SpaceX Receives License for Third Starship Test Flight

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SpaceX Receives License for Third Starship Test Flight
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The Federal Aviation Administration has granted SpaceX a license for the third test flight of its Starship Super Heavy vehicle, which could take place as soon as Thursday morning.

Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted Space X a license, the third test flight of its Starship Super Heavy vehicle could take place as soon as Thursday morning. Space X says that a 110-minute launch window will open at 7AM CT / 8AM ET / 5AM PT tomorrow, March 14th.

If you’re planning on watching to see what happens, we recommend getting up early before the launch just in case it’s either canceled or, as we’ve seen on previous attempts, occurs at the very beginning of the launch window. In a post on X (which, like SpaceX, is owned by Elon Musk), the FAA said it has “determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements.” While both of the first two Starship launches took off and achieved some mission goals, both also ended explosively. The first one caused significant damage not only to the launchpad but also “left a 385-acre debris field that flung concrete chunks as far as 2,680 feet from the launchpad and sparked a 3.5-acre fir

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