The base for Starship’s second launch tower has been fixed in place. This new tower, being built northwest of the current tower, will be used to significantly increase the testing and launch cadence from Starbase.

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Timestamps:
00 Pad B Orbital Launch Tower
14 Ship 30 Heatshield Replacement
35 Booster 15 LOX Tank Stacking
42 Pipes Brought Into the OLM
52 Pad B Tower Base
1:00 Wall Pieces Installed
1:20 CC 8800-1 Construction Continues
1:29 Wall by Starhopper Demolished
1:37 CC 8800-1 Crane Rotates
1:44 LR 11000 Crane Moved
1:52 LR 11000 Connected to GSEC-4
1:59 Ship 30 Tile Replacement
2:18 Tiles Sprayed
2:48 Ship 30’s Starboard Aft Flap
3:25 Ship 30’s Nosecone
3:45 Booster Transfer Tube Moved
4:33 Transfer Tube Unloaded
4:40 The Rocket Garden
4:48 The Launch Site
4:56 CC 8800-1 Crane
5:04 Orbital Pad B Construction
5:48 Work on the Chopsticks
6:13 Work on the Orbital Launch Mount
6:29 GSEC-4 Scrapping
6:50 Ship 30 in the High Bay
6:57 Ship 30 Overview
7:42 The Parking Garage
7:49 The New Office Building
7:58 Scrapyard Behind Starfactory
8:14 The Launch Site
8:24 Walls Installed on Tower Base
8:47 Ship QD Straightened
9:31 GSEC-4 Removed