Chopstick Actuators Installed to Help Catch a Booster | SpaceX Boca Chica
SpaceX installed actuators on the Chopsticks to prepare them for their first catch attempt. Meanwhile, Booster 10’s Forward Dome was sleeved.
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0:00 Sunrise Over the Launch Site
0:20 Ship 24 on Suborbital Pad B
0:55 The Launch Site
1:13 Plumbing Lifted for the Orbital Launch Mount
2:50 Liquid Nitrogen Delivered to the Orbital Tank Farm
3:58 Ship Quick Disconnect Arm
4:32 Plumbing Work Continues
4:51 Road Work at the Suborbital Launch Site
5:11 Chopstick Catch Actuators at the Launch Site
6:14 Crews Work on the Chopsticks
6:56 Cryo Pump Installed
7:52 Electric Cryo Pump Motors at the Launch Site
8:13 Electric Cryo Pump Motors Installed
9:01 Chopstick Catch Actuator Installed
9:35 Bird
9:45 Booster Forward Dome Sleeved
10:06 Delivery to the Production Site
10:29 Booster 7 in the Mega Bay
11:08 Starfactory Construction
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