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SpaceX will gain greater autonomy regarding the Starship project.

Following the successful sixth test flight of Starship on November 20, Elon Musk's company received a notification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding the launches of the transportation system.
SpaceX получит возможность самостоятельно управлять проектом Starship.
Старт Starship 20 ноября 2024 года / © SpaceX

In the draft version of the FAA's "Environmental Impact Statement," it was indicated that SpaceX will be granted permission to increase the number of Starship launches from the "Starbase" in South Texas to up to 25 times a year. Additionally, the company is likely to be allowed to continue expanding the size and power of the Super Heavy rocket and the Starship.

Furthermore, SpaceX founder Elon Musk stated that the company plans to transition to a larger and more powerful version of Starship and Super Heavy in about a year. This version, named Starship 3, will double the thrust of the upper stage and increase the booster thrust from approximately 74 to 100 meganeutons. To put it in perspective, the thrust of Starship at launch will be three times more powerful than that of the Saturn V rocket, which took humans to the Moon in the 20th century.