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normaleagle05
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4:02p, 4/15/26
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LOL....the LOX farm is cheechin' away and the booster transport stand is leaving the pad.
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4:48p, 4/15/26
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5:41p, 4/15/26
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The chill down took about an hour and 15 minutes which means the static fire should happen in about 30 minutes from now.
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5:56p, 4/15/26
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lolol ok the rate of loading is ridiculous on this thing in that you can see it moving live up the screen. Each ring is 9 meters in diameter and it's taking like 70 seconds a ring (27,000 gallons).

400 gallons per second.

You could fill up a 737-800 in 2 1/2 to 3 minutes.
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6:22p, 4/15/26
Well that is one way to heat up water
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6:23p, 4/15/26
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That was short
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6:46p, 4/15/26
What will this do to viewing angles on launch day? The steam plumes are massive and violent
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In reply to PJYoung • 7:02p, 4/15/26
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It's a rocket (and GSE) engineered, then re-engineered a couple times top to bottom for speed. Unlike, say, that orange behemoth folks just spent a couple weeks celebrating.

Still amazing they didn't think they needed a booster bidet/flame trench or anything on V1.
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7:34p, 4/15/26
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7:41p, 4/15/26
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These are great

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9:50p, 4/15/26
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10:18p, 4/15/26
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There is still a beach closure tomorrow. Wonder if they're planning on trying a longer static fire?
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10:49p, 4/15/26
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My favorite thread on Texags! This is some cool stuff
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11:18p, 4/15/26
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Anybody else done this and had success? I sent one last week just to find out I'd done it in October when I was there for IFT11. I've never received anything in response.

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11:20p, 4/15/26
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In reply to PJYoung • 6:46a, 4/16/26
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PJYoung said:

No one thought to move that Suburban before the test firing? Just in case it done blowed up of something? I mean, it's been known to happen.
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In reply to torrid • 8:41a, 4/16/26
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Webcam platform!
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In reply to torrid • 9:04a, 4/16/26
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The speed and distance at which the plume moves with the new flame trench is insane. I can't imagine what a full duration ignition at lift off will look like!
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In reply to YellowPot_97 • 10:21a, 4/16/26
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YellowPot_97 said:
The speed and distance at which the plume moves with the new flame trench is insane. I can't imagine what a full duration ignition at lift off will look like!

The cloud it produces is going to be big enough to generate its own weather.
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10:38a, 4/16/26
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This is a really fun 10 minute watch as they respond to the various replays. I've synced it up to the start around 6:37 pm.

https://www.youtube.com/live/sJOsivvVL5I?si=zpKyvuY6uNbsGGsG&t=7148

The wider shots are outstanding. That V with those plumes after a 3 or 4 second burn is so ridiculous.
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1:01p, 4/16/26
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2:19p, 4/16/26
Great presser going on right now with the crew. I unfortunately missed about the first 45 min.
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3:22p, 4/16/26
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In reply to fullback44 • 3:46p, 4/16/26
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fullback44 said:
Any estimates on Starship launch dates? Still First or second week of May? Got a little group who are trying to see this one


Listening to the livestream yesterday and today it sounds like the best guess is 3 to 6 weeks with most likely around a month from now.
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3:52p, 4/16/26
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Looks like they might be going for a wet dress rehearsal on the booster today.



The new timeline seems to be methane reclaim vent to launch in around 90 minutes which is about half as long as it was with Flight 11.

EDIT: yep right at 95 minutes.

So adding the Methane loading:


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In reply to torrid • 5:33p, 4/16/26
torrid said:
PJYoung said:

No one thought to move that Suburban before the test firing? Just in case it done blowed up of something? I mean, it's been known to happen.

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6:41p, 4/16/26
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That suburban is always there, one of the remote cameras is attached to it and a solar panel powers it.
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6:48p, 4/16/26
Really nice video.

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In reply to PJYoung • 7:56p, 4/16/26
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What is the fuel? 700 gallons per second is insane.
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In reply to XpressAg09 • 8:13p, 4/16/26
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Liquid methane and liquid oxygen
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In reply to PJYoung • 11:06p, 4/16/26
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PJYoung said:
Liquid methane and liquid oxygen

~2 Olympic swimming pools worth.

*Do not attempt to swim in liquified gasses.
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 11:37p, 4/16/26
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normaleagle05 said:


*Do not attempt to swim in liquified gasses.

Fun-ruiner
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