"Booster 18 finds Tough Times at Starbase" | SpaceX Starbase

The first Block 3 booster suffered an anomaly at Masseys, although SpaceX insists that Flight 12's schedule won't be significantly hit, via the plan to swap Booster 18 with Booster 19. Meanwhile, the last legs of Pad 1’s old-school OLM were toppled.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Pad 2 Ship QD Arm
0:34 Ship QD Arm Rolled to the Pad
1:35 Chopstick Landing Rail Removed
1:44 ibeproofin’ Rolled to the Prod Site
2:13 Booster Cryo Stand Rolled Into MB1
2:28 Third OLM Leg Removed
2:49 OLM Parts Passing the Prod Site
2:58 Giga Bay Construction
3:11 SQD Arm at the Launch Site
3:52 SQD Rigged to Crane
4:26 Two CH4 QD Retract Tests
4:44 Booster 18 Rolled Out of MB1
5:50 Booster 17 Rolled Into MB1
6:14 Fourth OLM Leg Removed
7:00 Booster 18 Rolled to Masseys
9:03 S39.1 Lifted Onto Thrust Sim
9:13 Booster 17’s LOX Section
9:23 First Pad 1 Chopstick Shortened
9:42 SpaceX Jet Departing Brownsville
9:53 Pile Driller Cleaning/Inspection
10:32 Fifth OLM Leg Removed
10:51 Booster 18 at Masseys
11:03 B18 Gas System Pressure Testing
11:10 Major Anomaly
11:22 Booster 18 Post-Anomaly
11:52 Final OLM Leg Removed
12:07 Booster Lifter Moved to Masseys

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