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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
SpaceXSI
SpaceX Tells the FAA It Wants 10,000 Launches a Year; Musk Says That’s Just Starbase Louisiana
SpaceX told the FAA it expects to fly 10,000 launches a year on its own and that outdated airspace rules are the bottleneck. Musk says that number is just Starbase Louisiana, which is designed for about 30 launches and reentries a day.
SpaceXSI
FAA Starts Review of SpaceX Plan for Up to 456 Starship Launches a Year
The FAA is reviewing SpaceX plans for up to 456 Starship launches and 912 landings a year from Starbase, up from 25. Comments are due Nov 30.
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Starlink
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Japan
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