SuperHeavy B10

Booster 10 was launched with Ship 28 on the Third Integrated Flight Test on March 14, 2024. The flight involved to test an internal propellant transfer demonstration, a deorbit burn and a test of the Starlink dispenser on Ship 28. However, after a successful hot stage separation, the booster had a hard splashdown in the Indian Ocean, apparently in an uncontrolled descent at a high speed.

Vehicle model details:

Hot staging extension ring with protective dome modified for magnets

B10 consists of 36 rings and upgraded grid fins. Welding lines pattern on the umbilical side are different from B9.

Engine section consists of 20 outer Raptors and 13 inner Raptors. Raptor nozzles have numbers.

COPVs arrangement as 2 vertical columns on the front of the booster and 2 other vertical columns on the umbilical area.

QD plate (quick disconnect)

Update: Feb 11, 2024

Hot stage simple version has been added to the file. This is for beginners who prefer not to cut out the thin vertical areas on the Hot stage ring.

Update: Feb 21, 2024

Addition of methane vent pipes on booster’s upper dome section with corresponding methane vent ports on the outside of top of booster.

Update: March 11, 2024

Revision of the stability mount points (as seen on “Everyday Astronaut” IFT-3 video)

1:100 Scale paper model

3D parts for B10:

3D Grid fins by Sofie Brink

3D engine skirt for B10 booster by AXM

3D Orbital pad by Wei Hao

Important file update (27Oct2024)

This Booster model has been updated with a more accurate version of the upper dome as well as the gridfin actuators. Special thanks to Richard Armenta for the wonderful photos of the upper dome changes.

SuperHeavy B9

Booster 9 launched with Ship 25 on the Second Integrated Flight Test on Nov 18, 2023. During the first stage firing, all 33 engines were fired full duration. Starship and Super Heavy passed through hot staging, but the booster was lost shortly after initiating its flip maneuver and boostback burn. The Starship second stage had its flight termination system activated around the time of engine cutoff, after having continued powered flight until more than eight minutes after launch and reaching over 80 percent of orbital speed.

Source: Wikipedia

Vehicle details:

New Hot staging extension ring with protective dome

B9 consists of 36 rings and upgraded grid fins.

Engine section consists of 20 outer Raptors and 13 inner Raptors

New COPVs arrangement as 2 vertical columns on the front of the booster and 2 other vertical columns on the umbilical area.

No HPUs (Hydraulic Power Units) on B9.

QD plate (quick disconnect)

1:100 Scale paper model

3D parts for B9:

3D Grid fins by Sofie Brink

3D engine skirt and 3D Raptors by AXM

3D Orbital pad by Wei Hao

UPDATE: 8/22/23

-Raptor nozzle numbers were lowered on the paper version Raptor nozzle

-Upperdome bracing lines (4 pairs): colors were corrected.

Download Metallic version:

B9 metallic parts

Import file update (27Oct2024)

This Booster model has been updated with a more accurate version of the upper dome as well as the gridfin actuators. B9 upperdome only had two CH4 pipes. Photos from Richard Armenta.

SuperHeavy B7

Ship 24 and Super Heavy 7 was launched on its First test flight on Thursday April 20, 2023. The Booster lost 8 of 33 engines resulting in the loss of control and spinning erratically before booster separation. A command was sent to destroy the entire vehicle.

Vehicle details:

B7 consists of 36 rings and new upgraded grid fins.

Engine section consists of 20 outer Raptors and 13 inner Raptors

New COPVs arrangement as 2 vertical columns, and 2 thinner chine columns on the umbilical area.

Different QD plate (quick disconnect)

1:100 Scale paper model (Updated on 4/18/23)

Download B7 metallic pages:

AXM B7 metallic parts

3D parts for B7:

3D Grid fins for B7 by Sofie Brink

3D engine skirt and 3D Raptors by AXM

3D Orbital pad by Wei Hao

SuperHeavy B4

The SuperHeavy booster 4 is the first booster planned to make an orbital launch together with Starship SN20. On August 6, 2021 it was fully stacked with SN20 on top of the Orbital Launch Pad (OLP). SN20 was further destacked on the same day and on August 10, B4 was removed from the OLP, too.

As of Nov 2021, Starship SN-20 / Ship 20 was slated to be tested for the First Orbital Test flight, launching on top of Super Heavy booster 4. The test will be no earlier than March 2022. The test involves separation of the booster and splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico, while Ship 20 will accelerate to orbital velocity and will re-enter over the Pacific Ocean splashing down near Hawaii. But on Feb 10, 2022, the SN-20 and B4 were stacked for Elon Musk’s presentation at Starbase. Days later, SN20 was unstacked from B4 again. It is unsure which Ship will fly to orbit first.

Vehicle details:

B4 consists of 36 rings with grid fins. It has 20 fixed Raptor engines on the outer engine ring and 9 gimbaled Raptors on the thrust puck dome.

There are 4 sets of COPVs in pairs at the bottom portion of the booster and two power units, too.

1:100 Scale paper model (Updated on Feb 15, 2022)

Download B4 metallic version:

B4 Super Heavy booster metallic

Alternate method to build the B4 using metallic paper and a transparent sticker foil:

B4 Super Heavy booster sticker paper

Metallic_Starship_transparent_sticker_guide

3D printed optional parts for SN20/B4:

3D Raptors by Wei hao

3D Grid fins for B4 by Sofie Brink