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robszumski | 8 months ago

For reference, Rocket Lab's Electron has a wet mass of 13,000 kg. This rocket is much smaller at 1,312 kg wet mass.

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delichon|8 months ago

  Falcon 9           433k kg  
  Atlas V            547k kg
  Starship         1,200k kg
  Starship Booster 3,600k kg

Certhas|8 months ago

k kg is a funny unit... Much more readable than Mg of course. Tonnes would also work...

glimshe|8 months ago

Saturn V: 2.9M kg

stingrae|8 months ago

Blue Origin New Shepard 75k kg

somedude895|8 months ago

Isn't the Electron already considered a small rocket? What could a rocket that's half the weight of my car even carry?

azernik|8 months ago

It's considered a really small orbital rocket. This demo vehicle is preparation for a suborbital vehicle, those can be much smaller.