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The manufacture of first-stage booster constitutes about 60% of the launch price of a single expended Falcon 9 [1] (and three of them over 80% of the launch price of an expended Falcon Heavy), which led SpaceX to develop a program dedicated to recovery and reuse of these boosters.
[3] [4] Starship is the latest project in SpaceX's reusable launch system development program and plan to colonize Mars. [5] There are currently three planned versions of Super Heavy: Block 1 (also known as Version 1 or V1), Block 2, and Block 3. As of 2025, Block 1 Super Heavy boosters are compatible with Block 1 and Block 2 Starships. [6]
Booster 4 was the first vehicle intended to fly on Starship's Flight Test 1. It was the first Super Heavy to be stacked with Starship, [80] and conducted multiple cryogenic tests before being retired in favor of Booster 7 and Ship 24. [81] Booster 7 being tested on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023.
The fifth major Starship flight test will be the most ambitious yet for the 120-metre-tall rocket system, with SpaceX planning to deliver it to orbit before recovering the Super Heavy booster in ...
SpaceX is set to test its massive Starship rocket next week following a successful catch of its Super Heavy booster last month, which would mark the company's fastest turnaround yet. Elon Musk ...
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is caught by two massive metal pincers, or "chopsticks," attached to a launch tower during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, near Brownsville, Texas, on October 13 ...
[43] The cost savings to SpaceX of recovering the fairing is expected to be on the order of US$5 million. Together, the booster stage and the fairing make up approximately 80 percent of the cost of a launch. [43] The fairings are equipped with a steerable parachute and fall towards a ship equipped with a big net. [44]
A still from SpaceX's live stream on Tuesday shows the Super Heavy rocket booster heading back to Earth for splashdown after the test flight team deemed conditions were not favorable for a catch ...