Ship 20 Positioned Near the Orbital Launch Site | SpaceX Boca Chica

Ship 20 was moved near the Orbital Launch Site potentially in preparation for lifting. Meanwhile, the cargo door prototype still sits outside and a robotic welder was spotted in the High Bay.

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L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.

0:00 - The Orbital Launch Site
0:30 - The Orbital Launch Platform
1:18 - The Chopsticks
1:34 - Crews Work on the Orbital Launch Tower
2:04 - Booster 4
2:44 - Rigging Disconnected From Ship 20
3:14 - Ship 20
3:51 - Ship 20 Moved Near the Orbital Launch Pad
4:53 - Domes at the Production Site
5:28 - Cargo Door Prototype
5:56 - Barrel and Nosecone in a Production Tent 3
6:14 - Robotic Welder in the High Bay

[NASASpaceflight]

0:00 - The Orbital Launch Site
0:30 - The Orbital Launch Platform
1:18 - The Chopsticks
1:34 - Crews Work on the Orbital Launch Tower
2:04 - Booster 4
2:44 - Rigging Disconnected From Ship 20
3:14 - Ship 20
3:51 - Ship 20 Moved Near the Orbital Launch Pad
4:53 - Domes at the Production Site
5:28 - Cargo Door Prototype
5:56 - Barrel and Nosecone in a Production Tent 3
6:14 - Robotic Welder in the High Bay

[jellybean]

3:53 "Hey mate, mind if I just squeeze right past you real

[David-yows]

3:58 I like how S20 did a little twirl around B4. A dance of joy as S20 goes to the Launch Platform. Both rockets look all ready to fly! 🚀🚀🕺🏻

[aldunlop]

Starship seemed like a pretty straightforward concept early on. It’s fast becoming the most complex machine ever built. And they haven’t even gotten to the interior with life support etc.

[badrinair]

THank you Mary and NSF team for sharing this wonderfull footage with us Fans. looks like the Bern is alsmost gone . BUilding a new one can take sevral weeks

[dcf]

"Hi, mate, what do you do for a crust?"
"I built space ships"
"Oh WOW! Must be awesome working in a pristine environment"
"Nah, mate, we weld 'em up in a tent and a big ol' open shed😀👍"

[florenciovela]

love your show & spacex. We traveled to Boca Chica to the the starshing get built. & we got the S dual motor fsd last Christmas 🎄 😎 still have the cybertruck tri motor or 4 motor fsd on order, i got lots of solar & backup battery system to charge them both. love tsla stock

[disorganizedorg]

I doubt anyone could calculate it, but I wonder how many linear feet of welds are on the launch platform. I think Musk said in the tour with Tim Dodd that the launch ring alone weighed 300t.

There are likely a great many superlatives that would apply to those and the tower itself.

[the_jcbone]

The booster with it‘s new covers looks like a lightsaber handle… 🖖

[alessandroraimondo]

Can’t wait for booster lift w chopsticks 🥢

[deanm.]

Great to see S20 at the tower, but doesn't the top side of ship need to face the tower so the QD arm can interface with the ship's connection port? I don't think the chopsticks alone can physically rotate the ship 180 degrees to make that connection happen.

This S20 move may be a part of a simple function test of the chopsticks, but for future stacking operations they do need to park the ship oriented the right way.

[nighttow]

Is anyone else concerned by the tank Farms proximity to the LaunchPad

[jonmarquez]

Now they finally moved the Beast to the launch pad!

[dancingdog]

I wanna see some "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT" ribbons!

[Sam-ssyn]

Do you think they are going to put something in between the flame diverter on top of the orbital launch mount? (the rusty looking around the circumference of the launch table).

[stachelkatzeausdemwald]

I love the timelapse part where S20 moves to the launch pad and circles around. A dancing killer whale 😅

[MrHichammohsen]

5:30 Do you guys think they will chops the cargo bay door into 2 segments like the space shuttle? Seems more logical for the structural loads.

[totallyunknowable]

Robotic welder in High Bay - is the barrel rotated for a fixed-in-place welder, or does the welder move around the barrel?

[joshwright]

I woke up without a starbase video to watch this morning and my whole morning routine was thrown off

[Lion_McLionhead]

The ships look sleeker from the side. Don't know why they'd load test with a ship instead of a booster, since load testing a booster could lead to a full stack.