SpaceX’s Super Heavy Booster is on the launch pad, without the tabletops on the Starship, as it was prepared for the company’s Boca Chica Launchpad launch in February 27, 2025 in a test flight near Brownsville, Texas, USA.
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Elon Musk’s Space regulator announced Friday that SpaceX has obtained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly its giant Starship rocket again.
During the company’s seventh test flight in January, the Starship rocket broke out. The explosion caused debris to rain in Turks and Caicos, forcing several commercial flights to Transfer or delayCNBC previously reported.
The FAA grants SpaceX a modified license that has a Private market valuation of $350 billioneven if the company has not completed the unfortunate investigation that needs to be completed after the January explosion. The space regulator has previously authorized SpaceX and includes SpaceX and Rocket Lab Although the unfortunate investigation is still ongoing, a spokesperson told CNBC via email.
Last year, FAA was fined SpaceX Civil penalties of $633,009 Security and procedural violations are allegedly launched in two leaders in 2023. So is SpaceX Fined by the Environmental Protection Agency In polluted waters in Texas, it violates the Clear Water Act.
After these fines, Musk threaten Prosecuted the FAA for “overregulation” but never complained.
Musk is the richest man in the world, contributing nearly $300 million to help advance President Donald Trump Back in the White House, now the central figure in the administration.
Musk, too Tesla The owner of social media company X leads the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is implementing severe personnel and budget cuts in the federal government and targets regulators that oversee Musk’s business.
On January 16, 2025, an orange ball flew across the sky as debris from the SpaceX rocket launched in Texas emanated from the SpaceX rocket launched in Texas.
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The position provides Musk and his Governor’s staff with unprecedented access to federal computer systems and data, including within the FAA. SpaceX has been selected to help overhaul the FAA’s air traffic control system, Trump’s traffic secretary Sean Duffy previously Announce.
Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-CA) (D-ill) sparked a message to FAA’s acting chief executive Chris Rocheleau on Friday Conflict of interest.
SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment.
The Starship is the highest and most powerful rocket ever, and is crucial to SpaceX’s ambitions. When it stacks on an overweight booster, the Starship is 403 feet tall and about 30 feet in diameter. Since April 2023, SpaceX has flew a complete Starship system in seven space flight tests.
The company is Social Media Posts Its purpose is to conduct its eighth Starship test on Monday, March 3.
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