Starship

In-active Re-Usable

SpaceX (SpX)

None

Description

Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    124.4 m
  • Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    5250.0 T
  • Thrust
    80807.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Starship
  • Family
  • Variant
    V3
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Starship V3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    100000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

SpaceX

Commercial
CEO: Elon Musk
SpX 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Upcoming Spaceflights


Starship | Flight 12

SpaceX | United States of America
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
TBD March, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3

Suborbital
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Starship | Flight 13

SpaceX | United States of America
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
TBD June, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3

Suborbital
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