The new Raptor 3 has a 280tf thrust, a 350s specific impulse, and an engine mass of 1525kg. ... Meanwhile, the Super Heavy rocket has many more engines.

There isn't a ton of information about the Raptor 3 that is publicly available just yet, but here's everything that we know about it so far.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on X that a high-pressure nitrogen tank failure was behind the explosion of the company's ...

A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company's Starbase facility on ...

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and CEO Elon Musk hit back at rival rocket manufacturing company United Launch Alliance‘s CEO Tory Bruno on Thursday for his comments on the company’s Raptor 3 ...

Raptor 3 is an unprecedented step forward in rocket engine design, which will help us increase Starship’s efficiency and the amount of mass Starship is able to deliver to space pic.twitter.com ...

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, ... Additionally, future Starship vehicles will be equipped with new “Raptor 3″ engines that are supposed to be more reliable.

The sea-level variant of the Raptor 3 weighs 3,362 lb., compared with the 3,594-lb. Raptor 2, while generating 280 tons of force, compared with the current rocket’s 230 tons of force.

The 10-foot-high Raptor—which powers the Starship—is arguably the most advanced Western rocket engine in production. Its latest iteration produces 280 tonnes of thrust at sea level, surpassing ...

The launch vehicle is made up of both a 232-foot Super Heavy rocket and the 171-foot upper stage spacecraft. Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines.

SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket roared skyward for the ninth time on Tuesday, with the test flight delivering mixed results. The upper-stage Starship spacecraft coasted for around 40 minutes ...