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    Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion...
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    Retrieved 24 August 2023. Sesnic, Trevor (14 July 2022). "Raptor 1 vs Raptor 2: What did SpaceX change?". The Everyday Astronaut. Archived from the original...
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    since 2016 developed the Raptor methane rocket engine and after 2020, a line of methalox thrusters. In the first ten years of SpaceX, led by engineer Tom...
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  • more details about the space mission architecture, launch vehicle, spacecraft, and Raptor engines. The first test firing of a Raptor engine on a test stand...
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    of the SpaceX Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle, which it composes in combination with the Starship second stage. As a part of SpaceX's Mars colonization...
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    American aerospace company SpaceX. Stacked atop its booster, Super Heavy, the pair compose SpaceX's super heavy-lift space vehicle, also called Starship...
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    The forthcoming engine currently under development by SpaceX has been named "Raptor". Raptor will use liquid methane as a fuel, and was stated as having...
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    Aerospace Center) in the frame of the SpaceLiner project, and up to 1000 flights are expected for Raptor from SpaceX. Further, the full-flow cycle eliminates...
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    spacecraft, powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines. Both stages are made from stainless steel. Methane was chosen as fuel for the Raptor engines because...
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  • conducting Ship and Booster static fire tests at Starbase, SpaceX extensively tested individual Raptor 2 engines for longer durations at their McGregor facility...
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    thruster capabilities.[needs update] SpaceX Kestrel SpaceX Merlin SpaceX Raptor "SpaceX Updates — December 10, 2007". SpaceX. 2007-12-10. Archived from the...
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    SpaceX Starbase—previously, SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site—is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves...
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    second Raptor factory at SpaceX Texas test site. This will focus on volume production of Raptor 2, while California factory will make Raptor Vacuum &...
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  • [@nextspaceflight] (March 24, 2021). "SpaceX will conduct a second static fire test after one of three Raptor engines on Starship SN11 had to be removed...
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  • Starshield, SpaceX readies for battle". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2023-09-10. "SpaceX - Starshield". www.spacex.com. Archived...
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    Starship flight test 6 was the sixth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles flown were the Ship 31 upper stage and first...
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    second Raptor factory at SpaceX Texas test site. This will focus on volume production of Raptor 2, while California factory will make Raptor Vacuum &...
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  • Look up raptor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Raptor(s) or RAPTOR may refer to: The word "raptor" refers to several groups of avian and non-avian...
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    improved Merlin 1C for its upper stage. SpaceX Draco SpaceX Merlin SpaceX Raptor "Falcon 1 Users Guide" (PDF). SpaceX. 2008-09-28. Archived from the original...
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  • Retrieved July 28, 2023. Ralph, Eric (February 8, 2023). "Stoke Space to build SpaceX Raptor engine's first real competitor". TESLARATI. Retrieved September...
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    provide global mobile broadband. Starlink has been instrumental to SpaceX's growth. SpaceX began launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of September 2024...
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  • Starship flight test 3 was the third flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on March 14, 2024. Starship successfully...
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    American private space transportation company SpaceX. The first variant, later named Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS)...
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    Starship flight test 8 was the eighth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The launch tower successfully caught Booster 15; Ship 34 was destroyed...
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    Retrieved September 11, 2024. "STARSHIPS ARE MEANT TO FLY – SpaceX – Updates". spacex.com. September 10, 2024. Archived from the original on September...
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  • Starship flight test 2 was the second flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on November 18, 2023. The mission's...
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    SpaceX has privately funded the development of orbital launch systems that can be reused many times, similar to the reusability of aircraft. SpaceX has...
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  • 2025). "SPACEX TO COLLECT DEBRIS STREWN ACROSS TCI". NewslineTCI. Retrieved February 11, 2025. "SpaceX post flight press release". SpaceX. January 16...
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    Flight Test". SpaceX.com. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025. "Consolidated opposition to petitions and response to comments of SPACEX. Exhibit A...
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    org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/table.php?FILE=starlink-g6-1" (Tweet) – via Twitter. SpaceX [@spacex] (26 February 2023). "We call them 'V2 Mini'. They represent a step...
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