Starship

Starship

• SpaceX has launched an unmanned test flight of its Starship cruise ship from the Super Heavy rocket.
• The spacecraft exploded, however, when the upper-stage Starship was unable to separate from the lower-stage Super Heavy.

Starship Project

• Fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond
• Consists of Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket
• Powered by Raptor engines fueled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen
• Leveraging tanker vehicles to refill the Starship spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

Falcon 9

• Reusable, two-stage rocket for transporting people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond

Falcon Heavy

• Claims to be the most powerful rocket in the world
• Composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores
• 27 Merlin engines generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff
• Uses rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle.

Starlink and Starshield

• Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across the globe through a constellation of highly advanced satellites
• Starshield uses Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts
• Starlink designed for consumer and commercial use, while Starshield is designed for government use

Practice Questions for Prelims

Which of the following organisations launched the first 54 Starlink v2.0 satellites into orbit?
A. ISRO
B. SpaceX
C. NASA
D. ESA

Ans. B

Mains Practice Question

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