Starship

Active

SpaceX (SpX)

None

Description

Starship (unknown version)

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
124.4 m
Diameter
9.0 m
Fairing Diameter
9.0 m
Launch Mass
5000.0 T
Thrust
80807.0 kN

Family

Name
Starship
Family
―
Variant
N/A
Alias
―
Full Name
Starship

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 | Superbird-9

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Superbird-9 is a high throughput communication satellite. It is designed to deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit

Explore Share

Starship | Starlab

SpaceX | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2029

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Private space station developed by a joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus.

Success

1 week ago

Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.