Musk Says SpaceX to Fly Bigger, Fully Reusable Starship in 2026

Following the success of its latest Starship test, SpaceX is readying a bigger version of the rocket that should be fully reusable next year, Elon Musk said.

The newer Starship will be capable of carrying more than 100 tons of payload to orbit, the SpaceX chief executive officer said, speaking via video at an All-In Podcast conference on Tuesday.

The current iteration of Starship, which the company calls Version 2, has capacity of about 35 tons and SpaceX has been able to recover just its booster. Musk has long promised full reusability and much larger payload capacity.

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