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Originally Posted by Startrek
Glen
Sounds exciting
Any idea of the thrust at lift off ( 27 raptors ) in pounds lbs
Will be an awesome liftoff to watch live
Martin
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The discussed payload capacity to orbit is 100 to 150 metric tonnes. And that is payload capacity, so add the weight of the Booster, Starship, fuel etc on top of that. I will see if I can track the numbers down.
Elon Musk stated that Starship HLS will be "capable of at least 100 tons and probably closer to 200 tons of useful payload to low Earth orbit. It would need refueling in orbit to proceed from there.
NASA is paying SpaceX $54million USD to conduct an orbital refueling test, hopefully later this year. This is a requirement for the Lunar contract.