SpaceX boss Elon Musk has revealed a new date for the first orbital flight of the company’s next-generation Starship rocket.
SpaceX boss Elon Musk has said he expects the first orbital flight of the company’s next-generation Starship rocket will take place in January 2022 or a short while later. Musk revealed the targeted launch date at a joint meeting of the National Academies of Science Space Studies Board and the Board on Physics and Astronomy on Wednesday, November 17. “We’re close to our initial orbital launch,” Musk said in comments reported by Space News. The SpaceX chief said the company is hoping to conduct the maiden launch “in January,” though later said it would take place “in January or perhaps February.” The launch from SpaceX’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas, also requires regulatory approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
