In two posts on his social media platform, X, Elon Musk shared that a version 2 of Starship is around the corner and will bring various improvements to the rocket. However, it sounds like there will still be a few “V1” Starships left to be tested before moving to V2.

在他的社交媒體平台 X 上的兩篇帖子中，埃隆馬斯克分享了 Starship 的第二版即將推出，將為火箭帶來各種改進。然而，聽起來在轉向 V2 之前仍有一些「V1」星際飛船需要測試。

Four V1 Starships left for testing

We are only just over a week out from the second launch of a full Starship rocket and Musk is already starting to talk about a second version of Starship. While this might sound like a major change in what we’ll see in the future, it most likely won’t be something you will see from the outside.

四艘 V1 星艦尚待測試 我們距離第二次完整的星艦火箭發射僅剩一周多的時間，馬斯克已經開始談論第二版星艦。雖然這聽起來像是我們未來會看到的重大變化，但它很可能不會是你從外面看到的。

Musk shared this news with a teas of a post on X, formally Twitter, showing the four currently assembled Starship vehicles at Starbase, saying, “four more Starships, the last of V1.” This implied that a V2 rocket would be coming in the future.

馬斯克在X（正式為Twitter）上發布了一條帖子，分享了這一消息，展示了目前在Starbase 組裝的四艘星艦，並表示：「還有四艘星艦，是V1 的最後一艘。”這意味著未來將會出現 V2 火箭。

Thanks to the community of Starbase watchers, we have been able to track the final four V1 Starship vehicles as they have all been corralled into the High Bay.

感謝 Starbase 觀察者社區，我們能夠追蹤最後四輛 V1 星艦車輛，因為它們都被關進了高灣。

The four remaining Starship upper stages will be Ship 28, 29, 30, and 32. Ship 31 was assembled, however, it was moved to Starbase’s Rocket Garden. Usually being put in a Rocket Garden is a spot of honor, but at Starbase it’s a sign the vehicle will soon be scrapped.

剩下的四艘星艦上層將是 28 號、29 號、30 號和 32 號。31 號已經組裝完畢，但被轉移到 Starbase 的火箭花園。通常被放入火箭花園是一種榮譽，但在 Starbase，這意味著車輛很快就會被報廢。

Ship 28 was moved off of a stand used for Raptor installation and then moved to the High Bay, the smaller of the three rocket vertical assembly buildings. Now Ship 28 will received more work to its heat shield section because if it flies, SpaceX is hoping to get this one around the Earth and attempt reentry.

28 號船從用於 Raptor 安裝的支架上移開，然後移至 High Bay，這是三座火箭垂直組裝大樓中較小的一座。現在，28 號船的隔熱罩部分將接受更多的工作，因為如果它能飛起來，SpaceX 希望讓它繞地球一周並嘗試重返大氣層。

You can catch these moves in the recent tracking update from NASASpaceflight.

您可以在 NASASpaceflight 最近的追蹤更新中了解這些變更。

All four final V1 Starship seen in Starbase’s High Bay in various stages of completion. Image: Sean Doherty / NASASpaceflight

所有四艘最終的 V1 星艦都在 Starbase 的 High Bay 中看到，處於不同的完成階段。圖片來源：Sean Doherty/NASASpaceflight

Will all four of these Starships fly? That’s unknown at the moment. While it might sound like they will, SpaceX in the past has changed plans and skipped vehicles in favor of a more reliable design.

這四艘星艦都會飛嗎？目前尚不清楚。雖然聽起來他們會這麼做，但 SpaceX 過去已經改變了計劃，並跳過了飛行器，轉而採用更可靠的設計。

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What changes might come to V2?

And that reliability is what Starship V2 will be all about. In a reply to one of his employees asking questions about Starship V2 on X, Musk shared that “version 2 of the ship holds more propellant, reduces dry mass and improves reliability.”

V2 可能會發生哪些變化？而可靠性就是 Starship V2 的全部。在回覆一位員工在 X 上詢問有關 Starship V2 的問題時，馬斯克表示，“該船的 2 版擁有更多的推進劑，減少了乾質量並提高了可靠性。”

It isn’t a huge surprise that changes would come to Starship that would require a new version. Over the year Musk has talked about numerous issues with Starship’s current design that will need improving. Also, after years of flight tests and development, I’m sure there is a list of items that SpaceX has thought about changing.

《星際飛船》發生需要新版本的變化並不令人意外。一年來，馬斯克談到了 Starship 目前設計的許多需要改進的問題。此外，經過多年的飛行測試和開發，我確信 SpaceX 已經考慮過改變一系列專案。

One change that has been talked about is a nine engine version of Starship with six vacuum optimized engines on the bottom. In theory there would be room to install three more engines on the underside of Starship, but it’s unclear at this time if that will happen with V2.

人們談論的一項變化是星際飛船的九引擎版本，底部有六個真空優化引擎。理論上，Starship 的底部還有空間可以再安裝三個發動機，但目前還不清楚 V2 是否會出現這種情況。

Starbase is an almost 24/7 operation at this point, so production of V2 parts will most likely begin shortly, if they haven’t started already.

Starbase 目前幾乎是 24/7 運營，因此 V2 部件的生產很可能很快就會開始（如果尚未開始的話）。