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  2. SpaceX reusable launch system development program - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, SpaceX is developing the Starship system to be a fully-reusable two-stage launch vehicle, intended to replace all of its other launch vehicles and spacecraft for satellite delivery and human transport—Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon—and eventually support flights to the Moon and Mars. It could theoretically be used for point ...

  3. Reusable launch vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Both Blue Origin and SpaceX also have additional reusable launch vehicles under development. Blue is developing the first stage of the orbital New Glenn LV to be reusable, with first flight planned for no earlier than 2024. SpaceX has a new super-heavy launch vehicle under development for missions to interplanetary space.

  4. VTVL - Wikipedia

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    2012: SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket was a VTVL first-stage booster test vehicle developed to validate low-altitude, low-velocity engineering aspects of its large-vehicle reusable rocket technology. [20] The test vehicle made eight successful test [21] flights in 2012–2013. Grasshopper v1.0 made its eighth, and final, test flight on October 7 ...

  5. In an unprecedented feat, SpaceX uses robot arms to capture ...

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    Snagging the descending 23-story-tall Super Heavy booster with the mechazilla arms represented an unprecedented milestone in SpaceX's drive to develop fully reusable, quickly re-launchable rockets ...

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

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    Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, saving SpaceX significantly on cost and resources, which would aid the company in reaching its ultimate goal of pioneering travel to the moon ...

  7. Falcon 9 Full Thrust - Wikipedia

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    Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2) is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. It is the third major version of the Falcon 9 family, designed starting in 2014, with its first launch operations in December 2015.

  8. RLV Technology Demonstration Programme - Wikipedia

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    Reusable Launch Vehicle–Technology Demonstration Programme is a series of technology demonstration missions that has been conceived by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as a first step towards realising a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) reusable launch vehicle, in which the second stage is a spaceplane. [3]

  9. 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) [12] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [13] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [14] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [15] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.