{"id":223092,"date":"2023-04-17T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=283624"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:29:54","slug":"everything-you-should-know-launch-starship-titanic-rocket-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/everything-you-should-know-launch-starship-titanic-rocket-spacex\/","title":{"rendered":"Blastoff to the Future: All You Need to Know About SpaceX’s Starship Launch!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starship<\/strong>, the largest and most powerful rocket in aerospace history, will take off today for an orbital test<\/a>. The brainchild of SpaceX<\/strong>, the company of the eccentric Elon Musk<\/a><\/strong>, Starship is designed to take people to the Moon and Mars in the future, although that may still be some time away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a 50% chance of success<\/strong>, according to Musk, this launch will be the first occasion on which Starship’s two stages (which include Super Heavy, the upper stage) will launch together. In addition, no landing of either the rocket or the spacecraft is planned, as both will fall into the sea<\/strong>. So that you are well informed about everything involved in this titanic project, we explain everything you need to know about Starship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How big is starship?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starship is 50 meters tall<\/strong>, and is capable of lifting up to 250 tons and accommodating 100 people. In addition to being used to travel to the Moon and Mars, Musk also plans to use Starship to launch satellites into low Earth orbit<\/strong>, including, of course, his own Starlinks<\/strong>, the satellites that provide Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With 33 main engines and a thrust force of 16.7 million pounds<\/strong>, Starship is quite the stainless steel colossus. In February, 31 of the 33 Raptor engines on Super Heavy, Starship’s first stage, briefly ignited<\/a>, ensuring that, if replicated, the spacecraft could reach orbit, according to Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will Starship be launched?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starship will lift off today, April 17, at 8.20 AM EDT (3.20 PM in Spain)<\/strong><\/a>. The launch can be followed, as usual, from SpaceX’s own YouTube<\/strong> channel<\/a>, which will start its coverage 65 minutes earlier, at 7.15 AM EDT (2.15 PM in Spain). Undoubtedly, it is a historic moment in aerospace history, so it will be watched by thousands and thousands of viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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