Super Heavy Booster

Super Heavy is a rocket stage fueled by liquid methane and liquid oxygen intended to serve as the first stage of SpaceX's fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, Starship. It is 70 m tall and powered by 29 Raptor engines on initial flight and 32 on later flights. As of May 2021, the first launch of Super Heavy and the first orbital flight of the Starship system as a whole is planned for later in 2021, no earlier than October.

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SpaceX ignites multiple engines on Starship Super Heavy booster for 1st time (video)

SpaceX lifts 33-engine Starship Super Heavy booster onto launch pad (photo)

SpaceX fires up Starship Super Heavy booster again in long engine test

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SpaceX rolls upgraded Super Heavy booster to the launch pad

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