Starship Secured Before Storm Hits | SpaceX Boca Chica

A severe weather system blew across Starbase Thursday afternoon, sending SpaceX workers scurrying to secure the site before strong frontal winds hit. Ship 25 was destacked from Booster 9, potentially in preparation for the severe weather.

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✂️ Edited by Thomas Hayden (@_thomashayden).

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

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Timestamps:
0:00 Edome Test Tank at Massey’s
0:14 Ship 30 in the High Bay
0:27 Starfactory Expansion
1:12 The Launch Site
1:25 Booster 9
1:36 Deluge Tank Equipment
1:48 Cybertruck at the Orbital Pad
1:56 Cybertruck Leaves the Pad
2:03 Subcooler Manifold Brought to Pad
2:28 Manifold Moved to Other Entrance
2:43 Cybertruck Towing RVac
4:00 Filming on Highway 4
5:26 RVac Takes Out Drone
6:28 Small Ship 29 Cryo Test
6:46 Ship 25’s Stand Brought to OLM
7:11 Stormy Day at Starbase
8:06 SQD Retracted
8:16 Workers Cover SQD Ports
8:31 SQD Arm Retracted
8:50 Ship 25 Destacked
10:15 Storm Rolls Through Starbase
10:31 Paving Machine Heading East

[donculver]

As always NSF at the right place at the right time. Great work

[seank]

Thanks Sean and Thomas. I love your nature shots Sean. Great editing by Thomas!

[LodeRunner-topt]

I really like and appreciate the time lapse videos that you create it is MUCH nicer than constantly watching the live feeds, keep up the GREAT work!

[corrinastanley]

A lot of work still continuing around the sites, thanks for the tour and updates.

[davidbriscoe]

Your attention to the environment - birds, sunrise, sunset, waves, storms, and the inclusion of the sounds of the site really make your already interesting videos special!

[noahw]

That Mechazilla mating call is something else!

[murbella]

Seeing the size of the RVAC against the CT gives it some real perspective. Then seeing the pair of them under the OLM, man, is that an awesome sight or what. Talk about perspective, none better. That should be a poster and a T-shirt.

[pipersall]

A photo op for the Cybertruck and a Raptor. Very cool. Like launching a Roadster into space. Seans scenes of turbulent water with the launch site and Starship in the background was awesome. Great job dude. You have a good eye for composition. They need to grease the skids for Megazilla. The screeching sounds of sleds dragging will get worse until they do.

[MickRonald]

Nice time lapse video to show the recent activity. Thanks for the update.

[stephenbullington]

I guess the Chop-sticks are taking "spooky-season" seriously...they did a great job sounding ghostly. 😅

[metriczeppelin]

Taking out the drone was epic, and without any colleterial damage!

[JustSomeCanuck]

"Hey everyone, look at my amazing drone footage!" <crash> "Um...oops!"

[gteaz]

"I'm a rocket scientist, I'm not a drone scientist"

[diraziz]

Great work Sean. one can see a true Dedication

[TmccreightGaming]

I think that's the first time a rocket engine has destroyed a drone 😂

[joaohneuhaus]

5:31 😂😂😂😂😂 I f*cking died, "Get the f*ck out of my way, I'm late for space!"

[mabapro]

Those video are actualy really relaxing.

[danceswithmules]

I can think of one drone operator who is updating their résumé ...

[chartphred]

That cybertruck has to be among the most hideous designs of a motor vehicle ever.

[DamWalsh]

They must be making a commercial with the cyber truck