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The dramatic plumes seen during Starship's recent test are partly a result of hot-staging. Rarely used by American vehicles, and new for SpaceX, hot-staging was common in Soviet-era rockets. This system simplifies stage separation, and SpaceX estimates will increase Starship’s payload by 10%.

Today’s flight test will feature a new stage separation method on Starship called hot-staging