Author Topic: Super Heavy Booster 9 + Starship 25 UPDATES (Read 698126 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #520 on:** 10/20/2023 02:54 pm »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1715352006074794301

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Raptors on show as Starship returns to full stack.

nsf.live/starbase

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Nearly down! They've had some good practise now, but this feels like the fastest to date.

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1715378403480658251

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And now preparing to mate the Ship Quick Disconnect (SQD) plate to Ship 25.

pyromatter · « **Reply #521 on:** 10/20/2023 06:43 pm »

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This Sunday closure is necessary based on unique circumstances involving testing of two separate Starships in preparations for upcoming launch approvals.

https://twitter.com/SheriffGarza/status/1715432770707562496

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #522 on:** 10/21/2023 05:13 am »

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1715535610419851594

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Starship team preparing for additional preflight tests in advance of a full launch rehearsal while continuing to work with the FAA on the Flight 2 license

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #523 on:** 10/22/2023 01:41 pm »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #524 on:** 10/22/2023 02:52 pm »

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #525 on:** 10/22/2023 04:09 pm »

Stream is now live - vent on tower showing too

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #526 on:** 10/22/2023 05:08 pm »

https://twitter.com/patrick_colqu/status/1716139048782143642

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LOX load has started on Booster 9

Watch live with @NASASpaceflight
youtube.com/watch?v=xwViHM…

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #527 on:** 10/22/2023 05:17 pm »

Clear frost on both tanks now

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #528 on:** 10/22/2023 06:39 pm »

twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1716155859028390287

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Detanking. A good prelude to the upcoming WDR. That's when you'll see a fully frosty vehicle.

youtube.com/watch?v=xwViHM…

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1716160563427090745

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Alien face in the frost! 😮👽

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #529 on:** 10/22/2023 07:38 pm »

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Starship has recycled and is getting frosty again. Lots of time in the test window.
nsf.live/starbase

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1716175729040269633

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Big rocket is impressive.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #530 on:** 10/22/2023 08:14 pm »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1716184405188710428

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Detanking. So that'll be two decent partial loads on booster in the bag today so far.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #531 on:** 10/22/2023 08:52 pm »

Looks like they just did a deluge test?

Screen grabs from NSF Starbase live

catdlr · « **Reply #532 on:** 10/22/2023 10:14 pm »

Updated Clips of the Water Test - different camera angles.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #533 on:** 10/23/2023 02:47 am »

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1716196747947422172

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Bonus Water Deluge Test!

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catdlr · « **Reply #534 on:** 10/23/2023 10:35 pm »

The launch industry strains launch licensing

by Jeff Foust
Monday, October 23, 2023

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An FWS spokesperson said in September that once is receives the FAA’s “final biological assessment” it has up to 135 days to review it. The FAA delivered that assessment in early October, which means that FWS could take until early next year to complete its review.

“That piece is a little bit of a wild card,” Coleman said, but was optimistic it would not take nearly that long. “We’re hoping that piece will wrap up somewhere in proximity to the safety review.”

ChrisC · « **Reply #535 on:** 10/24/2023 02:48 am »

Adding to the above, here's a longer quote from that Foust piece to provide clarity on who "Coleman" is, and what he said last month about the safety review:

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The FAA was not among the witnesses at the hearing. In an interview last month, Kelvin Coleman, FAA associate administrator for commercial space transportation, said his agency and SpaceX were making good progress on working through the 27 public safety recommendations from the mishap report that SpaceX must demonstrate they’ve implemented before the FAA will update the Starship launch license. “We’re on a pretty good schedule,” he said then. “It’ll probably set us somewhere in mid to late October for conclusion of the safety review.”