SpaceX plans to launch Starship for the fifth time tomorrow, October 13, during a 30-minute launch window that opens at 8 a.m. ET. This is after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated today that the company has “met all licensing, environmental and safety requirements for suborbital test flight.” information Reuters.
The company will livestream the launch, starting about 35 minutes before liftoff. You can see it on the SpaceX website or on their x.com/SpaceX/status/1845210284270682178″>account xas well as in the x TV application.
from SpaceX target for tomorrow's flight is to return the Super Heavy booster to its launch site, which has not happened before. It is seeking another successful Starship landing in the Indian Ocean, which it first achieved on its fourth flight test in June.
The FAA authorization was not anticipated until November, but the agency and its partner “conducted evaluations more quickly than anticipated,” as CNBC reported yesterday. In addition to the launch scheduled for tomorrow, Reuters writes that the FAA “also approved the Starship 6 mission profile.”
