SpaceX Starship

Starship
SpaceX super heavy-lift reusable launch vehicle
"Ship 20" (spaceship) is dark in this picture. It is on top of "Booster 4", a Super Heavy booster rocket. The launch tower is to the left.
Has useSpaceflight
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Mass
  • 150 tonne
  • 330,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
Volume
  • 1,000 cubic metre
  • 35,000 cubic foot Edit this on Wikidata
Payload to geostationary transfer orbit
Mass
  • 100 tonne
  • 220,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
Volume
  • 1,000 cubic metre
  • 35,000 cubic foot Edit this on Wikidata
Stages information
First stage – Super Heavy
Height
  • 71 metre
  • 232 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter
  • 9 metre
  • 30 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Propellant mass
  • 3,400 tonne
  • 7,500,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
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Propellant
Second stage – Starship
Height
  • 50 metre
  • 164 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter
  • 9 metre
  • 30 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Gross mass
  • 1,300 tonne
  • 2,900,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
Propellant mass
  • 1,200 tonne
  • 2,650,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
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Propellant
Manufacturer
Country of origin
  • United States Edit this on Wikidata
Size
Height
  • 121.3 metre
  • 398 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter
  • 9 metre
  • 29.5 foot Edit this on Wikidata
Mass
  • 5,000 tonne
  • 11,000,000 pound Edit this on Wikidata
Stages
  • Super Heavy (1)
  • Starship (1) Edit this on Wikidata
Launch history
StatusTotal launches: 4
Launch sites
  • Starbase Launch Site
  • Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A Edit this on Wikidata
Launch of a Starship spacecraft on top of a booster rocket. That test flight was done in April 2023, from Boca Chica, Texas.
"Ship 20" (spaceship). The picture shows the stainless steel structure and the edges of the dark thermal protection tiles that cover the other side of the vehicle.

Starship is a rocket made by the American company SpaceX. The rocket is made out of stainless steel. The rocket is made of two stages: Super Heavy and Starship. Both of these stages can be used again. This is unusual for a rocket. The rocket is expected to lift 100 t (220,000 lb) of people and things to orbit. It is expected to travel to the Moon. It is expected to serve space tourists, and also help humans going to Mars.

In 2023, Starship became the tallest and the most powerful rocket ever flown.[1][2]

  1. Amos, Jonathan (April 20, 2023). "SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk's big rocket explodes on test flight". BBC News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  2. Amos, Jonathan (August 6, 2021). "Biggest ever rocket is assembled briefly in Texas". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2022.

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