Launch vehicle
Starship
A fully reusable two-stage system in 9-meter stainless steel: Super Heavy's 33 Raptors return to be caught by the launch tower; the Ship aerobrakes belly-first behind ceramic tile, flips, and lands on its tail. Designed for orbital refilling — the architecture that opens the Moon and Mars to cargo at scale.
- Height
- 123 m / 404 ft
- Diameter
- 9 m / 29.5 ft
- Liftoff mass
- 4,920 t
- Liftoff thrust
- 75,900 kN
- Stages
- 2
- Payload to LEO · rated
- 100 t
- Operator
- SpaceX
- First flight
- 2023
- Status
- development
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Performance
Payload capacity, solved by the engine
Ideal staged-Δv model (rocket equation, Rust) against standard surface-to-destination budgets that include typical gravity/drag/steering losses. First-order — not a flight manifest.
LEO
…
Low Earth orbit (~9.4 km/s incl. losses)
GTO
…
Geostationary transfer (LEO + 2.44)
GEO
…
Direct to geostationary (LEO + 3.9)
Moon
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Trans-lunar injection (LEO + 3.12)
Mars
…
Trans-Mars injection (LEO + 3.6)
Stage 1
Super Heavy
- Length
- 71 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Dry mass
- 200 t
- Propellant
- 3,400 t
- Engines
- 33× Raptor
- Thrust
- 75,900 kN
- Isp (vacuum)
- 350 s
Stage 2
Starship
- Length
- 52.1 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Dry mass
- 120 t
- Propellant
- 1,200 t
- Engines
- 6× Raptor / RVac
- Thrust
- 13,800 kN
- Isp (vacuum)
- 363 s
Now put it on a trajectory
Every number on this page came out of the same Rust engine that propagates your orbits. Load this vehicle on the Flight Deck, plan a transfer, and see if your mission closes.