Starship launch system
Starship is SpaceX's two-stage, fully reusable launch-system architecture, comprising the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the Starship spacecraft/upper stage. Twelve integrated development flights through May 2026 progressed across first-, second-, and V3-generation hardware, demonstrating hot-staging, booster catches and reflights, controlled ship entry, payload deployment, and ocean landing burns.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Starship/Super HeavyStarship Super HeavyBFRInterplanetary Transport System
- Family Name
- Starship
- Full Name
- Starship launch system
- Status
- development
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Starship is SpaceX's two-stage, fully reusable launch-system architecture, comprising the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the Starship spacecraft/upper stage. Twelve integrated development flights through May 2026 progressed across first-, second-, and V3-generation hardware, demonstrating hot-staging, booster catches and reflights, controlled ship entry, payload deployment, and ocean landing burns.
- First Flight Year
- 2,023
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Programs
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Stages Count
- 2
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:41:23 UTC
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- Search Name
- Starship launch system Starship/Super Heavy Starship Super Heavy BFR Interplanetary Transport System