SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Receives FAA Go-Ahead for Launch Written 5 June 2024
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SpaceX Starship’s Superheavy Booster undergoing testing on the orbital launch pad at Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas in February 2023. | Credit: Mobilus In Mobili; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 2.0
Reuters reports the FAA “on Tuesday said it issued a license for SpaceX’s fourth flight of its Starship rocket system, another test mission along the company’s path to building a reusable satellite launcher and moon lander. SpaceX is aiming to launch its nearly 400-foot-tall (122-meter), two-stage Starship as early as Thursday at 7 a.m. CDT (1200 GMT) from its rocket facilities in south Texas, from which past flights in the company’s test-to-failure development campaign have launched.”
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