Ship 20 Static Fires (Again) | SpaceX Boca Chica

Ship 20 static fired its Raptor engines again as SpaceX progresses toward the first orbital test flight. After one successful firing, Ship 20 aborted a second attempt. Meanwhile, the LR 11000 crane was attached to Booster 4 on the Orbital Launch Mount.

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

0:00 - Ship 20 Venting
0:28 - Sunrise
0:58 - Tank Farm Spooling Up
1:10 - Propellant Being Loaded Into Ship 20
1:34 - Ship 20 Static Fire
1:55 - Close Up Angles
2:34 - More Angles
3:05 - Ship 20 Detanking After Static Fire
4:26 - Propellant Being Loaded Into Ship 20 Again
4:51 - Static Fire Abort
5:12 - Ship 20 Detanking
6:10 - Tankers Waiting to Go to the Pad at the Roadblock
6:26 - Depress Vent
6:47 - SpaceX Crane Hooked Up to Booster 4
8:20 - The Orbital Launch Site
8:39 - The Orbital Launch Mount
9:41 - Ship 20 Flap Testing
9:56 - Ship 21 Tank Section Moved Into the Mid Bay
10:16 - Nosecone at the Production Site

[NASASpaceflight]

0:00 - Ship 20 Venting
0:28 - Sunrise
0:58 - Tank Farm Spooling Up
1:10 - Propellant Being Loaded Into Ship 20
1:34 - Ship 20 Static Fire
1:55 - Close Up Angles
2:34 - More Angles
3:05 - Ship 20 Detanking After Static Fire
4:26 - Propellant Being Loaded Into Ship 20 Again
4:51 - Static Fire Abort
5:12 - Ship 20 Detanking
6:10 - Tankers Waiting to Go to the Pad at the Roadblock
6:26 - Depress Vent
6:47 - SpaceX Crane Hooked Up to Booster 4
8:20 - The Orbital Launch Site
8:39 - The Orbital Launch Mount
9:41 - Ship 20 Flap Testing
9:56 - Ship 21 Tank Section Moved Into the Mid Bay
10:16 - Nosecone at the Production Site

[osirisapex]

First time I’ve seen “again” about an SF, the impatience is subtle!

[LEDewey_MD]

Great coverage as always! Thanks Mary!

[johnnyuk]

Great to see StarBase, and starship looks ready to go...getting all flaped up ...

[nopelindoputraperkasa]

Coming, friend. Amazing. The best video, friend.. great.. greetings from your best friend, Indonesian Traditional Gold Seeker🇮🇩🙏👍👍

[marsswimsuitcompetitionnft]

Hoping for a fully approved 2022. Our Mars shuttles need to be rigorously tested.

[smtxtv]

Awesome coverage as usual ! 'The next best thing to being there' !

[absolutelynotLily]

I love when the flaps test it’s adorable

[thekahales]

Can't wait for 2022 Time to Fly 🌍

[leewhizhulbert]

How about getting an infrared camera to catch these just so the engine exhaust pattern can be seen.

[keithbrown]

Oh so very cool to the stars my friend

[Spaceandfuture.]

Imagine going to work in the future.
"Flight number SPX420 to Mars departs in 45 minutes..."

[oldmanstumpie]

8:20 You wouldn't get me up in that cherry picker for a million dollars.

[rFlightFPV]

And Mars is again one step closer! Thanks for the awesome coverage!

[davidroberts]

Hi guys thanks for your love ❤️ the views of BOCACHICA static fire 🔥 went okay 👍 David 🙏🚀🇬🇧❤️👍

[danczer]

Why it is good to have such a short fire at this time in development? I mean they already fly and landed a vehicle like this. What they can test on the ground which is useful? Reliability of reignition? Higher pressures each time? Is there any details why they do these?

[xgusart]

So today's test was to try to fill, power on engines, refill and try to power the engines a 2nd time in the same day? Wasn't bad at all until the last abort, but hope they got valuable data

[rocketman]

Hi, thanks for the upload. Looks like a static fire using the middle sea level engines. That's my guess.

Anyways, hope y'all have a great day!

[geraldinebraun]

Mary, I am hoping to someday come down to visit. I miss my laptop & discord. Can't really see & keep up with live chat on a small screen. Great coverage. Also, tower looks amazing. Last time in May of 2021, I saw 6 sections of tower completed.

[ptonpc]

Hopefully another step closer to launch.