FAA Approves SpaceX for More Starship Test Missions
Regulator issues a modified launch and reentry license that allows launching multiple flights under the vehicle’s Flight 7 configuration and mission profile.
Regulator issues a modified launch and reentry license that allows launching multiple flights under the vehicle’s Flight 7 configuration and mission profile.
SpaceX aims to increase the number of authorized Starship launches at its Starbase launch pad in Texas from five to 25 per year.
Starship reignites one of its six Raptor engines on orbit for the first time, demonstrating a capability that will come into play during future missions.
Largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly could lift off on its sixth test flight as early as Monday at 5 p.m. EST.
Sixth test flight of the largest rocket to ever fly will feature another attempt at catching the Super Heavy booster and returning it to the launchpad.
Company successfully catches its Super Heavy booster using a pair of metal ‘chopsticks,’ marking the first time such a maneuver has been completed.
The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.
It’s a momentous occasion for SpaceX as both Starship and the Super Heavy booster successfully splashed down back on Earth.
The company proposes installing infrastructure that would support as many as 44 Starship launches annually but will first need to pass an environmental assessment.
The SpaceX CEO wants the fourth test flight of Starship to end in the spacecraft’s safe recovery on Earth, a feat that has thus far eluded the company.