Dragon029
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With the previous test, SpaceX didn't provide a livestream, probably because with all the pressurisation testing, pre-burning testing, etc they themselves probably weren't sure when they'd be ready to do the tethered burn up until maybe 12 hours prior.Will SpaceX be televising the event? Or will it be behind closed doors.Rumour is that there'll be a static / tethered fire (of the Starship Hopper) test on Monday 2pm, followed by another static or just an untethered flight of the Starship Hopper at 2pm on Tuesday.
This time however Elon has said on Twitter that they will attempt to officially livestream it, and some of the watchers (@SpacePadreIsle on Twitter) on the scene have noticed new cameras attached to a pole:
I'd recommend keeping an eye on https://twitter.com/SpacePadreIsle and https://twitter.com/BocaChicaGal (the latter being the source of many Starhopper photos as she lives in the little community down the road from the launch site).
Referencing from the time of this forum post, 7 hours ago crews were seen putting on fire suits, 6 hours ago sheriffs cleared the beach, 2 hours ago the road leading up to the launch site has been closed, 1 hour ago it apparently sounds like fueling has begun and about 30 minutes ago the flare stack (used to burn off fuel that's warmed up and turned to gas in the storage tanks) was seen burning; there might be some pre-burner tests tonight, or that rumoured static / tethered fire, with tomorrow hopefully giving us a free-flying Starhopper.
Edit: I forgot to mention; while SpaceX didn't provide a livestream and doesn't have one running right this moment, the fact that they're doing this in the open, next to public land / communities means that there's been multiple 3rd party livestreams. Here's one from Spadre that's running right now: