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SpaceX Will Double Launch Pad Usage for Starship and Super Heavy Test Launches
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSpaceX will use of both of its two launch pads at its development facility in Boca Chica, Texas with prototype rockets set up on each.
The current status of SpaceX's Starship & Superheavy prototypes. 20th December pic.twitter.com/vUYE5A11N5
— Brendan (@brendan2908) December 20, 2020
Musk goes into a long explanation of the potential capabilities of the SpaceX Raptor rocket engine (which will power Starship), saying that the company thinks Raptor could achieve a thrust-to-weight ratio of 200.
— Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) August 31, 2020