From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Jan/2/2021 at 10:43, JF Mezei wrote :   
   > So Superheavy launches a Starship with lots of cargo destined to Moon,   
   > Mars or Vulcan.   
   >   
   > Can Super Heavy drop Starship in a stable enough orbit to wait for the   
   > fuel truck to arrive? Or is it a given that Starship will need enough   
   > fuel to achieve orbit and circularize it while waiting for fuel truck   
   > (and so fuel truck would have to do the same).   
   >   
   >   
   > Is there expectation of 2 launches 10 minutes apart to have matching   
   > orbits so refueling can happen quickly, or will the fuel truck have to   
   > launch 24 hour later (which then requires the first Startship to be in   
   > stable orbit).   
   >   
      
   Starship can go to the Moon without refuelling in orbit, the dearMoon   
   project is supposed to do just that. So it can wait in LEO for some time   
   before being refuelled. I don't know how SpaceX plans to do their   
   refuelling, they might want to launch a few minutes apart. But I'm sure   
   that the refuelling will be high enough for the orbit to be stable so it   
   could be done days apart.   
      
   Note that this refuelling business is only for missions requiring more   
   power than the already enormous amount of power provided by Starship.   
   For missions to the lunar surface, to Mars or "to infinity and beyond".   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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