The US Federal Aviation Administration announced that entrepreneur Elon Musk has licensed SpaceX for the first orbital flight of the Starship super-heavy launch vehicle. It has been reported CNN.
According to the statement, SpaceX complies with all safety, environmental, “airspace integration and fiscal responsibility” requirements.
It was noted that the rocket will launch from Starbase’s private spaceport in the village of Boca Chica, Texas, on April 17.
On April 7, SpaceX’s plans became clear to manage Rehearsal for the launch of the super heavy rocket Starship.
Starship is a next-generation, super-heavy, fully reusable rocket with both stages landing on its tail. Its main feature should be the ability to launch 100 tons of cargo into orbit on a ship integrated with the upper tier and refuel this ship using modified upper tier fuel tankers. It is Starship that will have to deliver astronauts to the moon under the NASA Artemis program in the second half of the 2020s.