Starship

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk estimated Starship launch prices would be less than $10 million in 2-3 years.

SpaceX is developing the Starship-Super Heavy heavy launch vehicle, referred to as Starship.

Starship's low cost per kilogram could enable significant industrial expansion in space.

Starship’s maximum launch volume is 7 cubic meters per metric ton.

Starship can launch more than five times as much mass as the Delta IV Heavy with more than four times the volume.

Starship can lift 21 metric tons into GTO, which is 14% of its LEO performance.

Starship has a payload fairing diameter of 8 meters.

SpaceX conducted the first test launch of Starship-Super Heavy on April 20, 2023.

Large spacecraft designs may require ship's tenders to transfer cargo and passengers from Starship to space stations.

Starship is designed for full reuse of both its first and second stages.

Starship could deliver up to 150 metric tons to cislunar space and beyond.

SpaceX received a CCSC-2 agreement for a proposal that included using Starship as an integrated low Earth orbit architecture and a potential large commercial LEO destination.

SpaceX is upgrading the launch pad with a steel sandwich water deluge system and reinforced concrete to reduce the damage seen during the 2023-04-20 Starship launch.

SpaceX is collaborating with NASA on an integrated low Earth orbit architecture that includes Starship as a transportation and in-space destination element supported by Super Heavy, Dragon, and Starlink.

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California is collaborating with NASA on an integrated LEO architecture that includes Dragon evolution, concurrent Starship development, Starship as a transportation and in-space LEO destination element supported by Super Heavy, Dragon, and Starlink, and constituent capabilities including crew and cargo transportation, communications, and operational and ground support.

All orders will be fulfilled with Starship’s battery-powered robots.

Co-op and Starship launched the autonomous grocery delivery service in Leeds and Greater Manchester in March 2023.

Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer at SpaceX, stated that since a 2014 FAA record of decision allowing SpaceX to develop launch facilities at Boca Chica, SpaceX has invested more than $3,000,000,000 into developing the Boca Chica launch facility and the Starship/Super Heavy launch system.