Raptor 3
SpaceX Raptor 3 full-flow staged-combustion methalox engine generation flown on the Starship V3 system.
Identity
- Aliases
- Raptor 3SpaceX Raptor 3Raptor 3 engine
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Raptor 3
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- SpaceX Raptor 3 full-flow staged-combustion methalox engine generation flown on the Starship V3 system.
- Developers
- Family
- First Flight Date
- 2026-05-22
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- liquid methaneliquid oxygen
- Rocket Specs
- Cycle
- full-flow staged combustion
- Sea Level Thrust Kn
- 2451.6625
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:39:20 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 22:26:47 UTC
Other
- Diameter M
- 1.3
- Sources
- 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 V3 upper stage official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-15
- Note
- SpaceX identifies Raptor 3 as a full-flow staged-combustion rocket engine burning liquid methane and liquid oxygen in the Starship system.
- Publisher
- SpaceX
- Title
- SpaceX EU Prospectus
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-23
- Note
- SpaceX current Starship page lists the Raptor engine at 1.3 m diameter and 250 tf (551 klbf) thrust; the exact Raptor 3 record is tied to the Starship V3 system by the Flight 12 source.
- Publisher
- SpaceX
- Title
- Starship