Just days after the fifth section was stacked, SpaceX crews roll out the sixth Launch Tower section to the Launch Site. Only one to two sections remain after the sixth is stacked.
Video & Photos from Brady (@TheFavoritist). Edited by Nathan Shields
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00:00 - SpaceX Boca Chica / Photos and Video from Brady (@TheFavoritist) and NSF robots / June 18, 2021
00:20 - The Sixth Launch Tower Section Waits at the Gate for Rollout
00:40 - The Tower Section Sits on Two Transporters (SPMTs) / Self-Propelled Modular Transporters are SpaceX’s preferred method to move heavy objects
00:50 - Sixth Launch Tower Section Rolls Toward the Launch Site
02:25 - The Launch Tower Currently has Five Sections Stacked
02:40 - The Liebherr LR 11350 Crane (aka Frankencrane) is Still Attached to the Launch Tower
03:20 - Rebar Delivered to the Launch Site
03:35 - A Shipping Container is Moved at the Launch Site
04:10 - Major Roadwork on Highway 4 Near the Launch Site / One lane of the road is completely torn out
04:30 - New Piece of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) at the Launch Site
05:00 - Liebherr LR1600 2 (aka Tankzilla) Boom Lowered / Crews start to remove section for transport
05:15 - Super Heavy BN2.1 Test Tank / During testing, it is loaded with liquid nitrogen and subjected to flight temperatures and pressures
05:50 - Work Continues on Liebherr LR1600 2
6:19 SpaceX Tracking Dishes Slew their Antennas
07:00 - Starship SN15 (Left) and Starship SN16 (Right) / Elon said on Twitter that SpaceX may attempt to fly SN16 hypersonically before the first Orbital Test with SN20
07:15 - New Cryo Tank Shell Ring Stacked / Cryo Tank Shells are used to insulate the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) tanks
07:30 - Orbital Launch Mount
07:50 - Two Propellant Subcoolers Mounted at the Orbital Launch Site
08:00 - Four More Propellant Subcoolers at the Orbital Launch Site
08:20 - Super Heavy Forward Dome Outside the Tents
08:40 - Curved Steel Sections Delivered, Potentially for a New Stand
