FAQ
- When next launch? (Flight 10) NET Aug 4th, (per FCC filing), NET ~Aug 5th, per Elon.
- When previous launch? (Flight 9) Starship flight 9 launched at about 23:36:29 UTC May 27.
- 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
Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live
Starship Dev June | Starship Dev May | Flight 9 launch thread | Starship Dev April | Flight 8 launch thread | Starship Dev March | Starship Dev February
Official SpaceX Starship Update Video (2024-04-06)
Road closures, road delays, and beach closures
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Road delay for S38 transport is posted for Jul 26th 23:59 to Jul 27th 04:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
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Road delay for S37 transport is posted for Jul 27th 23:59 to Jul 28th 04:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
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Beach and road closures for “non-flight testing activities” (presumably S37 static fire) are posted for Jul 30th and 31st, both 07:00 to 19:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
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. |
| 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. |
| S39 | Starfactory | Assembly | Parts spotted (Apr 9th). |
| 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
- 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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Starbase activities (2025-07-29):
- Jul 28th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Launch site: The transport stand which delivered S37 moves to the parking lot where Starhopper is. (ViX)
- Workers observed at the ship quick disconnect. (Roger S, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3, Gisler 4, Gisler 5, clwphoto1)
- Beach and road closures for “non-flight testing activities” (presumably S37 static fire) are posted for Jul 30th and 31st, both 07:00 to 19:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
- Build site: The ship work stand in the front right corner of Megabay 2 receives a new door. (ViX)
McGregor:
- NSF article on the recent delivery of recovered Raptor engines. They don’t match the engines on B13, so they are likely from another vehicle, possibly S36 or B11.
- Six consecutive Raptor ignitions. The first five were 20 seconds in duration and the 6th was 4 seconds in duration. (Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
Starbase activities (2025-07-28):
- Jul 27th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Massey’s: Overnight, S38 undergoes pressure testing. (ViX)
- Starship gazer posts 4k video of S38 rollout and other activities from Jul 27th.
- Pad 1: S37 rolls out to Pad 1. (NSF, LabPadre, HardcoreElectr1, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, ViX 4, ViX 5, ViX 6, ViX 7, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, NSF full livestream)
- S37 used the new entrance to the launch site, not the D2 gate. (Anderson)
- S37 is lifted onto the launch mount. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, SpaceX, NSF full livestream)
- Hardcore Electric identifies R526 and R566. (HardcoreElectr1 1, HardcoreElectr1 2)
- S37 static fire now NET July 30th, per road closures. (ViX)
- Pad 2: Trench wall installation continues. (Anderson)
- Killip posts a comparison of LOX and methane booster quick disconnect plates for Pad 2. (Killip)
- Other: Flight 10 NET August, V3 Starship hopefully end of year. (Elon 1, Elon 2)
McGregor:
- A handful of “seemingly destroyed” Raptor engines are spotted incoming. Salvage candidates could include B13 or S36. (NSF)
Starbase activities (2025-07-27):
- Jul 26th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Massey’s: Overnight, S38 rolls out to Massey’s. (NSF 1, NSF 2, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Gisler, HardcoreElectr1 1, HardcoreElectr1 2, HardcoreElectr1 3, HardcoreElectr1 4, HardcoreElectr1 5)
- Build site: Excavation for the Gigabay foundation continues. (ViX)
- Scaffolding is removed from S37. (HardcoreElectr1 1, HardcoreElectr1 2)
- Launch site: A new vertical tank is delivered to the launch site and as lifted into position at the tank farm. (ViX, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3)
- Golden and others speculate on the purpose of the four new “embed plates” underneath the Pad 2 chopsticks. Potential explanations could suggest future direct transports of ships from static fire at Massey’s to launch at the pad, or possibly vice versa. (Golden 1, tarlnb, Golden 2, BrightYawjoy, Golden 3, kmstanev 1, kmstanev 2, Golden 3, Golden 4)
- Killip posts an updated diagram of booster hold down linkages, based on parts spotted at Sanchez. This follows a thread from Apr 24th 1, Apr 24th 2, Jun 28th, and Jul 13th.
Starbase activities (2025-07-26):
- Jul 25th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- The continuous flight auger drills holes for rebar for the Gigabay foundation. (NSF 1, NSF 2)
- The ship thrust simulator stand arrives at Megabay 2. (NSF)
- S42 nosecone in Starfactory. (cnunez)
- RGV Aerial post flyover photos of construction of the air separation plant at Starbase and the liquid natural gas plant at Brownsville Port from July 25th.
- Starship Gazer posts 4k video from July 25th.
- Road delay for S37 transport is posted for Jul 27th 23:59 to Jul 28th 04:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
Starbase activities (2025-07-25):
- Jul 24th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Jul 24th addendum: A few panels were removed from one side of Starfactory. (Gisler)
- Overnight, S37 receives aft flap 2 of 2. (ViX)
- Starship Gazer posts 4k video of recovery and return of the B13 aft section.
- Road delay for S38 transport is posted for Jul 26th 23:59 to Jul 27th 04:00. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
Starbase activities (2025-07-24):
- Jul 23rd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Overnight, the salvaged B13 aft section is transported from Brownsville port to Massey’s. (Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Starship Gazer 4, NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, Gomez)
- Also overnight, pipes at Pad 1 are purged, likely in anticipation of installing the ship quick disconnect. (Anderson)
- Cryo pipes are tested on the far side of Pad 1. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
- Gisler posts recent photos of the Pad 2 quick disconnect progress. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3, Gisler 4, Gisler 5, Gisler 6)
- RGV Aerial post a flyover photo of the tank farm.
- “Shortly before the next flight, I will do a live technical update on Starship, going over progress to date and engineering/production/launch plans for the future.” (Elon) He said that last time too though, so take with a grain of salt :)
Starbase activities (2025-07-23):
- Jul 22nd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- S37 receives aft flap 1 of 2. (ViX)
- Construction of the air separation plant begins. (Starship Gazer)
- RGV Aerial post a flyover photo of Pad 1 from July 19th.
- Road and beach closures: Road delay for port transport is posted for Jul 23 23:59 to Jul 24 04:00, presumably for the recently salvaged B13 aft section. Beach closures are now posted for July 29th and 30th, potentially for S37 static fire. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX)
Florida:
- Harry Stranger shares recent satellite photos of Cape Canaveral, including Starship related work at LC-39A and SLC-37. (Stranger 1, Stranger 2, Stranger 3)
Starbase activities (2025-07-01):
- Jun 30th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Launch site: Overnight, four more hold-down clamp arms are delivered, bringing the total to 14. (ViX)
- Three more hold-down clamp arms are installed on the Pad 2 launch mount, bringing the total to 16. (ViX)
- Significant venting from the tank farm and launch mount at Pad 1. (NSF, ViX)
- Mystery hardware is delivered to the D2 gate. (ViX)
- Workers struggle to maintain the erection of a pole tent in high winds. (ViX)
Starbase activities (2025-07-02):
- Jul 1st cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Launch site: The final two hold-down clamp arms are delivered. (ViX)
- Three more hold-down clamp arms are installed on the Pad 2 launch mount, bringing the total to 19. (ViX)
- A section of the LOX booster quick disconnect is lifted up to the Pad 2 quick disconnect ground support equipment bunker, and the the LR11000 crane prepares to lift the final clamp hold-down arm. (ViX)
- Timelapse compilation of all hold-down clamp arm deliveries. (ViX)
- Modifications are made to the ship transport stand. (Starship Gazer, Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
Starbase activities (2025-07-03):
- Jul 2nd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Launch site: The second section of the LOX booster quick disconnect hood is lifted up to the Pad 2 ground support equipment bunker. (ViX)
- The final hold-down clamp arm is installed, bringing the total to 20. Timelapse compilation of all installations from ViX.
- Legs are added to the ship transport stand turned static fire stand, indicating that it will be attached to the top deck of the launch mount, rather than interfacing with the hold-down clamps. (Golden)
- Build site: Hot staging ring moves from Megabay 1 back to Starfactory. (ViX)
Starbase activities (2025-07-04):
The King is back!
Starbase activities (2025-07-16):
- Jul 15th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Build site: Booster v3 forward dome with the new hot staging bracing is sighted in Starfactory. (LabPadre)
- Launch site: A pink shackle is attached to new ship static fire adapter, possibly indicative that a lift onto Pad 1 could be imminent. (NSF)
- Gisler posts some closeups of the recent modifications to Pad 1. (Tweet 1, tweet 2, tweet 3)
- Some scaffolding is erected on one of the Pad 2 chopsticks. (Gisler)
Florida: NSF publish an article summarizing progress on Cape Canaveral:
- 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.
Starbase activities (2025-07-07):
- Jul 6th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- July 6th addendum: RGV Aerial post a recent photo of clean up progress at Massey’s. (RGV Aerial)
- Build site: A new design of a booster header tank moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1 and is raised to vertical. (NSF, LadPadre, ViX, Golden 1, Golden 2, Beyer)
- Launch site: A pump arrives at the LOX pump farm, is unwrapped and then covered, likely pending a crane lift. A blue wrapped motor is also visible on site. (ViX)
- The Tower 2 chopsticks are lowered, possibly to aid with cladding installation on the tower. (ViX)
- Work on the ship static fire adapter continues with the addition of pieces speculated to be R-vac bracing. (Starship Gazer)
- Pad 1 refurbishment continues. (Killip)
- Pad 2 flame trench work continues. (Killip / RGV Aerial)
Starbase activities (2025-07-17):
- Jul 16th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Jul 16th addendum: Additional video and photo of the new booster v3 forward dome in Starfactory, with thoughts from Killip. (ViX, Starship Gazer, Killip)
- Launch site: Overnight, at Pad 1, the ship quick disconnect arm retracts, the chopsticks rise, and the ship quick disconnect arm extends. This could be in anticipation of lifting the ship static fire adapter onto the launch mount. (ViX, HardcoreElectr1)
- The SpaceX LR11000 crane moves from Pad 2 to Pad 1. (ViX)
- Modifications to the Pad 1 launch mount continue with the installation of more pipes. (ViX)
- Current state of the ship static fire adapter. (Starship Gazer)
- The hold-down arm adapters for the ship static fire adapter have been installed on the the Pad 1 launch mount, visible in the latest NSF flyover photos. (NSF)
- Booster quick disconnect hood for Pad 2 arrives and is offloaded. (Golden, tobewobemusic 1, tobewobemusic 2, ViX, Fraser)
- Massey’s: The crane which tipped over is dismantled. (ViX)
Starbase activities (2025-07-18):
- Jul 17th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Pad 1: The SpaceX LR11000 crane lifts the ship static fire adapter is lifted onto the launch mount. (NSF 1, NSF 2, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Gisler, HardcoreElectr1 1, HardcoreElectr1 2, HardcoreElectr1 3, HardcoreElectr1 4, cnunez 1, cnunez 2, cnunez 3, Anderson, NSF full livestream)
- Pad 2: Additional photos of the recently delivered LOX booster quick disconnect hood. (LabPadre)
- RGV Aerial post some additional photos from their most recent flyover.
- Maritime: The construction and salvage ship LB Jill has been maintaining position off the coast of Mexico. Purpose stated in the Port of Brownsville manifest is “To Load Rocket Parts 1 M/T”, possibly B13, which drifted southwards after splashdown. (NSF 1, NSF 2, NSF 3, NSF article)
Starbase activities (2025-07-19):
- Jul 18th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Pad 2: Overnight, the booster quick disconnect methane frame is delivered and installed. (NSF, ViX, Starship Gazer)
- The recently delivered booster quick disconnect hood moves across the pad, followed the LR11000 crane. Unclear if this hood is for methane or LOX. (ViX)
- Pad 1: Starship Gazer posts 4k video of the ship static fire adapter installation.
- Massey’s: Clean up continues. (HardcoreElectr1)
- Maritime: B13 engine section has been recovered from Mexican waters. (astromatthewt 1, astromatthewt 2, astromatthewt 3, SpaceBasedFox 1, SpaceBasedFox 2, SpaceBasedFox 3, Cornwell)
Starbase activities (2025-07-20):
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Jul 19th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
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Pad 2: Overnight, the LR11000 crane lifts the booster methane quick disconnect hood onto the launch mount. (ViX, efraser77, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3, cnunez, Killip’s thoughts)
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Booster LOX quick disconnect arrives at the launch site. (Golden)
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Build site: Installation of forward flaps on S37 is underway. (ViX 1, ViX 2, NSF 1, NSF 2, HardcoreElectr1)
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RGV Aerial post a recent flyover photo of Gigabay foundation progress.
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Massey’s: RGV Aerial post a recent flyover photo of clean up progress.
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Maritime: B13 engine section has been lifted onto the deck of LB Jill. New photos confirm the existence of the ice filtration sieve/screen. (BocasBrain, astromatthewt, Golden 1, Golden 2, Golden 3)
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Starbase activities (2025-07-21):
- Jul 20th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
- Booster LOX quick disconnect is lifted onto the Pad 2 launch mount. (ViX, Starship Gazer, Anderson)
- Launch vehicles will now enter the launch site from the west end. (Anderson / RGV Aerial)
- New Ringwatchers diagram of ship production status, S37 through S45. (Ringwatchers via Booster_11)
- Road delay for port transport is posted for Jul 22 23:59 to Jul 23 04:00, likely for the recently salvaged B13 aft section. (cityofstarbase-texas, archive, ViX 1, ViX 2)
