SpaceX Starship page

Portions of this thread copied from a Starship Dev thread on r/SpaceX.

FAQ

1. When next launch? (IFT-6)
2. When previous launch? (IFT-5)? Booster 12 and Ship 30 launched on 2024-10-13.
3. What was the result? Booster caught by chopsticks, ship makes an on-target splashdown.

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Quick Links

Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live

Starship Dev October | IFT-5 launch thread | Starship Dev 57 | Starship Dev 56 | IFT-4 launch thread | Starship Dev 55

Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)

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Road closures

Cameron County website - @bocaroad Mastodon bot

\*As of 2024-11-01

• 2-hour road delays are posted for Nov 1st (01:00 to 04:00) and 2nd (00:00 and 03:00) for transport from Massey’s to factory. (Presumably S33 rollback)

Vehicle Status

\*As of 2024-11-01

Follow Ring Watchers on Twitter and Discord for more.

Ship | Location | Status | Comment ---|---|----|---- S20 | Rocket Garden | Pending scrapping? | S26 | Rocket Garden | Pending scrapping? | Static fire Oct. 20. No fins or heat shield, multiple mysterious changes. Completed 3 cryo tests, latest on Oct 10. Rolls to Massey's May 8th, cryo test May 24th, static fired Jun 3rd, rolls to rocket garden Jun 12th. Moves to Megabay 2 Aug 13th, raptors removed Aug 14th. S30 | Indian Ocean | Successful splashdown | 2x cryo: Jan 3rd and Jan 5th. Engines installed ~Apr 9th. Static fired May 8th. Heatshield replacement completed by Jul 20. Static fired Jul 26th. Raptor replacement Aug 3rd. Spin prime Aug 6th. Full stack cryo tests Sep 23rd and Oct 7th. FTS installed Oct 9th. Launched Oct 13th, with on-target splashdown in Indian Ocean. S31 | Highbay | Resting | Cryo tested May 12th, suffers small electrical fire. Underwent repairs in the Highbay, rolls back to Massey's Jul 1. Cryo tested Jul 2nd and 3rd. Engines installed by Jul 26th. Rolls to Massey's Sep 6th. Partial (aborted) cryo test Sep 8th. Static fired Sep 18th. S32 | Rocket Garden | Pending scrapping? | Fully stacked, fore flaps installed but not aft flaps S33 | Megabay 2 | Pending engine install | First V2 Starship. Nosecone spotted Jul 14th. Forward section spotted Jul 27th. Stacking completed Aug 23. Cryo tested Oct 29th (partial), 30th (full), and 31st (full). S34 | Starfactory | Stacking | Methane header tank spotted Aug 14th. Nosecone stacked on payload bay Sep 20th. S35 | Starfactory | Parts spotted | Parts spotted Sep 20th.

Booster | Location | Status | Comment ---|---|----|---- B12 | Megabay 1 | Post-flight inspection | Cryo x2, Static fire Jul 15th. Full stack cryo tests Sep 23rd and Oct 7th. FTS installed Oct 9th. Launched Oct 13, returned to launch site for successful chopstick catch. Moved to Megabay 1 Oct 15th. B13 | Megabay 2 | Resting | Cryo tests Apr 26th (methane tank) and Apr 29th (LOX tank). Static fired Oct 24th. B14 | Megabay 1 | Cryo testing | Stacked Apr 26th, Cryo tested Oct 4th and 5th. B14.1 | Sanchez | Resting | Multiple catch simulation "slap tests" performed on Jun 26th and 27th. B15 | Build Site | Assembly | Potential aft end, common dome section, aft tank section, and forward dome spotted. B16 | Build Site | Assembly | Parts spotted B17 | Build Site | Assembly | Parts spotted

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Resources

• LabPadre Channel | NASASpaceFlight.com Channel
• NSF: Booster 7 + Ship X (likely 24) Updates Thread | Most Recent
• NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread | Most recent
• NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation | Most Recent
• SpaceX: Website Starship page | Starship Users Guide (2020, PDF)
• FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
• FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
• FCC: Starship Orbital Demo detailed Exhibit - 0748-EX-ST-2021 application June 20 through December 20
• NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Technical Report)
• Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
• Production Progress Infographics by @RingWatchers
• Raptor 2 Tracker by @SpaceRhin0
• Acronym definitions by Decronym
• Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Everyday Astronaut: 2022 Elon Musk Interviews, Starbase/Ship Updates | Launch Tower | Merlin Engine | Raptor Engine
• Everyday Astronaut 2024 Elon Musk Interviews: Starfactory tour | Pad tour and post-IFT-4 interview

Starlink Group 8-3 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-08-09 16:13 UTC, or 2024-08-09 12:13 local time (EDT). Booster 1067-21 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRcBhGopk-0
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIdpVvJWi2c (scrub)
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRaiUUXldS8 (scrub)
• The Launch Pad: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R8mxeSd4NR0
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1822252381343744253
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLg41F4uxg

Another six months, another Cargo Dragon resupply to the ISS!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 02:29 | | --- | --- | | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-11-04, 21:29 (EST) | | Launch Window | Instantaneous | | Docking scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-11-05 15:15 | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Payload | Dragon SpX-30 | | Booster | B1083-5 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Dragon | C208-5 | | Customer | NASA | | Mission success criteria | Successful transportation of cargo to and from ISS |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | | --- | --- | | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27yY-W1cr8 | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTvygOAL2I | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gxKyhlAsCs | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcXNwl2kHg | Everyday Astronaut | | The Launch Pad | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853620836663718179 | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 19th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 21 days, 10:23:30 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 46th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 37th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 364th Falcon family booster landing, 374th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 104th Falcon 9 launch this year, 390th overall

☑️ 106th SpaceX mission this year, 406th overall (excluding Starship flight tests)

☑️ 109th SpaceX launch this year, 420th overall (including Starship flight tests)

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Mission Details 🚀

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission page
• NASA mission page

Starlink Group 6-77 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-11-03 21:57 UTC, or 2024-11-03 21:57 local time (EST). Booster 1085-3 to land on Just Read The Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTBnc-NGvQ
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj2ntCc7JXA
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHNq7A9kuJ0
• The Launch Pad:
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1853193487040307388
• The Space Devs:

>Chojnacki said SpaceX is looking at March 2025 to begin that fueling campaign and “hoping (the) first half of ’25 to be able to see that work.” He said two launch towers at the Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach will be needed to do that work. > >In order to make this work long-term, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will need to come into the picture. Chojnacki added that the pace of launch will have to greatly increase, potentially to a bi-weekly cadence.

Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442260530761902

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• B1067 in first place at 22 flights. (B1061 and B1062 each reached 23 but failed recovery or were intentionally expended)
• B1063 in second place with 21 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for third place at 19 flights.
• B1073 in fourth place at 18 flights.
• B1076 in fifth place at 17 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442265274208559

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• IFT-5 featured the first Superheavy booster recovery attempt, and B12 successfully returned to the launch site and was caught by the chopsticks.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1852442278234603753

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/27445874

https://x.com/jswartzphoto/status/1851806714485490059

> Static fire for B1090 just occurred at SpaceX McGregor. 77 seconds in length which is normal for the past few boosters. In all 12 tests for over 11 mins of engine testing and all live on http://nsf.live/mcgregor 🔥

Starlink Group 10-13 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-30 21:10 UTC, or 2024-10-30 17:10 local time (EDT). Booster 1078-14 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3VLEa58os
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-lRlfm8xk
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F3ZBmYTcOo
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3ANwtiKaM
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1851731855026065645
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNF6KJsL1o

Starlink Group 9-9 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-10-30 12:07 UTC, or 2024-10-30 05:07 local time (PDT). B1075-14 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCuxk_Mmj-4
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2rjlY4aTTg
• NASASpaceflight:
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3CEyFmnvhk
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1851595492628856943
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBw1GUEPBb0

Starlink Group 10-8 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-26 21:47 UTC, or 2024-10-26 17:47 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-19 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoPxD-l1qg
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k68Umo-6Kw
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhOI22OXD3g
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpf4movZPLI
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1850291697722208314
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZxW136sMEE

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-24, 17:13 | | --- | --- | | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-24, 10:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1063-21 | | Landing | Of Course I Still Love You | | Payload | Reconnaissance satellites | | Customer | U.S. National Reconnaissance Office | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Low Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | | --- | --- | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccVHpw5LVI | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkf8kMvAEx4 | NASASpaceflight | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-VvcuMpfk | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1849496492161237185 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vYd24JGqMI

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 33rd consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 35th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 12:00:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 106th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 361st Falcon family booster landing, 368th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 100th Falcon 9 mission this year, 386th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 102nd SpaceX mission of 2024, 402nd mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 105th SpaceX launch this year, 417th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

> Fourth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

https://x.com/edwards345/status/1845887804129292333

> And new Falcon speed record: 12680 m/s (earth-centered inertial)

Per Jon Edwards, VP of Falcon Launch Vehicles at SpaceX.

Starlink Group 6-61 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-23 21:47 UTC, or 2024-10-23 17:47 local time (EDT). Booster 1073-18 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAjeY2iJpaY (scrub)
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoDXF67CU8 (scrub)
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qGFi2LtMOI (scrub)
• The Launch Pad: (scrub)
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1849204591407313382
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhlJA-JU7to

Source

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-20, 05:13 | | --- | --- | | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-19, 22:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1082-7 | | Landing | LZ-4 | | Payload | 20 OneWeb satellites | | Customer | Eutelsat OneWeb | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to Polar Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | | --- | --- | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-681Bx6XNJg | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdmvurETHjE | NASASpaceflight | none | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJrY0uuUBMM | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1847865913959469097 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI-b5YuDrIk

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 31st consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (if successful)

☑️ 34th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 20:52:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 21st landing on LZ-4

☑️ 358th Falcon family booster landing, 368th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 98th Falcon 9 mission this year, 384th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 100th SpaceX mission of 2024, 400th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 103rd SpaceX launch this year, 414th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

• SpaceX mission page
• NextSpaceflight mission page

> The 20th flight dedicated to the OneWeb high-speed Internet constellation. The initial constellation consists of 648 satellites. Later, the constellation could be expanded to more than 900 satellites depending on demand. OneWeb is expected to begin customer demonstrations in 2022, then provide a global, 24-hour service in 2022/2023. > > Each satellite in the constellation weighs 147.7 kg. They are powered by Russian ion engines, manufactured by OKB-Fakel, and have two solar panels for their power supply. The first generation of satellites, operating on a quasi-polar orbit (1 200 km x 86.4°), cannot perform inter-satellite communication, and can only be used near a ground relay station.

Starlink Group 8-19 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-17 23:31 UTC, or 2024-10-17 19:31 local time (EDT). Booster 1076-17 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jKKUMKs4Q
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d_NFAbHGhA
• NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRveNsk03t4
• The Launch Pad: none
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1847418964592165349
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHkd_a56RnA

Infographic source: rykllan

Minor correction: B1061 was intentionally expended on its 23rd flight for the Hera mission, and thus is no longer flightworthy.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1846901037757583421

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• B1067 in first place at 22 flights. (B1061 and B1062 each reached 23 but failed recovery or were intentionally expended)
• B1063 in second place with 20 flights.
• B1071 in third place at 19 flights.
• B1069 in fourth place at 18 flights.
• B1073 in fifth place at 17 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1846901041981170139

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Starlink Group 9-7 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2024-10-15 08:21 UTC, or 2024-10-15 01:21 local time (PDT). B1071-19 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu8J-ee8HNA
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpBv4YHFPXM
• NASASpaceflight:
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0x1EXkwIKs
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1846102654990336462
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bROD6EBo8

Starlink Group 10-10 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida currently scheduled for 2024-10-15 06:10 UTC, or 2024-10-15 02:10 local time (EDT). Booster 1080-11 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

• NextSpaceflight page
• SpaceX mission page

Webcasts:

• Space Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqzUHHt1iXQ
• Spaceflight Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6jFNc9suE
• NASASpaceflight:
• The Launch Pad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YnzvCqPwcU
• SpaceX: https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1846069635617378645
• The Space Devs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7ke-9F0mk

Well folks, it's finally time to launch Europa Clipper!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-14 16:06 | | --- | --- | | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-14 12:06 (EDT) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. | | Launch vehicle | Falcon Heavy | | Center | 1090-1 (expendable) | | Booster | 1064-6 (expendable) | | Booster | 1065-6 (expendable) | | Customer | NASA | | Payload | Europa Clipper | | Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of payload into Heliocentric Orbit |

Side boosters previously supported the following missions: USSF-44, USSF-67, Jupiter 3, Psyche, USSF-52.

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | | --- | --- | | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQToTWKwtuw | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n8vgZ2qSl0 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZjszhRVo9s | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUn8LmGYEA | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHBlz2VtS30 | | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAixoyE78rE | | SpaceX | | | The Space Devs | |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 2nd Falcon Heavy launch this year, 11th overall

☑️ 18th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 34 days, 6:42:11 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 96th SpaceX launch this year, 396th overall (excluding Starship tests)

☑️ 99th SpaceX launch this year, 411th overall (including Starship tests)

☑️ 27th consecutive successful Falcon 9 / Heavy launch (if successful)

Payload info: Europa Clipper

NextSpaceflight:

> Europa Clipper will conduct a detailed survey of Europa and use a sophisticated suite of science instruments to investigate whether the icy moon has conditions suitable for life. Key mission objectives are to produce high-resolution images of Europa's surface, determine its composition, look for signs of recent or ongoing geological activity, measure the thickness of the moon’s icy shell, search for subsurface lakes, and determine the depth and salinity of Europa's ocean.

Resources and articles:

• NASA mission timeline
• SpaceX mission page
• Next Spaceflight mission page
• Ars Technica article
• SpaceNews article

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