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   Lo, on the 7/15/2025, Alain Fournier did proclaim ...   
   > On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_flight_test_10 they write in the   
   > rectangle on the right that the landing site for the Ship is Starbase, OLP-B   
   > or Indian Ocean (planned), Gulf of Mexico (contingency).   
   >   
   > I *think* Starbase OLP-B as a landing site for the Ship of Starship flight   
   > test 10 is an error on Wikipedia. Does anyone have information? Is a landing   
   > at Starbase OLP-B a real possibility?   
   >   
   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
      
   No, Ship catch is no longer a possibility with Block 2.   
      
   Roughly speaking, catch requires between 1-3 successful non-catch   
   flights of the same configuration.  There aren't enough Block 2 ships   
   left to check that box.  (It's a SpaceX requirement, not an FAA   
   requirement.)   
      
   Flight 10 and Flight 11 could do a /booster/ catch, but I don't think   
   SpaceX has said whether they plan to catch either booster (again, for   
   flight 10).  It's weighing how much they will learn about either or   
   hardware or procedures against having obsolete hardware around.  The   
   Rocket Garden tends to run full already.   
      
   Finally, OLP-B isn't ready for catching.  The tower does have the   
   chopsticks installed, and the chopsticks do move, but SpaceX seems to   
   still be outfitting them.  And there isn't room below the chopsticks   
   until the launch mount scaffolding is cleared out.   
      
   (And that's before we argue about the naming of the pads ... SpaceX   
   sources have been in occasional disagreement.)   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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