The FAA’s decision allows SpaceX to launch a fourth Starship from South Texas without a final mishap investigation into its last flight.
SpaceX’s Starship is a step closer to its fourth launch from South Texas after a Federal Aviation Administration determination that problems the spacecraft experienced during its last flight in March posed no safety risks to the public. The decision allows the commercial space company to launch its Starship as soon as June 5 — before completing a mishap investigation report into its March 14 third flight. SpaceX still needs a launch license from the FAA , which remains pending.
SpaceX plans next Starship launch for June 5 from South Texas Starbase The agency notified the company of the public safety determination Friday, an agency spokesman said. “After a comprehensive review, the FAA determined no public safety issues were involved in the anomaly that occurred during the SpaceX Starship launch on March 14,” the spokesman said Thursday in an email.
San Antonio-built device headed to moon on NASA mission So far, in the run up to the fourth Starship flight, Musk hasn’t zinged regulators or fired up his fans about government processes, but SpaceX includes its usual disclaimer — “pending regulatory approval” — in updates about potential launch timing. During Starship’s third flight, the most successful so far, the two stages successfully separated, but the booster exploded shortly after.
Musk’s satellite company expanding facilities in Bastrop On Thursday, Musk posted on X that he thinks Starship will eventually be about 100% reusable but that the company must solve some problems. “There are many tough issues to solve with this vehicle, but the biggest remaining problem is making a reusable orbital return heat shield, which has never been done before,” he wrote. He’s previously posted that the fourth launch’s “primary goal is getting through max reentry heating.
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