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SpaceX’s Starship Still Needs Wildlife Agency Review to Resume Launch
- Agency’s review, required for launch, could take 30-135 days
- Federal review follows April launch that damaged launchpad
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US Fish and Wildlife officials have yet to begin a formal review of SpaceX’s upgrades following Starship’s April explosion, which could push back the next launch window for Elon Musk’s space company by months.
The agency still needs to review SpaceX’s plans to operate a water deluge system during the next launch of its Starship rocket — a process that could take anywhere from 30 to 135 days, the FWS said in an email to Bloomberg News on Monday.