Raptor family
Raptor is the liquid methane/liquid oxygen engine family developed by SpaceX for the Starship launch system. During Starship Flight 13, SpaceX reported that all 33 Raptor 3 engines on Super Heavy ignited for ascent. This family record groups multiple variants; consult variant records for model-specific performance.
Identity
- Aliases
- RaptorSpaceX Raptor
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Raptor family
- Status
- development
Details
- Description
- Raptor is the liquid methane/liquid oxygen engine family developed by SpaceX for the Starship launch system. During Starship Flight 13, SpaceX reported that all 33 Raptor 3 engines on Super Heavy ignited for ascent. This family record groups multiple variants; consult variant records for model-specific performance.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- liquid methaneliquid oxygen
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 07:56:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 24, 2026 at 14:10:27 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Title
- SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Starship V2 upper stage official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Starship V1 upper stage official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Starship upper stage official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-10-24
- Note
- SpaceX reports that Super Heavy ignited all 33 Raptor 3 engines for ascent during the thirteenth Starship flight test.
- Publisher
- SpaceX
- Title
- Starship Flight 13