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SpaceX's Flight 4 narrative says liftoff at 7:50 a.m. CT on June 6, 2024, and a soft splashdown of the booster in the Gulf of Mexico. The Flight 5 narrative says the chopstick arms caught the booster on the first try on October 13, 2024. It does not print a liftoff clock.
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Texas Monthly reported a closed-session item for about 1,300 acres in Cameron County. Parks and Wildlife said the November meeting is not considering a sale of the Boca Chica property. Abbott said it is not coming up for a vote anytime soon.
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SpaceX said on October 13, 2026, that Ship 40 is the first Starship to return to its launch site and that it is vertical in a Megabay. Flight 13, the July 24 liftoff, Booster 20, the Indian Ocean splashdown, and the sea return are Space.com's account.
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Federal Register notice FAA-2026-12808 opens a programmatic EIS on a higher Starship and Super Heavy cadence at Boca Chica. The 100/200 and 456/912 figures are study bounds for a proposed action. They are not an approved license.
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SpaceX Starbase development, manufacturing, test, and launch site — claims about production scale and catch towers with labels.
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Independent spaceflight media covering Starbase, Starship tests, and commercial space — directory listing, not endorsement.
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Starbase livestream community cameras — directory listing, not endorsement.
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Starbase construction and Starship production coverage — directory listing, not endorsement.
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On May 12, 2026, SpaceX listed Starship V3 and Super Heavy V3 changes, including three larger grid fins, Raptor 3 thrust figures, and a first flight from Starbase Pad 2 on Flight 12.
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On September 18, 2025, SpaceX argued Florida ranges can host airport-like launch rates and said Falcon was on track for more than 100 Florida launches that year.
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On August 15, 2025, SpaceX reported Flight 9's booster and ship losses and the June 18 destruction of Ship 36 during a static-fire propellant load.
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On June 19, 2025, SpaceX said the Starship being prepared for Flight 10 was destroyed the night before during propellant loading, with no injuries reported.
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On May 22, 2025, SpaceX said Flight 8 caught the booster a third time and lost the ship after a center Raptor failure about five and a half minutes into the ship burn.
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On March 3, 2025, SpaceX described a Florida Gigabay targeted for the end of 2026 and a Starship pad at Kennedy LC-39A, with a first Florida launch hoped for late 2025 pending reviews.
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On February 24, 2025, SpaceX said Flight 7 caught the booster a second time and lost the ship after a harmonic response and an attic fire.
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On September 10, 2024, SpaceX said Flight 5 hardware had been ready since early August and criticized an FAA license estimate of late November.
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On July 29, 2024, SpaceX described sonic booms from a returning Super Heavy as louder than Falcon's but not an injury risk, based on Flight 4 splashdown data.
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On May 24, 2024, SpaceX said the March 14 Flight 3 test completed the ship's ascent burn, then lost the booster on the landing burn and the ship during reentry.
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On February 26, 2024, SpaceX said the November 18, 2023 flight finished a full booster burn and hot-staging, then lost the booster and the ship.
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On September 8, 2023, SpaceX said the April 20 first flight was lost after aft fires cut engine control, and listed hot-staging, electric steering, and a flame deflector as the fixes.
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On February 10, 2022, SpaceX noted a Starbase presentation by Elon Musk on Starship as a fully reusable system for orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
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On May 5, 2021, SpaceX said Starship SN15 flew to about 10 km on three Raptors and landed on the pad.
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On March 30, 2021, SpaceX said SN11 reached about 10 km and broke up shortly after the landing burn started.
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On March 3, 2021, SpaceX said SN10 landed at the end of a 10 km flight and then broke up on the pad.
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On February 2, 2021, SpaceX said SN9 flew to about 10 km and hit hard after one Raptor failed to relight for the landing flip.
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On December 9, 2020, SpaceX said SN8 climbed, transitioned to header tanks, and flipped to the landing point, then hit hard because header-tank fuel pressure was low.
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On August 5, 2020, SpaceX said SN5 flew to 150 meters on one Raptor and landed on August 4 at Boca Chica.
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On September 29, 2019, SpaceX noted a September 28 talk in Cameron County by Elon Musk on the Starship and Super Heavy design.
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