SpaceX Status Report – December 16, 2020

This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.

Boca Chica Testing Schedule

Based on Cameron County, Texas road closures.

• Closure Canceled – 12/17/2020 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Closure Canceled – 12/18/2020 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 12/28/2020 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 12/29/2020 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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News and Commentary

NASASpaceflight – SpaceX Boca Chica: SN10’s Nosecone Gets its Flaps – Large Pieces of SN8 Cleared for Next Flight

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TheSpaceXFans – SpaceX Starship Updates! SN9 Upright & Rollout Delayed, SN8 Cleanup! TheSpaceXShow

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The Raptors were well below max thrust or the ship would have blown through the altitude limit. As we hit min throttle point, an engine would shut off.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 16, 2020

Watch SpaceX’s last launch and landing of 2020 live [webcast]

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Starship Construction Status

• SN8 – Landing Pad
  • 12/09/2020 – Milestone – High altitude test successful with a small RUD at the end.
• SN9 – High-Bay
• SN10 – Mid-Bay
• SN11 – Mid-Bay
• SN12 – Under construction
• SN13 – Under construction
• SN14 – Under construction
• SN15 – Under construction – Major upgrades slated for SN15 – Elon Musk.
• SH1 – Super Heavy Booster – High-Bay
• HLS – Under Construction – Southwest Shipyard – NASA Human Landing System (HLS) – Lunar lander mockup.

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Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center

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Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)

• December 17, Time TBD

Turksat 5A

• TBD December

Transporter 1

• TBD January

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