SpaceX Starship development: Difference between revisions

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{{cite news |last=Ralph|first=Eric |url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-starship-prototype-three-raptors-mirror-finish/ |title=SpaceX CEO Elon Musk: Starship prototype to have 3 Raptors and “mirror finish” |work=[[Teslarati]] |date=24 December 2018 |accessdate=24 December 2018 }}</ref><ref name=sn20181224/>

In January 2019, SpaceX changed course and said it would also build the second test vehicle—the ''Starship'' orbital prototype—in Texas, after having earlier said that it would be built in the Port of Los Angeles.<ref>[{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-shift-starship-production-from-california-to-texas/ https://spacenews.com/spacex-|title=SpaceX to- shift-starship-production- Starship work from-california- California to-texas/ Texas |work=[[SpaceNews]</ref>{{full] |date=16 January 2019 |accessdate=21 January 2019 |quote=Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of SpaceX, said that development of the vehicle itself, including the Raptor engines that power it, would continue in Hawthorne, while at least the prototype versions of Starship are built in Texas. “We are building the Starship prototypes locally at our launch site in Texas, as their size makes them very difficult to transport,” he said.}}</ref>

=== Testing ===