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Starhopper

Starhopper

Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of Starship vehicles.

Starhopper

Construction on the initial steel test article—Starship Hopper, Hopper, Hoppy, or Starhopper—began at Boca Chica, Texas in 2018. Starhopper had a single engine and was test flown to develop landing and low-altitude/low-velocity control algorithms.