Starship upper stage

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The Starship upper stage is the fully reusable spacecraft component of SpaceX’s Starship launch system, designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Starship upper stage canonical 7
SpaceX Starship upper stage 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reusable launch vehicle stage ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
upper stage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ship ⓘ
Starship spacecraft ⓘ
componentOf two‑stage fully reusable launch system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designer SpaceX ⓘ
engineType Raptor sea‑level engine ⓘ
linked to: Raptor engine

Raptor vacuum engine ⓘ
firstFlightVehicle Starship SN8 prototype ⓘ
intendedDestination Mars ⓘ
deep space ⓘ
geocentric orbit ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
the Moon ⓘ
linked to: Moon
intendedUse crewed missions ⓘ
uncrewed cargo missions ⓘ
landingEnvironment Earth ⓘ
other celestial bodies with suitable conditions ⓘ
landingMethod propulsive vertical landing ⓘ
launchConfiguration stacked atop Super Heavy booster ⓘ
launchSite Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ
manufacturer SpaceX ⓘ
missionProfile entry descent and landing ⓘ
in‑space operations ⓘ
orbital insertion ⓘ
numberOfMainEngines 6 ⓘ
numberOfSeaLevelEngines 3 ⓘ
numberOfVacuumOptimizedEngines 3 ⓘ
operator SpaceX ⓘ
partOf SpaceX Starship launch system ⓘ
program SpaceX Mars transportation architecture ⓘ
propellant liquid methane ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
propulsionType liquid‑propellant rocket ⓘ
reusability fully reusable ⓘ
role cargo transport ⓘ
crew transport ⓘ
status under active development ⓘ
structureFeature aft flaps ⓘ
forward flaps ⓘ
integrated payload bay ⓘ
stainless steel primary structure ⓘ
testActivity high‑altitude flight tests at Starbase ⓘ
integrated flight tests with Super Heavy booster ⓘ
thermalProtectionSystem heat shield tiles on windward side ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Starship → secondStage → Starship upper stage ⓘ
Raptor Vacuum → usedOnVehicle → SpaceX Starship upper stage ⓘ
linked to: Starship upper stage
Raptor vacuum engine → usedOnVehicle → Starship upper stage ⓘ
Starship SN8 → vehicleStage → Starship upper stage ⓘ
subject linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Starbase Suborbital Pad A → supportsVehicleType → Starship upper stage ⓘ
Starbase launch complex → supportsVehicle → Starship upper stage ⓘ
Starship spacecraft → hasComponent → Starship upper stage ⓘ
Starship spacecraft → hasAlias → Starship upper stage ⓘ