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Endangered Species Review Could Delay Starship Launch by Months

By Douglas Messier

SpaceRef

September 20, 2023

Filed under FAA, SpaceX, Starbase, starship

Endangered Species Review Could Delay Starship Launch by Months — Starship during its first test launch.

Image credit: SpaceX webcast.

It could take months for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a license for the second launch of SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy rocket due to the need to re-evaluate how the launch could impact endangered species that live near the company’s Starbase spaceport in south Texas, federal officials said this week.

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Douglas Messier

Douglas Messier is the founder of Parabolic Arc. He studied at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute and is an alumnus of the International Space University.