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When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [16] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [17] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.
Starship is a spacecraft and second stage [3] under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, the Super Heavy , the pair compose SpaceX's super heavy-lift space vehicle , also called Starship .
SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first stage (booster) and the ambiguously-named Starship second stage (ship). [4] There are three versions of Starship: Block 1 , (also known as Starship 1, Version 1, or V1) which is retired, Block 2 , which first flew in Starship flight test 7 , and Block 3 ...
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is caught by two massive metal pincers, or "chopsticks," attached to a launch tower during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, near Brownsville, Texas, on October 13 ...
SpaceX is planning to launch its Starship on Thursday on its seventh flight test from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. The launch window opens at 5 p.m. EST.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to X on Thursday night to explain what his company believes may have caused part of the Starship rocket to experience a "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
Starship flight test 1 was the maiden flight of the integrated SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on April 20, 2023. [ 5 ] The prototype vehicle was destroyed less than four minutes after lifting off from the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica , Texas . [ 6 ]
Starship’s Super Heavy booster, which forms the first stage of the world’s biggest rocket, was rolled out less than two weeks after SpaceX’s last successful test flight that saw the rocket ...