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New launch tower segments moving to SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral (lemmy.world)
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Reported by Chris Bergin - NSF @NASASpaceflight on Xitter, video at Sep 6, 2023 · 10:32 PM UTC

Here comes the first section of the new Crew Tower for SLC-40! Initially will be used for Cargo Dragon launches from SLC-40, but eventually also for crew. It adds redundancy to 39A.

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then this video

Tower on the loose at KSC!

then this video

Passing the grown-up Towers.

then this video

SLC-40 Tower section passing 39A's historic FSS and the new Starship Tower.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Another step closer to launching Starship from HLC-39A.

I wonder if they're making any paperwork progress on the new launch complex at the north end of the Cape.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the new SLC-40 tower intended to be another Starship-capable Mechazilla in the long-term, or is it more like the existing crew Dragon tower at 39A?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I got the impression from reading the few posts about it that it's going to start as a backup for the existing crew Dragon tower. Whether it could ever become Son of Mechazilla in the long run I don't know, and I doubt it. I suspect, though on no evidence other than prior practice and the 5-step algorithm, that SpaceX would rather debug the first model some before building a second.