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Mike Wall

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Starship rocket

SpaceX's first integrated Starship and Super Heavy launch into the sky from Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas on April 20, 2023.

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), claiming the agency didn't fully analyze the environmental damage that SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle could cause to sensitive lands.

The FAA cleared SpaceX to conduct 20 launches of Starship each year for the next five years, notes the lawsuit, which was filed today (May 1) in federal district court in Washington, D.C. 

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