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Mike Wall

FAA to conduct new environmental review for SpaceX's Starship operations in Florida

A large silver rocket launches into a cloudy sky.

SpaceX will have to clear another regulatory hurdle before ramping up work with its Starship megarocket on Florida's Space Coast.

The company currently builds, tests and launches the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, which is still in development, at its Starbase site in South Texas. But SpaceX wants to add Florida to the mix as well: It aims to fly the giant vehicle from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), which already hosts liftoffs of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.

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