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On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_10 they write in
the rectangle on the right that the landing site for the Ship is
Starbase, OLP-B or Indian Ocean (planned), Gulf of Mexico (contingency).

I *think* Starbase OLP-B as a landing site for the Ship of Starship
flight test 10 is an error on Wikipedia. Does anyone have information?
Is a landing at Starbase OLP-B a real possibility?


Alain Fournier

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Lo, on the 7/15/2025, Alain Fournier did proclaim ...

On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_10 they write in the rectangle on the right that the landing site for the Ship is Starbase, OLP-B or Indian Ocean (planned), Gulf of Mexico (contingency).

I *think* Starbase OLP-B as a landing site for the Ship of Starship flight test 10 is an error on Wikipedia. Does anyone have information? Is a landing at Starbase OLP-B a real possibility?

Alain Fournier

No, Ship catch is no longer a possibility with Block 2.

Roughly speaking, catch requires between 1-3 successful non-catch
flights of the same configuration. There aren't enough Block 2 ships
left to check that box. (It's a SpaceX requirement, not an FAA
requirement.)

Flight 10 and Flight 11 could do a /booster/ catch, but I don't think
SpaceX has said whether they plan to catch either booster (again, for
flight 10). It's weighing how much they will learn about either or
hardware or procedures against having obsolete hardware around. The
Rocket Garden tends to run full already.

Finally, OLP-B isn't ready for catching. The tower does have the
chopsticks installed, and the chopsticks do move, but SpaceX seems to
still be outfitting them. And there isn't room below the chopsticks
until the launch mount scaffolding is cleared out.

(And that's before we argue about the naming of the pads ... SpaceX
sources have been in occasional disagreement.)

/dps
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On 2025-07-31 1:38 p.m., Snidely wrote:

Lo, on the 7/15/2025, Alain Fournier did proclaim ...

On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_10 they write in
the rectangle on the right that the landing site for the Ship is
Starbase, OLP-B or Indian Ocean (planned), Gulf of Mexico (contingency).

I *think* Starbase OLP-B as a landing site for the Ship of Starship
flight test 10 is an error on Wikipedia. Does anyone have information?
Is a landing at Starbase OLP-B a real possibility?


Alain Fournier

No, Ship catch is no longer a possibility with Block 2.

Roughly speaking, catch requires between 1-3 successful non-catch
flights of the same configuration.-a There aren't enough Block 2 ships
left to check that box.-a (It's a SpaceX requirement, not an FAA requirement.)

Flight 10 and Flight 11 could do a /booster/ catch, but I don't think
SpaceX has said whether they plan to catch either booster (again, for
flight 10).-a It's weighing how much they will learn about either or hardware or procedures against having obsolete hardware around.-a The
Rocket Garden tends to run full already.

Finally, OLP-B isn't ready for catching.-a The tower does have the chopsticks installed, and the chopsticks do move, but SpaceX seems to
still be outfitting them.-a And there isn't room below the chopsticks
until the launch mount scaffolding is cleared out.

(And that's before we argue about the naming of the pads ... SpaceX
sources have been in occasional disagreement.)

/dps

Thank you. The above mentioned Wikipedia article has been corrected on
July 19th.


Alain Fournier

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