SpaceX Status Report – December 30, 2020

This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.

Boca Chica Testing Schedule

Based on Cameron County, Texas road closures.

• 12/30/2020 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Canceled
• 1/04/2021 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 1/05/2021 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 1/06/2021 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

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News and Commentary

We’re going to try to catch the Super Heavy Booster with the launch tower arm, using the grid fins to take the load

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2020

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NASASpaceflight – SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN9 Prepared for More Tests Before Flight

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TheSpaceXFans – SpaceX Starship Updates! SN9 Testing Begins, SN11 Stacked! TheSpaceXShow

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SpaceX’s next Starship gets frosty to prepare for first launch

SpaceX Starship boosters could forgo landings entirely, says Elon Musk

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Starship Construction Status

• SN9 – Test Stand B
• SN10 – High-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

Turksat 5A

• January 4/5 8:27 pm – 12:29 am (0127 – 0529 UTC)

Transporter 1

• January 14, 2021, Time to be determined.

Starlink V1.0 – Launch 16

• TBD – January

Starlink V1.0 – Launch 16

• TBD

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