• Caveman@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Is it true that starship will have less payload weight to LEO than all other SpaceX rockets?

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      14 hours ago

      I don’t think so.

      Even Starship v1 (which have already ceased production) had an estimated payload to LEO comparable to a reusable Falcon Heavy (~50 tonnes). Starship v2 (scheduled to launch in January) has a projected payload to LEO around 100 tonnes, and v3 will be higher still.

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        11 hours ago

        Okay then why did they only launch a banana as cargo? I thought the EV was a standard test payload

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          24 minutes ago

          Standard for what? The first Dragon payload was a wheel of cheese.

          It’s just something silly they wanted to do. You can’t seriously think the max payload capacity of starship to almost-LEO is one single banana.

          • 7toed@midwest.social
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            4 minutes ago

            Like heavy then, why did they not use an actual test payload before now already being done with starship v1? Hypothetical payload to orbit doesnt count if you never done it 🤷‍♂️