SpaceX Super Heavy

Super Heavy
Super Heavy Booster 12 approaching the tower during Starship flight test 5 on October 13, 2024
ManufacturerSpaceX
Country of originUnited States
Used onSpaceX Starship
Launch history
StatusIn development
Total launches5
Failed1 (Flight 1)
OtherFailed after staging: 2 (Flight 2, Flight 3)
First flightApril 20, 2023
Block 1 Super Heavy
Height71 m (233 ft),[1] 69 m (226 ft) without Vented Interstage
Diameter9 m (30 ft)
Empty mass275,000 kg (606,000 lb)
Gross mass3,675,000 kg (8,102,000 lb)
Propellant mass3,400,000 kg (7,500,000 lb)[2]
Powered by33 × Raptor 2 engines
Maximum thrust69.9 MN (15,700,000 lbf)[3]
Specific impulseSL: 327 s (3.21 km/s), Vac: 347 s (3.40 km/s)
Burn time166 seconds
PropellantCH4 / LOX

Super Heavy is the reusable first stage of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second stage. As a part of SpaceX's Mars colonization program, the booster evolved into its current design over a decade.[4][5][6] Production began in 2021, with the first flight being conducted on April 20, 2023, during the first orbital launch attempt of the Starship rocket.[7][8]

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  2. ^ "SpaceX". SpaceX. Archived from the original on March 7, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  3. ^ Berger, Eric (April 8, 2024). "Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangible". Ars Technica. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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  8. ^ Berger, Eric (April 8, 2024). "Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech—this time the vision seems tangible". Ars Technica. Retrieved November 2, 2024.