Second Launch Tower Sections Arrive | SpaceX Boca Chica
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День томуShip 28 was destacked and moved to Pad B, presumably for engine testing while Booster 10 was rolled back to the Production Site. Meanwhile, four sections of Starbase's second launch tower arrived in port.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Dancefloor Raised Under OLM
0:15 Dancefloor Lowered
0:26 SQD Retracted
1:30 Test Plumbing Disconnected
1:42 SQD Prepared for Lift
3:12 SQD Arm Retracted
3:23 Ship 28 Destacked
5:41 Two Point Lifter
5:54 SQD Arm Closed
6:06 Ship 28’s Aft Flaps Closed
6:17 Ship 28’s Forward Flaps Closed
6:33 Ship 28 Moved to Pad B
7:06 Tower Sections From KSC
8:15 Tanks and Vaporizers
8:40 Ship 28 Connected to the Crane
10:12 Two Point Lifter Controls
10:26 Chopsticks Closed Around B10
10:40 Ship 28 Lifted Onto Pad B
11:19 Booster 10 on the Launch Mount
12:02 Crews at the BQD
12:22 Vaporizers Arriving at Launch Site
13:02 Ship 28 on Suborbital Pad B
13:54 SPMT Leaving the Launch Site
14:05 Bath Time
14:27 Flag on the Launch Tower
14:46 Back of the Launch Tower
14:58 Sun Glistening on Booster 10
15:06 BQD Hood Closed
15:32 Booster QD Hood Opened
15:42 Booster QD Hood Closed
15:53 Booster 10 Lifted off the OLM
16:03 Real Time Lifting Speed
17:41 Dancefloor Raised
17:50 Explosives Delivered to Launch Site
17:57 Worker Brings Explosives to Bunker
18:21 Explosives Truck Returns
18:33 Mega Bay Door Opened
18:44 Ship 28’s CH4 Hatch
18:57 Booster 10 Rolled Back
22:40 Booster 10 Lifted Onto Work Stand
@paulmoffat9306 2 місяці тому
I just love the 'Moose Mating Call' when the Chopsticks are lowered on the tower !
@thepro2412 2 місяці тому
i was just wondering what that was lol, need some WD40 on that bad boy
@FastSloth87 2 місяці тому
It's just Mechazilla doing it's best impression of Godzilla.
@richardluck6054 2 місяці тому
Friction and mechanical components protesting.
@davidbriscoe822 2 місяці тому
Hours of well filmed video boiled down into excellent storytelling - there ought to be an award for the kind of art you produce.
@rogerphelps9939 2 місяці тому
As boring as watching paint drt.
@niri2506 2 місяці тому
@@rogerphelps9939not for somebody who's been watching this since there was just a small windbreak big enough for the nosecone section at the production site. And the launchpads just started being built. The progress and constant change at Starbase is just amazing to be able to witness. Not every video may be super interesting sure. But you can't say anything about the production quality, the consistent coverage and the way they manage to sum up all the daily developments at Starbase to keep all of us up to date on the progress. I don't know what kind of award would be suitable for this. Something in the documentary section maybe? Who knows. But the work they have done over the years absolutely deserves one. No matter if you think the content itself is interesting or not.
@khiner 2 місяці тому
Mmm paint dirt
@joshuahorne2163 2 місяці тому
This is the best SpaceX Boca Chica video NSF has done yet and how many have there been? Easily 150+, yes? The tower segments being tugged, the two point lifter detail, all of it. Stunning. Amazing work.
@proesterchen 2 місяці тому
I love Mary's detailed shots! 👍👍
@bricktop7803 2 місяці тому
A lot of work goes into getting these shots, just brilliant Team NSF. No other Channel can match this.
@corrinastanley125 2 місяці тому
Thanks NSF team, lots of things happening and we get to see it all. Much appreciated.
@EatsPumpkins 2 місяці тому
All great stuff. FYI: the actuators are hydraulic cylinders, not "pistons." Pistons are just a small part of a hydraulic cylinder: the part on the end of the shaft that the fluid acts on to push or pull the shaft.
@love_guns-and_shooting. 2 місяці тому
Thanks for your work! Thanks to you, I can find out what is happening with Starship!
@iamaduckquack 2 місяці тому
That 2 point lifter seems like a pain in the behind to install without damaging any tiles.
@user-zq8dj3sr3w 2 місяці тому
Thanks for making this professional video
@Geezers_Golfing 2 місяці тому
Those are some amazing shots of the Quick Disconnect and chopstick blocks! Well done…
@ShelleyEchartea 2 місяці тому
You rock spaceX
@59seank 2 місяці тому
Thanks Mary, Sean and Thomas. I liked the shot of the bird bathing and the U.S. flag!
@MrKellymcilrath 2 місяці тому
Mary & Sean great videos, Thank you so much!!
@stoicspawn3936 2 місяці тому
Good work boys! You're building the future & this won't look too bad on your resume.
@ChrisBussells 2 місяці тому
Wow, the exposed part of the engine bay looks so much cleaner now, a huge difference from the old tangle of pipes. I guess this is necessary for protection during the hot staging.
@mikepeterson9733 2 місяці тому
4:10 It's amazing that flugelhorn being practiced badly by someone nearby sounds so much like a Starship being lowered by chopsticks. Great sound effects, Jack! 😄
@michaelstone2156 2 місяці тому
It's amazing to watch these people do all this work in no time and it takes NASA forever to do absolutely nothing ! I just don't understand this ! Space X knows how to get it done ! Congrats y'all !!!
@shrodingerschat2258 2 місяці тому
This illustrates the difference between govt bureaucracy and private industry.
@RCS117 2 місяці тому
SLS was successful on the first flight. it's just a different development strategy. also, there's no UKpostsrs at the LM/NASA facilities 24/7 with 100s of breakdown videos of every little test they do.
@michaelstone2156 2 місяці тому
@@shrodingerschat2258 exactly ! The longer it takes,the more money they can milk the taxpayers for ! They don't care about time lines or wanting to finish what they started ! Pisses me off everytime they give an update and push it back another year smh
@shrodingerschat2258 2 місяці тому
@@michaelstone2156 plus NASA is just another money laundering conduit. A good amount of the money granted to those contractors ends up right back in the campaigns of the politicians who granted them the money. That's why it costs so much.
@Alejandro-ku2zf 2 місяці тому
@@michaelstone2156 La NASA está sujeta a la voluntad política, a presupuestos establecidos y retos tecnológicos y logísticos. Por favor, la NASA administra telescopios espaciales, rovers, orbitadores, satélites, una estación espacial, tiene proyectos para misiones a la Luna y más allá. Si el Congreso no lo impide, claro. La NASA tiene Orion y el SLS no porque sea lo mejor, sino porque tiene que hacerlo. Miles de personas trabajan en todo Estados Unidos para cada elemento del programa Artemis, y eso pone feliz al gobierno. SpaceX es una empresa y puede hacer lo que quiera mientras lo permitan las regulaciones en Starbase.
@dissaid 2 місяці тому
Great job guys...😎😎💜
@deant6361 2 місяці тому
Thanks for sharing interesting stuff.
@ThexBorg 2 місяці тому
7:33-7:34 might be a nice print or wallpaper.
@zimmy1958 2 місяці тому
Thanks
@anthonycamilleri7297 2 місяці тому
thank you mary and sean
@ThexBorg 2 місяці тому
8:00 Caravan park by the launch site. The best view! Have fun in a few weeks...
@pat64sud7 2 місяці тому
super vos séquences, a la prochaine
@zapfanzapfan 2 місяці тому
Bird watching with the occasional rocket part in the background 🙂
@OhShiitakeMushrooms 2 місяці тому
This update video felt like progress went backwards with both the starship and booster being de-stacked and returning to the mega bay.
@johnpoteat9774 2 місяці тому
But the explosive pack was delivered, so I still think we're getting close. Hopefully early March.
@foke449 2 місяці тому
@@johnpoteat9774 what are the explosives for?
@johnpoteat9774 2 місяці тому
It's what they use to terminate the flight early in the event it's off course. (In Flight Termination it's called I think?) They used it on the first two Starship launches, and usually not delivered to the bunker until shortly before launch time, so it's a good sign!@@foke449
@onemynde8915 2 місяці тому
@@foke449The Flight Termination System aka The Red Wire aka Big Bada Boom.
@albertorafaelcisnerosperfe4899 2 місяці тому
Awesome
@johnwiles4391 2 місяці тому
Raptor Booties! Yay!
@Wurtoz9643 2 місяці тому
Good
@elizabethhoeppner8881 2 місяці тому
Thanks!
@williamknagg 2 місяці тому
I can see the two point lifter being engineered a lot better in the near future. It shouldn't take that much effort and alignment to lift a ship every time
@gracemwende8054 2 місяці тому
Congratulations spaceX tongetha my company
@richardluck6054 2 місяці тому
Having just seen some pictures of the booster internal construction and fuel pipes, I'm wondering if the methane delivery pipes for the outer ring of engines should have a slight 'S-bend' to allow for flex due to thermal changes, and oxygen slosh during the back-flip maneuver.
@KevinP32270 2 місяці тому
PLACE THEM INSIDE OF AN EGG CHEL!!! the spacesuits are faulty. an egg shell spacesuit where they can reach to control objects but be able to scratch their nose if there's an itch is ideal. i saw it in my DREAM! I HAVE SPOKEN!
@Barthhhelona 2 місяці тому
I have a few questions about the tank farm if any one knows and answer: 1) what are the recondensors used for exactly? 2) how are the cryo liquids kept cold while in the massive storage tanks for weeks at a time?
@Subtronical 2 місяці тому
As i understand liquids are made cryo by super cooling them, meaning they can remain in liquid form and then during launch day they are super cooled by either helium but i think its actually nitrogen to make it cryo. So in the storage thanks they are just in their liquid form. Its only during launch that they got into cryo state by getting super cooled and it happens when they enter the boosters and then they got into cryo form ...thats why you always see that plume of gas and whooosh sound that comes out of the boosters ..so its always in liquid in storage only cryo in to the boosters right before the launch as they are getting cooled. But an expert may answer this better or correctly in case im wrong. As for recondesors... its a loop ... converting gas back into liquid ..i dont know which stage its used on..but i have seen the video on it and how they use it on ...they combustion will create gas which will have to go somewhere, typically as an exhaust ...so why not use it back to make more liquid and combust more so its like a loop chain for more efficiency if im correct. Good questions....
@raymckinnon2185 2 місяці тому
I hope this is a catch tower. I don't see the point in having a launch tower go BOOM trying to perfect the catch .
@philosopherofinfinite4558 2 місяці тому
It's been so quiet on nsf this week.
@jerrytaliercio9087 2 місяці тому
Where and who makes all these things? It’s amazing!
@thomashayden804 2 місяці тому
SpaceX, and they make them right there! All those tall buildings are where they assemble them, and then build the smaller sections in the smaller buildings
@BeachGramps3361 2 місяці тому
14:06 Deluge system bath time
@ThexBorg 2 місяці тому
12:10 so they have pressure sealed around the bolts. It seems the hot gas leaks into BQD around the bolts. Lessons learnt.
@Wrangler-fp4ei 2 місяці тому
What is in the engine bell? Looks like it has duck tape (I know it's not) in it. I haven't seen engine bell interior like that before.
@philipstull7629 2 місяці тому
So how much different from the design of Tower 1 will be the design of Tower 2 be?
@rogerphelps9939 2 місяці тому
Don't know. Irrelevant low detail don't care. Get a life.
@NASASpaceflight 2 місяці тому
IFT-3 patches now shipping (no longer just preorder): shop.nasaspaceflight.com/collections/starship-orbital-flight-test
@Powerhead1000 2 місяці тому
I’m pretty sure SpaceX will build several extra sections of tower to accommodate the Starship V3 plans Elon has put forth. I can’t remember how many went into the first? 8 with the ninth being short I believe. Can someone do the math to see how many more sections will be needed if SS is 15 meters taller? This is so awesome!!
@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 місяці тому
I have heard from other commenters who have followed NASA SF for years that there is no need to raise the height of the tower when they can simply lower the lifting points. Besides there has been reports of raising the height of tower.
@FastSloth87 2 місяці тому
The second tower will be a twin of the first, then when it's fully operational and working they will start upgrading the first one for V3 Starships.
@Powerhead1000 2 місяці тому
Who says SpaceX won’t build the second tower taller, then once operational, add on to the first tower while tower two deals with the flights of the times? You never know?
@FastSloth87 2 місяці тому
@@Powerhead1000 Who says? Elon says, he said in the Jan 12th update (it's on SpaceX Twitter), at 45:13 "we're gonna be upgrading one tower while we launch from another tower".
@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 місяці тому
@@Powerhead1000 I have not heard anyone on NASA SF state that the tower will be added to. If it is that's news to me. I don't really care one way or the other.
@Naultarous 2 місяці тому
Watching that grabber connect to the ship, I have my doubts about catching ships and boosters out of the air. I think we'll see legs long before we see em even try to catch one.
@rogerphelps9939 2 місяці тому
A step far too far.
@denzxli 2 місяці тому
i wonder why this ship28 have no landing legs.. i just notice when closeup shot @ 4:00
@thomashayden804 2 місяці тому
Currently none of the ships are planned to land, instead doing splash downs in the ocean. Once they're ready to attempt landing though, they'll be trying to catch them with the chopsticks. If they can pull it off this means they don't need to add legs and can save some mass. Big if on that though
@robinsonmitchell9995 2 місяці тому
Yes, but will these sections really become a launch tower? I'm betting that it will be a catch tower - at least until the process of catching boosters becomes reliable and ready to transition from testing into production.
@TheOnlyFeldy 2 місяці тому
Will be a launch pad.... having a solo catch tower doesn't do anything for rapid reuse
@romec3435 2 місяці тому
👀🚀👍
@Pintuuuxo 2 місяці тому
It's taking so lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!
@Tommork-bq6ms 2 місяці тому
Ship Destacking sounds like a forties horror movie sound effect...
@mikegardner107 2 місяці тому
Does is sound as melodious when lifting Starships?
@Tommork-bq6ms 2 місяці тому
They need a Mechazilla Jr. at pad B... No lie! It'd cost less than a lost ship.. And And Speed things up!
@stevenattaway 2 місяці тому
Taking the tower to Isengard.
@mikegardner107 2 місяці тому
🤣😂🤗
@johnwiles4391 2 місяці тому
Do those mechanical groans sound as creepy IRL as they do here on UKposts?
@ThexBorg 2 місяці тому
15:30 Sunspots
@Rocky-en6ic 2 місяці тому
Amazing...Elon and Space X Team 🎉
@cues-view 2 місяці тому
Oh man. Was würde ich mir in die Hose scheissen bei der Höhe 😮😅
@tomasbenedictomaza 2 місяці тому
es impresionante parece ciencia-ficción pero es muy real pronto el tercer lanzamiento
@tomasbenedictomaza 2 місяці тому
gracias desde España
@yungjambba00700 2 місяці тому
🌍🌍🌍
@Demi2210UA 2 місяці тому
14:06 #GaryTheGrackleFanClub!
@treborg777 2 місяці тому
Why has SpaceX not started construction of the second orbital launch platform? The first was completed years before the first launch tower was constructed.
@goldenshatter 2 місяці тому
They don't own the land for where they want it yet.
@TheOnlyFeldy 2 місяці тому
It's prob already done..... pics of it have been seen inside hangar m near 39a
@treborg777 2 місяці тому
Not having the land yet is a good reason. But, the support legs for the launch platform will take perhaps a year to build & cure the concrete.
@goldenshatter 2 місяці тому
@@treborg777 They have to drain the section of wet land to lower the water table to.🤔
@rory-red 2 місяці тому
imagine what cost SpaceX to freight the 4 tower pieces on barg with 2 tugs doing push pull all way from Florida.
@wmason1961 2 місяці тому
I really wish I could find the old NSF comment section where I said the tower in Fla was going to go to texas. I was ridiculed completely for saying it. I have been proven right. I would really love to find it just to say "I told you so."
@johnwiles4391 2 місяці тому
Do you mean it is gone or that you can't find it. Because if the latter you can go to the history section of any youtube page (click the three horizontal bars in the upper left if necessary) and then click on 'comments' over on the right. This will bring up a google search page that allows you to see the comments you have made.
@wmason1961 2 місяці тому
@johnwiles4391 it was a long thread giving me crap. Thanks, I will look again.
@StevePemberton2 2 місяці тому
I have actually started thinking they might eventually disassemble the Starship tower at 39A and use the pieces at pad 50 or 37 or wherever the the new towers will go. Maybe I will go ahead and post that, endure some ridicule, and then later I can find my post in UKposts comment history! Or if I am wrong I can just conveniently forget that I ever predicted that :)
@Mattguyverr 2 місяці тому
@@StevePemberton2 I still think StarShip will launch from a mobile launcher platform for human missions. I think SpaceX has rented high bay 1 in the VAB. Pad 39A/B are the only human rated pads and only at KSC. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
@StevePemberton2 2 місяці тому
@@Mattguyverr Crew Dragon will be launching from CCSFS pad 40 (maybe only non-NASA flights) , and Starliner will be launching from CCSFS pad 41. Another flame generating opinion of mine is that Starship will likely never launch people to space. Starship has tremendous capability and I think it will revolutionize space exploration and exploitation. Carrying people however is not a strong suit for Starship (other than cost/kg) as there are safer ways to launch people to space and bring them back to Earth. However even if they do wind up launching people on Starship that is many years away, and can be done at other pads not just 39A, where it currently risks damaging the tower used for crew Dragon and Falcon Heavy. Like the sea launch barges that SpaceX purchased and later scrapped, I think the 39A Starship tower is not going to actually happen. I suspect it's relatively easy to remove the pieces from 39A and use them at one of their new pads, unless the designs have changed too much for the pieces to be of use.
@nigelheffernan3857 2 місяці тому
No flight this month
@jebediahkerman3946 2 місяці тому
Haven't even made orbit yet and already building a 3rd tower. Now that's confidence.
@gregorybyrne2453 2 місяці тому
Launching tower and catching tower?
@peterbaldock3962 2 місяці тому
Need some more WD 40 on the chopsticks
@paulbrunton877 2 місяці тому
That eeri sounds from the chopsticks lifting sounds like a grease problem or metal against metal, 😮 needs to be checked I think, I know its heavy but be safe than sorry.🤔🧐👍😃🚀🚀🚀
@TheGhungFu 2 місяці тому
Date/time stamps for segments would be helpful. Thanks!
@Cruiser_Adriatique 2 місяці тому
🙂👍👍👍😻
@nerufer 2 місяці тому
upvote for gary bath
@antonybastin3432 2 місяці тому
👍👍👍🇮🇳
@durimlleshaj9069 2 місяці тому
Second tower must have stream channel for flame rocket not make demage.
@ufloc 2 місяці тому
16:05 - 17:42 isnt real time
@shwemg8604 2 місяці тому
I am a 1k😅
@S_Tehh 2 місяці тому
cihuy
@mickjones1941 2 місяці тому
probably done more miles on trucks than it will in space
@r3nce196 2 місяці тому
1st
@pratap294 2 місяці тому
Can confirm that he is first
@r3nce196 2 місяці тому
@@pratap294Not true lol
@HarryNicNicholas 2 місяці тому
have we found out why the martians shot down our helicopter yet?
@jeffkahre1530 2 місяці тому
The chop sticks lowering sounds like the Muslim call to prayer. 🥴
@rogerphelps9939 2 місяці тому
This is just low level waffle. Who cares about more launch tower sections? This lot could be distilled into a minute of things, mostly boring, actually happenning .There will now be no launch before the end of March at thearliest because Spacex has big problems with its setup that they are not letting on about. Launch cadence is now glacial BTW.
@mikesunderland9145 2 місяці тому
Compare it to the SLS or any other large launcher. It's still way faster and will get to rapid re-use in a few years.
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