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  2. SpaceX reusable launch system development program - Wikipedia

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    Reflight of a previously used stage on a subsequent flight is dependent on the condition of the landed stage, and is a technique that has seen little use outside of the Space Shuttle's reusable solid rocket boosters. Musk projected in 2015 that the reflight step of the program would be "straightforward," because of the multiple full duration ...

  3. SpaceX Starship - Wikipedia

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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) [17] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [6] 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.

  4. SpaceX rocket engines - Wikipedia

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    SpaceX has developed two kerosene-based engines through 2013, the Merlin 1 and Kestrel, and has publicly discussed a much larger concept engine high-level design named Merlin 2. Merlin 1 powered the first stage of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle and is used both on the first and second stages of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles. The ...

  5. SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk launches most powerful rocket in ...

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    SpaceX has launched its Starship aircraft, the world’s most powerful rocket, with partial success. The two-stage rocketship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned company’s Starbase launch site ...

  6. Elon Musk jubilant as SpaceX Starship makes flawless flight ...

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    Incredible photos showed Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship perform its breakthrough “belly flop” maneuver as it splashed down in the Indian Ocean Sunday morning. And that wasn’t even the coolest ...

  7. Here's everything Elon Musk told reporters about the rocket ...

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    SpaceX founder Elon Musk took questions before the company launches the new version of its Falcon 9 rocket known as Block 5.

  8. SpaceX launch vehicles - Wikipedia

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    The design is an EELV-class vehicle, intended to compete with the Delta IV and the Atlas V, along with launchers of other nations as well. Both stages were designed for reuse. A similarly designed Falcon 5 rocket was also envisioned to fit between [22] the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, but development was dropped to concentrate on the Falcon 9. [21]

  9. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is trying for second successful ... - AOL

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    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starship’s sixth test is scheduled for Monday, with the rocket set to take off at the Starbase launchpad in south Texas at 5 p.m. local time.