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Starship Development Thread August 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 mid August, 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

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

Road closures, road delays, and beach closures

Vehicle Status

*As of 2025-07-30

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 Pad 1 Pending static fire Parts spotted in December. Forward dome section moves to Megabay 2 Mar 24th. Cryo tested May 30th. Forward flaps installed Jul 20th. (ViX 1, ViX 2) Aft flaps installed Jul 23rd and Jul 24th. Single-engine static fire Jul 31st.
S38 Megabay 2 Pending cryo test Parts spotted in December. Nosecone stacked on payload bay as of Mar 28th. Rolls to Massey's Jul 28th. Cryo tested Jul 30th. Rolls back from Massey's Aug 1st.
S39 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Apr 9th). Forward flaps installed July 29th and 31st.
S40 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Apr 10th).
S41 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (May 10th).
S42 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Jul 4th).
S43 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Jul 4th).
S44 Starfactory Assembly Parts spotted (Jul 4th).
S45 Starfactory Assembly
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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NASA, SpaceX launch Crew-11 mission to the ISS - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Ship 37 performed a 1-engine static fire on the OLM (bsky.app)
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Crew-11 Launch Thread! (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-08-01, 15:43 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-08-01, 11:43 (ET) | | Docking scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-08-02, 06:30 | | Mission | Crew-11 | | Launch site | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1094-3 | | Landing | LZ-1 | | Dragon | C206-6 (Endeavour) | | Commander | Zena Cardman 🇺🇸| | Pilot | Mike Fincke 🇺🇸| | Mission Specialist 1 | Kimiya Yui 🇯🇵| | Mission Specialist 2 | Oleg Platanov 🇷🇺| | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the ISS |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ILMhbWHNQ (scrub) | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA70fU17Eoo (scrub) | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI3ucpc9LwE (scrub) | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNO6k5Ptvak (scrub) | Everyday Astronaut | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxcYpA7ksT4 (scrub) | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LLvcrCy0-o (scrub) | SpaceX | (scrub) | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 17th launch from LC-39A this year

☑️ 30 days, 18:39:42 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 37 days, 09:11:50 turnaround for B1094

☑️ 515 day turnaround for C206

☑️ 53rd landing on LZ-1

☑️ 489th Falcon Family Booster landing, 501st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 95th Falcon 9 mission of 2024, 513th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 98th SpaceX mission of 2025, 538th mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 98th SpaceX launch this year, 548th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

SpaceX Crew-11 is the eleventh operational crewed rotation mission of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. The crew is composed of NASA astronauts commander Zena Cardman and pilot Mike Fincke, and mission specialists Kimiya Yui of Japan's JAXA and Oleg Platanov of Russia's Roscosmos.

Final booster landing on Landing Zone 1.

LZ-1 has supported many historic missions across its 10-year history, including SpaceX's first successful landing of an orbital-class booster in 2015.

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Starlink Group 13-4 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 13-4 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-07-31 18:35 UTC, or 2025-07-31 11:35 local time (PDT). Booster 1071-27 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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Starlink Group 10-29 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-29 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-07-30 03:37 UTC or 2025-07-29 23:37 local time (EDT). Booster 1069-26 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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The Final Two Block 2 Ships leave Mega Bay 2 for Testing (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Mystery Raptors spotted arriving at McGregor (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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Likely from Ship 36 wreckage

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B1094-3 and Dragon C206-6 (Endeavour) raised to vertical at LC-39A for Crew-11 (video.twimg.com)
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Source

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Starlink Group 17-2 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 17-2 launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California is currently scheduled for 2025-07-27 04:31 UTC, or 2025-07-26 21:31 local time (PDT). Booster 1075-19 to land on Of Course I Still Love You.

Webcasts:

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Starlink Group 10-26 launch bulletin (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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Starlink Group 10-26 launch out of SLC-40 in Florida is currently scheduled for 2025-07-26 09:01 UTC or 2025-07-26 05:01 local time (EDT). Booster 1078-22 to land on A Shortfall of Gravitas.

Webcasts:

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[Stephen Clark] Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday (arstechnica.com)
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[Stephen Clark] SpaceX launches a pair of NASA satellites to probe the origins of space weather (arstechnica.com)
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FAA caused Falcon 9 TRACERS launch scrub - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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SpaceX launches 15th mission for SES following one-day scrub – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
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TRACERS & Others launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-23, 18:13 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-07-23, 11:13 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Booster | B1081-16 | | Landing | Landing Zone 4 | | Payloads | TRACERS, Bard (PExT Demo), Athena EPIC, REAL | | Customer | NASA, NOAA, and USSF | | Target orbit | Sun-Synchronous Orbit |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylk4uw7GQys (scrub) | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es7tnMxgOuY (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | none | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsQtwXbjxX8 (scrub) | | SpaceX | (scrub) | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 31st launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 14:20:01 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 40 days, 16:18:10 turnaround for B1081

☑️ 27th landing on LZ-4

☑️ 484th Falcon family booster landing, 496th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 90th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 508th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 93rd SpaceX mission of 2025, 533rd overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 93rd SpaceX launch of 2025, 543rd overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

TRACERS

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help understand magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic reconnection occurs when activity from the Sun interacts with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth.

Bard (PExT Demo)

Bard will flight-demonstrate the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT), an advanced communications technology developed in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and NASA's SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program. The terminal is designed to enable real-time interoperability between government and commercial satellite relay networks—a first-of-its-kind capability as NASA shifts toward a commercial satellite relay communications architecture.

Athena EPIC

NASA, the U.S. Space Force, NOAA, and NovaWurks have strategically aligned efforts to gain wisdom from Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) — a SmallSat that will demonstrate the ability of NovaWurks SensorCraft architecture to support future missions. Athena serves as a pilot opportunity for transformational activities by pathfinding an innovative space vehicle architecture, learning from commercial best practices, implementing a whole-of-government approach, and reducing schedule to launch as well as lifecycle costs. The instrument will be a simplified and lighter version of the CERES (Clouds and the Earth Radiant Energy System) instrument.

REAL

Realistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL) is a scientific investigation mission designed to characterize the loss of particles from Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts. REAL will carry an energetic particle instrument that is sensitive to both electrons and protons. From its vantage point in low-Earth orbit, REAL will point its instrument along Earth’s magnetic field to measure radiation belt particles as they enter the atmosphere.

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O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 launch thread (sh.itjust.works)
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| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-22, 21:12 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-07-22, 17:12 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1090-6 | | Landing | Just Read the Instructions | | Payload | O3b mPOWER 9 & 10 | | Payload mass | 3400 kg | | Customer | SES | | Target orbit | MEO |

Webcasts

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YYusvzJz4 (scrub) | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams (scrub) | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5cLghoiXn0 (scrub) | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1947763085218910432 (scrub) | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_VdViVfUPQ |

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 43rd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 6 days, 14:42:00 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 34 days, 15:16:50 turnaround for B1090

☑️ 128th landing on JRTI

☑️ 483rd Falcon family booster landing, 495th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 89th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 507th Falcon 9 mission overall

☑️ 92nd SpaceX mission of 2025, 532rd overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 92nd SpaceX launch of 2025, 542nd overall (including Starship hops)

Mission info

The O3b mPOWER satellites are improved second-generation satellites for the SES-owned O3b Networks.

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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)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@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.

Webcasts:

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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)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works
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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)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@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/watch?v=ZlKgYD1BI-o |

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)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@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.

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