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  2. 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 ...

  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 Raptor - Wikipedia

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    Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion (FFSC) fuel cycle, and the first such engine to power a vehicle in flight. [15] The engine is powered by cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen, a combination known as methalox.

  5. Hitting the Books: Elon Musk and the quest to build a better ...

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    However that has done little to dissuade a new generation of the private spaceflight companies from making the attempt. Hitting the Books: Elon Musk and the quest to build a better rocket engine ...

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

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    “The tower has caught the rocket!!” Musk triumphantly wrote on X. “Science fiction without the fiction part.” SpaceX engineers were also ecstatic about the historic landing, and didn’t ...

  7. SpaceX - Wikipedia

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    Since its founding in 2002, the company has made numerous advancements in rocket propulsion, reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight and satellite constellation technology. As of 2024 [update] , SpaceX is the world's dominant space launch provider, its launch cadence eclipsing all others, including private competitors and national programs ...

  8. Elon Musk to launch biggest ever rocket after dramatic failure

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    SpaceX will attempt to launch its Mars-bound Starship rocket within the next eight weeks, Elon Musk has announced. It will be the second time SpaceX has attempted an orbital launch of its Starship ...

  9. SpaceX reusable launch system development program - Wikipedia

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    The SpaceX reusable rocket technology is being developed for Falcon 9 v1.2, Falcon Heavy and Starship. SpaceX attempted to land the first stage of the Falcon 1 by parachute, but the stage did not survive atmosphere re-entry. They continued to experiment unsuccessfully with parachutes on the earliest Falcon 9 flights after 2010.