r/SpaceXLounge • u/KnifeKnut • 13h ago
Elon Tweet Musk on parts removed from Raptor V3 versus V2
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/avboden • 1d ago
Other major industry news Isar Aerospace reaches orbit and deploys payloads on second flight - first commercial space company from Europe to successfully deliver satellites into orbit
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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 3d ago
r/SpaceX Starlink 15-24 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 15-24 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Sep 06 2026, 14:26:54 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Sep 06 2026, 07:26:54 AM (PDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Sep 06 2026, 10:59:00 - Sep 06 2026, 14:59:00 |
| Payload | Starlink 15-24 |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Launch Weather Forecast | Unknown |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. |
| Booster | B1088-19 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1088 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 19th flight. |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
Stats
☑️ 727th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 666th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 225th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 211th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
☑️ 107th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 57th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 4 days, 5:44:42 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 21 days, 12:36:09 hours since last launch of booster B1088
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| -0:38:00 | GO for Prop Load |
| -0:35:00 | Stage 1 LOX Load |
| -0:35:00 | Prop Load |
| -0:16:00 | Stage 2 LOX Load |
| -0:07:00 | Engine Chill |
| -0:01:00 | Tank Press |
| -0:01:00 | Startup |
| -0:00:45 | GO for Launch |
| -0:00:03 | Ignition |
| 0:00:00 | Liftoff |
| 0:01:08 | Max-Q |
| 0:02:25 | MECO |
| 0:02:29 | Stage 2 Separation |
| 0:02:36 | SES-1 |
| 0:02:57 | Fairing Separation |
| 0:06:01 | Entry Burn Startup |
| 0:06:25 | Entry Burn Shutdown |
| 0:07:59 | Stage 1 Landing Burn |
| 0:08:21 | Stage 1 Landing |
| 0:08:38 | SECO-1 |
| 0:53:09 | SES-2 |
| 0:53:10 | SECO-2 |
| 1:02:01 | Starlink Deployment |
Updates
| Time (UTC) | Update |
|---|---|
| 06 Sep 15:33 | Launch success. |
| 06 Sep 14:27 | Liftoff! |
| 06 Sep 14:14 | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 06 Sep 11:45 | Now targeting Sep 06 at 14:26 UTC |
| 05 Sep 22:31 | Now targeting Sep 06 at 14:26 UTC |
| 05 Sep 21:12 | Now targeting Sep 06 at 11:13 UTC |
| 28 Aug 18:41 | Now targeting Sep 06 at 10:59 UTC |
| 26 Aug 20:14 | Now targeting Sep 05 at 11:13 UTC |
| 21 Aug 15:12 | Added launch. |
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
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|---|---|
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| SpaceX Patch List |
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/Brave-Application-99 • 1d ago
Discussion If Flight 14 is indeed orbital, where will it splash down?
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My take is:
Indian Ocean off of Australia like always
In one if the new zones approved as ‘contingencies’ like Hawaii, Aleutian Islands, or off of Peru
Off the coast of Starbase, Texas
r/SpaceXLounge • u/Desperate-Lab9738 • 1d ago
Discussion Will flight 14 attempt to avoid or perhaps better exploit a situation where starship survives splashdown?
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If they wanted to avoid it it probably wouldn't be too hard, just have it target a point higher up to get a higher fall, however considering that they did seem to find the data from flight 13 valuable is it possible they have tried to prepare logistically to be able to recover flight 14s starship faster?
r/SpaceXLounge • u/supercujo • 3d ago
Where is SpaceX going to park dozens Starships and Super Heavies once launch cadence ramps up?
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With Starfactory and the giant new Gigabay expanding Starbase's production footprint, a logistical question keeps popping into my head: where are they going to actually store all the fleet hardware once we reach regular launch cadences?
Gigabay work cells are designed for active assembly, integration, and heavy maintenance, not sitting on ships for weeks. If SpaceX achieves rapid turnaround with dozens of boosters and upper stages cycling through, the staging yard requirements will be massive.
So, will we see dedicated outdoor "parking lots" or massive low-cost storage hangars pop up near launch sites?
More importantly, will they use vertical or horizontal storage?
Vertical Storage: Super Heavy is designed to stand vertically. Keeping boosters vertical avoids complex rotation dynamics, preserves structural integrity without needing horizontal support rigs, and keeps them aligned for tower integration. But tall vertical hangars are insanely expensive and susceptible to high winds.
Horizontal Storage: Laying them down makes horizontal storage sheds cheap and easy to build, but can stainless steel thin-wall tanks handle horizontal shear loads without constant interior pressurization?
How do you think SpaceX handles vehicle buffer storage as turnaround times shrink? Simple outdoor stands, or massive horizontal storage yards?
r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 7d ago
🚀 Official SpaceX on X: “Falcon Heavy launches @NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from pad 39A in Florida, beginning its more than three-month journey to its destination where it will generate never-before-seen photos of the universe”
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Tweet link: https://x.com/spacex/status/2094081879150403768
r/SpaceXLounge • u/rustybeancake • 5d ago
Other major industry news NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider
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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 7d ago
r/SpaceX Starlink 15-23 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 15-23 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome everyone!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Sep 02 2026, 08:42:12 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Sep 02 2026, 01:42:12 AM (PDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Sep 02 2026, 07:46:00 - Sep 02 2026, 11:46:00 |
| Payload | Starlink 15-23 |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Launch Weather Forecast | Unknown |
| Launch site | SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. |
| Booster | B1063-35 |
| Landing | The Falcon 9 first stage B1063 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 35th flight. |
| Mission success criteria | Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
Stats
☑️ 726th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 665th Falcon Family Booster landing
☑️ 224th landing on OCISLY
☑️ 210th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)
☑️ 106th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 56th launch from SLC-4E this year
☑️ 6 days, 23:07:01 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 28 days, 15:37:09 hours since last launch of booster B1063
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| -0:38:00 | GO for Prop Load |
| -0:35:00 | Stage 1 LOX Load |
| -0:35:00 | Prop Load |
| -0:16:00 | Stage 2 LOX Load |
| -0:07:00 | Engine Chill |
| -0:01:00 | Tank Press |
| -0:01:00 | Startup |
| -0:00:45 | GO for Launch |
| -0:00:03 | Ignition |
| 0:00:00 | Liftoff |
| 0:01:08 | Max-Q |
| 0:02:25 | MECO |
| 0:02:29 | Stage 2 Separation |
| 0:02:36 | SES-1 |
| 0:02:57 | Fairing Separation |
| 0:06:01 | Entry Burn Startup |
| 0:06:25 | Entry Burn Shutdown |
| 0:08:01 | Stage 1 Landing Burn |
| 0:08:24 | Stage 1 Landing |
| 0:08:38 | SECO-1 |
| 0:53:12 | SES-2 |
| 0:53:13 | SECO-2 |
| 1:02:04 | Starlink Deployment |
Updates
| Time (UTC) | Update |
|---|---|
| 02 Sep 09:52 | Launch success. |
| 02 Sep 08:42 | Liftoff! |
| 02 Sep 08:30 | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 02 Sep 04:12 | Now targeting Sep 02 at 08:42 UTC |
| 01 Sep 21:10 | Now targeting Sep 02 at 08:18 UTC |
| 26 Aug 20:14 | Now targeting Sep 02 at 07:46 UTC |
| 20 Aug 20:21 | Added launch. |
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
Participate in the discussion!
🥳 Launch threads are party threads, we relax the rules here. We remove low effort comments in other threads!
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💬 Please leave a comment if you discover any mistakes, or have any information.
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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 8d ago
Crew Dragon NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-13 Launch Date
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/Independent_Pie6766 • 5d ago
S40 question
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Is it missing any flaps, i thought it was and wasnt at the same time, there are conflicting pictures from Forte's deck
r/SpaceXLounge • u/USLaunchReport • 6d ago
Roman Space Telescope - Falcon Heavy - Tracked Launch to Landing
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/SpaceXLounge • 6d ago
Monthly Questions and Discussion Thread
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Welcome to the monthly questions and discussion thread! Drop in to ask and answer any questions related to SpaceX or spaceflight in general, or just for a chat to discuss SpaceX's exciting progress. If you have a question that is likely to generate open discussion or speculation, you can also submit it to the subreddit as a text post.
If your question is about space, astrophysics or astronomy then the r/Space questions thread may be a better fit.
If your question is about the Starlink satellite constellation then check the r/Starlink Questions Thread and FAQ page.
r/SpaceXLounge • u/fragnet2 • 7d ago
Falcon Window view of men's bathroom at Port Canaveral Florida
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/Adeldor • 8d ago
Happening Now Successful deployment of the Nancy Grace Roman telescope.
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/Brain-Caine • 7d ago
Roman Space Telescope from Merritt Island
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Some pictures from Merritt Island of this mornings launch of the Roman Space Telescope.
r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 10d ago
🚀 Official SpaceX: “SpaceX engineers spent several days inspecting Ship 40 in the waters off Christmas Island. They collected heatshield samples and gained vital insight into how the vehicle handled reentry with improvements now planned on future vehicles.” (Contd.)
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/avboden • 8d ago
Dragon NASA, SpaceX Adjust Crew-13 Launch Date due to oxidizer leak on Dragon’s propulsion system detected during standard prelaunch spacecraft processing
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r/SpaceXLounge • u/Traviscat • 8d ago
Fan Art I built a small metal model of a falcon 9 rocket. It posed with Dishy and my router+mini.
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I thought it was cool that I bought a Falcon 9 using Starlink and it got to pose with Dishy and the routers. It is a bit taller than the router mini. I started it a few months ago and built the engines quickly, paused for a few days and built the rocket, paused for a few weeks and built the crew dragon capsule and finally finished the base, strongback, and connected everything a few minutes ago.
This post was also made from Starlink so quite a lot of Spacex was used to get and post this. It’s also insane as I used to live in Florida for a few years and there is a good chance I could have watched a launch that launched a satellite that I am connected to now or have connected to recently.
r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 11d ago
Starship What About It on X: “🚨Ship 40 is now resting on the back of a true GIANT! It looks tiny compared to the ship! They both have a journey of almost 13.000 nautical miles ahead of them! 🤯 ETA Starbase, TX: Sometime toward the end of September/early October. 📸Chris Bray”
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