Spacecraft

Starship

Launch Vehicle

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General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Starship." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://space.interactiveatlas.org/spacecraft/starship-spacecraft.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Starship. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://space.interactiveatlas.org/spacecraft/starship-spacecraft

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-starship,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Starship},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://space.interactiveatlas.org/spacecraft/starship-spacecraft},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by SpaceX. It consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft, both powered by Raptor engines burning liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and is designed as the first fully reusable orbital rocket with the highest payload capacity of any launch vehicle to date.

Facts

Launch Date

2023-04-20 1

Date of Integrated Flight Test 1, Starship's first launch.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Operated By

SpaceX

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Sources

1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Wikimedia FoundationSpaceX Starship article, lead section

Quote, SpaceX Starship article, lead section

Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX.

1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Wikimedia FoundationSpaceX Starship article, infobox

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