Chopstick Actuator Removed for Upgrades | SpaceX Boca Chica

After recent Booster 7 testing, crews removed a Chopstick actuator for potential upgrades. Meanwhile, crews attached weather instruments to the top of the Orbital Launch Tower.

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

0:00 - Sunrise Over the Orbital Launch Site
0:34 - Ship 24
0:50 - SpaceX's LR 11000 Moved
2:14 - Crews Remove a Chopstick Actuator
4:13 - Booster 7 on the Orbital Launch Mount
4:44 - The Ship Quick Disconnect Arm
4:59 - The Orbital Launch Mount
5:14 - Crews Work on Booster 7's Engine Section
5:46 - Venting at the Orbital Tank Farm
6:01 - The Orbital Launch Area
6:16 - Crews Work on Top of the Orbital Launch Tower
6:31 - Liquid Methane Tanker
6:48 - Ship 24
7:33 - Suborbital Pad B
7:51 - Lift Delivered to the Production Site
8:06 - Chopstick Actuator Delivered to the Production Site
8:28 - The Production Site
8:43 - Ship 25's Nosecone Outside Tent 3
9:15 - Crews Work on the Starlink Loader

[Snoodlehootberry]

It would be really nice for the Clips to show clearly how much the speed it up by, 5x 10x et cetera, so there was some indication of how long these clips are representing

[lloydrasmussen]

Thanks BocaChicaGal. The piping on the new actuator looks bigger, that should make them move faster with a larger volume of fluid to work with.

[alandud]

The new actuator is really impressive ! As well as the wooden frame they built to transport it !

[Hykje]

Driving that crane is like driving around with a full-sized radio tower.

[joyl]

Can you imagine if Booster 7 and Ship 24's first attempt to orbit goes flawlessly and SpaceX will be scratching their heads going "well, now what? We were expecting to learn something from this but nothing failed..." lol 😄

[Tipper]

I hope I never get used to the mind blowing scale of everything.
That actuator arm was huge compared to the workers. Obviously it needs to be but wow, just wow.

[johnnyuk]

Just perfect my daily dose of SpaceX thanks to you guys, , , Marie's vibeo is just brilliant always looking for that opportunity thanks xx

[miguellyon]

I could NEVER be on the top of That height would make me feel like my legs are made of jello...lol

[samuelgomola]

I have theory, new actuator seems to be self containing unit with pumps and valves, old was dependent on tower hydraulics so it wasn't as responsive as it can be as single independent unit with cable for powering which can transfer power quickly with less loses than lots of pipes transferring hydraulic fluid from tower.

[bearly]

SpaceX is leaving nothing to chance. Continually upgrading everything they can shows how much they are trying to make the first flight and recovery succeed. Thank you, Mary, for such wonderful coverage.

[jamescavner]

Fire 🔥 and Humble pie.... definitely needed in my opinion!

[davidroberts]

Hi guys Mary and NIC thanks for your video of BOCACHICA some awesome views of starbase love ❤️ the sunrise 🌅 great 👍 David 🌅🚀❤️🇬🇧👍

[Klaatu-ijuz]

The "Moment-Arm" stresses on the Chopstick and Tower assemblies will be tremendous!

[wulf]

Guess my speculation from yesterday has fallen apart pretty quickly - the chopsticks were moved into this position to allow crane/crew access to the actuator that was removed.

[GG-yrix]

Water deliveries to OTF, that's interesting. We must be getting close to some B7 action.

[OllieDibben]

I would shit my pants working on top of that damn tower

[michaelg]

Is it just me or does the new Actuator look a bit beefier than the old one?

[corycombs]

Insane amount of activity for a Sunday

[joyl]

Looking forward to watching the documentary on all the giant machinery used in building this place on The Discovery Channel sometime in the future! 😄

[Klaatu-ijuz]

Since inception, the collective amount of manhours to design, fabricate, assemble and install the Boca Chica complex has got to be STAGGERING! God, please continue to bless the USA!