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September 30, 2020

SpaceX Status Report – September 30, 2020

This SpaceX Status Report is updated throughout the day.

Boca Chica, Texas

SN8 – Testing Schedule

  • Rescheduled – Primary Date – October 4, 2020 – 9:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
  • Rescheduled – Secondary Date – October 5, 2020 – 9:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.
  • Rescheduled – Secondary Date – October 6, 2020 – 9:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.

Starship Status

  • SN5 – High-Bay
    • 09/19/2020 – Moved into the High-Bay.
    • 08/26/2020 – Moved out of the Mid-Bay to make room for SN8 stacking.
    • 08/04/2020 – Milestone – 150m hop test successfully completed.
  • SN6 – High-Bay
    • 09/19/2020 – Moved into the High-Bay.
    • 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.
  • SN8 – Test Stand A
    • 09/26/2020 – Transported to Test Stand A.
    • 09/22/2020 – The second Rear Body Flap installed.
    • 09/22/2020 – Milestone – First fin installed!
    • 09/22/2020 – Moved out of the Mid-Bay into the shipyard.
    • 09/15/2020 – Aero cover installed
    • 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.
  • SN9 – Mid-Bay
    • 09/27/2020 – Forward dome stacked.
    • 09/20/2020 – Forward dome with Tesla batteries, stacking guides, and other hardware installed spotted in the shipyard.
    • 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 – Forward 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 forward dome 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
    • 09/20/2020 – Common Bulkhead spotted
    • 09/14/2020 – Thrust puck and fuel downcomer delivered.
    • 09/09/2020 – Aft dome section spotted in the shipyard.
  • SH1 – Super Heavy Booster – Under construction
    • 09/28/2020 – Lox Stack – 4 spotted in the shipyard.
    • 09/22/2020 – Milestone – First Super Heavy booster Common Barrel Assembly spotted in the shipyard.
    • 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, two reinforced five-ring stacks, a pair of forward aerodynamic surfaces, and various other components in various stages of completion are in the immediate area.
  • Mid-Bay – SN9
  • High-Bay – SN5, SN6 – Roof under construction
  • Test Stand A – SN8
    • Thrust simulator installed.
  • Test Stand B – Empty – Under construction
  • Orbital Launch Mount – Under construction
    • 9/28/2020 – Started filling legs with concrete.
    • 9/12/2020 – All columns have been sleeved.
  • Landing Pad – Empty
  • Old Gas Well – On-site methane (CH4) propellant production?
    • 9/26/2020 – A large Liebherr LR1600/2 crane is being assembled in this area. Prediction – Probably for the installation of a wind turbine to power liquid methane (CH4) and oxygen (O2) production.
    • 9/26/2020 – A tank was moved from the launch complex tank farm to the old gas well site.

Cape Canaveral, Florida

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

Starlink 12 – SpaceX

  • Update – October 1, 2020, 9:17 am EDT (1317 UTC)
    • Falcon B1058.3 – Third flight of this booster. The booster was first used on the Crew Demo 2 mission.
    • A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch the 13th 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 – United States Air Force

Standing down from tonight's launch attempt of GPS III-4

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 3, 2020
  • Update – October 2/3, 2020, 9:43 pm-9:58 pm EDT (0143-0158 UTC)
    • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch the fourth, third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System (GPS). The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin.

News and Commentary

ENGINEERING TODAY – SpaceX Crew Dragon: SpaceX speeds up NASA Astronauts training to ride the Dragon


TheSpaceXFans – SpaceX Starship Updates! SN8 Waiting, SN9 Growing, More Super Heavy! TheSpaceXShow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTLj_nDYnGs

NASASpaceflight – SpaceX Boca Chica – Starship SN8 lifted on to Launch Mount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QieuPkiDSI

SpaceX adds mystery Falcon 9 launch to packed October manifest

NASA and SpaceX wrapping up certification of Crew Dragon

Targeting Thursday, October 1 at 9:17 a.m. EDT for launch of Starlink. Due to a conflict on the Range, now targeting launch of GPS III-4 on Friday, October 2; 15-min window opens at 9:43 p.m. EDT pic.twitter.com/VVhhatjBbh

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 30, 2020

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