• Caveman
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    46 months ago

    Is it true that starship will have less payload weight to LEO than all other SpaceX rockets?

    • threelonmusketeersOPM
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      36 months ago

      I don’t think so.

      Even Starship v1 (which have already ceased production) had an estimated payload to LEO comparable to a reusable Falcon Heavy (~50 tonnes). Starship v2 (scheduled to launch in January) has a projected payload to LEO around 100 tonnes, and v3 will be higher still.

      • @7toed@midwest.social
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        06 months ago

        Okay then why did they only launch a banana as cargo? I thought the EV was a standard test payload