The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a list of requirements for SpaceX to apply for a Starship first flight license.
The super-heavy launch vehicle Starship will be ready for its first orbital flight in July this year. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this on Tuesday, June 14th.
“The Starship will be ready to fly next month. Last night I participated in assessing progress at High Bay and Mega Bay (SpaceX aerospace facility – ed.),” Musk said on social networks.
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SpaceX had previously planned to launch the first orbital launch of the rocket last summer, but the delay in developing the rocket and passing procedures for licensing the regulator of the Boca Chica launch area, where the Starship will be launched, leads to a procrastination. Later, the timing of the Starship’s first orbital flight was postponed to January-February 2022.
On Monday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which is responsible for assessing the sustainability and safety of a launch site for the environment and infrastructure, released a list of requirements for SpaceX to apply for an initial flight license . In total, management has indicated more than 75 conditions that the company must meet.
According to the statement, the company’s proposed measures “will not include significant environmental impacts,” and “the agency will ensure that SpaceX applies these measures to the licensing process.”
As you know, the reusable rocket system consists of the Ship 20 (or SN20) spacecraft and the Super Heavy carrier. The height of the Starship reached 120 meters. This is higher than any other rocket ever made in the world. The Super Heavy carrier is twice as powerful as the heavy rocket of NASA’s Space Launch System, which makes for manned flights to the Moon.
The first launch will take place from SpaceX’s upcoming launch pad in Boca Chica in southeast Texas.
As part of the first flight, the rocket will perform an orbital flight around the Earth. SN20 will make a controlled splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian Islands.
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Source: korrespondent
