Starbase
Starbase Pad 2 P2
Launch pad
Claims
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2026-10-14 UNCONFIRMED note at P2
After damper work on 14 Oct (local), the Pad 2 chopsticks were raised and lowered a few times with checks in one pause; no arm swings were seen. The Deadline balcony at the base of Tower 2 received extra cladding the same day.
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2026-10-08 UNCONFIRMED Flight 15 F15 NET 2026-11-08 at P2
CADENA advisory: Flight 15 from Starbase Pad 2 NET 8 Nov 2026; Flight 16 (Starlink 30-1), potentially LC-39A, NET 10 Dec 2026.
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2026-09-28 Flight 14 F14 NET 2026-09-28 at P2
Flight 14 lifted off from Starbase Pad 2 on 28 Sep 2026 at 7:48 a.m. CT.
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2026-09-12 note at P2 about pad2-sqd
Pad 2 SQD arm rotated in and connected to S42 at SQD height during catch rehearsal, a rehearsal of post-catch ship safing.
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2026-09-12 other S42 at P2
Ship catch rehearsal at Pad 2: S42 was lifted to catch height and back down to SQD height, the SQD rotated in and connected, then S42 was rotated, flaps tucked, and lowered onto its transport stand.
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2026-09-10 note at P2 about pad2-chopsticks
Pad 2 chopsticks held S42 deep in the arms and lifted it a few meters during catch rehearsal.
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2026-09-10 other S42 at P2
Ship catch rehearsal at Pad 2: S42 was placed deep in the chopsticks and lifted a few meters, then the chopstick pushers moved it to the stabilizer engagement position and the stabilizers were engaged.
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2026-09-10 note at P2
Pad 2 OLM ran a further deluge test.
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2026-09-08 note at P2
Pad 2 OLM ran a full launch-to-catch deluge operation.