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At Starbase in Texas, all six of Starship 25's Raptor 2 engines roared to life as the prototype vehicle successfully conducted its first static fire yesterday.
While SpaceX continues to make progress on prepping the next rocket that will soar on the second Starship Flight Test, which may happen in about six weeks, the company is also finishing repairs on the Orbital Launch Mount (OLM) after it sustained major damage during Starship Super Heavy's first flight two months ago.
As shown in the tweets at the very bottom of this entry, new concrete was poured at the base of OLM...with additional modifications taking place which will ensure that the foundation around this structure can withstand the thrust of the next batch of 33 Raptor 2 engines igniting on top of it for launch. Stay tuned!
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Ship 25 completes a six-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas pic.twitter.com/wCCrh0RRNA
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 27, 2023
Concrete trucks are starting to arrive at the Orbital Launch Mount and the pumper arm (no idea if that's what they are called) is starting to get into place for the big pour!https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5 pic.twitter.com/9foBOeIJi2
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) June 26, 2023
132 trucks! Here's the end of the big pour ops timelapse:https://t.co/e3xbqPnwZ5 https://t.co/rTrR96DruL pic.twitter.com/OD0NXPorHN
— Chris Bergin - NSF (@NASASpaceflight) June 26, 2023
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