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Josh Platts retweeted
TPS on Ship 43 looks superb.
Starship Flight 16: Ship 43's going to Pad 2, likely for some catch tests with the chopsticks.
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Starship Flight 16: Ship 43's going to Pad 2, likely for some catch tests with the chopsticks.
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The team also made progress at LC-36B yesterday. Roughly 450 truckloads of concrete, lined up bumper-to-bumper and stretching nearly 3 miles up the coast, supported a 4,500-cubic-yard pour for the pile caps. Three more placements to go for a total of 15,000 cubic yards. This is the foundation for our New Glenn 9x4 pad.
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It is associated with a Groom Lake program. Paglen's book is only a very tiny fraction of the program patches out there. Important to remember that can't take the imagery literally. It's a cheeky nod to the Tr-3b rather than "confirming" that it exists. Also see this one from AFOSI/PJ.
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Rocket Lab Space Structures Complex Update 2
October 26, 2026
Middle River, Maryland
For the first time, we have Rocket Lab Neutron hardware at the lagoon, getting ready to be picked up for shipment to Wallops!!
No sign of a tug and barge yet, but I'm on the lookout.
@NASASpaceflight – at Middle River, MD
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A "quiet" night at Starbase as Starship Ship 43 left Massey's and returned to Mega Bay 2, completing its cryo testing, meanwhile Ship 42 made the opposite journey leaving Mega Bay 2 and arrived to Massey's for its static fire testing.
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Rocket Lab Space Structures Complex Update
October 26, 2026
Middle River, Maryland
Good morning! We have our first look of the wrapped Neutron hardware loaded on the trailer before heading over to the lagoon! It will soon be loaded onto a barge for shipment down to Wallops Island.
@NASASpaceflight
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So I guess two rolls tonight wasn't enough? Now that Booster 22 is off the OLM, there is ANOTHER delay tonight for it to roll back to the barn.
Ship 43 is back at Production now, and Ship 42 is likely to leave soon.
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Quite the night for the CLT! Booster 22 headed back to MB1 while Ships 42 and 43 took a walk! As always, you can watch all these rolls happen live on SBL!
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Booster 22 has returned to the Production site after its impressive static fire test.
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S43 departing Masseys entrance on the right and S42 arriving on the left. @NASASpaceflight
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Ship 43 is on its way back from Massey’s, and Ship 42 is rolling in to take its place - all while Booster 22 is being lifted off Pad 2 after its static fire.
Never a dull moment at Starbase.
Watch tonight’s triple header live: nsf.live/starbase
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Josh Platts retweeted
Double roll Sunday! Our @NASASpaceflight cameras are deployed all across to capture this historic moment! Starting with S43 leaving Masseys nsf.live/starbase
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In an unexpected order of events, Booster 22 has been lifted off the launch mount to the top of the tower!
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Booster 22 completed a full-duration static fire test on Pad 2 ahead of November's Flight 15, while several future vehicles undergo preparation for their upcoming missions.
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Starship Flight 15: Booster 22 Static Fire!
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Starship Flight 15: Booster 22 Prop Load has begun for the Static Fire test.
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SpaceX conducts Static Fire of Booster 22 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1aJbdEWeP…
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Welcome to Launch Pad 2 Starship Booster 22
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Starship Booster 22 has left Mega Bay 1 as it prepares to roll out to the launch site for testing
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