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Vehicle family profile

Starship

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
3
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
12
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
150,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202320
202440
202550
202613
202707
2028015
2029031
2030050
2031071
2032087
20330103
20340117
20350129
20360133
20370137
20380137
20390137

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Starship V3
LEO150,000 kgUnknownUnknownStarlink V3 batch-calibrated Starship capacity assumption
Starship V2
LEO35,000 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Starship - Wikipedia

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Launch 2026-U02
Starship V3
May 22, 2026
Launch 2025-U04
Starship V2
Oct 13, 2025
Launch 2025-U03
Starship V2
Aug 26, 2025
Launch 2025-U02

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Starship V1.0
Not stated6Active
Starship V2
Not stated5Retired
Starship V3
Not stated1Active
20400137
20410137

Forecast Location Split

5 launch locations represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)050%SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.
2026Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A045%Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.
2026Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)065%LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range c...
2026Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)365%Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing th...
2026Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)050%Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.
2027Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)050%SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.
2027Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)165%LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range c...
2027Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)565%Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing th...
2027Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)150%Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.
2027Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A045%Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.
2028Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)250%SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.
2028Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)365%LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range c...
2028Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)765%Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing th...
2028Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)350%Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.
2028Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A045%Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.
2029Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)650%SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.
2029Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)865%LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range c...
2029Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)865%Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing th...
2029Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)750%Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.
2029Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A245%Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.
2030Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)1250%SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.
2030Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)1265%LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range c...
2030Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)965%Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing th...
2030Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)1150%Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2026 · 50% confidence
0

SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A
2026 · 45% confidence
0

Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.

Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2026 · 65% confidence
0

LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range conflicts, tanker ope...

Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)
2026 · 65% confidence
3

Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing the 25/year site cap.

Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)
2026 · 50% confidence
0

Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.

Starship V3
TLI21,000 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Starship public vehicle page
Starship V1.0
LEO15,000 kgUnknownUnknownSpaceX Starship public/current block summary
Starship V2
May 27, 2025
Launch 2025-F03
Starship V2
Mar 6, 2025
Launch 2025-F01
Starship V2
Jan 16, 2025
Launch 2024-U06
Starship V1.0
Nov 19, 2024
Launch 2024-U04
Starship V1.0
Oct 13, 2024

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2027 · 50% confidence
0

SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.

Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2027 · 65% confidence
1

LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range conflicts, tanker ope...

Starship Orbital Pad 1, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)
2027 · 65% confidence
5

Starbase remains the development and early operational hub. Base ramps slowly from test cadence to routine operations; by 2031 it is one of two pads sharing the 25/year site cap.

Starship Orbital Pad 2, Boca Chica (Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas)
2027 · 50% confidence
1

Second Starbase pad provides incremental operations after pad commissioning. Mature OLP-A + OLP-B total is capped at 25/year in the base/high range.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37A
2027 · 45% confidence
0

Modeled as second SLC-37 Starship pad, lagging SLC-37B by one to two years. Mature split reaches 38/year by 2037, keeping complex total at 76/year.

Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)
2028 · 50% confidence
2

SLC-37B is modeled as the first high-throughput CCSFS Starship pad. Base reaches half of the SLC-37 complex cap by 2035, not immediately after redevelopment.

Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)
2028 · 65% confidence
3

LC-39A Starship is expected to ramp after initial Florida infrastructure/testing. Base remains below the 44/year EIS cap even after maturity to reflect range conflicts, tanker ope...

Mentions
1567
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The Starship is intended to carry 100 people to Mars.

CapabilityValue 3.5Jun 2, 2025What future for SpaceX?

The Starship project has required more than $3 billion in infrastructure development since 2014.

Financial
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Growth
Value 4.0
Jun 2, 2025
What future for SpaceX?

Elon Musk detailed that Starship uses 42 Raptor engines in its first stage.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 2, 2025What future for SpaceX?

SpaceX is developing the Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever.

CapabilityPlanValue 2.0Jun 2, 2025What future for SpaceX?

A single Starship could place as much mass into orbit in a year as everything launched since 1957.

CapabilityValue 2.5Jun 2, 2025What future for SpaceX?

Starship is designed to send one million people to Mars.

CapabilityPlanValue 2.6Jun 2, 2025What future for SpaceX?

SpaceX is targeting landing lunar astronauts for NASA with Lunar Starship on Artemis III and Artemis IV.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0May 26, 2025Moon Monday #226: Blue Origin aims to launch its first two Moon missions by next year—with nearly no NASA payloads

SpaceX aims for revenues from its Super Heavy and Starship launch vehicles to reach tens of billions by 2030.

FinancialPlanGrowthValue 4.0May 19, 2025Space mining: corporate autocracy or global solidarity?

Elon Musk believes that SpaceX's Starship could send people to Mars by the end of the decade.

PlanValue 2.5Apr 7, 2025Review: Mars and the Earthlings

SpaceX's revenue from Starship is projected to surpass NASA's human spaceflight budget later this year.

FinancialValue 3.5Apr 7, 2025Space policy: The Moon and Mars simultaneously

SpaceX received $7.5 million to build a new vertical integration facility for Starship at Starbase in South Texas.

FinancialGrowthPlanRelationshipsValue 4.7Mar 10, 2025A whole other spacefaring country

The initial missions of Starship will demonstrate technologies needed for the lunar lander version and deploy larger Starlink satellites.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.3Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

SpaceX's Starship emerged as the leading solution for the large Venus mission due to its payload capacity and cost.

CapabilityFinancialGeneralValue 3.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

NASA is developing concepts for the Habitable Worlds Observatory space telescope that could utilize Starship.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

Elon Musk envisions using Starship to establish a permanent human presence on Mars.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

Paluszek suggested that Starship could support space manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

Starlab Space plans to launch its entire space station on a single Starship.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

A propellant leak caused a fire that led to the destruction of the Starship upper stage in January.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

SpaceX will perform a test flight of its Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from its Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do

Michael Paluszek from Princeton Satellite Systems highlighted that Starship has a payload capacity of around 150,000 kilograms.

CapabilityValue 4.0Feb 24, 2025What Starship can, and can’t, do