https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/08/n ... st-31.html
A US Coast Guard notice gives the first possible date window for the next SpaceX Starship orbital launch attempt.
Page 4 out of 88 pages has a coast guard notice to mariners that starting August 31, 2023 there could be dangerous rocket operations.
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/09/s ... -2024.html
SpaceX has 61 successful launches of Falcon rockets so far in 2023. Elon indicates they will target 10 flights per month for the 4 remaining months of the year to hopefully reach 100 launches. They will tehn increase to 12 per month in 2024 which would get SpaceX to 140-150 launches in 2024.
This is before SpaceX gets the Starship and Super Heavy working. Starship and Super Heavy being fully reusable and able to hold ten times the mass will greatly accelerate launches and multiply launch payload.
The FAA says that SpaceX could get license for second Starship orbital launch attempt in October.
The SpaceX Super Heavy Starship is stacked and ready to go on the launch pad. SpaceX needs to secure the necessary regulatory approvals, including a launch license from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
“We’re working well with them and have been in good discussions. Teams are working together and I think we’re optimistic [about issuing a license] sometime next month,” the FAA’s acting administrator, Polly Trottenberg, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on Wednesday.
Last Friday, the FAA wrapped up its investigation of Starship’s first orbital launch and flight which occurred on April 20.
The last SpaceX launch attempt caused the superhard concrete to break. The rocket has twice the thrust of a Saturn V, which caused dirt and concrete to be thrown hundreds of meters.
