New OLM Deluge Plate Installed! | SpaceX Boca Chica
The center deluge plate, meant to save the pad from shattering concrete, was installed below the OLM as SpaceX prepares for Starship’s second integrated test flight. Also, manifolds used to pump water through the plate were rolled out to the launch site.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Steel Plate Install Jig Dry Run
0:46 Payload Door Installed on S28
0:57 Deluge Piping Shifted
1:10 Center Deluge Plate Installed
3:16 Jig Returned to the Production Site
3:34 Dancefloor Moved to Launch Site
3:50 Deluge Plate Raised
4:03 Steel Plate Lowered to Ground
4:14 2 of 3 Deluge Manifolds Roll Out
6:29 Manifold Hooked to Crane
6:40 The Launch Site
7:05 Work Under the OLM
7:18 The Orbital Launch Mount
7:56 The Ship QD Arm
8:11 American Flag and Chopsticks
8:25 Ship 25 on Suborbital Pad B
8:50 Deluge Manifold Unloaded
9:04 Manifold Lifted
9:25 Second Manifold Lifted
9:40 Tale of the Telehandler
11:00 Third Manifold Rolled Out
12:38 Dancefloor Raised Under OLM
13:04 The New High Bay
13:46 The Rocket Garden
14:09 SPMTs Under Booster 10
14:52 The Mega Bay and High Bay
15:15 New High Bay Sections
15:28 The Production Site
15:52 Equipment Around the Site
16:19 Nosecone and Ship Barrel Section
16:42 Work on Ship 30’s Nosecone
16:56 Ship 28 in the High Bay