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Mike Wall

SpaceX's Starship won't be licensed to fly again until late November, FAA says

Drone's-eye view of a giant rocket launching from a seaside pad, generating a huge plume of dust and exhaust.

SpaceX's Starship will be grounded for a while longer yet.

Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — flew for the fourth time in June, and SpaceX has been gearing up for flight number five ever since. But that test mission is probably still at least 2.5 months away, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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