Starship·SpaceX
Super Heavy Prototype
activeReusable
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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Mass
- 300,000 kg
- Stages
- 1
- Total launches
- 0
- Success / Fail
- 0 / 0
Super Heavy is the reusable first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second stage. As a part of SpaceX's Mars colonization program, the booster evolved into its current design over a decade. Production began in 2021, with the first flight being conducted on April 20, 2023, during the first launch attempt of the Starship rocket.
Propulsion
First stage
33×Raptor 22,256 kN
CH4 / LOX · full-flow staged combustion
SpaceXIsp 363s (vac)since 2021Super Heavy booster
Second stage
3×Raptor 22,256 kN
CH4 / LOX · full-flow staged combustion
SpaceXIsp 363s (vac)since 2021sea-level, ship
3×Raptor Vacuum2,400 kN
CH4 / LOX · full-flow staged combustion
SpaceXIsp 380s (vac)since 2021ship