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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.
The test ended with a hard landing-at 10 m/s – most likely due to partial helium ingestion from the fuel header tank. Three landing legs were not locked in place, producing a slight lean after landing. Although the vehicle initially remained intact, the impact crushed the legs and part of the leg skirt. Eight minutes later the prototype exploded.
Crew size Length (m) Diameter (m) ... Parachute landing (two forward cover chutes, two drogues, ... Starship: 100 [note 19] 55 [8]
A still image from SpaceX’s fourth major flight test of its Starship rocket on 6 June, 2024, from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas (SpaceX/AFP/Getty)
Starship Human Landing System (HLS) is a crewed lunar lander variant of the Starship vehicle that would be modified for landing, operation, and takeoff from the lunar surface. [58] It features landing legs, a body-mounted solar array , [ 59 ] a set of thrusters mounted mid-body to assist with final landing and takeoff, [ 59 ] two airlocks ...
The 30-foot-wide Super Heavy first stage, loaded with 6.8 million pounds of liquid oxygen and methane propellants, stands 230 feet tall and is powered by 33 SpaceX-designed Raptor engines ...
Starship vehicles have been launched 7 times, resulting in 4 successes (57.14%), and 3 failures. Starship Block 1 was launched six times between April 2023 and November 2024, with the ship retired ahead of the seventh flight. [10] Block 1 boosters are expected to fly further into the future. [11]
The nearly 400-foot-tall (121-meter) Starship system, which features the Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heavy booster, lifted off around 5 p.m. ET from the company’s Starbase ...