Weekly Space Report: Final Prep for Starship TF6

Highlights:

  • Pad East deluge test, tweaks to deluge during catch

  • Pad West underground line work, main Drawworks winch arrival/placement

  • Pad West’s launch mount assembly progress at Sanchez site

  • TF6 Starship tile arrangement changes from TF5, with some oddities

  • Booster and Ship stacked for a bunch of little tests.

  • Termination explosives not yet installed.

  • Raptor 2 vs 3 discussion, and ship payload consequences

  • Launch window pushed back to Tuesday afternoon

  • Falcon 9: Koreasat 6A, Starlink 6-69, Starlink 9-11, Starlink 6-68

  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn stages mated prior to 1st stage hot fire

  • Boom Supersonic XB-1 testing program progress

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