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Spacex’s Super Heavy Booster is seen on the launch platform, without the spacecraft on the top, since it is prepared for the launch from the company’s launchpad mouth of the company on a test flight without need, near Brownsville, Texas, on February 27, 2025.
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Elon Musk’s Spacex has achieved the authorization of the Federal Aviation Administration to fly its massive starship rocket once again, the space regulator announced Friday.
The Starship Rocket separated during the company’s seventh test flight in January. The explosion caused the rubble to rained on Turks and Caicos, and forced several commercial flights deviant or delayedCNBC previously informed.
FAA granted the modified license to Spacex, which has a Private market assessment of $ 350 billionAlthough the company has not yet completed its setback research, required after the January explosion. The space regulator has previously authorized companies such as Spacex and Rocket laboratory While accident investigations were still underway, a spokesman told CNBC by email.
Last year, FAA fined Spacex $ 633,009 in civil sanctions From what he alleged were security and procedural violations in the period prior to two launches of 2023. Spacex was also MALED FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY to contaminate waters in Texas in violation of the clean water law.
After those fines, musk threatened To sue FAA for “regulatory overreach”, but never filed a complaint.
Musk, the richest person in the world, contributed almost $ 300 million to help drive President Donald Trump Back to the White House, and is now a central figure in the administration.
Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla And the owner of the social media company X, leads the so -called government efficiency department, or Doge, which is implementing draconian personnel and budget cuts throughout the federal government, and addresses the regulatory agencies that supervise Musk’s businesses.
The orange light balls fly through the sky when the rubble of a spacex rocket released in Texas are seen on the Turkish and Caicos Islands on January 16, 2025.
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The role has already given Musk its Doge employees unprecedented to computer federal systems and data, even within FAA. Spacex has been selected to help review the FAA air traffic control system, Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, previously announced.
Senators Adam Schiff, D-Calif., And Tammy Duckworth, D-Billinois, sent a letter to the interim administrator of the FAA, Chris Rocheleau, raising concerns about concerns about concerns about FAA, raising concerns about conflicts of interest.
Spacex did not respond to the request for comments from CNBC.
Starship, the highest and most powerful rocket ever released, is essential for Spacex ambitions. When stacked in the super heavy reinforcement, the spacecraft measures 403 feet and is about 30 feet in diameter. Spacex has flown the complete system of starship rockets in seven space flight tests until now since April 2023.
The company wrote in a publication on social networks that its objective is to carry out its eighth test of ship ship ships of ship ships as soon as Monday, March 3.
