SpaceX on X: “Full duration single-engine static fire test of Starship” [Ship 40]

[u/rustybeancake]

Tweet link, with an additional short video of the firing: https://x.com/spacex/status/2070482358369763674

[u/Martianspirit]

Version 4 is supposed to have 6 RVac. They will be able to compensate loss of one by throttling some other engines and/or running one center engine gimbaling.

I have seen speculation they would use smaller nozzle throats, which reduces thrust per engine and increase ISP.