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Starship Development Thread February 2025 (self.spacex)
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SpaceX Starship page

FAQ

  1. When next launch? (Flight 8) SpaceX have applied for the FCC (not FAA) license, launch NET Feb 24th. (Starship Gazer, FCC)
  2. When previous launch? (Flight 7)? Booster 14 and Ship 33 launched on 2025-01-16.
  3. What was the result? Booster lands on chopsticks, ship experiences an RUD shortly before SECO.

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 January | Starship Dev December | Starship Dev November | IFT-6 launch thread | Starship Dev October | IFT-5 launch thread

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

Road closures and road delays

Cameron County website - @bocaroad Mastodon bot

*As of 2025-02-02

  • 2-hour road delay is posted for Feb 4th from 00:00 to 04:00 for transportation from factory to Massey's. Potential candidates are S34 static fire, Test Tank 16 cryo test, or B16 cryo test.

Vehicle Status

*As of 2025-02-02

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Ship Location Status Comment
SN2 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping?
S20 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping?
S31 Indian Ocean Successful splashdown Cryo tested May 12th, suffers small electrical fire. Underwent repairs in the Highbay, rolls back to Massey's Jul 1. Cryo tested Jul 2nd and 3rd. Engines installed by Jul 26th. Rolls to Massey's Sep 6th. Partial (aborted) cryo test Sep 8th. Static fired Sep 18th. Preflight checkouts completed Nov 17th. Launched as IFT-6 on Nov 19th. In-space raptor relight was successful, ship survived reentry and performed soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
S32 Rocket Garden Pending scrapping? Fully stacked, fore flaps installed but not aft flaps
Test Tank 16 Starfactory Pending scrapping? Cryo tested four times between July and September. Sliding plates added to the catch points on Jan 27th.
S33 Caribbean Destroyed First V2 Starship. Nosecone spotted Jul 14th. Forward section spotted Jul 27th. Stacking completed Aug 23. Cryo tested Oct 29th (partial), 30th (full), and 31st (full). Raptor installation begins Nov 9th. Spin prime Dec 12th. Static fired Dec 15th and 16th. Starlink simulators loaded Jan 7th. Catch hardware installed Jan 8th. Wet dress rehearsal performed Jan 10th. Launched Jan 16th, experienced an RUD shortly before SECO.
S34 Megabay 2 Pending engine install Methane header tank spotted Aug 14th. Nosecone stacked on payload bay Sep 20th. Stacking completed around end of November. Cryo tested Jan 17th.
S35 Megabay 2 Stacking Parts spotted Sep 20th. Forward flap installation Dec 3rd. Nosecone stacked on payload bay Dec 11th.
S36 Starfactory Nosecone tiling Parts spotted in December.
S37 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted in December.
S38 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted in December.
Booster Location Status Comment
B12 Megabay 1 Post-flight inspection 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.
B13 Gulf of Mexico Successful splashdown Cryo tests Apr 26th (methane tank) and Apr 29th (LOX tank). Static fired Oct 24th. Preflight checkouts completed Nov 17th. Launched as IFT-6 on Nov 19th. Chopsticks catch attempt was aborted, performed soft splashdown in the Gulf.
B14 Megabay 1 Pending inspections 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.
B14.1 Megabay 1 Scrapping Multiple catch simulation "slap tests" performed on Jun 26th and 27th. Scrapping started Jan 12th.
B15 Megabay 1 Pending engine install Stacked from July to September. Methane tank cryo test Dec 27th, full cryo test Dec 28th.
B16 Megabay 1 Pending cryo test Stacking completed by Dec 26th.
B17 Build Site Assembly Parts spotted. First two sections moved to Megabay 1 Jan 4th.

Resources

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SpaceX launches third pair of Maxar’s WorldView Legion imaging satellites (spacenews.com)
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WorldView Legion 5 & 6 (Maxar 3) launch thread (self.spacex)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-02-04, 23:13 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-02-04, 18:13 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1086-4 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Payloads | WorldView Legion 5 & 6 | | Customer(s) | Maxar | | Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V99upBr1Z6Y | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTy4GSdW-Ps | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w4dmCLnbfQ | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTRchkimuog | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1886913204263026846 | The Space Devs |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 5th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 5 days, 21:39:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 48th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 409th Falcon booster landing, 422nd Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 16th Falcon 9 mission this year, 434th overall

☑️ 16th SpaceX mission this year, 450th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 17th SpaceX launch this year, 467th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe's next generation of earth observation satellites.

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Ontario tables Starlink contract threat as US delays Canada tariffs (spacenews.com)
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Starlink profit growing rapidly as it faces a moment of promise and peril (arstechnica.com)
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It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite (arstechnica.com)
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Starlink 12-3 launch bulletin (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 12-3 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-02-04 10:15 UTC, or 2025-02-04 05:15 local time (EST). Booster 1069-21 to land on Just Read the Instructions.

Webcasts:

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Starlink 11-4 launch bulletin (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 11-4 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2025-02-01 23:02 UTC, or 2025-02-01 15:02 local time (PST). B1075-17 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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SpaceX launches SpainSat New Generation 1 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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SPAINSAT New Generation I launch thread (and farewell, B1073) (self.spacex)
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Final flight of B1073, as it will be intentionally expended on this launch.

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-01-30, 01:34 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-01-29, 20:34 (EST) | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1073-21 | | Landing | None | | Payloads | SpainSat NG I | | Customers | Hisdesat | | Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to Geostationary Transfer Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LYugL0RCYY | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPeVSqgCBn4 | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xi3c1Ek5W8 | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1vfu5Gcs0A | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1884773585404719216 | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXgRRWjsLM

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 4th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 8 days, 20:09:10 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 13th Falcon 9 mission this year, 431st Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 13th SpaceX mission this year, 447th mission overall (excluding Starship flights)

☑️ 14th SpaceX launch this year, 463rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship flights)

Mission info

SPAINSAT NG is Hisdesat's largest project since its foundation. Its technological complexity and strategic relevance will position the company as an international benchmark in satellite communications. The new Spainsat NG generation will multiply by 16 times the capacity in X and Ka military band with respect to the current devices and will add a new payload in UHF band. In addition, it will operate with active X-band antennas in receive and transmit. Pioneers in the European aerospace sector, each of them will be assigned 16 different areas of operation to perform their coverage services with electronic configuration.

The SpainSat NG I & II will replace the current SpainSat and XTAR-EUR and will incorporate the latest technological advances in communications to reinforce their capabilities, security levels and resilience. They will have a useful life of about 15 years, which means that they will be fully operational until the 2040 threshold.

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Following Flight 7 SpaceX line up future Starships (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Starlink 12-7 launch bulletin (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 12-7 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-01-27 22:05 UTC, or 2025-01-27 17:05 local time (EST). Booster 1076-20 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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New records set for Falcon pad and droneship turnaround times (sh.itjust.works)
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Source: Kiko Dontchev, VP of Launch at SpaceX:

High five to the entire west coast Falcon team for shattering some records!!

Records Set
4E Pad Turn: 2 days 22 hrs 21 mins 10 secs
New Overall Droneship Record & OCISLY:
2 days 22 hrs 21 mins 10 secs
Next best is ASOG at 3 days 12 hrs

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Starlink 11-6 launch bulletin (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 11-6 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2025-01-24 14:07 UTC, or 2025-01-24 06:07 local time (PST). B1063-23 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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SpaceX to begin beta testing Direct-to-Cell Starlink satellites - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX returns to launching Starlink following Starship launch - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Starlink 13-1 launch bulletin (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 13-1 launch out of LC-39A in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-01-21 05:24 UTC, or 2025-01-21 00:24 local time (EST). Booster 1083-8 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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Starlink 11-8 launch bulletin (take 2) (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 11-8 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2025-01-21 07:24 UTC, or 2025-01-21 07:24 local time (PST). B1082-10 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

This follows a launch attempt the previous day which was scrubbed due to a wayward aircraft.

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Airplane in keep out zone forces scrub of Starlink 11-8 launch 11 seconds before liftoff – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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SpaceX had to stand down from a launch attempt on Sunday when a plane entered the keep out zone 11 seconds before the planned liftoff.

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FAA investigating Starship debris reports (spacenews.com)
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Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space (arstechnica.com)
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[rykllan] 2025-01-15 Falcon flightworthy boosters overview (pbs.twimg.com)
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Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1879593131064414451

  • B1067 has set a new record at 25 flights.
  • B1063 and B1071 tied for second place with 22 flights.
  • B1069 and B1073 tied for third place with 23 flights.
  • B1076 in fourth place at 19 flights.
  • B1075, B1077, and B1078 in sixth place at 16 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1879593134730179026

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SpaceX Starship Explosion Likely Caused by Propellant Leak, Elon Musk Says (www.scientificamerican.com)
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Transportation secretary nominee vows to review SpaceX launch license fines (spacenews.com)
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Not a great look. Although I personally believe that the fines referenced are basically a joke, SpaceX and the industry as a whole still need oversight and accountability. Cruz called it "regulatory overreach" when in reality it's closer to regulatory impotence, where the agency responsible has woefully inadequate resources and totally outdated guidelines. So change is desperately needed. Maybe some good will come of this but I don't have high hopes.

On a personal note, it's still amazing to me how SpaceX has grown from being a struggling startup into an industry behemoth.

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Starlink 11-8 launch bulletin [scrubbed] (self.spacex)
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Starlink Group 11-8 launch out of SLC-4E in California currently scheduled for 2025-01-19 15:35 UTC, or 2025-01-19 07:35 local time (PST). B1082-10 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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