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Starship 1's LEO capacity has been stated to be 50 tons to LEO. Which is significantly below the goal of 100-150 tons, but absolutely massive compared to anyt
by bryanlarsen 2y ago
Starship 1's LEO capacity has been stated to be 50 tons to LEO. Which is significantly below the goal of 100-150 tons, but absolutely massive compared to anything else. Starship 2 flies next week, so it's moot.
- scotty79 2y ago> Starship 1's LEO capacity has been stated to be 50 tons [...] absolutely massive compared to anything else. I don't really know much about rockets. Do I read here correctly tha Falvon Heavy has 63,800 kg payload to LEO capacity? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy > Starship 2 flies next week, so it's moot. So I guess the OP really meant Starship 2.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoFalcon Heavy can nominally do 64 tons to LEO, but it's volume constrained. It's really hard to fit more than 15-20 tons worth of useful cargo in the fairing. What the extra thrust is useful for is pushing 15 tons to beyond Earth orbit.