SpaceX Starship Record Static Fire Up Next, Starbase Management Change, Cygnus NG-18, JPSS 2 & SLS

Over at SpaceX’s Starbase at BocaChica this week, all effort seems focused on the first orbital test flight of Starship, with everything on site looking more refined by the day. We should have the SpaceX Starship record static fire up next! Ships coming down, Ships moving out, and a load of intriguing stuff to cover this week (including the Starbase management change). Cygnus NG-18 made its trip up to resupply the international space station, however there was an unexpected hiccup. A final farewell to United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V from Vandenberg in the spectacular JPSS-2 mission. SLS makes its way back to the launch pad for another attempt at its maiden flight.

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[max-q]

The changes in management at StarBase and moving Patel to Florida makes perfect sense. SpaceX is moving from building a site to launching rockets at StarBase. They have moved their launch leaders in Shotwell and Juncosa to where they will be launching Starships cause that’s what they do and Patel who is a building genius is now at StarBase in Florida getting that site up to speed and showing them how they did it in Texas. I don’t see this as a demotion or promotion just moving people so they do their best at what they are doing. This also should signal a change in Texas Tank Watchers (TTW) that StarBase is getting ready to launch ships to space.

[AViehl]

Thank you for keeping me up to date on Starbase/Starship etc. every week.

[tekish]

Thanks Marcus, you start my Sat each week. You and your group do an exceptionally good job.

[clarence]

The Superheavy next few static fire will be Crazy to see, What a beast.

[Bivs_setup]

An Aussie that informs us about space updates. Well done and thank you for your weekly updates Marcus. 👏🏻

[gordonstewart]

That pirouette was interesting. Thanks for the explanation!

[bill_ruppert]

Thanks for another great video Marcus! I rely on your updates every Saturday morning!

[danapeck]

Thanks, nice to see a new launch provider coming along. All the best

[stepheneyles]

Nice to see a new sponsor on board, especially as it's space-related!! Those charts look wonderful!
Thanks, as always, for keeping us on the edge of our seats with all the action around the world (and beyond)!!

[csmith]

Thanks for all you do; I’m kicking off another positive Saturday morning with your latest video, Marcus!

[agentdarkboote]

Woke up too early, can't get back to sleep... But at least there's a Marcus House video! :D

[thewoodweldingfabricator]

Thanks for giving us all these wonderful weekly updates!

[lazyplumber]

The flight schedule of SpaceX reminds me of the movie Gattaca with the launches going off in the background of the movie.

[cobihillssteyn]

Thank you for keeping us updated Marcus .. I am watching from South Africa

[andrewradford]

Suit up and boot up works well.
Thanks for making Sunday mornings in Australia exciting.
Plan to buy some merchandise as Christmas isn't far away.

[Klaatu-ijuz]

I was wondering about the plan to clad the launch tower. There's a lot of exposed cabling and piping to protect from the thrust-flash.

[bafaa]

Your consistency is commendable, I genuinely excited waiting for this to drop on Saturday's

[DavidJohnson-zvir]

Like the new sponsor! It will be a great gift. Thanks for all your work to keep us up to date on all things space. Looking forward to that first orbital launch.

[onbedoeldekut]

What do you think about Space X's beach view clean room for satellite storage?
I'd have thought it a tad sandy tbh.

[KindinEmil]

The 33 engine static fire sounds like a name of a band