Starbase activities (2025-10-22):

• Build site: The final B18 barrel section (F3:4) moves from Starfactory to Megabay 1. (TrackingTheSB, wvmattz)
• Gigabay construction continues. (Sorensen, Anderson)
• RGV Aerial post a flyover photo inside Megabay 2 from last week.
• Launch site: Pad 1 berm removal continues. (Sorensen, FelixSchlang)
• RGV Aerial post flyover photos of Pad 2. Scaffolding is being removed, and cladding installation is nearing completion. (RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2, Killip)
• It will likely be possible to purge the Pad 2 launch mount bunker with nitrogen during propellant load. (Killip)

Florida:

• Raising of the second level of the Gigabay begins. (Anderson)

Starbase activities (2025-10-21):

• Build site: More columns for Gigabay are erected. (Anderson)
• N4035S, a SIKORSKY S-64E skycrane helicopter is spotted. (j_styer)
• Pad 1: Berm removal continues. (Golden, cnunez, Anderson)
• Dismantling of the LOX subcoolers begins. (TrackingTheSB)
• Golden posts an annotated aerial photo of which hardware will likely be removed or relocated.
• Beach is closed, not sure why. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, screenshot)

McGregor:

• R3.21 leaves the McGregor testing area after its testing campaign. (Rhin0)

Starbase activities (2025-10-20):

• Pad 1: Overnight, the left chopstick pusher is removed, both ship lift pins are removed, as is the left chopstick rear pusher. Right chopstick rear pusher remains. (ViX)
• It seem likely that chopstick modifications will be done in place, rather than removing them from the tower. (Killip, TrackingTheSB, Anderson)
• Berm removal begins. (ViX, TrackingTheSB, Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
• Build site: Tower crane assembly continues. (ViX)
• S39 nosecone and payload section (N:3) moves to the right side of Megabay 2. (TrackingTheSB)
• S39 forward dome section (FX:4) moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. (TrackingTheSB)
• S39 payload section (N:3) is stacked onto the forward section (FX:4). (Beyer, wvmattz / NSF, Golden, Sorensen 1, Sorensen 2, Sorensen 3, TrackingTheSB)
• Other: Starbase photographer Starship Gazer is in need of replacement front wheel struts. (GoFundMe)

Starbase activities (2025-10-19):

• Pad 1: Workers struggle to free the pusher at the end of the right chopstick. (ViX)
• RGV Aerial post photos from before and after Flight 11. (RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2)
• The sacrificial burn plates on top of the launch mount have exhibited significant ablation, and one the plugs which hold the plates was found 200 m from the pad. (Killip, RGV Aerial, r3a9an_k_ 1, r3a9an_k_ 2)

Starbase activities (2025-10-18):

• Oct 17th addendum: Miscellaneous photos and videos. (Gisler)
• Launch site: Overnight, a large cladding section undergoes a fit check at Pad 2. (Priel)
• Build site: Tower crane assembly continues. (ViX 1, ViX 2)

Flight 11:

• Video of ship ascent burn from Key West, Florida. (D Wise)
• Video of ship landing burn from buoy. (Starlink)

Other:

• Latest official renders of Starship including the tanker, depot and HLS. (Dodd, NASA 1, NASA 2, NASA 3 (direct PDF link))

Starbase activities (2025-10-17):

• Oct 16th addendum: Build site crane timelapse. The LR1300 received two new boom sections near the heel, instead of waiting for replacement parts for the faulty jib, which was removed. (ViX)
• Build site: Overnight, the new hold-down clamps for V3 ships are lifted to the top of the central work stand in Megabay 2. (ViX)
• The cab and turntable are installed on one of the tower cranes. (NSF, ViX)
• Launch site: Overnight, two more boom sections of the SpaceX LR11000 crane are delivered. (ViX)
• Pad 2 booster quick disconnect LOX and methane lines perform multiple retraction tests. (NSF, ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Pad 2 chopstick stabilization arms are tested. (ViX)

Flight 11:

• SpaceX post videos and photos of of hotstaging and boostback burn, ship in space, and ship reentry. (SpaceX 1, SpaceX 2, SpaceX 3)
• Reconstruction of S38’s trajectory overlaid on Pad 2, to simulate RTLS ship catch. (TheSpaceEngineer, mcrs987)

Starbase activities (2025-10-16):

• Build site: S39 nosecone and payload section is lifted clear of the Pez installation jig and moved to the right hand side of Megabay 2. The jig is moved towards Starfactory. (LabPadre, ViX)
• The LR1300 crane boom is finally raised. (cnunez)
• Launch site: Overnight, the final remaining flexible hose for the Pad 2 methane booster quick disconnect is installed. (ViX)
• The first boom section of the SpaceX LR11000 crane returns to the launch site. (ViX)
• Pad 1 chopsticks descend. (ViX)

Flight 11:

• SpaceX post an upskirt video of liftoff.
• SpaceX post a video of the ship landing burn.

McGregor:

• Venting from the mystery structure overnight. (Anderson)
• R3.39 leaves the test area. (Rhin0, Swartz)

Florida:

• Several Leibherr crane weights are inbound. (Bergeron)

Starbase activities (2025-10-03):

• Oct 2nd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Gigabay foundation work continues. The latest continuous concrete pour has exceeded 16 hours in duration. (ViX)
• A series of orange tanks are spotted in Starfactory. (Sorensen)
• Pad 2 chopstick stabilizer arms are tested. (ViX)
• Installation of hold-down clamps and cladding on the launch mount and GSE bunker continues. (RGV Aerial, Killip)
• Two transports to Massey’s. Ship static fire adapter, and another test stand. Old booster cryo test stand and upgraded ship cryo test stand. (Sorensen 1, Sorensen 2)

Starbase activities (2025-10-10):

• Oct 9th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Launch site: Overnight, the Pad 1 detonation suppression system is tested. (ViX)
• Road delay is posted for Oct 11th from 12:00 to 16:00, presumably for S38 rollout. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)
• Production site: Starlink simulator lifting jig is raised towards S38. (ViX)
• Ship transport stand arrives at Megabay 2. (LabPadre)
• S38 is transferred to the transport stand. (ViX)
• Decals have been applied to S38. (NSF, cnunez)
• Loading of Starlink simulators onto S38 begins. (NSF, Sorensen)
• The first column of Gigabay is placed. (NSF, Anderson)
• Other: A pair of amphibious vehicles are delivered, likely for sea turtles, not Starship. (CeaserG33)

Starbase activities (2025-10-11):

• Oct 10th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: Overnight, all eight Starlink simulators are loaded onto S38. (ViX, wvmattz / NSF)
• Payload bay door is closed. (NSF, Evans)
• More tower crane sections are stacked at the Gigabay site. (ViX)
• S38 moves from Megabay 2 to Pad 1. (NSF, NSF full livestream, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3 (leeward), Starship Gazer 4 (heatshield), SpaceX)
• S38 has approximately 70 missing tiles, in clusters as large as four. (Killip, Anderson / Pierce)
• A test tank, possibly S39.1 is spotted in Megabay 2. (efraser77)
• Launch site: S38 is stacked on B15-2. (LabPadre, ViX, Sorensen 1, Sorensen 2, cnunez 1, cnunez 2)

McGregor:

• Rhin0 posts a useful map of the test site.

Starbase activities (2025-10-01):

• Sep 30th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Parts from the SpaceX LR11000 crane leave the launch site. (ViX)
• Road delay is posted for Oct 3rd and 4th, both 00:00 to 04:00, for “Production to Masseys”. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, ViX)

McGregor:

• An unknown R3 with a very dark coating and green valve shielding leaves the test area. (Rhin0)

Florida:

• Assembly of tower crane 2 of 4 begins. (RoughRidersShow / NSF)

Starbase activities (2025-10-13):

• Oct 12th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: S39 nosecone and payload section moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2. Docking hardware for on orbit refilling is visible, as are new orange covers for composite overwrap pressure vessels (COPVs). (LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, ViX 3, ViX 4, ViX 5, Killip, Golden)
• Low-flying range safety helicopter. (ViX)
• A shot of the protective steel on the booster v3 forward dome is shared during the Flight 11 launch webcast. (Killip)
• Launch site:
• 08:54: Funnel cloud: (ViX)
• 09:15: NSF stakeout stream.
• 12:03: Oct 13th pre-launch cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• 13:15: Booster and ship transport stands move from the launch site to the roadblock. (ViX, NSF)
• 13:49: Chopsticks open and rise. (ViX)
• 15:25: NSF launch stream.
• 16:15: Tank farm spools up. (ViX)
• 16:41: LabPadre livestream.
• 17:15: Tower and launch mount venting. (ViX)
• 17:19: Go for propellant load. (SpaceX)
• 17:36: Ship propellant load is underway. (SpaceX)
• 17:42: Booster propellant load is underway. (SpaceX)
• 17:44: Frost on ship. (LabPadre, NSF)
• 17:52: Frost on booster. (ViX, NSF)
• 18:06: Elon photobomb. (Foust, SawyerMerritt)
• 18:23: Flight 11 happens.
• Chopsticks descend, ship quick disconnect arm swings in. (NSF, ViX)
• Pad 2 bunker cladding is nearly complete. (Gisler)
• Beach and road closures for Oct 14th and 15th are removed. (starbase.texas.gov, archive)

Flight 11:

• Launch. (McDowell, NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer, SpaceX)
• MECO, hotstaging, and boostback. (McDowell, SpaceX)
• Hotstage jettison. (Golden)
• Booster landing (SpaceX, NSF)
• SECO and nominal insertion. (SpaceX)
• Tracking shot of SECO with an 80 mm refractor telescope. (astroferg)
• Payload deploy. (SpaceX, ViX)
• In-space Raptor relight. (SpaceX)
• (Sub)-orbital parameters: -1 x 192 km ± 3 km in the perigee value. Raptor restart raised perigee to ~ +52 km, but the vehicle was already past apogee, at 145 km on the way down. (McDowell)
• Reentry. (SpaceX)
• Dynamic banking manoeuvre. (SpaceX, NSF, Killip, Golden (timelapse))
• Landing burn and splashdown. (NSF, ViX, SpaceX)

Florida:

• Vapourisers are pending rollout to LC-39A. (Bergeron)
• Fully automated heatshield tile “bakery” can currently produce 1k tiles per day, will scale to 7k tiles per day, or approximately 10 ships per month. (SpaceX)

Starbase activities (2025-10-12):

• Oct 11th cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Build site: Overnight, the test tank S39.1 moves from Megabay 2 to Starfactory. (ViX)
• A Starlink dispenser moves from Starfactory to Megabay 2, presumably for S39. (ViX, Anderson)
• Launch site: Flexible hoses are lifted onto the Pad 2 launch mount. (ViX)
• One of the hoses is lifted to the rear of the LOX booster quick disconnect. (ViX)
• Another flexible hose is lifted to the methane booster quick disconnect. (ViX, Anderson)
• SpaceX post photos of S38 stacking on B15-2, and confirm that Flight 11 will be the final launch from Pad 1 in its current configuration.
• RGV Aerial post flyover photos of the full stack on Pad 1. (RGV Aerial 1, RGV Aerial 2)
• Other: Starbase resident and photographer Mary (BocaChicaGal) will be moving away from Starbase.

Flight 11:

• SpaceX are targeting 2025-10-13 18:15 CT (23:15 UTC).

Starbase activities (2025-10-02):

• Oct 1st cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Disassembly of the SpaceX LR11000 crane and departure of sections continues. No replacement sections spotted arriving yet. (ViX)
• Road delay is posted for “Production to Masseys” from Oct 3rd 23:00 to Oct 4th 04:00. (starbase.texas.gov, archive)

Starbase activities (2025-10-04):

• Oct 3rd cryo delivery tally. (ViX)
• Overnight, booster and ship cryo test stands move from Sanchez to Massey’s. (ViX)
• Pad 1 refurbishment continues. (Sorensen)