Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Preflight vehicle pad and vehicle validation, with a dose of robotic camera fright, as Booster 21 completed its 33 engine static fire test at Pad 2 ahead of Flight 14.

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Narration by Ryan Caton.
🎥 Video from Ceaser G, Colleen, Starbase Live.
✂️ Edited by Thomas Hayden (@_thomashayden).

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Timestamps:
0:00 SpaceX Summary
0:30 Pad 2 BQD Sensor Testing
0:53 Pad 2's OLM Scaffolding Removed
1:15 Booster 21 Leaving Mega Bay 1
1:30 Booster 21 Rolled to Pad 2
4:50 Booster 21 Lifted Onto Pad 2
6:24 BQDs Connected to Booster 21
7:25 Pad Cleared for Booster Testing
7:35 Tank Farm Activity but No Prop Fill
7:45 Vehicles Return to Pad
7:54 Pad Cleared for Testing (Take 2)
8:31 Booster 21 Propellant Load
8:58 15 Second Static Fire
11:20 Ship Cryo Stand to Prod Site
11:57 Partial Lunar Eclipse

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