Getting closer to Test Flight 14. All testing has been completed on ship 41. It's in Maga Bay 2 being loaded with Starlink satelites
Booster 21 will be transported to launch pad 2 Tues 1pm to 5pm EST for a
static fire test then transported to Mega Bay 1 for final checks. There are a number of tests ran during this SFT. Some of them - clamps holding the booster to the launch pad, propellant connection and fueling, ignition, engine checks, deluge system
If all goes well with the SFT a launch date should be announced
Starship LiveLatest UpdateStarship - The Beginning
Elon Musk began developing the concept that became Starship in 2012 to fulfill his long-term goal of colonizing Mars and making humanity a multiplanetary species. While the overarching vision dates back to SpaceX's founding in 2002, active design work on the heavy-lift reusable architecture started a decade later
Musk's core motivation for founding SpaceX and building Starship has always been to establish a self-sustaining human city on Mars to ensure the long-term survival of human consciousness and life. Conventional rockets were too expensive. Starship was designed for complete and rapid reusability across the booster and spacecraft to drastically lower the cost per flight. The system was built with massive payload capacities to transport heavy cargo and large crews to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond
Timeline:
2002: Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the ultimate intent of enabling human life on Mars
2012: Musk publicly details initial plans for a giant reusable rocket system
2014: Construction starts on SpaceX's Starbase located in Starbase City, TX near the Boca Chica Peninsula on the Gulf of America
2019: Low-altitude prototype testing begins with the "Starhopper" in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starhopper was the first low-altitude prototype built by SpaceX for the Starship development program. Resembling a stainless steel water tower, it was tested in 2019 at SpaceX's Boca Chica facility in South Texas to validate the structural design and the performance of the first methane-fueled engine, the Raptor engines first controlled flight test. Starhopper is on the site standing tall near launch pad 2
2022: SpaceX officially adopts the name Starship as prototype iterations transition to orbital-scale testing
2023:
Starship Test Flight 1 - scroll to 39:00 for launch
Next: Starbase
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That is a strong start Jimbo!
Ana
