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butterbal1 t1_j834av0 wrote

Reply to comment by SwiftTime00 in SpaceX on Twitter: Super Heavy Booster 7 completed a full duration static fire test of 31 Raptor engines, producing 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons) – less than half of the booster’s capability by allforspace

First stage of the super heavy.

That cool thing that they were flying on 3 engines and bellow flopping before standing up and landing goes on top of this behemoth.

It is going to be VERY large.

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SwiftTime00 t1_j835tu0 wrote

So is super heavy a “new” (new to me) rocket separate to starship and falcon heavy?

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ilfulo t1_j836shr wrote

Super Heavy is the name of the first stage of the launch system called "Starship", which evolved in its design from the 2016 ITS and 2018 BFR. The second stage is also called "Starship" (hence the confusion, sometimes) which is stacked on top of super heavy.

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