Weekly Space Report: No Catch on Starship TF6

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Double report this week, as Marcus did a post-flight review on Wednesday.

Highlights from Wednesday’s After Action Report:

  • Architecture history review

  • Booster 13 functioned perfectly, catch aborted by the tower’s automated health checks.

  • Ship 31 functioned perfectly, including Raptor re-light test on orbit

  • Re-entry heating did not produce any burn-through, troubleshome forward flap survived.

  • Flawless flip and soft splashdown in daylight.

  • Deformation observed in ship sidewall where tiles were removed.

  • No more Block 1 Starships. Block 2 has larger propellant tanks, relocated front flaps.

Highlights from this morning:

  • Launch tower catch abort confirmed to be comms loss due to tower antenna damage.

  • Fabulous additional video released. Including Indian Ocean bouy with audio.

  • Test Flight 7 will use Ship 33.

  • Possible plan to use active cooling (with propellant) on re-entry.

  • FAA likely to approve 25 Starship flights per year.

  • Pad West progress report, including big underground plumbing.

  • Vehicle production updates, including unused ship salvage.

  • Booster 14 expected to be used for TF7.

  • Future of Artemis discussion.

  • Falcon 9: Optus-X/TD7, Starlink 9-12, GSAT-20, Starlink 6-66

  • Soyuz: Progress MS-29 cargo mission

  • New Sheppard NS-28 suborbital flight

  • New Glenn rolled out for hot fire test

  • More subsonic progress from Boom Supersonic

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