Super Heavy Booster 7 Installed on the Orbital Launch Mount | SpaceX Boca Chica

Booster 7 was lifted onto the Orbital Launch Mount for testing, Raptor engines were spotted in storage, and crews worked on the Wide Bay bridge crane.

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0:00 - Booster 8 Common Dome Section
0:44 - Raptor Engines in Storage
0:57 - Wide Bay Bridge Crane Part on the Move
01:12 - Booster 7 Readied for Lift
01:28 - Booster QD Hood Closes
01:41 - Booster 7 Chine
01:53 - Booster 7 Lift
05:11 - B7 placed on the OLM
05:24 - Wide Bay Construction
05:39 - The Rocket Garden
05:55 - First Bridge Crane Girder Lifted
06:43 - B8 Common Dome Lifted Onto the LOX Tank
07:22 - Second Bridge Crane Girder Lifted
08:10 - Bridge Crane Girder on the Rail
08:46 - Third Bridge Crane Girder
10:08 - Ship 24 in the Mid Bay
10:29 - Fourth Part of the Bridge Crane Lifted

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0:00 - Booster 8 Common Dome Section
0:44 - Raptor Engines in Storage
0:57 - Wide Bay Bridge Crane Part on the Move
01:12 - Booster 7 Readied for Lift
01:28 - Booster QD Hood Closes
01:41 - Booster 7 Chine
01:53 - Booster 7 Lift
05:11 - B7 placed on the OLM
05:24 - Wide Bay Construction
05:39 - The Rocket Garden
05:55 - First Bridge Crane Girder Lifted
06:43 - B8 Common Dome Lifted Onto the LOX Tank
07:22 - Second Bridge Crane Girder Lifted
08:10 - Bridge Crane Girder on the Rail
08:46 - Third Bridge Crane Girder
10:08 - Ship 24 in the Mid Bay
10:29 - Fourth Part of the Bridge Crane Lifted

[PhilG]

That is ONE BIG BRIDGE CRANE! Company I worked for years ago sold them and that has GOT to be the biggest one I've ever seen! Same vendor as the ones we sold. Ace crane and hoist. I think a ten ton was about the biggest we sold when I was there ... I can tell you there were some SERIOUS calculations involved in setting even the smaller ones up!

[joszandstra]

Every time I watch one of these video's showing the action I get more and more impressed. Also respect for all those people working at great heights to get everything in place

[BRAWGWill]

2:21 So weird but cool to see the exposed plumbing. It's like it's got roots growing out the bottom

[ThexBorg]

The pace of Wide Bay construction is amazing.
Three cranes and the truth!

[cazgreg]

While my OCD really wants them to finish all the blank areas of the wide bay that don't have siding. I am glad we got to see the crane pieces go in.

[johnnyuk]

That was some serious lifting crane put in place and so high up..thanks for the videos

[donhull]

So much remains to do at Boca Chica it is great to see how fast some things are progressing.
It is great seeing the bridge crane being installed before they put a roof on the wide bay, so much easier than the way they did it on the high bay.
There is still a lot of work I expect to be done on the Orbital Launch Mount and perhaps the Launch Tower. It looks to me like the Orbital Launch Mount needs covers over the outside to protect the piping, wiring, and distribution panels from a rocket blast. I suspect that there will eventually be changes in the Launch Tower to improve it's operation too.
I'll bet we will see a lot of changes/improvements on the Orbital Launch Mount and Launch Tower at the Cape.

[tonyr.]

5:33 OMG a huge bird is trying to eat a crane 😦😧😨😰

[rajarampejaver]

6:21 I thought the Bridge Cranes would be one more level higher. Now there is room for the penthouse suite & bar.
10:38 Four bridge spans !!! I expected two.
Thank you for your efforts

[arthurlunar]

Can't wait to see the orbital test launch!!! please FAA approve fastttt i am so excited!!

[MaunderMaximum]

Love those chines. They give the booster a "trademark" look, like the flaps on Ship.

[richardsworkbench]

Nic, Great job getting the actions shots.. Great video choices. Very interesting.

[JanasZoro]

great improvements, hope to see the orbital flight soon!

[richardsworkbench]

Amazing how you get some audio and sounds from such a long distance.

[nowChain]

Aren't the lifting studs on the booster for the chopsticks to load b7 onto the pad ?

[davidroberts]

Hi guys Mary and NIC thanks for showing me this video of BOCACHICA it was awesome those new beams thanks David 🚀🇬🇧❤️🙏👍

[selvasurya]

What happened to KSC flyovers?😐 missing those...

[rickster]

Is there a reason their not using the tower to lift and set the boaster in place?

[boltonkevin]

Brendan Lewis’s diagram showed the grid fins on booster 4 when it was placed on the launch mount, any ideas why they are not on booster 7? Do we also know why SpaceX didn’t use the arms on the launch tower to remove Booster 4? If it is of no use, would it have mattered if Booster 4 was damaged in the move?