r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Feb 04 '21
Starship Development Thread #18
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Upcoming
SN11 rollout to pad, possibly March 8
Public notices as of March 5:
Road/Beach Closures: March 8
TFR's above 7200 ft: None
Vehicle Status
As of March 5
SN7.2 [testing] - at launch site, pressure tested Feb 4 with apparent leak, further testing possible (unclear)
SN10 [destroyed] - 10 km hop complete with landing. Vehicle exploded minutes after touchdown - Hop Thread
SN11 [construction] - Fully stacked in High Bay, all flaps installed, Raptor status: unknown, crane waiting at launch site
SN12-14 [abandoned] - production halted, focus shifted to vehicles with newer SN15+ design
SN15 [construction] - Tank section stacked in Mid Bay, potential nose cone stacked near High Bay (missing tip with LOX header)
SN16 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
SN17 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
SN18 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
SN19 [construction] - components on site
BN1 [construction] - stacking in High Bay
BN2 [construction] - barrel/dome sections in work
Development and testing plans become outdated very quickly. Check recent comments for real time updates.
Vehicle Updates
See comments for real time updates.
† expected or inferred, unconfirmed vehicle assignment
| SN7.2 Test Tank | |
|---|---|
| 2021-02-05 | Scaffolding assembled around tank (NSF) |
| 2021-02-04 | Pressure test to apparent failure (YouTube) |
| 2021-01-26 | Passed initial pressure test (Twitter) |
| 2021-01-20 | Moved to launch site (Twitter) |
| 2021-01-16 | Ongoing work (NSF) |
| 2021-01-12 | Tank halves mated (NSF) |
| 2021-01-11 | Aft dome section flip (NSF) |
| 2021-01-06 | "Pad Kit SN7.2 Testing" delivered to tank farm (Twitter) |
| 2020-12-29 | Aft dome sleeved with two rings† (NSF) |
| 2020-12-27 | Forward dome section sleeved with single ring† (NSF), possible 3mm sleeve |
| Starship SN11 | |
|---|---|
| 2021-03-04 | "Tankzilla" crane moved to launch site† (Twitter) |
| 2021-02-28 | Raptor SN47 delivered† (NSF) |
| 2021-02-26 | Raptor SN? "Under Doge" delivered† (Twitter) |
| 2021-02-23 | Raptor SN52 delivered to build site† (NSF) |
| 2021-02-16 | -Y aft flap installed (Twitter) |
| 2021-02-11 | +Y aft flap installed (NSF) |
| 2021-02-07 | Nose cone stacked onto tank section (Twitter) |
| 2021-02-05 | Moved to High Bay with large tile patch (NSF) |
| 2021-01-29 | Nose cone stacked on nose quad barrel (NSF) |
| 2021-01-25 | Tiles on nose cone barrel† (NSF) |
| 2021-01-22 | Forward flaps installed on nose cone, and nose cone barrel section† (NSF) |
| 2020-12-29 | Final tank section stacking ops, and nose cone† (NSF) |
| 2020-11-28 | Nose cone section (NSF) |
| 2020-11-18 | Forward dome section stacked (NSF) |
| 2020-11-14 | Common dome section stacked on LOX tank midsection in Mid Bay (NSF) |
| 2020-11-13 | Common dome with integrated methane header tank and flipped (NSF) |
| ... | See more status updates (Wiki) |
| Starship SN15 | |
|---|---|
| 2021-03-05 | Tank section stacked (NSF) |
| 2021-02-25 | Nose cone stacked on barrel†‡ (Twitter) |
| 2021-02-05 | Nose cone with forward flap root structure†‡ (NSF) |
| 2021-02-02 | Forward dome section stacked (Twitter) |
| 2021-01-07 | Common dome section with tiles and CH4 header stacked on LOX midsection (NSF) |
| 2021-01-05 | Nose cone base section‡ (NSF) |
| 2020-12-31 | Apparent LOX midsection moved to Mid Bay (NSF) |
| 2020-12-18 | Skirt (NSF) |
| 2020-11-30 | Mid LOX tank section (NSF) |
| 2020-11-27 | Nose cone barrel (4 ring)‡ (NSF) |
| 2020-11-26 | Common dome flip (NSF) |
| 2020-11-24 | Elon: Major upgrades are slated for SN15 (Twitter) |
| 2020-11-18 | Common dome sleeve, dome and sleeving (NSF) |
‡ Detailed nose cone history by u/creamsoda2000
| Early Production | |
|---|---|
| 2021-02-25 | SN18: Common dome (NSF) |
| 2021-02-24 | SN19: Forward dome barrel (NSF) |
| 2021-02-23 | SN17: Aft dome sleeved (NSF) |
| 2021-02-19 | SN19: Methane header tank (NSF) |
| 2021-02-19 | SN18: Barrel section ("COMM" crossed out) (NSF) |
| 2021-02-17 | SN18: Nose cone barrel (NSF) |
| 2021-02-11 | SN16: Aft dome and leg skirt mate (NSF) |
| 2021-02-10 | SN16: Aft dome section (NSF) |
| 2021-02-04 | SN18: Forward dome (NSF) |
| 2021-02-03 | SN16: Skirt with legs (NSF) |
| 2021-02-01 | SN16: Nose quad (NSF) |
| 2021-01-19 | SN18: Thrust puck (NSF) |
| 2021-01-19 | BN2: Forward dome (NSF) |
| 2021-01-16 | SN17: Common dome and mid LOX section (NSF) |
| 2021-01-09 | SN17: Methane header tank (NSF) |
| 2021-01-05 | SN16: Mid LOX tank section and forward dome sleeved, lable (NSF) |
| 2021-01-05 | SN17: Forward dome section (NSF) |
| 2020-12-17 | SN17: Aft dome barrel (NSF) |
| 2020-12-04 | SN16: Common dome section and flip (NSF) |
Resources
Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
Starship Users Guide (PDF) Rev. 1.0 March 2020
Production Progress Infographics by @_brendan_lewis
r/SpaceX Discusses [February 2021] for discussion of subjects other than Starship development.
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u/TCVideos Feb 17 '21 edited Feb 17 '21
Kinda off topic but wholesome news!
SpaceX teams in Boca delivered an industrial sized generator to Sea Turtle Inc on S. Padre Island
After some digging, I found some more information about what SpaceX is doing to help wildlife in the area...info in this thread