Editing Reusable launch vehicle (section)

=== Fully reusable launch vehicle ===
Several companies are currently developing fully reusable launch vehicles as of January 2025. Each of them is working on a [[two-stage-to-orbit]] system. [[SpaceX]] is testing [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]], which has been in development since 2016 and has made [[Starship flight test 1|an initial test flight]] in April 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wattles |first=Jackie |last2=Strickland |first2=Ashley |date=2023-04-20 |title=SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off for inaugural test flight but explodes midair |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/world/spacex-starship-launch-thursday-scn/index.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> and a total of 9 flights as of May 2025. [[Blue Origin]], with [[Project Jarvis]], began development work by early 2021, but has announced no date for testing and have not discussed the project publicly.<ref name=ars20210727>{{cite news |title=Blue Origin has a secret project named "Jarvis" to compete with SpaceX |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/blue-origin-is-developing-reusable-second-stage-other-advanced-projects/ |last=Berger |first=Eric |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=27 July 2021 |access-date=31 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730113522/https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/blue-origin-is-developing-reusable-second-stage-other-advanced-projects/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Stoke Space]] is also developing a rocket which is planned to be reusable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=STOKE Space Raises $65M Series A to Make Space Access Sustainable and Scalable |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211215005168/en/STOKE-Space-Raises-65M-Series-A-to-Make-Space-Access-Sustainable-and-Scalable |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sesnic |first=Trevor |last2=Volosín |first2=Juan I. Morales |date=2023-02-04 |title=Full Reusability By Stoke Space |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/stoke-space/ |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=Everyday Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{as of|2025|01}}, Starship is the only [[launch vehicle]] intended to be fully reusable that has been fully built and tested. The [[Starship_flight_test_5|fifth test flight]] was on October 13, 2024, in which the vehicle completed a suborbital launch and landed both stages for the second time. The [[SpaceX Super Heavy|Super Heavy]] booster was caught successfully by the "chopstick system" on Orbital Pad A for the first time. The Ship completed its second successful reentry and returned for a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The test marked the second instance that could be considered meeting all requirements to be fully reusable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=SpaceX Flies IFT-4, Achieves Super Heavy, Starship Controlled Splashdowns - AmericaSpace |url=https://www.americaspace.com/2024/06/06/spacex-flies-ift-4-achieves-super-heavy-starship-splashdowns/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.americaspace.com |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2024|talk=Starship IFT-4 and full re-usability}}