Orbital Launch and Integration Tower(OLIT) and the Orbital Launch Mount(OLM)


I posted info on the OLIT and OLM on an earlier post HERE. The NSF Update is dated. Here is the latest NSF Update - Starship Flight 14 Nears

Oh so many memories of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle

Thank you for keeping us up to date Orion

Test flight 14 launch has bumped up to Sept 22nd at 8:15 am EST. This will be Starship's first orbital flight. Starship has been launching from Texas and splashing down in the Indian Ocean an hour and fifteen minutes later after deploying 20 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. This first orbital flight is a test for flight 15 possible ship catch. Ship S42, test flight 15, was transported to pad 2 and was run through a series of test preparing for a ship catch. Changes were made to the chopsticks after flight 13 prepping for a ship catch

NSF Latest Update - Another very good update. You can scroll to 4:50 for S42 test at the launch pad again prepping for a possible ship catch on test flight 15. All has to go right on flight 14

Edited: Launch date set for Sept 28th at 8:15 am EST

SpaceX will attempt a 10 orbit flight able to cut short if an issue occurs. The flight will last 10 hours. Starship is planned to splash down in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile after completing its planned orbits (targeting roughly six to ten orbits depending on the specific profile updates for Flight 14) during its roughly 10-hour mission. You can catch the launch on SpaceX and NSF

NSF Launches - Click on Starship Flight 14 for info

Flight 14

It's one week to Starship Flight 14... Again - Countdown to Launch

So you caught a Starship... now what?" - Starbase Summary - A sign of things to come, as Flight 15’s Ship 42 underwent a series of simulations involving Pad 2’s Mechazilla system at Starbase. Should the upcoming Flight 14 go as planned, this sight could become the reality of Flight 15’s conclusion

Space Coast Live: 24/7 Views of NASA - Space Coast Live provides 24/7 views of SpaceX and NASA launch operations in Florida including the new Starship pad at LC-39A

Booster(B21) was transported to launch pad 2 Sunday - SpaceX rolls Super Heavy Booster 21...Rolls & Stacks Ship 41 For Flight 14

Ship(S41) was transported to pad 2 and stacked onto B21 preparing for test flight 14 on Sept 28th at 9:30 am EST- SpaceX Rolls & Stacks Ship 41 For Flight 14


ADDED:

! Live coverage event starting 7am EST on the 24th - Starship Wet Dress Rehearsal Test - This is the first time a fully stacked Starship will be loaded with propellants then ignited on the launch pad testing the booster and other Starship parameters. A launch rehearsal

Starbase Live

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SpaceX shoots for first orbital flight of Starship - SpaceX is on the cusp of sending its massive Starship rocket to orbit for the first time in program history

Timetable:

00:00 Introduction
01:04 Going orbital
02:37 Road to Ship reuse
06:20 Super Heavy booster
08:46 Starlink V3
10:18 Artemis importance - Artemis 3 and Starship docking for lunar landing

think I missed the testing...

EDIT: SpaceX did not run a static fire test for what reason it is not yet known. It was expected. This rehearsal might have just been a complete countdown run checking all changes and updates to Starship and pad leading up to Monday's launch making sure it is ready for its 10 orbital flight

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They start loading propellants at 11 am EST, static fire shortly after soot. The tank farm is firing up. Wet dress rehearsal is live now - Starship Wet Dress Rehearsal