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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

NSF (18 Oct): Booster 23's cryo testing at Massey's concluded over the weekend with a Sunday morning trip back to Mega Bay 1 for engine installation.

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2026-10-18 move CONFIRMED

Booster 23 left Massey's after completing cryogenic proof testing and is headed back to the production site on Highway 4.

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2026-10-12 move CONFIRMED

Booster 23 lifted onto the booster cryo / thrust sim stand.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: in Mega Bay 1, Booster 24 received its final aft section (AX:2) and its landing tank, completing the lower half of the booster that makes up the LOX tank. CH4 tank stacking and mating the two halves come next.

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2026-10-14 move CONFIRMED

Booster 24 LOX landing tank took a long route from Starfactory into Mega Bay 1 for installation.

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2026-10-14 move CONFIRMED

The 4PL used for ship lifts moved from Sanchez into Mega Bay 2 and hoisted from its stand.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: after its tip-up, Ship 40 was moved into Mega Bay 2 and placed onto one of the work stands in the building. The post says SpaceX's plans for it are unknown, and whether it goes on display or is scrapped is not known.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

NSF Starbase summary: S40 now stands inside Mega Bay 2 with three future flight vehicles, naming the bay SpaceX left unnamed on 13 Oct. NSF footage shows a hexagonal breakover frame pinned to the base of S40 so it pivoted on rollers as the front bridge crane raised it.

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2026-10-12 move CONFIRMED

Ship 40 broken over and lifted vertical inside Mega Bay 2, its first tip-up since recovery, using two cranes and the SHT-SAF.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: inside Mega Bay 2, Ship 42 has engines installed again ahead of its static fire campaign for Flight 15, after all of its engines were removed following Flight 14. The post says the reason for the removal is not known.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

Ship 44, now fitted with its transfer tubes, was lifted clear of the transfer tube jig and moved to a work stand inside Mega Bay 2, and the jig went back to Starfactory.

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2026-10-17 note UNCONFIRMED

S44, with decals applied and transfer tubes installed or being installed, sits front and centre in Mega Bay 2 awaiting a lift to a work stand for further work.

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2026-10-16 note CONFIRMED

The transfer tube jig, loaded with tubes for Ship 44, moved from Starfactory into Mega Bay 2.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

USA Flag installed on the Gigabay bridge crane at Starbase.

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2026-10-13 note CONFIRMED

More bridge crane testing inside Gigabay.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: the first of the two Gigabay bridge cranes has been lifted and installed. Each crane can lift up to 420 tonnes and covers one of the Gigabay's two aisles.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

Blobifie reports SpaceX installed the first Gigabay bridge crane today.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

At the production site, work dismantling one of the four Gigabay tower cranes is basically complete.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

In the Sanchez lot, the large LOX and CH4 valve skids for the Pad 1 rebuild are being pre-installed onto two large frames. The post says this likely means they can be installed as complete units driven in on SPMTs; for Pad 2 this equipment was brought in and installed separately.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

Aerial view shows Booster 23 at Massey's.

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2026-10-15 test CONFIRMED

Booster 23 underwent its first cryogenic proof test at Massey's.

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2026-10-13 move CONFIRMED

Booster 23 rolled from the production site to Massey's for its initial cryo proof testing.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: S43.1 is a ship nosecone and header tank test article. It shows visible buckling around the nosecone tip, which the post says likely happened during a test on 14 Oct, with sensors placed around the buckled area.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

S43.1 nosecone tip appears slightly crumpled during testing at Massey's. When that happened and how it affects remaining tests is unclear.

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2026-10-13 test CONFIRMED

S43.1 tested inside the Supercrusher at Massey's overnight.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

A road delay is posted for the night of 16 Oct, from Massey's to the production site, between 23:59 and 04:00. The post says this does not necessarily mean the delay is for the booster tested at Massey's the night before.

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2026-10-14 note UNCONFIRMED

Massey's is being cleared ahead of testing. Rough Riders asks whether Booster 23 is next; that is a question, not a confirmation.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: this week teams lifted the centre flame bucket part into the Pad 1 trench and began installing the launch mount legs. The last flight from Pad 1 was Flight 11.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

Teams at Pad 1 lifted a piece of the flame bucket into place as the pad rebuild takes shape.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

The crane Littler Larry was lifting the second new orbital launch mount leg into position at Pad 1, in breezy conditions.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

The first of the new Pad 1 orbital launch mount legs was installed into the flame trench.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

A new piece of drawworks balcony wall was set in place at Pad 1.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

The flame trench apex support beam was lowered into the Pad 1 trench.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

Pad 1 tower base received walling work while the first Launch Mount leg was being lifted into position.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

Further chopstick testing at Pad 2.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

Blobifie: SpaceX ran catch testing with the Pad 2 chopsticks at the top of the tower, and workers were seen celebrating at the top of the tower later in the day. NSF's Starbase summary of 15 Oct also shows the chopsticks run to the top of Tower 2 for high-speed tests.

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2026-10-14 note UNCONFIRMED

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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2026-10-14 identify UNCONFIRMED

RGV Aerial Photography shows the Massey's #2 site under construction.

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2026-10-14 note UNCONFIRMED

Aerial view of construction progress at the Massey's #2 site.

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2026-10-14 note CONFIRMED

FAA public comment period for the SLC-37 Supplemental EIS Notice of Intent ended on 14 Oct 2026. Comments will be considered in the Draft SEIS.

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

The Ship Work Stand was offloaded You'll Thank Me Later at the KSC turn basin.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

NSF (18 Oct): the barge You'll Thank Me Later most recently delivered a Ship transport stand and the Starlink loader from Starbase to KSC.

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2026-10-14 note CONFIRMED

The ship You'll Thank Me Later arrived back at the Cape from Starbase carrying Starship hardware.

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2026-10-14 identify CONFIRMED

The 4PL used for ship lifts moved from Sanchez into Mega Bay 2 and hoisted from its stand.

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2026-10-13 identify CONFIRMED

More bridge crane testing inside Gigabay.

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2026-10-15 identify UNCONFIRMED

LabPadre reports the first bridge crane in the Gigabay being lifted into position. The post does not say which Gigabay (Starbase or Florida).

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2026-10-15 note UNCONFIRMED

LabPadre posted the full 15 Oct bridge crane lift: the strand jacks took not far short of 13 hours to pull the crane to the top of the Gigabay. The post does not say which Gigabay.

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2026-10-15 identify UNCONFIRMED

Identify the new Pad 1 orbital launch mount as hardware; its first leg went into the flame trench.

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2026-10-15 identify UNCONFIRMED

Identify the Starship Ship Work Stand as hardware seen at the Florida turn basin.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

Seen on a flyover: Booster 22 was waiting to roll out for pre-flight static fire testing.

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2026-10-18 note CONFIRMED

TrackingTheSB weekly: Booster 23 completed only one cryogenic proof test at Massey's before rolling back to the production site. Every previous booster apart from BN3 in 2021 did at least two; the cause of the early end is not known.

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2026-10-16 note UNCONFIRMED

Seen on a flyover: Booster 24 was getting its LOX landing tank installed, with Booster 22 behind it. The post does not name the building.

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2026-10-13 note CONFIRMED

SpaceX: S40, the first Starship to return to its launch site, is vertical alongside three other ships in a Mega Bay at Starbase and will give first-of-its-kind data on a flown heatshield, Raptor engines and avionics. The post does not name the bay.

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2026-10-17 note UNCONFIRMED

Ship 44 was lifted onto the transfer tube install jig.

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2026-10-17 note UNCONFIRMED

S44 has gained its transfer tubes.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

NSF (18 Oct): Flight 16 is currently aimed for December and could become the first Starship launch from LC-39A. NSF says current activity points to Booster 23 and Ship 43 as the likely vehicles. If that campaign proceeds, each vehicle would need to be shipped individually to the KSC turn basin aboard You'll Thank Me Later and then roll to Roberts Road before moving to 39A for testing.

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2026-10-18 note UNCONFIRMED

NSF (18 Oct): Flight 15 is targeting November with the goal of catching both the booster and the ship. That projected cadence would result in five Starship launches in 2026, which NSF relates to the move from Block 2 to Block 3 vehicles.

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2026-10-15 filing CONFIRMED

FAA TFR FDC 6/9778 near McGregor, Texas (WACO VORTAC 203 degree radial at 18.4 nm), issued 15 Oct 2026 at 13:53 UTC with SpaceX as point of contact: a 1.5 nm radius from the surface to 5,000 ft AGL, centred 31°24'07"N 97°27'28"W, from 15 Oct 13:53 UTC to 31 Oct 23:59 UTC, type Hazards.

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2026-10-14 filing CONFIRMED

FAA announced a Notice of Intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy launch and landing operations at the Boca Chica Launch Site at Starbase, Texas, and expansion of Starship landing and expenditure locations. Phase 1 would cover up to 100 annual launches and up to 200 annual landings. Phase 2 would cover up to 456 annual launches and up to 912 annual landings (Monday through Friday only for Phase 2 launches). Public scoping meetings are set for 17 to 19 Nov 2026, and the comment period closes on 30 Nov 2026 under Docket No. FAA-2026-12808.

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2026-10-13 filing UNCONFIRMED

NASA's 13 Oct 2026 preliminary draft programmatic environmental assessment covers a roughly 400 acre SpaceX Starship campus at Kennedy Space Center near Roberts Road (SpaceX leases about 167 acres there now), with manufacturing and maintenance buildings, a payload processing facility and a Starship test stand for pressure testing and engine firings before vehicles go to the launch sites. FelixSchlang reads its noise study as assuming a Massey's-like stand with up to 20 static fires a year, 10 of them at night. Not an approval.

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