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SpaceX Starship

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SpaceX Starship

The largest and most powerful rocket ever flown/Space Missions

Starship is a fully reusable two-stage launch vehicle developed by SpaceX. The complete stack stands about 121 m tall and can generate roughly 74.4 MN of thrust at liftoff from its 33 Raptor engines. It is designed to carry both crew and cargo to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Measurements

Total height (stacked)121 m
3.6 thousandthsEnglish Channel widths
66.1Picnic table lengths
2,283Matchbox lengths
Ship diameter9 m
425 billionthsGreat Walls of China
58.4 billionDiamond bond lengths
18.4Trumpet lengths
Fully fueled mass5 million kg
50 millionNewborn pandas
1.7 quadrillionFruit fly eggs
Liftoff thrust74.4 million N
212,571Aluminum can crushes
1,305T-rex bites
372,000Bicycle brakes
Payload to LEO150,000 kg
3.3 millionGolf balls
25African elephants
150 sextillionVirus weights
Booster height71 m
23,667Snowflake crystals
947Index finger lengths
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