Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This week at Starbase demolition continues at Pad 1, hardware begins arriving for the air separation plant and construction continues on Pad 2, Giga Bay and Booster 19. Meanwhile, in other space news, SpaceX launched 4 Starlink missions this week and began construction of 2 new Starship pads at SLC-37, Arianespace launches the KOMPSAT-7 mission and LandSpace attempts their first recovery operation.

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