUpAVAV2/Starship-Tracking---Starbase-Tx?node-id=0-1&p=f&t=4Pt2RTobhmM7jKAk-0Cape Canaveral: https://figma.com/design/lHRSgzUwyjDdcsgwbQDgBm/Starship-Tracking--Cape-Canaveral?node-id=0-1&t=89tQk2keDk3A9m9Y-1
