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StN · 1st February 2021, 16:08

A biggie - but old - I think that is SN6 before the 150m hop:

So, the rockets are stacked in the high bays, which are the tallish dark buildings at the complex at the top of the picture. The dead-end road goes past the shipyard, the launch sites and down to the beach - which is next to the outflow of the Rio Grande - pretty much on the Mexican border at coastal South West Texas. (Doesn't explain why there is so much traffic sometimes though!)

Here is a reverse view showing SN9 and SN10 on their launch stands, Hoppy in the background, and SN7.2 (A pressure test mockup using 3mmSS) ready to be tested to rupture. The landing pad is at the top right, and beyond that, but not shown, is the stand for the Booster stage for orbital flight. Much debate as to how this will end up - currently, thoughts are that they won't use water deluge as sound suppression, and just have it off the ground. Not sure how that works for reflected forces. Also, rather than landing the booster on the concrete pad on it's little feet, Elon wants to catch it with closing arms wrapping around the rocket and holding it up under the grid fins - easier to be a little bit off in the initial stages as the system learns to do it cleanly.

The biggest complaints people make when watching the launch/build videos are that the cameras are shaking. That is because they are literally kilometers away zoomed in, so any small movement on the mast results in shimmering and shaking in the image - and wind is not friendly there! As an artifact of the zoom, they can look very close, when in fact each launch vehicle type is probably >50m apart.

Webcams of interest - usually varied unless fog:
Live Nerdle Cam(1) - usually pointing at launch stand from across the water Link: https://youtu.be/Ky5l9ZxsG9M
Live Lab Cam(2) - Link: https://youtu.be/hpqoqJxbNpw
Live Sapphire Cam(3) - I think from a local hotel - Link: https://youtu.be/dROdPn9Tpxg
Live Predator Cam(4) - IR for watching when LOX and liquid methane are being loaded - Link: https://youtu.be/lTJ9OgcIMSs
Live Sentinel Cam(5) - Usually points down to road to the shipyard with telemetry comms dishes (They normally point up unless there is a need to talk to a Starship!) and roadblock patrols - Link: https://youtu.be/n5ozYnVQahE
Live Launch Pad Cam(6) - Self explanatory - points at the launch pads from a more SE position than Nerdle - Link: https://youtu.be/Z72Au8Px7mM
Live SPI Pearl Beach Cam - Beach conditions - Link https://youtu.be/agmFDeP5u_w
Onsite Weather - http://weather.labpadre.com
Boca Chica Operations - http://www.cameroncounty.us/space-x/
FAA Notices To Airmen - https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html

1st February 2021, 16:08	#24202
StN I have detailed files	A little old but puts things in perspective A biggie - but old - I think that is SN6 before the 150m hop: So, the rockets are stacked in the high bays, which are the tallish dark buildings at the complex at the top of the picture. The dead-end road goes past the shipyard, the launch sites and down to the beach - which is next to the outflow of the Rio Grande - pretty much on the Mexican border at coastal South West Texas. (Doesn't explain why there is so much traffic sometimes though!) Here is a reverse view showing SN9 and SN10 on their launch stands, Hoppy in the background, and SN7.2 (A pressure test mockup using 3mmSS) ready to be tested to rupture. The landing pad is at the top right, and beyond that, but not shown, is the stand for the Booster stage for orbital flight. Much debate as to how this will end up - currently, thoughts are that they won't use water deluge as sound suppression, and just have it off the ground. Not sure how that works for reflected forces. Also, rather than landing the booster on the concrete pad on it's little feet, Elon wants to catch it with closing arms wrapping around the rocket and holding it up under the grid fins - easier to be a little bit off in the initial stages as the system learns to do it cleanly. The biggest complaints people make when watching the launch/build videos are that the cameras are shaking. That is because they are literally kilometers away zoomed in, so any small movement on the mast results in shimmering and shaking in the image - and wind is not friendly there! As an artifact of the zoom, they can look very close, when in fact each launch vehicle type is probably >50m apart. Webcams of interest - usually varied unless fog: Live Nerdle Cam(1) - usually pointing at launch stand from across the water Link: https://youtu.be/Ky5l9ZxsG9M Live Lab Cam(2) - Link: https://youtu.be/hpqoqJxbNpw Live Sapphire Cam(3) - I think from a local hotel - Link: https://youtu.be/dROdPn9Tpxg Live Predator Cam(4) - IR for watching when LOX and liquid methane are being loaded - Link: https://youtu.be/lTJ9OgcIMSs Live Sentinel Cam(5) - Usually points down to road to the shipyard with telemetry comms dishes (They normally point up unless there is a need to talk to a Starship!) and roadblock patrols - Link: https://youtu.be/n5ozYnVQahE Live Launch Pad Cam(6) - Self explanatory - points at the launch pads from a more SE position than Nerdle - Link: https://youtu.be/Z72Au8Px7mM Live SPI Pearl Beach Cam - Beach conditions - Link https://youtu.be/agmFDeP5u_w Onsite Weather - http://weather.labpadre.com Boca Chica Operations - http://www.cameroncounty.us/space-x/ FAA Notices To Airmen - https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html