Starship Launch Vehicle category with all prototypes in 1:100 scale.
This model represents the original Starhopper Test Article.
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and was originally 39 meters (128 feet) tall in January 2019. The nosecone suffered damage and was blown away due to wind. SpaceX decided not to include the nose section for the Hopper tests.
Starhopper Test Unit accomplished a successful 150 meter hop on Aug 27, 2019.
1:100 Scale model to be printed on metallic paper. (Model shown is a prototype. Photos will be updated soon)
Update as of 9/3/19: Second US flag was added to Hopper's body.
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and was originally 39 meters (128 feet) tall in January 2019. The nosecone suffered damage and was blown away due to wind. SpaceX decided not to include the nose section for the Hopper tests.
Starhopper Test Unit accomplished a successful 150 meter hop on Aug 27, 2019.
1:100 Scale model to be printed on metallic paper. (Model shown is a prototype. Photos will be updated soon)
Update as of 9/3/19: Second US flag was added to Hopper's body.
This model represents the original Starhopper Test Article for cardstock version with "metallic" texture.
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and was originally 39 meters (128 feet) tall in January 2019. The nosecone suffered damage and was blown away due to wind. SpaceX decided not to include the nose section for the Hopper tests.
Starhopper Test Unit accomplished a successful 150 meter hop on Aug 27, 2019.
1:100 Scale model to be printed on white cardstock. (Model shown is a prototype)
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and was originally 39 meters (128 feet) tall in January 2019. The nosecone suffered damage and was blown away due to wind. SpaceX decided not to include the nose section for the Hopper tests.
Starhopper Test Unit accomplished a successful 150 meter hop on Aug 27, 2019.
1:100 Scale model to be printed on white cardstock. (Model shown is a prototype)
Prototype launch vehicle from SpaceX, as part of the new Generation Launch Vehicle Starship. It was successfully launched on August 27, 2019 using a single Raptor engine (s/n 6) ascending to an altitude of 150 meters before performing a controlled landing. The flight lasted about 57 seconds.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Prototype Starhopper Test Unit with Single Raptor engine SN6.
Landing: SpaceX South Texas Landing Site at Boca Chica.
1:100 scale model (Update: 4/4/20 New bulkhead and detailed Raptor)
StarHopper Video tutorial Instruction Manuals are located at my YouTube Channel
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Prototype Starhopper Test Unit with Single Raptor engine SN6.
Landing: SpaceX South Texas Landing Site at Boca Chica.
1:100 scale model (Update: 4/4/20 New bulkhead and detailed Raptor)
StarHopper Video tutorial Instruction Manuals are located at my YouTube Channel
On Sep 28 , 2019 SpaceX Elon Musk gave a presentation in Boca Chica, Texas, on the development of his new rocket, the Starship. The test rocket in Boca Chica is version Mk1, while the Mk2 version is in Florida.
Mk1 is 9 meters in diameter and 50 metes tall and has three Raptor engines. On Nov 20, 2019, the Starship prototype was partially destroyed during a pressure tank testing, propelling its bulkhead upwards hundreds of feet away from the rocket. The Mk1 is considered retired after this incident and the work in Florida was stopped due to this. Now the MK1 will pave way to Starship Serial Number configurations.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship
Boca Chica presentation version model 1:100 scale (Final update: 3/29/20 New bulkhead dome and new updated Raptors) Final Revision (Jan 2021): nosecone base ring corrected, body rings symmetrical in height and wings measurements corrected.
Tutorial assembly videos available at my YouTube Channel.
Optional part: Upper dome for MK-1 StarshipMK1topdome_kit
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship
Boca Chica presentation version model 1:100 scale (Final update: 3/29/20 New bulkhead dome and new updated Raptors) Final Revision (Jan 2021): nosecone base ring corrected, body rings symmetrical in height and wings measurements corrected.
Tutorial assembly videos available at my YouTube Channel.
Optional part: Upper dome for MK-1 StarshipMK1topdome_kit
On Sep 28 , 2019 SpaceX Elon Musk gave a presentation in Boca Chica, Texas, on the development of his new rocket, the Starship. The test rocket in Boca Chica is version Mk1, while the Mk2 version is in Florida. Mk1 is 9 meters in diameter and 50 metes tall and has three Raptor engines. On Nov 20, 2019, the Starship prototype was partially destroyed during a pressure tank testing, propelling its bulkhead upwards hundreds of feet away from the rocket. The Mk1 is considered retired after this incident and the work in Florida was stopped due to this. Now the MK1 will pave way to Starship Serial Number configurations.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship
Boca Chica presentation metallic version model 1:100 scale
Tutorial assembly videos available at my YouTube Channel.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship
Boca Chica presentation metallic version model 1:100 scale
Tutorial assembly videos available at my YouTube Channel.
SpaceX began stacking SN1 in Feb 2020 after successful pressurization tests on propellant tanks prototypes. It was destroyed during a cryogenic pressurization test on Feb 28, 2020 due to a design flaw in the lower thrust structure.
Source: Wikipedia
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Prototype Starship
Paper model 1:100 scale
This model was modified by designer Thomas Tannahill. Great job!
On Aug 4, 2020, the SN-5 Starship performed a successful 150 meter hop flight test, landing at an adjacent landing site, thus becoming the first full scale prototype to perform a successful flight test. After the flight, Elon Musk stated that SpaceX would carry out several additional short flights in order to refine the launch process, before attempting a high altitude flight using a vehicle with body flaps.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with Single Raptor engine SN27.
Paper model 1:100 scale
Tutorial assembly videos will be made available at my YouTube Channel.
Model photos: Sideviews with COPVs and Top view by Matthew Cable. Bottom view of entire model taken by Crash Comet. Mass simulator photo by R. Garrett Cortelyou III. Three white background photos taken by Drew Brickell. Rest of photos by AXM. Newer photos by R. Garrett Cortelyou III.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with Single Raptor engine SN27.
Paper model 1:100 scale
Tutorial assembly videos will be made available at my YouTube Channel.
Model photos: Sideviews with COPVs and Top view by Matthew Cable. Bottom view of entire model taken by Crash Comet. Mass simulator photo by R. Garrett Cortelyou III. Three white background photos taken by Drew Brickell. Rest of photos by AXM. Newer photos by R. Garrett Cortelyou III.
On Sep 3, 2020, the SN-6 Starship performed a successful 150 meter hop flight test, landing at an adjacent landing site. This test flight happened less than 30 days after SN5 test hop.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with single Raptor engine SN29.
Paper model 1:100 scale (Updated umbilicals on 9/5/20)
Model photos will be available soon. Model is similar to SN-5 with few differences in details. Landing legs are more metalized, Mass Simulator is missing top dividers, top dome has more details, and there is a number 21 lettering on the back next to the upper COPV. Send your photos via twitter to be published.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with single Raptor engine SN29.
Paper model 1:100 scale (Updated umbilicals on 9/5/20)
Model photos will be available soon. Model is similar to SN-5 with few differences in details. Landing legs are more metalized, Mass Simulator is missing top dividers, top dome has more details, and there is a number 21 lettering on the back next to the upper COPV. Send your photos via twitter to be published.
On Sep 23, 2020 SpaceX managed to burst a test tank for its Starship project. The SN 7.1 tank was built to test a new steel alloy 304L that SpaceX engineers believe will be stronger for the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles. The failure was done on purpose.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Starship SN 7 pathfinder test tank consisted of 6 rings, an upper dome, a lower dome with thrust puck and leg support pillars without legs. No Raptors were tested with the vehicle.
Paper model 1:100 scale
Model photos by Drew Brickell. Assembly photos taken by me.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Starship SN 7 pathfinder test tank consisted of 6 rings, an upper dome, a lower dome with thrust puck and leg support pillars without legs. No Raptors were tested with the vehicle.
Paper model 1:100 scale
Model photos by Drew Brickell. Assembly photos taken by me.
The Starship SN 8 successfully launched to an altitude of 12.5 km on Dec 9, 2020. The flight ended in a hard landing and explosion of the vehicle. A low pressure on the fuel header tank was the culprit. The ascent and flip maneuver with flap control was successful.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with 3 Raptors engines SN30, 36 and 42. First prototype to have nosecone and aero surfaces (canards and wings)
Paper Model 1:100 scale features: (last update as of 12/24/20. Thanks to hi-res photos, one of the tiles is now missing, the umbilical bottom section has been updated, new pin pattern for tiles has been added and oval hatches have been updated as well)
Model Photos credits: Discord team members
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with 3 Raptors engines SN30, 36 and 42. First prototype to have nosecone and aero surfaces (canards and wings)
Paper Model 1:100 scale features: (last update as of 12/24/20. Thanks to hi-res photos, one of the tiles is now missing, the umbilical bottom section has been updated, new pin pattern for tiles has been added and oval hatches have been updated as well)
- Optional separate nosecone to show interior with Header tank. (Improved version: rings with connecting tabs)
- Body can be separated to show upper dome and Tesla battery.
- Both canards and wings are movable.
- Landing legs can be deployed or stowed.
Model Photos credits: Discord team members
- Drew Brickell: SN8 model on pad, canard detail, wing detail, Starships comparison with Starhopper, SN5, SN6, MK1 and SN7.1
- Matthew Cable: SN8 with wall poster on background and flight simulation render.
- ses CEO of Doom: SN8 engine section, Raptors and upper dome view.
- Arco Hollestelle: 3D printed launch pad
This is the metallic version of the SN8 model.
Paper Model 1:100 scale features: (last update as of 12/24/20. Thanks to hi-res photos, one of the tiles is now missing, the umbilical bottom section has been updated, new pin pattern for tiles has been added and oval hatches have been updated as well)
Starship launch pad from Arco Hollestelle. Get it here.
Paper Model 1:100 scale features: (last update as of 12/24/20. Thanks to hi-res photos, one of the tiles is now missing, the umbilical bottom section has been updated, new pin pattern for tiles has been added and oval hatches have been updated as well)
- Use metallic paper
- Optional separate nosecone to show interior with Header tank. (Improved version: rings with connecting tabs)
- Body can be separated to show upper dome and Tesla battery.
- Both canards and wings are movable.
- Landing legs can be deployed or stowed.
- Use Decal paper for all the umbilicals, nosecone RCS thursters, access ports and aeroflaps markings.
Starship launch pad from Arco Hollestelle. Get it here.
The Starship SN 9 was launched on Feb 2, 2021 to an altitude of 10 km. One of the engines had an issue with the oxygen pre-burner during the landing burn and failed, causing SN9 to hit the landing pad at a 40+ degree angle and exploded.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with 3 Raptors engines SN44, 46 and 49.
Paper Model 1:100 scale features:
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: High altitude Prototype Starship with 3 Raptors engines SN44, 46 and 49.
Paper Model 1:100 scale features:
- Optional separate nosecone to show interior with Header tank. (Improved version: rings with connecting tabs)
- Body can be separated to show upper dome and Tesla battery.
- Both canards and wings are movable.
- Landing legs can be deployed or stowed.
This model represents the original Starhopper Test Article.
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter and was originally 39 meters (128 feet) tall in January
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This model represents the original Starhopper Test Article for cardstock version with "metallic" texture.
Construction: Early December 2018 in Boca Chica Beach in South Texas
The full Starhopper is 9 meters (30 feet) in diameter
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Prototype launch vehicle from SpaceX, as part of the new Generation Launch Vehicle Starship. It was successfully launched on August 27, 2019 using a single Raptor engine (s/n 6) ascending to an altitude of 150 meters before performing a con
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On Sep 28 , 2019 SpaceX Elon Musk gave a presentation in Boca Chica, Texas, on the development of his new rocket, the Starship. The test rocket in Boca Chica is version Mk1, while the Mk2 version is in Florida.
Mk1 is 9 meters in diameter a
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On Sep 28 , 2019 SpaceX Elon Musk gave a presentation in Boca Chica, Texas, on the development of his new rocket, the Starship. The test rocket in Boca Chica is version Mk1, while the Mk2 version is in Florida. Mk1 is 9 meters in diameter a
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SpaceX began stacking SN1 in Feb 2020 after successful pressurization tests on propellant tanks prototypes. It was destroyed during a cryogenic pressurization test on Feb 28, 2020 due to a design flaw in the lower thrust structure.
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On Aug 4, 2020, the SN-5 Starship performed a successful 150 meter hop flight test, landing at an adjacent landing site, thus becoming the first full scale prototype to perform a successful flight test. After the flight, Elon Musk stated
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On Sep 3, 2020, the SN-6 Starship performed a successful 150 meter hop flight test, landing at an adjacent landing site. This test flight happened less than 30 days after SN5 test hop.
Launch Site: Boca Chica Facility, Texas
Vehicle: Hi
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On Sep 23, 2020 SpaceX managed to burst a test tank for its Starship project. The SN 7.1 tank was built to test a new steel alloy 304L that SpaceX engineers believe will be stronger for the Starship and Super Heavy vehicles. The failure was
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The Starship SN 8 successfully launched to an altitude of 12.5 km on Dec 9, 2020. The flight ended in a hard landing and explosion of the vehicle. A low pressure on the fuel header tank was the culprit. The ascent and flip maneuver with fla
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This is the metallic version of the SN8 model.
Paper Model 1:100 scale features: (last update as of 12/24/20. Thanks to hi-res photos, one of the tiles is now missing, the umbilical bottom section has been updated, new pin pattern for tile
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The Starship SN 9 was launched on Feb 2, 2021 to an altitude of 10 km. One of the engines had an issue with the oxygen pre-burner during the landing burn and failed, causing SN9 to hit the landing pad at a 40+ degree angle and exploded.
La
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