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Once the bottom aero covers are on Super Heavy will be one pretty rocket...
Nic Ansuini ✓@NicAnsuini
Booster 4 looking epic this morning!
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QD = quick disconnect = hard umbilical; one for Super Heavy on the launch mount, one for Starship on a swing arm which also supports the stack before liftoff.
The launch mount QD has been installed.
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NASA didn't waste time writing that first HLS check...
Michael Sheetz ✓ @thesheetztweetz (CNBC)
NASA paid $300 million to SpaceX, its most recent major payment under the HLS program toward Starship, on July 30 (the day the GAO denied the protests of Blue Origin and Dynetics):
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This was a "fit test," to assure the construction matched the blueprints, and a photo op
Mary @BocaChicaGal
Ship 20 and Booster B4 have been stacked!!
@NASASpaceflight https://t.co/Vm8Uqa1N1C
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Six-pack of engines on Ship 20, Nine-pack possible. The big RVac nozzles are >3 meters wide.
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Jack Beyer @thejackbeyer
Super Heavy Booster 4 is now at the Launch Site. Also, I'm now in Boca Chica! @NASASpaceflight
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Booster 4 engines installed overnight. Possible rollout to the pad Tuesday.
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About 500 SpaceXers have been brought in from California, Florida, etc. to help get the pad, tower, and tank farm ready for Booster 4 tests and the first orbial Starship launch. They want it ready for the full stack in about 10 days.
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Super Heavy's grid fins will not fold for launch, and their wheel of cheese tradition is being honored.
Also, the <MASSIVE> Orbital Launch Table was mounted to its legs this morning. Outfitting will commence then Super Heavy Booster 4 will roll out for pad tests.
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Boca Chica
Section #9 added to the Orbital Launch Tower, reaching 469 ft/143 m. It also gets a 10 ft/3 m lightning arrestor and robotic arms for catching the booster. Nickname: "Mechazilla"
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Another 39.3 ft/12 m propellant tank added to the Orbital Launch Pad (OLP) tank farm
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Orbital Launch Table moved to the OLP site.
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OLT from above
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@BocaChicaGal (Mary) took a portrait of the launch site. If all goes well a second tower, pad, and tank farm will be built near this one.
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SpaceX's Super Heavy booster did a static fire. 3 engines today, Musk teased a possible 9 engine firing.
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Super Heavy Booster 3 static fire attempt Monday, July 19 between 1300-2300 Eastern. Only a couple engines, likely testing ground support equipment and the internal systems & plumbing.
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Super Heavy engine count decided;
33 Raptor 2's with 230 t-f (500,000+ lb-f) of thrust each.
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