Starships Orbital Flight
This is a the final design for Starship. Source: The Independent
Starship is the rocket bound to take us to the moon, Mars, and the stars beyond. Built and manufactured from SpaceX, the rocket has been under testing and designing since 2019, with the prototype being named Star hopper, as this rocket is designed to be fully reusable. With the launch and landing of one of the prototypes, SN15, SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and his team are making plans to launch a Starship to orbit and collect data for future flights. A successful orbital flight is expected to take a couple of tries, as the orbital re-entry cannot be simulated for anyone to know how this will work. Unlike the Falcon 9(SpaceX’s other reusable rocket), Starship will do a belly dive until the last minute and active its Raptor engines and land the ship in a soft water landing (for the orbital flight). The Super Heavy, the first stage booster that takes Starship up to orbit, will be used. The reason why a booster is needed, because Starship cannot reach orbit by itself. To reach orbit, a rocket has to travel through the densest parts of the atmosphere. The booster will also be able to land back onto a pad and be reusable.
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