According to the Space X company, the rocket was ready to be sent into space. It is expected that it can be used to carry astronauts and cargo into Earth orbit.
The rocket Starship Super Heavy of SpaceXthe tycoon’s space company Elon Muskyou will have a launch test key at the end of April instead of this week, as previously announced. “Starship launch is targeting late 3rd week of April,” Musk wrote in Twitter a day after claiming it was ready for launch and “awaiting regulatory approval.”
SpaceX envisions Starship being a Transport system fully reusable to carry astronauts and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon or Mars. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in southern Texasin the first launch of the fully assembled rocket system 120 meters high and with the upper part located above the propellant.
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A planning notice published by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on April 4th it said the primary planned release date was Monday, but listed Tuesday and Wednesday of this week as reserve dates. Musk said last week that Starship would be ready for launch this week. However, the FAA issued a revised notice which said that the launch could take place on April 17th.
SpaceX has yet to get a release permission of the FAA for what is expected to be its first orbital flight test. One key hurdle remains: the completion of a federal environmental compliance review.
The plan is to deploy the second stage of the Starship in space, where it would complete a complete orbit of the earth before reentering the atmosphere and splashing down off the coast of Hawaii. The Super Heavy rocket is also scheduled to land in Texasnear the launch site.
Source: Ambito
