This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.
Boca Chica, Texas
SN6 Hop Test
- Primary Date – September 3. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Secondary Date – September 4. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Secondary Date – September 5. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
SN7.1 Test
- Primary Date – September 6. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Secondary Date – September 7. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Secondary Date – September 8. 2020 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Starship Status
- SN5 – Moved out of the mid-bay to make room for SN8 stacking.
- SN6 – On Test Stand A – Preparing for 150m hop test.
- SN7.1 – Top dome stacking completed.
- SN8 – Stacked to usual “full” level. Will it get a nose and aerodynamic surfaces before testing?
- SN9 – Under construction
Facilities Status
- Low Bay – A stacked nosecone assembly
- Mid Bay – SN8 Stacking
- High Bay – Under construction – The last level has been installed.
- Test Stand A – SN6 – Waiting for favorable weather conditions for the 150m hop test.
- Test Stand B – Preparing for SN7.1 destructive pressure test.
- Orbital Launch Mount – Under construction – Two columns have been sleaved. Two rebar cages installed awaiting metal sleaves.
- Old Gas Well – On-site methane (CH4) propellant production? Two new concrete slabs poured.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center
Starlink 11 – Falcon 9 – B1060.2
- Tuesday, September 3 at 8:46 a.m. EDT (13:29 UTC)
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- N/A
News and Commentary
On YouTube
TheSpaceXFans = SpaceX Starship Updates! SN6 Hop Test Imminent, SN7.1, SN8! TheSpaceXShow
NASASpaceflight – SpaceX Boca Chica – Super Heavy High Bay prepares for a roof as SN6 awaits better weather
StarshipBocaChica – 2020-08-30 SN6 Scrub1 5K full
2 The Future with Jixuan & Sebastian – ULA Plots Against SpaceX, Starship Hop Update, NASA SLS New Budget Overrun
RGV Aerial Photography – SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site 2018 to 2020 Flyovers!
On The Web
- Spaceflight Now – SpaceX launches first polar orbit mission from Florida in decades
- Teslarati – SpaceX changes the game with 100th rocket launch
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