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Starship + Super Heavy

The Mars vehicle. Fully reusable. 121 m tall — the largest rocket ever built.

Overview

Fully-reusable two-stage super-heavy launch vehicle. Stainless-steel construction, 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster. Iterative orbital tests began April 2023; Super Heavy booster catch achieved on flight 5 (Oct 2024).

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Specifications

Capacity

Payload to LEO (full reuse): 100,000+ kg

Engine / Propulsion

Engines (Super Heavy): 33 × Raptor 2
Engines (Starship): 6 × Raptor 2 (3 sea-level, 3 vacuum)

Dimensions

Total height: 121 m
Diameter: 9 m

Other

Reusable: Yes (both stages)

Videos

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Starship IFT-7 — Seventh Integrated Flight Test

2025

Starship IFT-6 — Sixth Integrated Flight Test

2024

Starship IFT-5 — Mechazilla Booster Catch

2024

2024 Starship Update from Starbase

2024

Notable Launches

2023-04-20

IFT-1

Lost 4 minutes after liftoff

failure

2023-11-18

IFT-2

Stage separation succeeded; both stages later destroyed

partial

2024-03-14

IFT-3

First time Starship reached orbital velocity

partial

2024-10-13

IFT-5

Super Heavy booster caught by Mechazilla on first attempt

success

Quick Facts

Unveiled: 2019-09-28
First Delivery: 2023-04-20
Status: in-development

External

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