SpaceX // NET April 30, 2023

Orbital Flight Test

Launch Overview

Lift of Time:

Launch Window:

Launch Pad:

Launch Facility:

NET April 2023

To be determined

Orbital Launch Mount A

SpaceX Space Launch Facility

Mission Details

Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster will separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage will achieve orbit until performing a powered, targeted splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii).

Recovery Overview

Landing Location:

Landing Type:

Gulf of Mexico (GOM)

Ocean

Who is SpaceX?

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX is an American aerospace company providing cheap and reliable launch services as well as ferrying crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew and Commercial Resupply Services program.

What Is Starship?

Starship is a fully reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle being developed by SpaceX.

Engines

Raptor 2 Vacuum (stage 2)

Raptor 2 (stage 2)

Raptor 2 is a full-flow staged-combustion-cycle rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. Raptor 2 is a much more simplified engine compared to Raptor 1 and boasts some impressive stats such as 15 degrees of gimbal range and over 2 million newtons of thrust at sea level.

Raptor 2 (stage 1)

Raptor 2 is a full-flow staged-combustion-cycle rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. Raptor 2 is a much more simplified engine compared to Raptor 1 and boasts some impressive stats such as 15 degrees of gimbal range and over 2 million newtons of thrust at sea level.

Rocket Overview

Rocket:

Booster:

Starship

Booster 7-0

Booster 7

Orbital Launch Mount A

SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA

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