SpaceX Starship images

SpaceX Starship images

Starship

Starship SN24
Starship SN24
Starship
Starship
Starship
Starship

Starship Fins

IFT-4 Fins
IFT-4 Fins

Starship hot staging ring

IFT-4 Hot stage ring jettison
IFT-4 Hot stage ring jettison

Starship Flaps

IFT-4 Flap
IFT-4 Flap
IFT-4 Flap
IFT-4 Flap
IFT-4 Flap failure
IFT-4 Flap failure

Booster

SpaceX Starship 19-11-2022
SpaceX Starship 19-11-2022
Booster 7
Booster 7
IFT-5 Booster 12 catch (13-10-2024)
IFT-5 Booster 12 catch (13-10-2024)

Fullstack

Starship Integration Tower and Full Stack
Starship Integration Tower and Full Stack

Starship HLS

Human Landing System (Starship HLS)
Human Landing System (Starship HLS)

Starship and Artemis

Human Landing System (Starship HLS) configuration
Human Landing System (Starship HLS) configuration

Starship is a fully-reusable, super-heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by American aerospace company SpaceX. If successful, Starship will be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built and is expected to be the first to demonstrate total reusability.

The Starship system consists of the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the Starship second stage, which serves as a self-contained spacecraft while in orbit. Both stages are powered by Raptor engines, which burn liquid oxygen and liquid natural gas propellants in a highly efficient full-flow staged combustion power cycle. Both rocket stages are designed for rapid reuse by landing vertically. The Super Heavy booster can perform a boostback burn and Starship can reenter the atmosphere for a belly-first descent.

Starship has a payload capacity of 100 t (220,000 lb) to low Earth orbit in its fully reusable configuration, and is designed for a high flight rate in order to dramatically reduce the cost of space access. Expected applications include satellite launch, including the deployment of a large portion of SpaceX’s next-generation Starlink internet constellation; human spaceflight such as space station crew transport, space tourism, and transport of passengers to Mars; and point-to-point suborbital spaceflight. Once in orbit, the Starship spacecraft can additionally be refueled by Starship propellant tankers before transiting to higher energy destinations such as the Moon and Mars.

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