SpaceX's Booster 9 Rolls out to the Orbital Launchpad, watch the stacking live with @NASASpaceflight at nsf.live/starbase
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twitter.com/seankd_photos/status/1694065218119250421QuoteSpaceX's Booster 9 Rolls out to the Orbital Launchpad, watch the stacking live with @NASASpaceflight at nsf.live/starbase...against the ominous backrop of Tropical Storm Harold, whose 1 p.m. CDT statistics per National Hurricane Center are: "...CORE OF HAROLD INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS... ...HEAVY RAINS AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...1:00 PM CDT Tue Aug 22Location: 27.2°N 98.4°WMoving: WNW at 21 mphMin pressure: 996 mbMax sustained: 45 mph "
Booster 9 is being lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) Live commentary: youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQ…
Raptors wearing booties.youtube.com/watch?v=YSVioP…
And down. That was pretty speedy!
Starship Boosters 9 is being lifted onto the pad now. Let's go!
Super Heavy Booster 9 transported back to the orbital launch pad at Starbase for additional preflight testing
Sunset at Starbase with Booster 9 back on the OLM for its prelaunch tests. Check out the humans for scale mid-way through the timelapse a working around the aft!nsf.live/starbase
Road closure tomorrow?
From 3pm local if memory serves. Potential Spin Prime is the thinking.
Next Starship launch soon
Previously aiming for a NET August 31st date, SpaceX is now targeting NET September 8th for the second Integrated Test Flight of Starship.
SpaceX has filed an updated NOTMAR with the U.S. Coast Guard that says the next Starship launch will be on approximately Sept. 8th. T - ~ 16 days from now.
Starbase OLM - now with Booster 9 sat on top - preparing for the upcoming testing window with a FireX test. Likely a Spin Prime test first; the window runs until 3AM local time.nsf.live/starbase
Starship status: Booster 9 ready for pre-flight tests, numerous future vehicles wait in line, and Starbase modifications contunue.By Alex (@Alexphysics13)
Subcoolers are firing up for Booster 9's test.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9ZhX…
Booster 9 Spin Prime test!Should that have gone well, next up will be the Static Fire test - potentially the last time the engines fire up before launch!youtube.com/watch?v=AC9ZhX…
And the depress vent, as standard.
And just as I sent that, the Raptor Service Stand was moved closer to the OLM. So we might see some Raptor inspections soon, which probably would kill any hopes of testing today.
SpaceX is very eager to move into testing today. Even before the road closure started, the pad itself seems ready.The road closure will kick into gear in 6 minutes, clearing the remaining HW4 before testing.Picture: @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live nsf.live/starbase
