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In reply to OKCAg2002 • 9:22a, 5/22/26
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OKCAg2002 said:
Per the Twitter, tanker trucks are bringing in propellant. Sounds like another attempt is a good today. Weather looks perfect.



Do they recover the prop and ox from failed attempts like yesterday? Or is it all just lost and vented to the atmosphere?
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In reply to 07ag • 9:31a, 5/22/26
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I believe I heard during the WDR that some is recovered, but not all.
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10:00a, 5/22/26
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Just did a visual inspection from the South Padre Island jetties.

Ship, sky, and weather look good to go. I will go ahead and let SpaceX know that we can authorize the launch today.

I'll be fishing down there with my kids at about 3:30 hopefully.
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In reply to AtlAg05 • 10:18a, 5/22/26
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AtlAg05 said:
I believe I heard during the WDR that some is recovered, but not all.

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In reply to scottimus • 10:19a, 5/22/26
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scottimus said:
Just did a visual inspection from the South Padre Island jetties.

Ship, sky, and weather look good to go. I will go ahead and let SpaceX know that we can authorize the launch today.

I'll be fishing down there with my kids at about 3:30 hopefully.

Ahem..... rule #1, sir?
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10:24a, 5/22/26
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Yes, I believe they can recover most of the propellant, but some is lost through boil-off and venting. I thought prior to the tank farm upgrades, if they fully loaded the stack and then scrubbed, it was 2-3 days for tankers to replenish everything due to how much they lost and how limited their storage capacity was, but I may be making that up.
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10:25a, 5/22/26
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The pin not releasing was the 4th and 5th hold according to Alex on the NSF stream.

The others were 1) the push backs trying to reclaim/purge some of the little bits of propellent left in the lines after fueling the ship, 2) then the water deluge then 3) looking at the pressures on the quick disconnect arm.
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In reply to PJYoung • 10:37a, 5/22/26
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Sounds like the ship was ready to fly. Just support system issues.
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10:42a, 5/22/26
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New livestream link posted! Let's GOOOOOOOOO!

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10:51a, 5/22/26
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Twitter and a lot of the rest of the Internet doesn't work for me on this ship. When is launch scheduled for? I thought it was like 1730.
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In reply to Sea Speed • 10:52a, 5/22/26
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yes, scheduled for 5:30pm
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In reply to Sea Speed • 10:53a, 5/22/26
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Twitter and a lot of the rest of the Internet doesn't work for me on this ship. When is launch scheduled for? I thought it was like 1730.

Sounds like a great place for a Starlink Mini.
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In reply to txags92 • 10:54a, 5/22/26
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Eh, I don't want to pay for it. We have starlink on our workboats and that's where I am at the majority of the time.
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In reply to double aught • 10:58a, 5/22/26
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double aught said:
Sounds like the ship was ready to fly. Just support system issues.


And a ground systems issue that I think is not normally tested on a WDR as they do not get to the point of relaxing the ship quick disconnect and arm retraction.
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In reply to Sea Speed • 10:58a, 5/22/26
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Eh, I don't want to pay for it. We have starlink on our workboats and that's where I am at the majority of the time.

Just expense it as "ship supplies".
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11:24a, 5/22/26
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In reply to double aught • 1:51p, 5/22/26
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double aught said:
Sounds like the ship was ready to fly. Just support system issues.

Stage 0 is one of Starship's 3 stages.
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2:01p, 5/22/26
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Hopefully a-ok for Rocketlab here.

I'd expect a full size test-to-failure at some point for a full size production-representative example before any actual launch attempt.
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In reply to nortex97 • 2:42p, 5/22/26
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Dang I bought some Rocketlab stock on May 4th for around $78 and it has zoomed since. Made a new all-time high today at 139.
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In reply to scottimus • 3:17p, 5/22/26
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scottimus said:
Just did a visual inspection from the South Padre Island jetties.

Ship, sky, and weather look good to go. I will go ahead and let SpaceX know that we can authorize the launch today.

I'll be fishing down there with my kids at about 3:30 hopefully.

Damn. You used to have to get onto the jetties pre-dawn on launch days for a spot and now you can just fish a couple hours before launch.

I guess these launches aren't getting the hype they once did.
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In reply to Ducks4brkfast • 3:24p, 5/22/26
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Ducks4brkfast said:
scottimus said:
Just did a visual inspection from the South Padre Island jetties.

Ship, sky, and weather look good to go. I will go ahead and let SpaceX know that we can authorize the launch today.

I'll be fishing down there with my kids at about 3:30 hopefully.

Damn. You used to have to get onto the jetties pre-dawn on launch days for a spot and now you can just fish a couple hours before launch.

I guess these launches aren't getting the hype they once did.

I think the ones where they are already saying up front they are not going to go for a catch are less attended. When they start trying to catch one or both, you will see the crowds ramp back up again.
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3:25p, 5/22/26
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I'm about to head down there. Last second trip.
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3:45p, 5/22/26
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Haze offshore corpus and the wind has died. Really hope it clears up by launch time.
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3:51p, 5/22/26
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 4:00p, 5/22/26
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With loads like that probably. That takes about 3-5 days I think if under power 24/7 with crew and captain rotation.

I defer to Sea Speed on the logistics of the crew and captain bits.
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4:20p, 5/22/26
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5:10p, 5/22/26
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20 minutes until window opens. What are we looking like?
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5:10p, 5/22/26
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Everything looks good for a launch
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5:23p, 5/22/26
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They're talking to a guy out in the Indian Ocean where ship will land. He begins almost every answer with "I'm not going to lie". Apparently he has a reputation?
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5:25p, 5/22/26
Just turned it on. Are they going to launch this with the grid fins deployed instead of tucked? Don't remember seeing that on the prior launches.
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In reply to ErnestEndeavor • 5:26p, 5/22/26
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They don't tuck on the booster
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In reply to OKCAg2002 • 5:28p, 5/22/26
Interesting. I'll have to go back and watch the earlier launches. I've seen so many Falcons I'm probably getting it mixed up.
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5:30p, 5/22/26
Go for launch!
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5:30p, 5/22/26
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It's up!!!
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5:31p, 5/22/26
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That thing boogied off the pad.
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