There are currently three planned versions of Starship: Starship 1, Starship 2, and Starship 3.[4] As of September 2024, vehicles of different versions are expected to be flightworthy when integrated.[5] As of August 2024, only Starship 1 vehicles have flown.[4]
Both Starship's first and second stages are reusable, and can be caught via the arms used to assemble the rocket at the pad.[6]
Nomenclature
SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the ambiguously named Starship second-stage.[7] To avoid confusion, "Starship" in this article refers to the second-stage, while the complete launch vehicle will be referred by the particular prototype booster and ship serial number. For example, the integrated flight test 1 booster was Booster 7 (B7), the spacecraft was Ship 24 (S24), and the launch vehicle stack is referred to as Ship 24/Booster 7, or S24/B7.[8]
Statistics
Starship vehicles have been launched 4 times over 1 year, resulting in 2 full successes (50%), and two in-flight failures (IFT-1, IFT-2).
Starship 1 has been launched four times between April 2023 to June 2024, and will be replaced by Starship 2 after another two flights.
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