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Tool · Rocket Comparison

The SpaceX fleet, side by side.

Falcon 1 to Starship, to scale. Switch the metric to compare.

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Falcon 121.3 mFalcon 9 (Bloc70 mFalcon Heavy70 mStarship (full121 mSuper Heavy (b71 mStarship (uppe50.3 m

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VehicleHeightDiameterEnginesThrustPayload LEOReuseFirst flight
Falcon 1Retired21.3 m1.7 m1 Merlin (first stage), 1 Kestrel (upper stage)n/a670 kgFalse2006
Falcon 9 (Block 5)Active70 m3.66 m9 Merlin 1D (first stage), 1 Merlin Vacuum (upper stage)7.6 MN22,000 kgpartial2010
Falcon HeavyActive70 m12.2 m27 Merlin 1D (three Falcon 9 cores), 1 Merlin Vacuum (upper stage)22.8 MN63,800 kgpartial2018
Starship (full stack)In development121 m9 m39 Raptor (33 on Super Heavy + 6 on Ship)76 MNn/aTrue2023
Super Heavy (booster)In development71 m9 m33 Raptor76 MNn/aTrue2023
Starship (upper stage)In development50.3 m9 m6 Raptor (3 sea-level + 3 Raptor Vacuum)n/an/aTrue2023