Thrusters

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Air or Nitrogen? The Roadster's Own Engineers Have Said Both

Lars Moravy called the Roadster's thruster gas 'air' on Tesla's livestream. The pre-event engineer interviews — Moravy to Hagerty among them — say nitrogen, chosen because spacecraft use it. The record contains both, and this page does not settle it.

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The SpaceX Package: Ten Thrusters, 600 Liters, and About Five Seconds

The 2026 Roadster's thruster system as its own engineers describe it: cold gas in carbon-overwrapped tanks rated to 10,000 psi, a cockpit screen that read 5,500 psi, and roughly five seconds of boost per fill — with refills measured in hours.