ORLANDO, Fla. — After running through a successful test fire this month, SpaceX is set to fly its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket, and is just waiting on the Federal Aviation Administration for the green light, according to one company official.
Speaking at the Space Mobility Conference in Orlando on Tuesday, Gary Henry, the senior adviser for national security space solutions for SpaceX, said the Feb. 10 test during which 31 of the 33 engines of the powerful booster made a full test fire was “really the last box to check.”
“The vehicle’s in good shape. The pad’s in good shape — pretty much all of the prerequisites that come to supporting an orbital demonstration attempt here in the next month or so look good,” he said.
