Ship 42 has completed both its single- and six-engine static fire tests, paving the way for Flight 15 in November. These events occurred during a busy period at Starbase that included Ship 43 testing ahead of Flight 16. ➡️

Hope we get to see that SpaceX drone footage from last night

Ship 43 testing right behind Ship 42 is the real story. Two ships in the pipeline is how the flight cadence picks up.

Great coverage as always 👏🏼 Ship 42 is ready. 💦 📸 @cnunezimages

Two ships in test at the same time is the quiet headline. Ship 42 done, Ship 43 already lining up for Flight 16. If that overlap holds, the gap between flights shrinks without anyone announcing it.

Flight 14 on Sept 28 was Starship's first orbital flight and deployed all 26 Starlink V3 sats. Elon said Oct 10 he hopes Flight 15 catches the ship, so a November launch lands right in his 4-6 week window.

Ok when catch?

Looked like a clean burn 👍🔥

Ship 42 정적 연소 두 번 다 끝났어요. Flight 15는 11월이라고만 했고 날짜는 아직이에요.

The parallel testing is the real story here. When two ships move through test campaigns at once, the bottleneck shifts from the vehicle to the pad, the range, and the turnaround crew. Is Starbase's pace now limited more by operations than by hardware?

The 60s static fire is next? And then they can stack?

Ship 42 wrapping both static fires while Ship 43 is already testing for the flight after it is the part I love. That's not a test program anymore, that's a production line. Cadence is the whole game for Mars.

Both Flight 15 stages have fired now, and Ship 43 is already testing right behind it. That's what a real cadence looks like.

Wen liftoff?

ship 42 and ship 43 testing in the same week is the part that feels new. flights used to wait on one vehicle at a time