Super Heavy rocket gets even more powerful - SpaceX tested the Raptor V3 engine, which provides 269 tons of thrust

While the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the explosion of the Starship missile system, the company

SpaceX is not sitting idle. Elon Musk announced the successful testing of a new engine.

What is known

Starship consists of two parts:rockets and the spacecraft itself. The Super Heavy rocket will become the most powerful in the world. It is powered by 33 Raptor engines that generate 7,500 tons of thrust, 3,500 tons more than the Space Launch System (SLS). Formally, it is the SLS that is now the most powerful rocket in the world.

Raptor V3 just achieved 350 bar chamber pressure (269 tons of thrust). Congrats to @SpaceX propulsion team!

Starship Super Heavy Booster has 33 Raptors, so total thrust of 8877 tons or 19.5 million pounds. pic.twitter.com/ZlskpCXUmu

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2023

As for Super Heavy, for her SpaceXdevelops Raptor V3 engines. Elon Musk said that the power plant worked at a pressure of 350 bar and created a thrust of 269 tons. This means that 33 Raptor V3 engines will provide 8877 tons of thrust, which is about 1400 tons more than the current version.