Starship

Starlink capacity could theoretically exceed 150 million subscribers if Starship successfully launches v3 satellites.

SpaceX is developing the Starship vehicle to enable a large-scale human presence on Mars.

SpaceX plans to recover Starship Superheavy boosters by catching them with mechanical arms on a launch tower.

In fall 2024 the Department of the Air Force approved SpaceX plans to convert Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral into a Starship launch facility with two pads.

SpaceX Starship’s upper stage mass is approximately 85 to 100 tons and is not compatible with the low-dry-weight upper-stage requirement of the proposed approach.

SpaceX’s Starship program won a $2.9 billion contract to fly Artemis III astronauts to the Moon’s surface.

SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System requires 8 to 15 refueling operations to support Artemis III human rating according to the analysis.

At the end of January 2025 the FAA approved Starship launches from a pad under construction at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A allowing up to 44 launches and 44 landings per year for Super Heavy and Starship.

SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System has a fineness ratio of about 5.5 to 6 for its upper stage.

In December 2024 Vandenberg issued a request for information about potential uses of Space Launch Complex 14 for heavy-lift or superheavy-lift launch vehicles such as Starship or New Glenn.

Methane propellant is increasingly used by launch vehicles serving U.S. ranges, with New Glenn and Vulcan already using methane and Starship planned to follow.

SpaceX plans to use Kennedy Space Center LC-39A almost exclusively for Falcon Heavy and Starship launches while flying Falcon 9 launches, including crewed missions, from SLC-40.

Then-NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy attributed slow progress on SpaceX’s Starship program to delays in the US timeline to return astronauts to the Moon.

SpaceX is removing the Crew Access Arm from Launch Complex 39A as part of transitioning the pad to support Starship.

SpaceX's reusable Starship mega-rocket has massive payload potential intended to reduce launch expenses for large space payloads.

Launch Complex 39A will remain active to support Falcon Heavy launches and a limited number of Falcon 9 launches despite the Starship transition.

SpaceX is removing the Crew Access Arm from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) as part of transitioning the pad to support Starship operations.

SpaceX projects that Starship launches carrying 200 tons per flight could eventually deliver millions of tons to orbit annually.