SpaceX Starship Fully Stacked At Starbase Ahead Of First Orbital Flight Test. IN PICS

SpaceX is set to conduct the first orbital flight test of a fully integrated Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket — together called Starship — on Monday, April 17, 2023.

SpaceX is set to conduct the first orbital flight test of a fully integrated Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket — together called Starship — on Monday, April 17, 2023.

Starship has been fully stacked at Starbase, one of the world's first commercial spaceports designed for orbital missions. SpaceX will launch Starship from Starbase on Monday, April 17, 2023. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

Starship First Orbital Flight Test: The 150-minute test window for the launch of Starship from Starbase in Texas will open at 8:00 am CT (6:30 pm IST) on April 17. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

The Starship system, which includes the Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy rocket, represents a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond, and will be the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

The Starship system has a height of 120 metres, a diameter of 9 metres, and a payload capacity of 100 to 150 metric tonnes. It is capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable, which means that while it can carry an extra weight of 250 tonnes, that portion can be used only once, and will subsequently be destroyed. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

The fully reusable spacecraft and second stage of the Starship system is called Starship, which has an integrated payload section and is capable of carrying crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship can also carry out point-to-point transport on Earth, and enable travel to any region in the world in one hour or less. Starship has a height of 50 metres, a diameter of nine metres, and a propellant capacity of 1,200 tonnes. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

The first stage, or booster of the Starship launch system is called Super Heavy. It is fully reusable, will be powered by 33 Raptor engines using sub-cooled liquid methane and liquid oxygen, and will re-enter Earth's atmosphere to land back at the launch site. Sub-cooled propellants are those which have been cooled to a temperature below their boiling point. Super Heavy has a height of 69 metres, a diameter of nine metres, and a propellant capacity of 3,400 tonnes. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

The Raptor engines which will power the Starship system are reusable methane-oxygen staged-combustion engines. The Raptor Engine has twice the thrust of the Falcon 9 Merlin engine. A total of six engines, which include three Raptor engines, and three Raptor Vacuum (RVac) engines, will power the Starship spacecraft. RVac engines are designed for use in the vacuum of space. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

As many as 33 Raptor engines, with 13 in the centre of Super Heavy, and the remaining 20 around the perimeter of its aft end will power the booster. Each Raptor engine has a diameter of 1.3 metres, and a height of 3.1 metres. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

According to SpaceX, the Starship system is the most powerful launch system ever developed, and will be able to carry up to 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights. The Starship system will also enable satellite delivery and the development of a Moon base. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

SpaceX has completed several sub-orbital flight tests of Starship's upper stage, or the Starship spacecraft, from Starbase. SpaceX has also conducted several tests of Starship's first stage, or the Super Heavy rocket. These tests include the increasingly complex static fires that led to a full-duration 31-Raptor engine test in February 2023. With this test, SpaceX set a record for the largest number of simultaneous rocket engine ignitions in history. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)