Starship

SpaceX plans to fully recover a Starship sometime in the next six months and to conduct 25 launches in 2025.

The design allows for multiple reactors and rockets in the UMSR Stage, similar to Falcon 9 or Starship.

The UMSR vehicle is approximately 50% longer than the Starship payload bay, requiring discussions with SpaceX.

A designed vision vehicle will be transported to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) by Starship and only requires one flight for deployment.

The gross weight of the nuclear propulsion device is 103 tons, compatible with a single Starship flight without refueling.

The diameter of the UMSR is 8.5 meters to fit into Starship's nine-meter-diameter payload bay.

The nuclear propulsion device is designed to be carried by Starship and deposited in high LEO at approximately 500 kilometers perigee.

SpaceX will conduct a suborbital flight of the Sixth Integrated Flight Test of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle on Monday, 2024-11-18 from Orbital Launch Mount A at SpaceX Starbase, Texas with a launch window from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PST.

Starship’s sixth flight test is targeted to launch as early as Monday, 2024-11-18.

The 2024-11-18 flight will include a relight of a Raptor engine on Starship while in flight to demonstrate the ability to perform a deorbit burn on future orbital missions.

The 2024-11-18 launch is scheduled in a 30-minute window that opens at 5 p.m. Eastern so that Starship’s splashdown will occur in daylight hours in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX scheduled the sixth integrated Starship/Super Heavy flight from its Starbase facility at Boca Chica, Texas, for the afternoon of 2024-11-18.

The second phase of Haven-2 will begin around 2030 with the launch of a core module with a seven-meter diameter on SpaceX’s Starship.

A demonstration FLEX rover targeted a 2026 liftoff aboard a SpaceX Lunar Starship to carry at least eight customer payloads worth $160 million.

The planned 2026 demonstration FLEX launch aboard Starship is likely to slip because of Starship’s gradual development relative to marketed timelines.

Starship Flight 5 on 2024-10-13 featured the first return and successful catch of the Super Heavy booster using mechanical arms attached to the launch tower at Boca Chica, Texas.

John Rood highlighted that SpaceX's Starship, with its massive cargo capability, will create new opportunities for debris removal and on-orbit servicing.

SpaceX's Starship is expected to significantly impact what can be placed into space.