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Starship Development Thread July 2025 (sh.itjust.works)
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SpaceX Starship page

FAQ

  1. When next launch? (Flight 10) NET Aug 4th, (per FCC filing), NET ~Aug 5th, per Elon.
  2. When previous launch? (Flight 9) Starship flight 9 launched at about 23:36:29 UTC May 27.
  3. What was the result? Ship reached a suborbital path with a 189 km apogee. It lost attitude control during coast and tumbled during reentry, with loss of signal at about 59 km altitude." (Jonathan McDowell) - Booster experiences rapid unscheduled disassembly immediately after landing burn startup. (Golden, SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2)

Quick Links

Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live

Starship Dev June | Starship Dev May | Flight 9 launch thread | Starship Dev April | Flight 8 launch thread | Starship Dev March | Starship Dev February

Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)

Road closures and road delays

Vehicle Status

*As of 2025-07-05

Ship Location Status Comment
SN2 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping?
S20 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping?
Test Tank 16 Sanchez Resting Cryo tested four times between July and September. Sliding plates added to the catch points on Jan 27th. Moved to Sanchez Mar 15th.
S35 Indian Ocean Destroyed Parts spotted Sep 20th. Forward flap installation Dec 3rd. Nosecone stacked on payload bay Dec 11th. Stacked by Feb 7th. Cryo tested Mar 11th. Single-engine static fire Apr 30th, six-engine static fire May 1st. R-vac likely replaced May 6th. Static fired May 12th. Spin prime May 22nd. Rolled out and stacked May 25th. Launched May 27th. Ship lost attitude control shortly after SECO and broke up during reentry.
S36 Massey's Destroyed Parts spotted in December. Stacking began Jan 30th. Moved to Megabay 2 Feb 12th. Stacking completed Mar 11th. Cryo tested Apr 27th. Single-engine static fire Jun 16th. RUD Jun 18th.
S37 Megabay 2 Pending engine install Parts spotted in December. Forward dome section moves to Megabay 2 Mar 24th. Cryo tested May 30th.
S38 Megabay 2 Stacking Parts spotted in December. Nosecone stacked on payload bay as of Mar 28th.
S39 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Apr 9th).
S40 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Apr 10th).
S41 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (May 10th).
Booster Location Status Comment
B12 Rocket Garden Resting Cryo x2, Static fire Jul 15th. Full stack cryo tests Sep 23rd and Oct 7th. FTS installed Oct 9th. Launched as IFT-5 on Oct 13, returned to launch site for successful chopstick catch. Moved to Megabay 1 Oct 15th.
B14 Gulf of Mexico Destroyed Stacked Apr 26th, Cryo tested Oct 4th and 5th. Static fired Dec 9th. FTS installed Jan 3rd. Wet dress rehearsal performed Jan 10th. Launched and landed Jan 16th. Static fired Apr 3rd. Stacked on launch mount May 13th. Destacked May 16th. Rolled back May 17th. Rolled out May 24th. Launched May 27th. RUD immediately after landing burn startup.
B15 Rocket Garden Resting Stacked from July to September. Methane tank cryo test Dec 27th, full cryo test Dec 28th. Static fired Feb 9th. Launched and landed Mar 6th.
B16 Megabay 1 Pending FTS install Stacking completed by Dec 26th. Cryo tested Feb 28th. Static fired Jun 6th. FTS potentially installed Jun 18th. Hot staging adapter removed Jun 19th.
B17 Rocket Garden Pending engine install Parts spotted. First two sections moved to Megabay 1 Jan 4th. Fully stacked by Apr 7th. Cryo tested Apr 9th.
B18.1 / Test Tank 17 Massey's Pending cryo test Test article for Booster v3. Parts spotted Feb 24th, Apr 21. Cryo tested Jun 2nd and 3rd.
B18 Megabay 1 Stacking Parts spotted May 19th.

Resources

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[Meta] !spacex@sh.itjust.works turns two years old, call for moderators (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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🎉Happy 2-year-anniversary, folks!🎉

Thank you to everyone who has posted, commented, and voted over the past two years. The community would not be what it is without you!

Thanks also to the sh.itjust.works admins for keeping this server running smoothly. This community could not exist without you.

This community has had a bit of mod turnover since we started, and I'm looking to grow the team a bit. Would anyone be willing to help out?

This is also an opportune time to solicit feedback and suggest changes. Any general feedback or suggestions?

Thank you all for participating in this community, and here's to the next two years!

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Possible Starship Salvage Operation Underway off Coast of Mexico - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Starlink Group 17-3 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
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Starlink Group 17-3 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-07-19 03:52 UTC, or 2025-07-18 20:52 local time (PDT). Booster 1082-14 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

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Starlink Cleared to Operate in India (tlpnetwork.com)
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Starship at Cape Canaveral making progress as SpaceX tries to push the program forward - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Though most eyes are on Starbase, there's quite a bit happening in Florida:

  • Rebar installation currently under way for Gigabay foundations at Roberts Road.
  • Launch tower manufacturing facilities set up to produce two towers in parallel.
  • LC-39A: Flame trench and tank farm under construction. Launch mount for this pad is currently at the water-cooled steel deck plate installation phase.
  • SLC-37: Old Delta IV infrastructure demolished, construction of new infrastructure (up to two launch towers and two catch towers) contingent on Environmental Impact Statement.
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SpaceX launches first of three missions for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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Project Kuiper (KF-01) launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-16, 06:30 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-07-16, 02:30 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1096-1 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | 24 Kuiper Satellites | | Payload mass | unknown | | Customer | Amazon Kuiper Systems | | Target orbit | LEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvUpLlJAOR0 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU2vax533M | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIav83YfugE | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00qlbUWTgtI | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1945367238246048036 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ First launch of B1096

☑️ 42nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 3 days, 1:26:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 118th landing on ASOG

☑️ 481st Falcon family booster landing, 493rd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 87th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 505th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 90th SpaceX mission of 2025, 530th overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 90th SpaceX launch of 2025, 540th overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,236 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km, and 630 km altitude.

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Starlink Group 15-2 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
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Starlink Group 15-2 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-07-16 02:05 UTC, or 2025-07-15 19:05 local time (PDT). Booster 1093-4 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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Axiom-4 splashdown bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1944922989881123214

Dragon and the @Axiom_Space Ax-4 crew are on track to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and splash down off the coast of San Diego at ~2:31 a.m. PT tomorrow.

Dragon will also announce its arrival with a brief sonic boom prior to splashing down in the Pacific Ocean

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SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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Commercial GTO 1 (Dror-1) launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-13, 05:04 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-13, 01:04 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1083-13 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | Dror-1? ("Commercial GTO 1") | | Payload mass | unknown | | Customer | Israel Aerospace Industries | | Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2-Ai_36Cs | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smh75rw8piM | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V6QZHuC7eE | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPagdhmBefU | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1944258977774055912 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jab_u6xtC-k |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 4 days, 20:43:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 32 days, 15:58:20 hours since last launch of booster B1083

☑️ 127th landing on JRTI

☑️ 478th Falcon family booster landing, 488th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 85th Falcon 9 mission this year, 503rd Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 88th SpaceX mission of 2025, 528th overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 88th SpaceX launch this year, 537th overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is intended to meet the satellite communication needs of Israel for the next 15 years. Dror-1 is comprised primarily of local Israeli technologies developed at IAI, including an advanced digital communication payload and “smartphone in space” capabilities, to provide communication agility throughout the satellite’s lifetime in space.

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Starlink Group 10-28 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-28 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-07-08 08:21 UTC or 2025-07-08 04:21 local time (EDT). Booster 1077-22 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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[Eager Space] Starship Problems: What Would Falcon 9 Do? (youtu.be)
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With Masseys out of commission, SpaceX may attempt static fire Ships at the launch site (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Starlink Group 10-25 launch bulletin (B1067-29 flight leader!) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-25 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-07-02 06:28 UTC or 2025-07-02 02:28 local time (EDT). Booster 1067-29 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

B1067 will be the first booster to launch and land for the 29th time.

Webcasts:

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MTG-S1/Sentinel-4A launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-01, 21:04 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-07, 17:04 (EDT) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1085-9 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | MTG-S1/Sentinel-4A | | Payload mass | 3,800.0 kg | | Customer | EUMETSAT | | Target orbit | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://youtube.com/watch?v=MUims7kDjGg | | Spaceflight Now | https://youtube.com/watch?v=P4b2ozFLE40 | | NASASpaceflight | https://youtube.com/watch?v=phfAjAI1yeA | | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=gGwEaTScbgI | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1940150069883207967 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytq5UMXi-G8 |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 16th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 6 days, 14:32:08 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 24 days, 16:10:00 hours since last launch of booster B1085

☑️ 126th landing on JRTI

☑️ 475th Falcon family booster landing, 488th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 82nd Falcon 9 mission this year, 500th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 82nd SpaceX mission of 2025, 516th overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 85th SpaceX launch this year, 534th overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) is the follow-up system to the Meteosat MSG series of geostationary satellites.

The satellite system will consist of a twin configuration of 3-axis-stabilised satellites: the Imaging mission satellite (MTG-I) and the Sounding mission satellite (MTG-S).

The payload proposed for MTG-S would have an Infrared Sounder (IRS) and Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared (UVN) Sounder, the later of which is included as the Sentinel-4 mission

The Sentinel-4 mission focuses on monitoring trace gas concentrations and aerosols in the atmosphere to support operational services covering air-quality near-real-time applications, air-quality protocol monitoring, and climate protocol monitoring. The specific objective of Sentinel-4 is to support this with a high revisit time over Europe.

The Sentinel-4/UVN instrument is a high-resolution spectrometer system operating with 3 designated bands in the solar reflectance spectrum, covering the ultraviolet (305-400 nm), visible (400-500 nm), and near-infrared (750-775 nm) bands. The central Sentinel-4/UVN instrument parameters are a spatial sampling of 8 km over Europe and a fast repeat cycle over Europe and North Africa (Sahara) of 60 minutes.

The respective spectral resolution is 0.5 nm in the ultraviolet and visible bands, with the goal of 0.12 nm in near-infrared.

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Starlink Group 15-7 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 15-7 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-06-28 17:13 UTC, or 2025-06-28 10:13 local time (PDT). Booster 1088-8 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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Starlink Group 10-34 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-34 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-06-28 04:26 UTC or 2025-06-28 00:26 local time (EDT). Booster 1092-5 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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Starlink Group 10-16 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-16 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-06-25 19:54 UTC or 2025-06-25 15:54 local time (EDT). Booster 1080-20 to land on Just Read The Instructions.

Webcasts:

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Axiom-4 Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-06-25, 06:31 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-25, 02:31 (EDT) | | Mission | Axiom-4 | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. | | Booster | B1094-2 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Dragon | C213-1 | | Commander | Peggy Whitson 🇺🇸| | Pilot | Shubhanshu Shukla 🇮🇳| | Mission Specialist 1 | Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski 🇵🇱| | Mission Specialist 2 | Tibor Kapu 🇭🇺| | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Axiom Space | https://youtube.com/watch?v=YAue1QljRg4 | Space Affairs | https://youtube.com/watch?v=8xCx2HzmEjw | NASASpaceflight | https://youtube.com/watch?v=T3sue4w2Ukw | Spaceflight Now | https://youtube.com/watch?v=QTrXauSMm5c | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Yisp50Be0 | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1937729369126183411 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHk4dA3hVYA

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 15th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 27 days, 17:01:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 57 days, 3:56:50 hours since last launch of booster B1094

☑️ 52nd landing on LZ-1

☑️ 472nd Falcon Family Booster landing, 484th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 78th Falcon 9 mission this year, 496th overall

☑️ 78th SpaceX mission this year, 512th overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 81st SpaceX launch this year, 530th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

NextSpaceflight mission page:

Ax-4 is Axiom Space's fourth private crew rotation to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. The crew will be composed of commander Peggy Whitson (former NASA astronaut), Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Sławosz Uznański of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary. This will be India and Poland's first crewed trip to the ISS.

Link Source
SpaceX mission website SpaceX
Axiom Space mission website https://www.axiomspace.com/
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Transporter-14 Launch Thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-06-23, 21:25 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-06-23, 14:25 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1071-26 | | Landing | OCISLY | | Payloads | 70 | | Customers | Multiple | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payload to SSO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://youtube.com/watch?v=C6jjF7M9H0k | Spaceflight Now | https://youtube.com/watch?v=JEesdVJcUdw | NASASpaceflight | none | The Launch Pad | https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-1F4oM3MSU | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1937257156497277205 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXRtWXBQj04

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 6 days, 17:41:10 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 27th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 23 days, 1:08:00 hours since last launch of booster B1071

☑️ 139th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 471st Falcon Family Booster landing, 483rd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 77th Falcon 9 mission this year, 495th overall

☑️ 77th SpaceX mission this year, 511th overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 80th SpaceX launch this year, 530th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Transporter 14 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.

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Starlink Group 10-23 launch bulletin (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by clothes@lemmy.world to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-23 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-06-23 05:58 UTC or 2025-06-23 01:58 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-25 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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Ship 36 experiences anomaly during engine testing, next steps unclear - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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With the sudden loss of a ship that was nearly ready for flight and significant damage to the infrastructure needed to test Starship and Super Heavy, SpaceX will face some difficult challenges in the coming months. Ship 37 recently began receiving its engines last week, but without a way to static fire them, it will remain in Mega Bay 2 until repairs can be made. Ship 38 is in Mega Bay 2 and currently needs cryogenic proof testing before getting engines. It is unclear if the ship’s cryogenic proof stand is still operational at Massey’s following Ship 36’s anomaly.

Furthermore, SpaceX is in the process of developing and constructing the first Block 3 (Version 3) variants of Starship, with Ship 39 expected to serve as the first. With Block 3 so close and the recent anomaly, SpaceX would repair Starship testing infrastructure at Massey’s, such as the quick disconnect, for two ships before having to modify it again for Block 3. The question for SpaceX is whether it is worthwhile to repair the existing infrastructure for the current ship design or to move directly to Block 3.

As for Super Heavy, SpaceX has Booster 16 ready to fly and recently removed the hot stage ring, as it will no longer be flying soon. Booster 15 is ready and waiting for its next flight, which is likely to be the last flight of a Block 2 Booster. At this point, Booster 17 will likely not fly, as SpaceX has only two Block 2 ships left.

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[Video] SpaceX rocket explodes at Starbase during static fire testing (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 month ago by photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31650505

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