This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.
Boca Chica, Texas
SN7.1 Test
- Primary Date – September 14, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Backup Date – September 15, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Backup Date – September 16, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Primary Date – September 17, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Backup Date – September 21, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Backup Date – September 22, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
Starship Status
- SN5 – Shipyard
- Moved out of the mid-bay to make room for SN8 stacking.
- SN6 – Mid Bay
- SN7.1 – Test Stand B
- The first cryo test was completed on September 10, 2020.
- SN8 – Mid Bay
- Stacked to the usual “full” level.
- SN9 – Under construction
- Trust dome sleeved
- SN10 – Under construction
- The upper bulkhead was sleaved with a four-ring stack. All of the previous upper bulkheads have been sleeved with a three-ring stack.
- Thrust puck and fuel downcomer delivered.
- SN11 – Under construction
- Aft dome section spotted.
- SH-SN1 Under construction
- The first Super-Heavy booster (Per Elon Musk).
Facilities Status
- Low Bay – A stacked nosecone assembly
- Mid Bay – SN6, SN8
- High Bay – Under construction. Two roof trusses installed.
- Test Stand A – Empty
- Test Stand B – SN7.1 – Tested 09/10/2020 but not to failure.
- Orbital Launch Mount – Under construction – sixth and final rebar cage installed. The fifth column has been sleeved.
- Landing Pad – Empty
- Old Gas Well – On-site methane (CH4) propellant production?
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center
Starlink 12
- Thursday, September, 17th, 2:17 pm EDT (UTC-4) – This is the 13th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network. This will bring the total number of Starlink satellites to ~691.
Starlink 13
- NET September – TBD – This is the 14th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network. This will bring the total number of Starlink satellites to ~691.
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
GPS 3 SV04
- Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 8:00 pm-12:00 am EDT (0000-0400 UTC)
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