STARSHIP FLIGHT 14
Highlights from the @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live cameras as Booster 21 and Ship 41 lifted off into into orbit for the first time
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Today, September 27th, from 2:00 p.m. CDT / 19:00 UTC on @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live stream for a special Flight 14 Eve Raptorside Chat.
We’ll discuss all the latest developments at Starbase and beyond, and try to answer any questions you may have!
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Starbase GigaBay Month Eleven
This month saw the GigaBay roof work progress as large parts of the covering can visually be seen, along with progress on the external cladding as the external work gets ever closer to the end, as we near the project celebrating a year.
Over the coming months as the external work comes to an end, you can follow the progress on @NASASpaceflight 's Starbase Live nsf.live/starbase
I know no one might care about this, but if Starship goes orbital on Monday it'll be 18 years after Falcon 1 first reached orbit. It was SpaceX's 4th launch overall. nextspaceflight.com/launches…
Starship Flight 14
One day after completing a Wet Dress Rehearsal, Starship Ship 41 has been destacked from Booster 21, we have seen a similar pattern in similar flights, as this give teams easier access to the ship for final inspections ahead of flight, NET September 28, pending final regulatory approval
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STARSHIP FLIGHT 14
Booster 21 & Ship 41's full testing day at Pad 2, from when the chopsticks moved to launch position, through tanking, deluge, WDR test, detanking, and the chopsticks returning to hugging Ship 41 as they wait for the regulatory approval for flight.
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Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Today, September 24th, from 2:00 p.m. CDT / 19:00 UTC on @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live stream for a special post WDR Raptorside Chat.
We’ll discuss all the latest developments at Starbase and beyond, and try to answer any questions you may have!
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STARSHIP FLIGHT 14: WDR complete
Starship Booster 21 and Ship 41 are one step closer to launch, with teams reaching a simulated T-0 during the Wet Dress Rehearsal ahead of the planned launch currently scheduled for Monday, September 28, with the launch window opening at 7:15 a.m. CDT / 12:15 UTC
@NASASpaceflight testing stream: piped.video/watch?v=NfbDAOR5…
What is better than one Raptor Engine test? TWO!
Over on @NASASpaceflight McGregor Live, our team spotted SpaceX running two Raptor Engine tests at the same time with one lasting ~104 seconds, and the second continuing for ~343 seconds
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Dawn of a new day at Starbase as Starship Full Stack Ship41/Booster 21 stand ready for final testing and launch on Pad 2, NET Monday, September 28th.
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The moment the biggest rocket ever built quits being just another test and starts rewriting the future.
History won’t wait.
Neither will Starbase.
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Next Stop Orbit?
Starship Ship 41 is stacked on top of Booster 21, after arriving to Launch Pad 2 overnight, as they get ready for launch on Flight 14, currently set for Monday, September 28, pending regulatory approval.
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Starship Ship 42 is finally back home in Mega Bay 2 after a busy 10 days, that included two trips to Massey's and back, a multi hour cryo test, a trip to Launch Pad 2 for two days of chopstick testing that included the first connection of the SQD to a ship while help up in the air by the chopsticks, simulating post catch processing.
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Meanwhile at the other end of Starbase, a Booster Cryo Stand, and a Ship Static Fire Stand rolled back to Massey's, suggesting that this stage of pre-flight testing is complete for flight 15. Now all eyes turn to Flight 14 with Booster 21 and Ship 41, currently NET Friday September 18.
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Overnight at the Kennedy Space Center, Blue Origin's New Glenn "Never Tell Me The Odds" Glenn Stage 1 booster rolled past the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way back to Launch Complex 36, months after it left the Horizontal Integration Facility following the events of the NG-4 static fire test failure.
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Starship Ship 42's complete day of chopstick and landing simulation testing at Pad 2. Will Ship 42 be the first ship to be caught following its launch in the coming weeks on flight 15?
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