Reusable launch vehicle
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A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space. Rocket stages are the most common launch vehicle parts aimed for reuse.
Recovery of Falcon 9 first-stage booster after its first landing
The SpaceX Starship is projected to be a fully-reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle with minimal refurbishment required.
Recovery of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster for refurbishment.
The Space Shuttle orbiters were once prominent examples of reusable spacecraft.
SpaceX Starship
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Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as
Reusable launch vehicle
…military spaceplanes began deploying small satellites. Many launch vehicles are now expected to debut with reusability in the 2020s, such as the US Starship, Neutron, Terran R, Stoke Space Nova, and Eclipse, the Chinese Long March 10 and 12, Tianlong-3, LandSpace Zhuque-3, and the European Maia and Miura…
Starship on pad ahead of its 13th flight
Diagram of a Block 1 Starship's internal structure. Not shown in this diagram are the flaps: the aft flaps are placed at the bottom (or left in this orientation), and the forward flaps are placed at the top (here, right) portion of the vehicle.
Forward flap on a suborbital Starship prototype
Sea level-optimized Raptor 1 engine, May 2020