Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to launch its first orbital Starship spaceflight by early 2022 and a new “Gateway to Mars” video shows the spacecraft, along with the Super Heavy booster, almost ready to go. Unlike the other Starship test flights, this one will be fueled by a 230-foot tall booster, with the bottom housing up to 33 sea-level optimized Raptor engines that produce 72 MN (16,000,000 lbf) of thrust during liftoff.
The bottom of the Starship also houses six Raptor engines connected to the thrust plate – three optimized for atmospheric pressure and three for vacuum operation – while its liquid oxygen and liquid methane propellant tanks are located above this area, separated by a dome with a smaller spherical methane header tank. When crewed missions take place, the payload bay will house cabins and other facilities.
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