FAA could advance SpaceX Starship license as soon as October
2023.09.13 16:56
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, explodes after its launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Ski
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday the agency could advance the SpaceX Starship launch license as early as next month.
“We’re working well with them and have been in good discussions … I think we’re optimistic sometime next month,” acting FAA Administrator Polly Trottenberg told reporters on the sidelines of a conference.
SpaceX would still need a separate environmental approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service before a launch.
