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> star ship does not have a planned launch to orbit yet Starship has a planned launch to orbit in literally a month pending regulatory approval. * source: htt

• yk 5y ago
  They don't plan to circulate the orbit, and instead the plan is to splash down in the Pacific after going 3/4th around the planet. So, I would call that suborbital.
• cryptonector 5y ago
  * A month, yes, in Elon time. It's almost certainly going to be longer based just on past performance (though that performance is nothing short of astounding). They need at minimum to: - get the chopstick carriage moving and out of the way for launch - get the water deluge system in place - tank up enough water, LOX, and Methane - build more of a blast barrier for the GSE - maybe add a flame diverter - test-fire BN4 on the launch stand, testing all engines or enough that they can be certain of the robustness of the ignition sequence - re-assemble the stack and load it with liquid nitrogen to test structural integrity under load etc.