SpaceX Super Heavy
Super Heavy is the first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second-stage. As of 2024, Super Heavy prototypes are being flight tested. Super Heavy flew for the first time on April 20, 2023, during the first orbital launch attempt of the Starship rocket.
SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 7, on the orbital launch mount at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023 | |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Used on | SpaceX Starship |
| General characteristics | |
| Height | 71 m (233 ft) |
| Diameter | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Gross mass | 3,600 t (3,600,000 kg; 7,937,000 lb) |
| Propellant mass | 3,400 t (3,400,000 kg; 7,496,000 lb) |
| Empty mass | 200 t (200,000 kg; 441,000 lb) |
| Launch history | |
| Status | In development |
| Total launches | 2 |
| Failed | 1 (IFT-1) |
| Other | Failed after staging (IFT-2) |
| First flight | April 20, 2023 (IFT-1) |
| Super Heavy | |
| Powered by | 33 Raptor engines |
| Maximum thrust | 7,590 tf (74,400 kN; 16,700,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 327 s (3.21 km/s) (sea-level) |
| Propellant | Liquid oxygen / Methane |
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