Musk Says SpaceX To Be Ready To Launch Starship In Few Weeks, Near Third Week Of April
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published March 17, 2023 | 06:30 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th March, 2023) Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Thursday that his company SpaceX would be ready to launch a Starship spacecraft in a few weeks.
"SpaceX will be ready to launch Starship in a few weeks, then launch timing depends on FAA (the US Federal Aviation Administration) license approval," he tweeted.
Musk assumed that the license approval would take a few weeks, so the "first launch attempt will be near end of third week of April."
Starship is a fully reusable two�stage�to�orbit super heavy�lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX. Musk plans to use the spacecraft to establish permanent bases on the Moon and Mars.
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