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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.
Starship is a spacecraft and second stage [4] 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 ...
Starship flight test 6 was the sixth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles flown were the Ship 31 upper stage and first stage Booster 13 . [ 3 ] The flight test started on November 19, 2024, at 22:00:00 UTC (4:00 pm CST , local time at the launch site).
Starship flight test 7 was the seventh flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. Flight 7 lifted off from Orbital Launch Pad A (OLP-A) on January 16, 2025, at 22:37:00 UTC (4:37 pm CST, local time) at the Starbase launch site in Texas.
Starship flight test 8 will be the eighth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. Ship 34 and Booster 15 are expected to fly on this test flight. [2] [3] It is expected to be the second flight of a Block 2 ship. SpaceX is expected to perform the flight test no earlier than Monday, March 3, 2025. [4]
Now that SpaceX has proved both Starship and Super Heavy can launch toward space and return to Earth in one piece, the company is on track to reduce rocket-launch costs by an estimated 10 times.
Starship flight test 5 was the fifth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on October 13, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 30 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 12 .