SpaceX Status Report – January 6, 2021

This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.

Boca Chica Testing Schedule

Based on Cameron County, Texas road closures.

• 1/06/2021 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Static test fire completed successfully.

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News and Commentary

NASASpaceflight – SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN6 has it’s Mass Simulator Removed – SN9 Continues Toward Launch

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2 THE FUTURE with Jixuan & Sebastian – Will China Build A Permanent Station On The Moon Before NASA & SpaceX?

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SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy booster arrives in Texas for static fire

SpaceX settles on Thursday for first Falcon 9 launch of 2021

Doesn’t quite illustrate true size difference. Starship payload volume & mass are >1000% that of Shuttle.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 5, 2021

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Starship Construction Status

• SN9 – Test Stand B
• SN10 – High-Bay
• SN11 – Mid-Bay
• SN12 – Mid-Bay
• 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

• Update – January 7/8 8:28 pm – 12:28 am (0128 – 0528 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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