A 40,000% increase is a 401-fold increase.

These boosters run on methane, not kerosene :)

2025-11-20 Starbase activities:

• Massey’s: Overnight, B18 moves from the build site to Massey’s. (NSF timelapse, NSF livestream, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Gisler 1, Gisler 2, Gisler 3)
• SpaceX photos of B18 and thoughts from Golden and Anderson on the panelling on the forward dome.
• Build site: Test tank S39.1 moves into Megabay 2 overnight, and is placed on the “puck-shucker stand”. (ViX)
• B17 enters Megabay 1 and is cut in half. (ViX, Gisler)
• Construction begins on the third level of the Gigabay. (Anderson)
• Pad 1: The left chopstick is cut shorter. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Anderson)
• Launch mount leg 5 of 6 is knocked down. (ViX, Anderson)
• Video of how the leg debris are cleared from under the pad. (Gisler)
• Pad 2: Crews work on the crane rigging to balance the ship quick disconnect arm. (Gisler 1, Gisler 2)
• Ceasar G conducts a flyover of the launch site and Massey’s.

2025-11-21 Starbase activities:

• Massey’s: Overnight, B18 ruptures during its first cryo test. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2 (slow-mo))
• Aftermath photos and videos of Massey’s. (NSF 1, NSF 2, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2, Starship Gazer 3, Starship Gazer 4, Gisler, Schlang)
• Zack Golden notes that the transfer tube remains intact. (Golden 1, Golden 2)
• SpaceX statement: “Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing that we were conducting in advance of structural proof testing. No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The teams need time to investigate before we are confident of the cause. No one was injured as we maintain a safe distance for personnel during this type of testing. The site remains clear and we are working plans to safely reenter the site.”
• All four chines contain composite overwrap pressure vessels. One of these could have been the cause of the RUD. (Anderson, Hansen)
• A murmuration of Starlings (not Starlinks) fly past the site. (ViX)
• The V3 booster lifting jig moves towards the site. No lift yet. (RoughRidersShow, ViX)
• Two high-reach elevated work platforms are staged at Massey’s. (RoughRidersShow, Killip)
• Build site: Raptor delivery truck is sighted. (Anderson)
• Pad 2: The LOX booster quick disconnect hood is removed. (ViX)
• Crews continue to work on the crane rigging to balance the ship quick disconnect arm. (ViX)
• The LOX booster quick disconnect performs 17 extension-retraction tests. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Pad 1: Launch mount leg 6 of 6 is knocked down. (ViX, NSF, Anderson, mymatrixplug 1, mymatrixplug 2)
• Montage of all six. (Anderson)
• The right chopstick’s catch rail is removed. (Anderson)
• The continuous flight auger drill which was at the air separation site is dismantled and removed. (ViX)

Florida:

• All nine sections of the launch tower for SLC-37 are nearing completion. The second half of Gigabay has begun construction at Roberts Road. (Anderson, Stranger 1, Stranger 2)

M-vac shutdown, nominal orbit insertion.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

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#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 6-94

Norminal liftoff, booster landing, and Starlink deploy.

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1990952590931034381

Deployment of 29 @Starlink satellites confirmed

M-vac shutdown and nominal orbit insertion confirmed.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

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#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Sentinel6B

Brand new fairings this time!

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

Came here to post this, and you beat me to it!

2025-11-19 Starbase activities:

• Pad 2: Overnight, the ship quick disconnect arm is moved from the build site to Pad 2. (NSF, LabPadre, ViX, Starship Gazer 1, Starship Gazer 2)
• The clamp testing device moves from Pad 2 back to the build site. (NSF, ViX)
• The LR11000 crane is hooked up to the ship quick disconnect arm. (ViX 1, ViX 2, Sorensen)
• Pad 1: Overnight, the landing rail from the top of the left chopstick is removed. (ViX, Anderson)
• Launch mount leg 3 of 6 is knocked down. (NSF, ViX)
• Launch mount leg 4 of 6 is knocked down. A bright flash was visible at the base of the launch tower, likely not norminal. (NSF, Golden, Anderson 1, Anderson 2)
• Build site: Booster thrust simulator stand arrives and enters Megabay 1. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Road delay is scheduled for Nov 19th 23:59 to Nov 20th 04:00 for “Production to Masseys”. (ViX)
• B18 emerges from Megabay 1. (LabPadre, ViX 1, ViX 2, Starship Gazer)
• Zack Golden speculates that we may see a full cryo test (both tanks) performed, as a result of upgrades to Massey’s.
• B17 moves from the Rocket Garden to Megabay 1, likely for continued scrapping. (ViX)
• Test tank S39.1 emerges from Starfactory. (LabPadre)

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We were treated to this unique view in port, which is kind of close:

2025-11-18 Starbase activities:

• Launch site: Road delay is posted for Nov 18th 23:59 to Nov 19th 04:00 for “Production to Pad”. (starbase.texas.gov, archive)
• Pad 1 demolition continues. Shielding is removed from two of the legs. (ViX)
• Leg 2 of 6 is knocked down. Killip posts a comment on how this is achieved. (mymatrixplug, ViX, NSF, Killip)
• The clamp testing device is lifted out of the Pad 2 launch mount. (TrackingTheSB)
• Production site: B17 scrapping continues. Two CO2 tanks are removed. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• Massey’s: Road delay is posted for Nov 19th 11:45 to Nov 19th 14:30 for “Production to Masseys”. (starbase.texas.gov, archive, Anderson)

McGregor:

• R3.65, R3.66, R3.67, and R3.68 depart the test area. (Rhin0)