Elon Musk’s megarocket is grounded pending an FAA investigation, but the relative smoothness of the third mission means the next launch should happen soon.
The third test flight of Starship on March 14 marked a huge victory for SpaceX, with the experimental rocket hitting a number of key milestones. The unplanned loss of both stages triggered a Federal Aviation Administration investigation, but neither the FAA nor SpaceX anticipate the lengthy delays experienced after the first two tests. Starship’s second test flight, conducted on November 18, 2023, happened 30 weeks after its inaugural demo last April.
Speaking to reporters at Payload’s Space Capitol III event on March 18, Coleman said Starship’s third flight “ended in what we call a mishap, but at the end of the day we deem it a successful launch attempt,” citing the absence of injuries or property damage. “We didn’t see anything major. We don’t think there’s any critical systems for safety that were implicated,” he added.
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