Booster 12 Conducts First Super Heavy Spin Prime Since Booster 9 | SpaceX Boca Chica

Stacking of Starbase's second tower began, the final two tower modules were moved to the Sanchez Lot from the Port of Brownsville, and Booster 12 underwent several tests on Pad A including a Spin Prime of its 33 Raptor engines.

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✂️ Edited by Thomas (@_thomashayden).

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

Timestamps:
0:00 Chopsticks Lowered From B12
0:14 Ship 31 Moved Into Mega Bay 2
0:26 Crane Hooked to Tower Module One
0:48 Tower Sections Being Prepared
1:05 The Rocket Garden
1:19 The Production Site
1:27 Ship 30 in the High Bay
1:35 Ship 31 in Mega Bay 2
2:16 Dancefloor Removed From OLM
2:24 Tower Module 4 Moved From Port
2:39 First Tower Module Lifted
3:29 Work on the Office Building
3:38 Booster 12 Testing
3:56 Grid Fin Testing
4:04 Ship QD Arm Retract Test
4:12 Tower Module 2 Rolled Out
4:38 Ship QD Arm Retract Tests
5:25 The Orbital Tank Farm
5:44 Booster 12 Spin Prime
6:24 More Ship QD Arm Testing
6:35 Module 5 Arrives
7:28 CC 8800-1 Hooked to Module Two

[corrinastanley]

Thanks NSF team, we can always count on you to show the bits we missed.

[kt]

Thank you Jack Beyer and Thomas Hayden

[David-yows]

Loved the "💖 Stack Me" sign (059) on the Module. Those SpaceX workers have a sense of enjoyment in their job. And was the Green Light on Module 2 reminded me of Thunderbird 2. THis Starship System is certainly a bit like that at times. Cheers to the second Tower.

[nirbhay_raghav]

Really, they waited till they cpuld perfectly and confidently allign that first section to the mount. And now there are stacking it so fast like lego bricks. Can't to wait to see it complete. Thanks NSF❤

[elizabethhoeppner]

Thanks for getting up so early to bring us this footage. Much appreciated 😊

[MrKellymcilrath]

Awesome video footage Jack, Sean, & SBL, Thank you for all your hard work every day!!!! Go NSF!!!

[gordonstewart]

Cool to see the sloped reinforcing studs under the catch pin.

[ChristianBlueChimp]

This is so much better than politics! ❤

[landcruiser]

They need to do a cut with Thunderbirds music.... sprang to mind as Module 2 rolled along the road on the multiwheeled thing..which was very Thunderbirds

[VanishingImage]

Can say was expecting a SF not a SP BUT any testing is an enjoyful thing to watch. They have their reasons for testing. And BIG thanks to NSF for being there to catch all the chnages going on.

[ChziTzskR]

I wonder if it’s going to be a routine thing to skip a couple ships and do the same tests again spin prime igniter test cause it’s been a couple ships since there last test, it would be cool to see a heat shield test no? It’s a form of qualifying everything new with the hard wear is working together good. And I think this next flight will be perfect.

[Vatsyayana]

I would like to see an ignition of another spin prime to see if the DPS works as intended.

[AshFaya]

4:38 I still think that trying to catch this huge thing by these two ridiculous bits of metal is completely and totally insane....

[Lu.capuchino]

Nice S30 going faster than Michael Phelps! Hopefully it can swim as well as him!

[dangorneanu]

Well thats wierd.but may be the result of losing an engine on B11

[Codysdab]

Are these ship QD tests showing improved speed? It does seem like it needs to move quicker to get out of the way as Starship shoots off the pad.

[NTC_Transport]

Wait, you had the perfect shot to show them setting the first tower piece down on the foundation and you didn't?!?

Who is editing this stuff?

[RXTRUX]

How much windspeed will be to much for a landing?

[narayananb]

What is spin prime test and it's importance

[pwest]

Like to know how much those sections weigh.