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Today, there are lots of delays and not many updates other than Boca Chica and Starship.
However, let’s head straight in and get up to date…
Starting off the video, we have a Tweet from SpaceX about the ANASIS-II launch.
They said “Standing down from tomorrow’s launch of ANASIS-II to take a closer look
at the second stage, swap hardware if needed.
Will announce new target launch date once confirmed on the Range.”
Spaceflight Now Tweeted about the delay of this launch and how the company is trying
to cut turnaround times.
One part of their Tweet says “It's the second Falcon 9 launch to be postponed indefinitely
in recent days as SpaceX tries to cut turnaround times for reused rockets.”
Musk responded to this Tweet to say “We’re being extra paranoid.
Maximizing probability of successful launch is paramount.”
So, whilst SpaceX are trying to break records, the risk of having issues is greater.
It’s much better to delay launches when not ready than have the possibility for very
expensive items going boom.
With the small amount of SpaceX updates covered, let’s checkout what’s been happening in
Boca Chica.
Starting with a few test area things, we have the walls being constructed by the launch
mount.
You can see that they’ve progressed further and now put together some scaffolding.
Up next, we have an interesting area being worked on that I didn’t know belonged to
SpaceX.
Apparently this is an old gas well and you can see workers have begun groundwork by digging
up the earth next to it.
Over by the launch area, workers are continuing to work on the Starship / Super Heavy launch
pad.
They were recently seen constructing and placing another rebar tube into the foundations.
However, here you can see them popping in and out of the ground.
In preparation for the long awaited hop which could be on the order of weeks away, SpaceX
have cleared the landing pad.
They’ve recently been doing a whole load of work over there, but they’re definitely
not wanting anything to get destroyed.
We will head over to the construction area now, starting with the latest work on the
high bay.
You can now see that all 4 corners have been raised, but they’re currently working to
connect these together.
Also over at the production part of the facility, in the last video, we saw workers beginning
to expand the area.
Whilst it’s not clear what they’re preparing for, here you can see the latest progress
with the groundwork.
Elsewhere in the yard, we have some more deliveries of some metal components.
Also, the metal components we saw in a previous video arriving recently have been spotted
moving.
As you can see, they’ve been moved over near the fabrication building.
Over by the windbreaker building, there is a new weather station that is being erected.
Another one to add to the growing collection of weather stations around the facility.
Now we will move onto Starship, starting with some pieces that have been spotted here and
there.
We recently saw a segment of a lower bulkhead sitting outside, and you can see it’s still
there.
Then, a little while back, we also saw a new ring stack moved outside with the name “Juan”.
Here you can see this section also still sitting outside.
Now, it looks like both of these two were destined for each other as the stack has been
sleeved with the dome.
They’re working on this behind the tents, which we don’t normally see.
Also it’s not the best of SpaceX’s builds so I doubt this is going to be used for a
Starship.
Will be interesting to see what happens with it though.
Also spotted was a whole load of rings, as well as some rolls of steel sitting outside.
Don’t think this is very new but thought I would show it anyway.
Now we have the main attraction, SN5, again it’s delayed, but we may not have too much
longer to wait.
Engineers have been continuing to prepare with further work around the prototype.
As expected, they’ve also been continuing to work underneath the tank.
You can see that most recently they’ve been working on the ground support equipment.
Just a quick look at the timelines for testing, you can see here the updated road closures.
There had originally been all 3 dates scheduled for testing, however you can see today the
15th has been cancelled.
However, tomorrow July 16th and Friday 17th look to still be on the table.
For the final part of the episode, we have a few more pieces of Starship.
First up is the nose cone and fairing ring stack we saw in the last video over by the
windbreaker.
On the top of the stack, you can see little metal spikes, which as you can see by Jack
Beyer’s editing are called lead-ins.
As you may have seen in an earlier clip of the video, this nose also has a crane hooked
up to it.
Since then, this nose cone has been stacked.
No indication as to what this fairing will be used for but possibly SN5 or SN6.
Over by this nose cone, just behind it you can see one of the other nose cones we’ve
seen recently.
Then also inside of the onion tent is yet another nose cone under construction.
Maybe soon we could see a bunch of fairing sections and potentially a full size Starship.
Finally, we have a section we saw in the last video which is this thrust section sitting
inside a tent.
You can see it’s still in there, but also just to the right of it, you can see another
barrel section being worked on.
Then, we also have a fantastic shot by NSF member Nomadd of the inside of one of these
onion tents.
You can see a whole load of thrust sections of different sizes, plus what appears to be
just a standard barrel section.
Will be very interesting when these segments begin emerging once again, there’s possibly
a new Starship tank just on the horizon.
As always, a massive thank you goes to Mary, BocaChicaGal for all her dedication and time
spent capturing these great views.
Also thank you to Nomadd for his shots and the rest of the NASASpaceFlight team for their
amazing work.
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