FAQ
- When next launch? (Flight 15) NET October 15th.
- When previous launch? (Flight 14) Starship Flight 14 (Starlink Group 31-1) launched on 2026-09-28.
- What was the result? B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.
Previous Flights
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- Flight 1: S24 and B7. First full stack launch, RUD before stage separation.
- Flight 2: S25 and B9. Successful stage separation, booster RUD during boostback burn, ship RUD shortly prior to scheduled SECO.
- Flight 3: S28 and B10. Booster performs a successful boostback burn, but experiences RUD during landing burn. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry.
- Flight 4: S29 and B11. First successful booster water landing. Ship survives reentry despite burn-through on forward flap, and performs a successful water landing.
- Flight 5: S30 and B12. First booster catch with chopsticks. Ship performs successful water landing.
- Flight 6: S31 and B13. Booster offshore divert due to damage to catch tower during launch. Ship performs successful water landing.
- Flight 7: S33 and B14-1. First V2 Ship launch. Harmonic oscillation on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
- Flight 8: S34 and B15-1. Engine failure on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
- Flight 9: S35 and B14-2. First booster reflight. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry. Booster RUD upon landing burn startup prior to planned splashdown.
- Flight 10: S37 and B16. All mission objectives fulfilled. First V2 ship to make it through reentry to landing burn and splashdown. First successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested landing without one centre engine, using an engine on the middle ring to compensate.
- Flight 11: S38 and B15-2. All mission objectives fulfilled. Ship performs successful landing burn and splashdown, despite intentional missing tiles on heatshield. Second successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested a 13-5-3 engine landing profile.
- Flight 12: First V3 launch. Successful liftoff. Booster boostback burn is incomplete, and landing burn fails. Ship experiences an R-vac out shortly after stage separation, but limps to orbit on 5/6 engines. In-space raptor relight is cancelled, but payload deployment is nominal. Ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown are nominal.
- Fight 13: Successful liftoff and staging. B20 had a good boostback burn, but landing burn had insufficient engines. S40 performs perfectly, with nominal payload deploy and in-space raptor relight. Ship reentry, landing burn, are nominal, and S40 remains intact after splashdown.
- Flight 14: B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.
Quick Links
Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live | afarTV Florida Gigabay Live
Starship Dev August | Flight 13 | Starship Dev July | Starship Dev June | Starship Dev May | Flight 12 | Starship Dev April
2026-04-27 SpaceX Starship Update Video
Road closures, road delays, and beach closures
Vehicle Status
*As of 2026-09-30
| Ship | Location | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| S39.1 (test tank) | Production site | (NSF, ViX, TrackingTheSB) | |
| S40 | Atlantic Ocean | En route to Starbase | Stacking took place from Nov 12th through March 2nd. Cryo testing from May 3rd through May 6th. Engine testing Jun 24th through 26th. Launched Jul 24th. |
| S41 | Pacific Ocean | Destroyed | April 17th: Pez Dispenser moved into MB2. April 20th: Nosecone+Payload Bay stack N:3 moved into MB2 and later that day lifted over the Pez Dispenser. Later that day the Pez Dispenser was installed. April 21st: Forward Dome section FX:4 moved into MB2. April 28th: Common Dome Section CX:3 moved into MB2. May 2nd: Section A2:3 moved into MB2. Cryo testing Jun 28th to Jul 6th. Static fired Aug 19th and 20th. FTS installed Sep 3rd. WDR Sep 24. Launched Sep 28th. |
| S42 | Megabay 2 | Pending engine installation | Stacking began Jul 11th. Cryo tested Sep 3rd and 4th. Chopsticks testing Sep 11th and 12th. |
| S43 | Megabay 2 | Stacking | Stacking began around Aug 19th. |
| S43.1 (test tank) | Massey’s | Testing | |
| S44 | Starfactory |
| Booster | Location | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| B18.1 | Massey’s | Testing | |
| B18.3 | Massey’s | Testing | |
| B20 | Gulf of Mexico | Destroyed | Stacking took place from Feb 5th through Apr 30th. Cryo tested Jun 6th through Jun 8th. Launched July 24th. |
| B21 | Gulf of Mexico | Destroyed | Stacking began Jun 4th, completed Jun 28th. Cryo testing Jul 17th through Jul 22nd. Static fired Aug 28th. FTS installed Sep 3rd. WDR Sep 24. Launched Sep 28th. |
| B22 | Megabay 1 | Pending engine installation | Stacking started Jun 29th. Cryo tested Sep 9th. |
| B23 | Megabay 1 | Stacking | Stacking started around Aug 14th. |
Resources
- LabPadre Channel | NASASpaceFlight.com Channel
- NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread
- NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation
- SpaceX: Website Starship page | Starship Users Guide (2020, PDF)
- FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
- FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
- NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Technical Report)
- Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
- Production Progress Infographics by @RingWatchers
- Raptor Tracker by @SpaceRhin0
- Acronym definitions by Decronym
- Tim Dodd: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Tim Dodd: 2022 Elon Musk Interviews, Starbase/Ship Updates | Launch Tower | Merlin Engine | Raptor Engine
- Tim Dodd 2024 Elon Musk Interviews: Starfactory tour | Pad tour and post-IFT-4 interview
- Tim Dodd 2025 pre-Flight-9 Elon interview
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Starship Development Thread October 2026
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2026-09-30:
- Flights 7 and 8: Mishap reports have been obtained from the FAA via a freedom of information request. (Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2, Blobifie 3, Blobifie 4, Blobifie 5, archive flight 7, archive flight 8)
- For flight 7, SpaceX used videos uploaded to twitter to map the S33 debris cloud.
- For flight 8, sparks were seen on ship engine 1 at ~320s into the burn followed by a “significant dynamic event” ~10s later that led to the loss of control. Approximately 113 kg of tiles and other debris from S34 were recovered, but no metal debris though. There were also three small fires near the pad after B15 was caught by the chopsticks.
- Flight 13 S40 recovery: Forte is currently off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Unloading at Starbase NET 7th. (interstellargw 1, interstellargw 2)
- Flight 14 / Starlink Group 31-1: Pad deluge system was activated in sync with booster landing, but the chopsticks were not. (NSF 1, NSF 2)
- The Starlink Group 31-1 satellites pass over Starbase. (NSF, Anderson)
- Melissa C is near the S41 splashdown zone off the coast of Hawaii. (mcrs987)
- Production site: B24’s A3:4 section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1. (Avid Space, Avid Space)
- A derrick crane is set up on the Gigabay roof, presumably to dismantle the four tower cranes which were used during construction. (Avid Space)
- Two R-vacs and three sea level engines exit Megabay 2, likely removed from S42. (Avid Space 1, Avid Space 2, SpaceRhin0 1, SpaceRhin0 2, Blobifie)
- McGregor: R3.260 leaves the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
- Florida: You’ll Thank Me Later and Signet Warhorse I depart from Port Canaveral, scheduled to arrive at Brownsville Port on Oct 4th. (JConcilus, vesselfinder.com)
2026-09-29:
- Flight 14 / Starlink Group 31-1: Slow motion liftoff videos. (SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2)
- Tracking shot of booster engine out on ascent. (Magnus Bergheim)
- Starlink Group 31-1 satellites are observed from the ground. (FronteraSpacial, Anderson)
- Pad 2: The new work stand is lifted into the launch mount. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Avid Space, Killip, Blobifie)
- McGregor: R3.255 and R3.256 leave the testing area. (SpaceRhin0 1, SpaceRhin0 2)
Vehicle status of B21 is wrong: it’s in the Pacific, not Gulf of Mexico
B21 is the booster (which launched Starlink Group 31-1 on Monday), and it had a soft-then-RUD landing in the Gulf of Mexico.
However, S40 (previous flight) is listed as destroyed in the Indian Ocean; but it is currently in the Atlantic Ocean sitting on the deck of Forte (status: totaled because of water damage?)
Oh yes, my mistake
S40 is listed as destroyed; but it is currently in the Atlantic Ocean on the deck of Forte
Whoops, fixed. Thanks for catching that! Must have miscopied a line…
2026-09-28:
- Pad 2: Chopstick stabilisers retract. (TrackingTheSB)
- Chopsticks open. (TrackingTheSB)
- Go for propellant load. (SpaceX)
- Booster LOX loading begins. (TrackingTheSB, NSF, SpaceX)
- Ship LOX loading begins. (TrackingTheSB)
- Methane loading begins. (TrackingTheSB)
- Propellant loading complete. (TrackingTheSB)
- Liftoff of Starlink 31-1. (NSF full livestream, SpaceX livestream)
- McGregor: R3.254 and R3.258 are observed leaving the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
Starlink 31-1:
- Nominal liftoff. (NSF, Avid Space, StarshipGazer, TrackingTheSB, cnunez 1, cnunez 2, yingzhangphoto 1, yingzhangphoto 2, SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2)
- Max-Q. (TrackingTheSB)
- B21 has one engine shutdown during ascent.
- Hotstaging. (NSF, cnunez, SpaceX)
- B21 has another engine shutdown during boostback. (TrackingTheSB, mcrs987)
- B21 soft splashdown. (NSF, mcrs987 1, mcrs987 2, mcrs987 3, SpaceX)
- Ice deposition is visible during the landing burn. (mcrs987 1, mcrs987 2)
- The regeneration circuit within R3’s fuel pump housing is visible. (mcrs987)
- B21 flight termination system is triggered. (spacecoastwest)
- S41 has an R-vac shutdown during ascent. (mcrs987)
- S41 SECO-1. (TrackingTheSB, SpaceX)
- After a few anticipatory minutes, the flight teams poll go for orbital insertion. (NSF 1, NSF 2, SpaceX)
- S41 performs orbital insertion burn. (NSF, SpaceX)
- Starlink deployment. (NSF, SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2, Starlink)
- Contact is established with all 26 satellites. (SpaceX)
- Flight teams elect to deorbit S41 after two orbits, rather than six. (SpaceX, mcrs987)
- Coast phase. (SpaceX)
- Engine chill. (SpaceX)
- S41 deorbit burn. (NSF, TrackingTheSB, SpaceX)
- S41 reentry. (NSF, TrackingTheSB, SpaceX)
- S41 soft splashdown, but explodes upon tipping over. (NSF, TrackingTheSB 1, TrackingTheSB 2, SpaceX)
2026-09-26:
- Pad 2: S41 is restacked on B21. (Avid Space, StarshipGazer, RGV Aerial, cnunez)
- Road delay for “Pad to Production” is posted for Sep 26th 23:59 to Sep 27th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive)
- Flight 14: Road and beach closures are posted for Sep 28th, 29th, and 30th, all 04:00 to 10:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, Avid Space 1, Avid Space 2)
- Launch licence is issued. Compared to previous licences, the lightning hazard has been removed launch commit criteria. (drs.faa.gov, NSF, Echo5550, StarshipGazer, Gomez)
- Reentry licence is issued. (Anderson)
- A drone is observed cleaning the windows of launch control. (StarshipGazer, JerryPikePhoto)
2026-09-27:
- Launch site: The booster and the ship transport stands move from Pad 2 to the production site. (RGV Aerial, Blobifie)
- Production site: Gigabay month 11 timelapse. (Priel)
- 444-Acre site: Groundwork continues, erection of wall sections begins. (RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2, JoeTegtmeyer)
- Flight 14: Launch still targeting Sep 28th at 07:15 local. (SpaceX)
- Aircraft N7628 lands in Brownsville. (elonjet)
- Countdown clock holds at T-12 hours. (Evans)
- Future cadence: “Starship is 2 to 3 years away from hourly flights” (Elon)
2026-09-10:
- Sep 9th addendum: The Pad 2 chopstick stabiliser arms are tested. (ViX)
- Massey’s: Overnight, B22 performs a cryo test. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie)
- S42 moves from Massey’s to Megabay 2. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Avid Space 1, Avid Space 2, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, StarshipGazer 1, StarshipGazer 2, Gomez, Blobifie)
- Road delay for “Production to Masseys” is posted for Sep 10th 23:59 to Sep 11th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
- SpaceX propose construction of a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) heavy-haul route to transport ships and boosters between Massey’s and the production site. The route would consist of an 38-foot-wide (12 m) travel surface with 1-foot-wide (0.3 m) shoulders and a 3:1 max fill slope on the north side. (swg.usace.army.mil, Avid Space, interstellargw 1, interstellargw 2)
- Production site: Overnight S43’s transfer tubes move from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (ViX)
- The Megabay 2 bridge crane picks up the ship lifting jig. (ViX)
- B23’s F2:4 section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1. (Avid Space, ViX)
- S42 is transferred from the cryo stand to a transport stand. (Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB, Blobifie)
- Launch site: The yellow rented LR11000 crane is disconnected from the recently lifted Tower 1 roof. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
- Road delay for “Production to Pad” is posted for Sep 10th 20:00 to Sep 10th 22:00. (ViX)
- Construction of the Pad 1 flame trench continues. (RGV Aerial)
- Back-to-back deluge tests are performed at Pad 2. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie 1)
- S42 rolls out to the launch site and is positioned between the Pad 2 chopsticks. (TrackingTheSB, NSF, efraser77, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2, Blobifie 3, Blobifie 4, Blobifie 5)
- S40 recovery: Forte has passed Madagascar. (JConcilus)
- Flight 14: Now NET Sep 18th, per new CADENA presentation. (compass.atfm.aero (pptx warning), Avid Space, StarshipGazer)
2026-09-07:
- Massey’s: Road delay for “Production to Masseys” is posted for Sep 7th 23:59 to Sep 8th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
- Launch site: Road delay for “Production to Pad” is posted for Sep 7th 23:59 to Sep 8th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
- Production site: Gigabay construction continues. (cnunez)
- The launch mount servicing structure has been transferred to SPMTs. (Anderson)
- Booster aft section is (probably) fit checked with the horizontal booster transportation frame. (ViX)
- Booster lifting jig is hoisted in Megabay 1. (ViX)
- Booster cryo stand enters Megabay 1. (Avid Space, ViX)
- B22 is transferred to the cryo stand. (efraser77, Blobifie)
- McGregor: R3.236 returns from the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
- Florida: Venting from Pad 39A is observed. (NSF)
2026-09-06:
- Massey’s: Overnight, S42 moves from Massey’s to Megabay 2. (NSF, Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB 1, TrackingTheSB 2, RGV Aerial, Gomez, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
- Production site: Thrust simulator stand moves from Megabay 2 to Sanchez. (ViX)
- The booster horizontal aft frame portion of the breakover/transport mechanism arrives. (ViX)
2026-09-08:
- Sep 7th addendum: The new roof for Tower 1 is relocated by SPMTs. (ViX)
- Pad 1: The yellow rented LR11000 crane lifts the roof off the ground, but sets it back down shortly after. (ViX, ViX)
- Pad 2: Overnight, the launch mount service structure rolls out to Pad 2. (NSF, Avid Space, ViX)
- The chopsticks, landing rails, and stabiliser arms are tested. (ViX)
- The booster quick disconnects, hold-down clamps, ship quick disconnect arm, and ship quick disconnect perform a fast retraction test. (ViX 2, ViX 2)
- A launch and landing deluge test is performed. (ViX 1, ViX 2, Blobifie)
- Massey’s: Overnight, B22 moves from Megabay 1 to Massey’s. (NSF, Avid Space, ViX, StarshipGazer, cnunez 1, cnunez 2, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
- Road delays for “Production to Masseys” are posted for Sep 8th 23:59 to Sep 9th 04:00 and Sep 9th 23:59 to Sep 10th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
- Production site: B23’s aft section enters Megabay 1. (ViX)
- B23’s LOX landing tank enters Megabay 1. (ViX)
- A bridge crane girder section is staged outside of the Gigabay. (ViX, Gisler)
- The crane which was obstructing the Avid Space Rover 1 camera is moved. (ViX)
- The bridge crane girder section enters the Gigabay. (ViX)
- The girder section is offloaded from the transport in the Gigabay, and the Megabay 2 bridge crane lifts the two-point ship lifting jig. (ViX)
- The girder section is moved over to the left side of the Gigabay. (ViX)
- Ship cryo stand enters Megabay 2. (Avid Space, ViX, Blobifie)
- McGregor: R3.240 (new highest) and R3.237 head towards the testing area. (SpaceRhin0 1, SpaceRhin0 2)
- R3.236 returns from its 3rd round of testing. (SpaceRhin0)
- S40 recovery: Forte is currently anchored off the coast of Madagascar, likely waiting for weather to improve. (interstellargw)
2026-09-12:
- Massey’s: B22 moves from Massey’s to Megabay 1. (Avid Space, ViX, TrackingTheSB, RGV Aerial, Gomez 1, Gomez 2, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
- Road delay for “Production to Masseys” is posted for Sep 12th 23:59 to Sep 13th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive)
- Launch site: S42 is lifted to the top of Tower 2. (NSF, Avid Space, TrackingTheSB 1, TrackingTheSB 2, RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2, Blobifie 3)
- The ship quick disconnect performs multiple extension and retraction tests, including one in which it connected to S42. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Avid Space, ViX, efraser77, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2, Blobifie 3, Blobifie 4, Blobifie 5)
- Closure of the covers on the ship quick disconnect plate is observed. (NSF)
- Timelapse of testing. (NSF)
- S42’s flaps fold in. (ViX)
- Road delay for “Pad to Production” is posted for Sep 12th 22:00 to Sep 13th 02:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
- S42 moves from the launch site to the production site. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Gomez)
- Other: Significant groundwork activity is observed on the recently acquired 444 acres along Hwy 4 near Starbase. (RGV Aerial, Anderson / Copericus)
- Construction of a new warehouse on Highway 4 begins. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
- McGregor: Two Raptor 3 sea-level engines head towards the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
- Florida: The LC-39A tower vent is tested for the first time. (NSF, efraser77)
- You’ll Thank Me Later has had her name written on the side. (Cornwell 1, Cornwell 2)
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters FAA Federal Aviation Administration HLS Human Landing System (Artemis) KSC Kennedy Space Center, Florida LC-39A Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy (SpaceX F9/Heavy) LOX Liquid Oxygen NET No Earlier Than NOTAM Notice to Air Missions of flight hazards NSF NasaSpaceFlight forum ~ National Science Foundation RTLS Return to Launch Site RUD Rapid Unplanned Disassembly ~ Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly ~ Rapid Unintended Disassembly SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off SPMT Self-Propelled Mobile Transporter SSO Sun-Synchronous Orbit Jargon Definition Raptor Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX Starlink SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation iron waffle Compact “waffle-iron” aerodynamic control surface, acts as a wing without needing to be as large; also, “grid fin”
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2026-09-21:
- Pad 2: B21 arrives at the launch site. (Blobifie, SpaceX)
- B21 is lifted onto the launch mount. (StarshipGazer 1, StarshipGazer 2, RGV Aerial, Blobifie)
- Production site: Two top deck deluge pieces for the Pad 1 launch mount arrive at Sanchez. (RGV Aerial)
- S41 exits Megabay 2, while the Starlink satellite speedloader moves inside. A light-coloured tile is visible on S41, possibly one of the two reused tiles from S40. (StarshipGazer, mcrs987, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
- Two out of three R-vacs for enter Megabay 2, presumably for installation on S42. (SpaceRhin0, Blobifie)
- S41 returns to Megabay 2, presumably for Starlink loading. (Blobifie)
- Road delay for “Production to Pad” is posted for Sep 22nd 10:00 to 14:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, Avid Space)
2026-09-22:
- McGregor: Sep 21st addendum: R3.1x4 (middle digit obscured) heads towards the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
- Production site: S41 emerges from Megabay 2. (StarshipGazer, TrackingTheSB 1, TrackingTheSB 2, TrackingTheSB 3, NSF, interstellargw, RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2, Blobifie 1, Blobifie 2)
- The S44 nosecone moves circuitously from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (Gisler, NSF, cnunez, efraser77, Anderson)
- B23 has been fully stacked. (Blobifie)
- Tabs are welded to the side of Gigabay which will eventually join the Starfactory extension. (Anderson / Gisler)
- Launch site: Road delay is extended to 16:00, then delayed to 19:30 to 21:30. (Avid Space 1, Avid Space 2, interstellargw)
- S41 rolls out to Pad 2. The two tiles from S40 are visible. (StarshipGazer 1, StarshipGazer 2, TrackingTheSB, NSF, interstellargw, RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2, RGV Aerial 3, efraser77, Blobifie, NSF full livestream)
- S41 is positioned between the chopsticks. (Avid Space, StarshipGazer, interstellargw)
- Temporary flight restriction for “launch rehearsal” is posted for Sep 23rd through Oct 7th. (notams.aim.faa.gov, StarshipGazer)
- Other: Construction continues on the large structure on the corner of Quicksilver Avenue and Boca Chica Boulevard. (Killip)
2026-09-24:
- Pad 2: B21 and S41 perform a wet dress rehearsal. (SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2)
- (NSF timelapse, NSF full livestream, RGV Aerial timelapse)
- Tank farm is active. (RGV Aerial)
- Road is closed. (Avid Space, Blobifie)
- Ship and booster transport stands leave the Pad. (Blobifie)
- Chopsticks release S41. (Avid Space)
- Propellant loading begins. (Avid Space, Blobifie)
- A new vent for ship engine chill is observed on the side of the quick disconnect arm. (Avid Space)
- Propellant loading is complete on both booster and ship. (Avid Space)
- Flap test. (NSF)
- Deluge test. (NSF, StarshipGazer, Blobifie)
- Detanking. (RGV Aerial, Blobifie)
- Pad 1: The rented yellow Buckner LR11000 crane is raised, following reconfiguration into a shorter variant. (RGV Aerial)
- Production site: S42 R-vac engine 3 of 3 enters Megabay 2. Center sea level engines are also likely on site, but the height of the fence may have made the arrivals impossible to spot. (SpaceRhin0, Blobifie)
- Flyover photo of Gigabay construction. (RGV Aerial)
- 444 acre site: Groundwork continues. (RGV Aerial)
- Construction continues on the large structure on the corner of Quicksilver Avenue and Boca Chica Boulevard. (Anderson)
- McGregor: R3.251 returns from the testing area. (SpaceRhin0)
- Flight 14 (Starlink 31-1): NET Sep 28th. (SpaceX)
- Flight 15 (Unknown): NET Oct 19th. (NSF)
- Florida: The top deck deluge of the LC-39A launch mount is tested for the first time. (wvmattz)
- Flight 16 (Starlink 30-1): NET Oct 30th. (NSF)
