Super Heavy Booster 9 + Starship 25 UPDATES

[catdlr]

FTS now completed at 22:34 CT

Started at 7:53:30 CT

[catdlr]

Preparations for stacking will be coming up, lighting the staging ring.

"It's a beautiful night"  quote: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[catdlr]

The Mobil transporter spotted earlier this evening moving toward the pad, perhaps retrieving the SS transport ring.

[catdlr]

Extra Length Man Lift has packed up and left the pad.  There is some activity on the SS near the bottom that requires a standard man lift.

[catdlr]

Work on the SS with the smaller Man Lift is completed at 11:20 CT

[catdlr]

SS ship lift has begun.  Live Talk on NSF webstream

[catdlr]

SS has reached the top of the booster, and QD has been moved in.  Now getting ready for SS translation.

[catdlr]

The first move, meant of the SS was at 11:47 CT

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Screenshots of hopefully final stack

[catdlr]

The first move of the SS was at 11:47 CT

Final connection at 12:25 CT

Total Time 00:28 minutes

[FutureSpaceTourist]

SPMT has departed

[catdlr]

SS transport Stand moving back to Production Site.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/seankd_photos/status/1722870284955361602

Final Stack before launch? Looks like it might be! Watch Live with @NASASpaceflight at youtube.com/live/Nr1lvg-Uy…

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Alex made the excellent point on stream that the existing SS launch licence (attached) covers pre-flight operations for this and subsequent flights. (Pre-flight ops include installation of FTS.)

It is only launch operations that on the existing licence are limited to one flight.

So a new/updated licence may not have been issued yet.

[catdlr]

NSF's Live stream of stacking operations after FTS was installed has concluded.  Have a great day/night/morning wherever you are.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

@LabPadre #Rover2 had a cracking view of the last fidgety movements as S25 was seated...

https://twitter.com/vickicocks15/status/1722925213204070692

...and a view as the SQD cover snapped open and the umbilicals were mated with S25.

[Ken the Bin]

Cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launch notice for the Gulf removing November 13 and 14.

101741Z NOV 23
NAVAREA IV 1309/23(11,28).
GULF OF MEXICO.
TEXAS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 
   1300Z TO 1539Z DAILY 15 THRU 17 AND
   181300Z TO 181349Z NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-51.00N 096-46.00W, 25-48.00N 096-14.00W,
   25-40.00N 095-03.00W, 25-21.00N 093-15.00W,
   25-26.00N 092-48.00W, 25-58.00N 092-47.00W,
   26-04.00N 093-18.00W, 26-01.00N 094-13.00W,
   26-00.00N 094-48.00W, 26-03.00N 095-43.00W,
   26-06.00N 096-45.00W, 26-07.00N 096-57.00W,
   26-03.00N 097-07.00W, 26-02.00N 097-12.00W,
   25-57.00N 097-12.00W, 25-52.00N 097-01.00W,
   25-51.00N 096-46.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1299/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 181449Z NOV 23.

[Ken the Bin]

Cancel-and-replace NGA Rocket Launching / Space Debris notices for the Pacific (the same notice for two different Navigational Areas).

101906Z NOV 23
NAVAREA XII 801/23(19,81,83).
NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII TO MARSHALL ISLANDS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1410Z TO 1720Z DAILY
   15 THRU 18 NOV:
   A. ROCKET LAUNCHING IN AREA BOUND BY
      14-26.00N 172-39.00E, 12-55.00N 169-45.00E,
      11-44.00N 167-39.00E, 11-27.00N 167-49.00E,
      11-52.00N 168-58.00E, 12-48.00N 171-10.00E,
      14-29.00N 175-20.00E, 15-24.00N 177-41.00E,
      16-20.00N 179-40.00W, 17-42.00N 175-13.00W,
      19-35.00N 168-59.00W, 21-01.00N 164-29.00W,
      22-32.00N 160-00.00W, 23-35.00N 156-29.00W,
      24-00.00N 155-28.00W, 24-31.00N 155-39.00W,
      24-14.00N 157-43.00W, 23-26.00N 161-55.00W,
      22-44.00N 165-15.00W, 21-54.00N 167-59.00W,
      20-57.00N 170-54.00W, 19-55.00N 173-55.00W,
      19-03.00N 176-19.00W, 17-39.00N 179-59.00E,
      16-13.00N 176-31.00E, 15-36.00N 175-03.00E.
   B. SPACE DEBRIS IN AREA BOUND BY
      24-02.64N 157-33.72W, 24-08.82N 157-02.82W,
      23-32.16N 156-53.28W, 23-25.80N 157-25.56W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 794/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 181820Z NOV 23.

101906Z NOV 23
HYDROPAC 3550/23(19,81,83).
NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII TO MARSHALL ISLANDS.
DNC 12, DNC 13.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1410Z TO 1720Z DAILY
   15 THRU 18 NOV:
   A. ROCKET LAUNCHING IN AREA BOUND BY
      14-26.00N 172-39.00E, 12-55.00N 169-45.00E,
      11-44.00N 167-39.00E, 11-27.00N 167-49.00E,
      11-52.00N 168-58.00E, 12-48.00N 171-10.00E,
      14-29.00N 175-20.00E, 15-24.00N 177-41.00E,
      16-20.00N 179-40.00W, 17-42.00N 175-13.00W,
      19-35.00N 168-59.00W, 21-01.00N 164-29.00W,
      22-32.00N 160-00.00W, 23-35.00N 156-29.00W,
      24-00.00N 155-28.00W, 24-31.00N 155-39.00W,
      24-14.00N 157-43.00W, 23-26.00N 161-55.00W,
      22-44.00N 165-15.00W, 21-54.00N 167-59.00W,
      20-57.00N 170-54.00W, 19-55.00N 173-55.00W,
      19-03.00N 176-19.00W, 17-39.00N 179-59.00E,
      16-13.00N 176-31.00E, 15-36.00N 175-03.00E.
   B. SPACE DEBRIS IN AREA BOUND BY
      24-02.64N 157-33.72W, 24-08.82N 157-02.82W,
      23-32.16N 156-53.28W, 23-25.80N 157-25.56W.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3521/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 181820Z NOV 23.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1723158118706839819

SpaceX
@SpaceX

Starship preparing to launch as early as November 17, pending final regulatory approval → spacex.com/launches

[StevenOBrien]

SpaceX now have a link to a scheduled Twitter live stream on their IFT-2 mission webpage. Scheduled (tentatively) to begin at 6:29AM CST on Friday, Nov 17th:

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1djGXNjyjWoxZ