SpaceX continues to build the Starship hopper test rocket. They are removing placeholder engines and opened up the rocket to add fuel tanks and the real raptor engines.
Here are tweets about progress on the Texas launch site. It still looks pretty good for a February first hop launch test.
NEW: Weekend droneshot anticipated South #TEXAS #StarHopper test/launch pad construction. Contractors appear to be focusing on old 'Big Dirt Pile'. Left pix ~one month old. #SpaceX ( credits: @WalkaboutLife & @RGVaerialphotos pic.twitter.com/5AmGJC1Rks
— Cowboy Dan (@CowboyDanPaasch) January 14, 2019
Somewhere in there. pic.twitter.com/WZ8DIbIE44
— Cowboy Dan (@CowboyDanPaasch) January 14, 2019
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