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What is the position and velocity range it needs to fit in, to be safely caught by the Orbital Launch Mount?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Super_Heavy The oxygen tank has four chines attached. These protect the various COPVs on board, as well as providing lift during flight. First I've heard of thes …

We know they use autogenous pressurization. But how much methane and oxygen is vaporised to do this? I would like a figure for each of the 8 individual tanks in the stack. TBH I'm trying to figure out …

Even the Falcon Heavy with a third the payload costs $150 million. And yet we have Payload Research saying that an expendable Starship launch costs less?

IFT-4 demonstrated a controlled entry into orbit. IFT-3 had already demonstrated the ability to open the payload bay door (or so SpaceX claims). Is there any reason why Starship cannot begin launching …

I want to understand how Earth will support the thousands of Starships Musk envisions. I'm talking about the energy expended in all launch-related processes: propellant generation, transportation, del …

During reentry, there were two camera views. The view that looked at one of the flap hinges wound up getting ruined when the hinge failed, because debris and heat ruined the lens. But they never switc …

While writing this question, I was directed to the question Why doesn't SpaceX plan on doing anything new on IFT-6? The top answer basically says it's because Block 2 is totally different. They now ha …

The body flaps on Starship have the responsibilty of controlling attitude during atmospheric flight. They are also needed to deal with the large moments created by carrying payloads in the nose. Movab …

I'm asking all these questions as one because I don't think they're worth cluttering the site separately for. How much does Raptor Boost weigh compared to normal Raptor? How much more thrust does Ra …

Does Starship have any internal bracing to support it? Or is it a "balloon tank" relying on tank pressure to stand?

How is that possible? It's not like it lost velocity or gained altitude in that time period.

SpaceX Super Heavy has two types of Raptor, one of them being Raptor Boost, which has no gimbals and limited throttling but increased thrust. But I can't find information on Wikipedia on how many ther …

I was watching this video summarizing Elon Musk's recent remarks on the orbital test flight, and they mention specific engines. But unless a named engine shuts down and is shown on the small display i …

The launch profile as planned had the booster shutting down at 169 seconds. In the event, it burned for 239s, or more than 40% longer. We know that the booster lost 5-7 engines during the flight, acco …