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7 February 2026

Orbital Launch Pad B, also sometimes referred to as Pad West, is under construction in Starbase, Texas, on February 6, 2026. In contrast to Starbase's first orbital launch pad, its second has an integrated flame trench and water cooling system, resulting in its drastically different appearance from the original design.

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7 February 2026

A crane, marked by the SpaceX logo, sits near the Starbase launch site in Cameron County, Texas, on February 6, 2026.

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1 October 2020

ULA's Delta IV Heavy Rocket with a classified payload for the NRO's Mission NROL44 emerges from the MST (Mobile Service Tower) hours before its intented launch. On September 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Floriaa, US.

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15 November 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Es'hail-2 communications satellite for the country of Qatar on November 15, 2018 at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

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