SpaceX says regulators will keep Starship grounded until at least November

Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of catch arms ensnaring SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster.SpaceX

The Federal Aviation Administration has signaled to SpaceX that it won’t approve a launch license for the next test flight of the Starship rocket until at least late November, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

This is more than two months later than the mid-September timeframe the FAA previously targeted for determining whether to approve a launch license for the next Starship flight. SpaceX says the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage for the next launch—the fifth full-scale test flight of the Starship program—have been ready

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