Starship

Starship is a fully reusable super-heavy launch vehicle developed by SpaceX, designed to carry nearly 100 metric tons of payload per flight with the upgraded V3 version that debuted in May 2026 . As Yunqi Technology described it, the rocket represents a generational leap from the Falcon 9—where that vehicle is a "semi truck," Starship is "the train to space," with an order-of-magnitude jump in capacity that could enable orbital ecosystems previously considered impossible . The design philosophy centers on rapid reusability from inception, not merely recovery, with SpaceX consolidating design, testing, production and launch at its Starbase facility in Texas .