On February 10th SpaceX CEO and lead designer Elon Musk provided the latest update of SpaceX's Starship architecture. Here are slides and animations from his presentation.
Animation of Starship launch and arrival to Mars Base Alpha:
Full presentation:
Slides from the presentation
Starship specifications:
Super Heavy booster specifications:
Stage separation:
Orbital refilling:
Raptor V1 vs Raptor V2 engine (half the cost of V1):
Starship's heat shield:
Rapid and full reusability of Starship will bring humanity's capability for mass to orbit to a new level:
Images from the animation
Starship Super Heavy launch:
Max Q:
Super Heavy booster return:
Super Heavy booster catch:
Starship arriving to Mars:
Elon's previous Starship presentations:
- Starship update 2019 (September 2019)
- Big Falcon Rocket v2018 (September 2018)
- Big Falcon Rocket v2017 (IAC, September 2017)
- Interplanetary Transport System (IAC, September 2016)