SpaceX renames its under-development rocket 'BFR' to 'Starship'

2018. 11. 23. 03:38English translation


On November 21, the CEO of Space X, Elon Musk, announced that they are going to change the name of 'BFR' to 'Starship' on his Twitter.


And also, he added that they don't have any plan to upgrade Falcon 9 second stage, but they will accelerating 'BFR' instead.

In that process, SpaceX's most powerful rocket, 'Big Falcon Rocket (BFR)', has a big change and it is related to renaming.


The 'BFB', propulsion which focused on carrying a lot of weight, has been renamed to 'Super Heavy' and the payload of the rocket, called 'BFS', has been renamed to 'Starship'.


The reason why they change the name is that 'BFB' booster engine section only uses to escape Earth's strong gravity and after the rocket escape, only uses 'BFS' to move people and supplies.



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