Starship (SpaceX)

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Starship (SpaceX) is SpaceX’s fully reusable, next-generation super heavy-lift launch system designed to carry large payloads and crews to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

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Surface form Occurrences
SpaceX Starship 1
SpaceX Starship program 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fully reusable launch system
super heavy-lift launch vehicle
two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs BFR NERFINISHED
Big Falcon Rocket NERFINISHED
Starship-Super Heavy NERFINISHED
announcedBy Elon Musk NERFINISHED
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk NERFINISHED
announcedYear 2016
companyProgram SpaceX Mars colonization program
consistsOf Starship upper stage
Super Heavy booster NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designer SpaceX NERFINISHED
developmentLocation Hawthorne, California (design and engineering) NERFINISHED
Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas NERFINISHED
diameter about 9 meters
engineType Raptor NERFINISHED
firstOrbitalTestFlightDate 2023-04-20 GENERATED
firstOrbitalTestFlightOutcome vehicle lost in flight termination GENERATED
firstStageEngineType Raptor NERFINISHED
firstStageName Super Heavy NERFINISHED
firstStageRecoveryMethod catch by launch tower arms (planned) GENERATED
fourthIntegratedFlightTestDate 2024-06-06
fuelType methalox
heightWithBooster about 120 meters
intendedUse cargo transport to Mars
cargo transport to low Earth orbit
cargo transport to the Moon
crew transport to Mars
crew transport to low Earth orbit
crew transport to the Moon
interplanetary transport
point-to-point suborbital transport on Earth
landingMethod propulsive landing
launchServiceProvider SpaceX NERFINISHED
launchSite Starbase NERFINISHED
launchSiteLocation Boca Chica, Texas NERFINISHED
manufacturer SpaceX NERFINISHED
material stainless steel
missionRole lunar lander variant for Artemis III (planned)
notableMissionPlanned dearMoon circumlunar mission (status uncertain) GENERATED
orbitCapability Mars transfer orbit
cislunar space
low Earth orbit
previousName Mars Colonial Transporter NERFINISHED
primaryContractor SpaceX NERFINISHED
propellantType liquid methane
liquid oxygen
reusability designed for full first-stage reuse
designed for full second-stage reuse
secondIntegratedFlightTestDate 2023-11-18
secondStageName Starship NERFINISHED
secondStageRecoveryMethod propulsive vertical landing
selectedBy NASA NERFINISHED
selectedFor NASA Artemis Human Landing System NERFINISHED
status in development
targetPayloadToLEO >100 metric tons
up to ~150 metric tons (expendable configuration)
~100–150 metric tons (reusable configuration)
thermalProtectionSystem heat shield tiles on windward side
thirdIntegratedFlightTestDate 2024-03-14
upperStageCrewCapacity up to 100 people (design goal)
upperStageEngineType Raptor Vacuum NERFINISHED

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Booster 4 program Starship (SpaceX)
this entity surface form: SpaceX Starship program
Raptor vacuum engine usedOnVehicle Starship (SpaceX)
this entity surface form: SpaceX Starship