SpaceX Starship updates (thread 2) [launch in March]

[Dr Mordrid]

Starship SN-08 ground test schedule

Date: November 23
Window: 1000 - 2200

Backup date 1: November 24
Window: 0900 - 1800 Eastern

Backup date 2: November 25
Window: 0900 - 1800 Eastern

Starship SN-08 15km test flight schedule

Date: November 30
Window: 0800 - 1900 Eastern

Backup date 1: December 1
Window: 0900-1800 Eastern

Backup date 2: December 2
Window: 0900-1800 Eastern

Streams

LabPadre: https://youtu.be/Ky5l9ZxsG9M

NASASpaceFlight: TBD

[Dr Mordrid]

Michael Baylor @nextspaceflight
Nov 10, 2020
The Starship SN8 road closure scheduled for Nov. 11 has been cancelled after Tuesday's static fire. The next testing opportunity is now Nov. 12. Anticipating another header tank static fire next, potentially with multiple engines.
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Preliminary info is that the debris that went flying during Tuesday's static fire was likely from the pad and is not a concern per Raptor performance. However, assessments can always change based on further data reviews, inspections, etc.

https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/status/1326378584781545472

[Dr Mordrid]

Raptor startup video (cutaway)

[Dr Mordrid]

Starship SN-08 test schedule (moved right for winds)

Primary Date 1: November 8, 2020
Window: 2000 - 0200 Eastern

Primary Date 2: November 12, 2020
Purpose: static fire & 15km flight
Window: 1000 - 1000 Eastern

Backup Date: November 13, 2020
Purpose: static fire & 15km flight
Window: 0600 - 1300 Eastern

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-08,

Static fire: November 4, 2020
Window: 1000 - 0000 Eastern*

Cryotest last night

https://twitter.com/austinbarnard45/status/1323866068549574657

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-10 propulsion module stacked

[Dr Mordrid]

Confirmation Starship targets the drink then diverts to the landing pad,

Thomas Burghardt @TGMetsFan98
Elon confirms that, like Falcon 9, Starship SN8 will target the water until the last second. Hopefully this means no crater at the landing pad!
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Elon Musk ✓ @elonmusk
Replying to @TGMetsFan98 @KlotzAdam and 2 others
Yeah. Although, if it fails right at the end, some landing pad repair will be needed to fill in the crater.

https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1322662613432606728

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-09 goes into the new High Bay to get her fins! O_O

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-09 goes into the new High Bay to get her fins! O_O

[Dr Mordrid]

Super Heavy High Bay assembly building

IMG_20201031_115156.jpg

https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1322371056687063041

[Dr Mordrid]

SN-08 static fire Sunday, weather permitting...most likely a single engine burn testing the LOX header tank in Starship's nose.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1322011788926455808

[Dr Mordrid]

4 road closures have been added from November 1-4. The closure for October 30 still active. All times Eastern

November 1: 2000 – 0200 (nose header tank cryoproof)
November 2: 1000 – 2300
November 3: 1000 – 2300
November 4: 1000 – 2300

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SN-08 NOTAM for ground operations,

Flight restrictions for 61 days. Big rockets with large propellant loads doing multi-engine static fires, etc., and if the 15km flight (separate NOTAM) works they'll be doing envelope expansion flights. Higher, faster, heat shield tests, etc.

https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_0205.html

Airspace Definition:
From:26º01'24"N97º07'42"W
To:25º58'18"N97º07'42"W
To:25º58'18"N97º11'08"W
To:26º01'24"N97º11'08"W
To:26º01'24"N97º07'42"W

Altitude: From the surface up to and including 1800 feet MSL

Effective Date(s):
From October 31, 2020 at 2359 UTC
To December 31, 2020 at 2359 UTC

[Dr Mordrid]

Super Heavy booster rings, waiting for the High Bay to be completed.

IMG_20201027_151821.jpg

https://twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos/status/1320093730850963456

[Dr Mordrid]

Unless things change in next week's Starship update, SN-08 etc. are the small version of SpaceX's Starship.

Caspar (Stanley Creative) @Caspar_Stanley
Just a reminder that SpaceX will actually offer a 22-meter extended fairing variant of Starship to future customers.

Current fairing is 17.24 meters tall.

It might not look like a big difference here, but that's an extra 4.76 meters, which adds a good ~239m³ of volume!

IMG_20201024_212244.jpg
IMG_20201024_212643-highlighted.jpg

https://twitter.com/Caspar_Stanley/status/1320131919858860032

[Dr Mordrid]

We have a Starship!

LabPadre livestream
Starship SN8 integrated.jpg

@BocaChicaGal
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