How many tons of starship thrust?

Space Exploration Technology Company Starship is a completely reusable heavy-duty launch vehicle system developed by American Space Exploration Technology Company. It consists of super-heavy propeller and starship, with a total height of1.20m and a diameter of 9m. It is by far the highest and most powerful rocket in the world. The starship system aims to realize human exploration and colonization of the Earth's orbit, the moon, Mars and other planets, as well as point-to-point rapid transportation on the earth.

The performance of starship system mainly depends on its engine, structure and load capacity. Starship system uses Raptor rocket engine independently developed by Space Exploration Technology Company, which is a reusable combustion chamber pressure cycle engine, using liquid methane and liquid oxygen as propellants. It is characterized by high efficiency, high thrust and high specific impulse.

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In February 2020, the prototype SN 1 of the starship of Space Exploration Technology Company exploded in the liquid nitrogen pressure test. On August 4th, 2020 (local time), the full-scale stainless steel prototype SN5 of Space Exploration Technology Company completed the jump of 150m at Bokachica Experimental Base, Texas, and the flight test time was about 1 min.

At about 6: 30 Beijing time on February 9, 2020, the space exploration technology company starship SN8 challenged the test flight at an altitude of 12.5km in Texas, USA. Musk later claimed that the head fuel tank pressure was low during the landing of the spacecraft, which led to the acceleration of the landing speed, and the spacecraft crashed into the ground and exploded. However, the developer has got all the needed data, congratulations to the team of Space Exploration Technology Company.

In June 2023,165438+1October, according to media reports, in order to prepare for the next starship test flight, Space Exploration Technology Company has built nearly 400 raptor engines.