A few regulatory hurdles still stand in the way of the fully reusable Mars-bound launch vehicle.
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, urged people not to get carried away thinking Starship is certain to launch on September 1. "Reminder, this is not the same as a launch license. It is a specific radio license for the test vehicles and does not indicate a change in status. Please do not make a YouTube video or write a 20,000 [word article] about this," FCC Space Licenses, which is not run by the FCC, wrote in a tweet on Wednesday.
The reason FCC Space Licenses is urging people to temper expectations is that SpaceX still hasn't received a launch license for the Starship orbital test flight. Launch licenses are granted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration , which recently published its much-delayedIt's also worth noting that CEO Elon Musk and company president Gwynne Shotwell
on separate occasions that Starship could launch in June, July, and August, meaning it's best to take any rough launch announcements with a pinch of salt.That's not to say we're not nearing launch though. Starship is set to launch from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas.
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