'MAKING HUMANITY MULTIPLANETARY. carrying humans to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.'
—SPACEX
—SPACEX
MISSION:
MARS
INTERACTIVE STORY OF
At a distance of 140 million miles, Mars is one of Earth's closest habitable neighbors. One ballsy company wants to put a man on Mars!
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MONTHS TO MARS
As the most powerful launch system ever developed, Starship can carry up to 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights. Starship also helps with satellite delivery, the development of a Moon base, and point-to-point transport here on Earth.
TO MARS
AND BACK
AND BACK
INTERPLANETARY TRANSPORT
STARSHIP
REUSABLE SPACECRAFT
The vehicle comes in several different configurations, offers an integrated payload section and is capable of carrying crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship is also capable of point-to-point transport on Earth, enabling travel to anywhere in the world in one hour or less.
Height
50 m / 165 ft
DIAMETER
9 m / 29.5 ft
PROPELLANT
1,200 t / 2.6 Mlb
THRUST
1,500 tf / 3.3 Mlbf
PAYLOAD
100–150 t
SUPER HEAVY
REUSABLE BOOSTER
Super Heavy is the first stage, or booster, of the Starship launch system. Powered by 33 Raptor engines using sub-cooled liquid methane (CH4) and liquid oxygen (LOX), Super Heavy is fully reusable and will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to land back at the launch site.
Height
71 m / 232 ft
DIAMETER
9 m / 29.5 ft
PROPELLANT
3400 t / 7.5 Mlb
THRUST
7,590 tf / 16.7 Mlbf
159s
BURN TIME
33
RAPTOR ENGINES
RAPTOR 3
ROCKET ENGINE
The Raptor engine is a reusable methane-oxygen staged-combustion engine. Starship is powered by 6 engines while Super Heavy has 33 Raptor engines.
The Raptor engine is a reusable methane-oxygen staged-combustion engine.
Height
3.1 m / 10.2 ft
DIAMETER
1.3 m / 4.2 ft
MASS
1,525 kg / 3.362 lbs
THRUST
280 tf / 627 klbf
BOOSTER
LANDING
DESCENT STAGE
Following Starship separation, the booster reorients itself and performs a series of controlled burns using its engines to slow its descent and guide it back to Starbase.
PHASE 1
ENTRY BURN
Engines light to SLOW DOWN THE BOOSTER DECENT STAGE
PHASE 2
GRID FINS
DIRECT BOOSTER TOWARDS LANDING POD
PHASE 3
LANDING BURN
Engines LIGHT ONE FINAL TIME
PHASE 4
CHOPSTICK
CATCH
CATCH
MID-AIR CATCH BY ARMS OF THE STARBASE TOWER
SPEED
ALTITUDE
3800 KM/H
10-20 KM
2000 KM/H
5-10 KM
200 KM/H
1-5 KM
0 KM/H
0KM
THE MOON
BASE
The Moon is one of Earth’s closest habitable neighbors and provides an opportunity to gain valuable experience for missions to Mars and beyond.
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