{"id":22020,"date":"2023-03-21T22:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/it-all-comes-down-to-the-faa-before-spacexs-starship-gets-a-launch-date\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:22:49","slug":"it-all-comes-down-to-the-faa-before-spacexs-starship-gets-a-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/it-all-comes-down-to-the-faa-before-spacexs-starship-gets-a-launch-date\/","title":{"rendered":"It all comes down to the FAA before SpaceX\u2019s Starship gets a launch date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX VP says teams are \u2018so close\u2019 to launch<\/h2>\n

During the rocket roundtable at Satellite 2023, SpaceX\u2019s Vice President of Commercial Sales, Tom Ochinero, states the company is getting close to launching the full version of its Starship rocket. The final hurdle the company is working on is a launch license from the FAA, which oversees all commercial spaceflights.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently waiting on our FAA license so that we can announce our launch date, but that should be happening very shortly,\u201d Ochinero told reporters and conference attendees. Last month, SpaceX conducted a static fire of 31 of the 33 engines on the Super Heavy booster. The total thrust surpassed NASA\u2019s Saturn V rocket used in the 60s and 70s to launch humans to the Moon first. At full power, Starship is expected to retake the thrown as the most powerful operational rocket, passing NASA\u2019s Space Launch System, which first launched last November.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk gives us another ballpark launch date<\/h2>\n

Would you be shocked if I told you SpaceX\u2019s founder and CEO guessed that Starship could launch its Orbital Test Flight on April 20? Yeah, I\u2019m not either, but something always seems to be rumored to occur on that date with one of his companies every year.<\/p>\n

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