This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.
Boca Chica, Texas
Starship Testing Schedule
SN7.1 Pressure Test to Destruction
- Primary Date – September 14, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- 05:06 (CST) – Test Complete – No pop!
- 04:15 (CST) – Pressurizing
- 03:34 (CST) – Frost
- 02:08 (CST) – Color change
- 01:39 (CST) – Pad area cleared
- 00:23 (SCT) – Venting
- 21:32 (CST) – Pad area cleared
- 20:34 (CST) – Road closed
- Backup Date – September 15, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
- Backup Date – September 16, 2020 – 9:00 pm – 6:00 am
SN? Test
- 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
- 08/26/2020 – Moved out of the Mid-Bay to make room for SN8 stacking.
- 08/04/2020 – 150m hop test successfully completed.
- SN6 – Shipyard
- 09/12/2020 – Moved out of Mid-Bay.
- 09/03/2020 – 150m hop test successfully completed.
- 08/26/2020 – Mass simulator installed.
- 08/23/2020 – Static fire test successfully executed at 7:44 pm CT (00:44 UTC).
- 08/18/2020 – Raptor engine SN29 installed.
- 08/16/2020 – Ambient and cryo tests completed successfully.
- SN7.1 – Test Stand B
- 09/12/2020 – Moved onto Test Stand B launch mount which has a hydraulic “Puc Shucker” installed to simulate operational engine stresses.
- 09/10/2020 – Cryo proof test completed successfully.
- 09/07/2020 – Transported to Test Stand B area.
- 08/28/2020 – Test tank fully stacked.
- SN8 – Mid-Bay
- 09/13/2020 – Rear fins delivered to mid-bay.
08/29/2020 – Stacked to the usual “full” level. - 08/27/2020 – Stacking thrust section in the Mid-Bay.
- 08/21/2020 – Thrust section and top section stacked.
- 08/15/2020 – The thrust section was flipped.
- 09/13/2020 – Rear fins delivered to mid-bay.
- SN9 – Under construction
- 09/13/2020 – Note: I see no evidence of external “plumbing” on SN8 as of yet.
- 09/13/2020 – Three-ring stack probably part of the tank section with heat tile mounting points spotted.
- 09/13/2020 – The thrust section was flipped.
- 09/13/2020 – First ring section moved into the mid-bay for stacking.
- 09/04/2020 – Trust dome has been sleeved.
- 08/28/2020 – Front dome sleaved with a ring stack that includes heat shield tile mounts.
- 08/15/2020 – Common dome has been sleeved.
- SN10 – Under construction
- 09/09/2020 – The upper bulkhead was sleaved with a four-ring stack. All of the previous upper bulkheads have been sleeved with a three-ring stack.
- 09/04/2020 – Thrust puck and fuel downcomer delivered.
- SN11 – Under construction
- 09/14/2020 – Thrust puck and fuel downcomer delivered.
- 09/09/2020 – Aft dome section spotted in the shipyard.
- SH-SN1 – Under construction
- 09/02/2020 – The first Super-Heavy booster (Per Elon Musk).
Facilities Status
- Low-Bay
- A fully stacked nosecone assembly inside the bay.
- Three other nosecone assemblies in various stages of completion are in the immediate area.
- Forward aerodynamic surfaces are also present in this area.
- Mid-Bay – SN8, SN9
- High-Bay – Under construction
- 09/12/2020 – More roof structural components installed.
- Test Stand A – Empty
- Test Stand B – SN7.1
- New ground support equipment (GSE) probably quick disconnect device spotted.
- Test Stand B launch mount has a hydraulic “Puc Shucker” installed to simulate operational engine stresses.
- Orbital Launch Mount – Under construction
- 09/12/2020 – The sixth 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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