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SpaceX receives official approval from the FAA for Starship and Super Heavy rocket’s first orbital launch. The launch is targeting Monday, April 17.
SpaceX shared the great and long-awaited news about the first orbital launch of the giant rocket. The company wrote on its Twitter account: “Targeting as soon as Monday, April 17 for the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Starbase in Texas.” This means that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX official permission to launch the rocket.
SpaceX Starship is fully prepared for an historic test flight. It is the world’s largest and most powerful space rocket. Starship is considered an important beacon of hope for SpaceX, the US space industry, and the whole world. This should be an important basis for future missions to Mars and a step towards making humanity a multi-planetary species.
When launching Starship SN24 with Super Heavy Booster 7, the vehicle will fly east from Texas across the Gulf of Mexico. The Starship will then separate from the Super Heavy Booster and continue into Earth orbit. After orbiting Earth, the Starship is to make a controlled entry into the Pacific Ocean, north of the Hawaiian Islands, and land at sea. During the first flight, the launch vehicle will not land on the ground. In the future, the Super Heavy Booster should return to the landing platform, like the first stages of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
In February, the Super Heavy Booster and its 33 engines underwent a serious burn test. 31 out of 33 engines burned according to plan. According to the company, SpaceX technicians were able to gather enough data to venture into a real launch attempt.
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