Flight 14 may be days away with the first morning launch window since Flight 5, yet Pad 2 currently holds Ship 42 – assigned to Flight 15 – for chopsticks catch simulations and ship quick-disconnect alignment after cryo testing at Massey’s, while Booster 21 and Ship 41 remain at the production site completing preflight checkouts and FTS installation following their static fire campaigns.
This week’s NSF Starship Update covers Flight 13’s mixed results (successful Ship 40 splashdown and Raptor relight versus Booster 20 landing-burn engine failures), SpaceX’s push for controlled Gulf splashdown and reuse ahead of HLS commitments, new FCC filings for a fully orbital trajectory and Starlink V3, expanded Pacific and Indian Ocean landing zones, Pad 2 landing-rail/deluge/OLM work, Pad 1 tower and chopsticks upgrades, Gigabay crane and enclosure progress, Booster 23 stacking with ice-filter mounts, Starfactory nosecones for Ships 44-46, the proposed Massey’s haul road, LC-39A tank-farm activity, first tower vent and chopstick actuator work toward a possible 2026 Florida flight, plus McGregor Live's capture of Raptor 3 SN240.
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