SpaceX is pressing ahead with Starship, prepping its tenth test flight while Florida spaceports accelerate infrastructure and operational tempo. Tests show measured progress on reusability elements—booster recovery concepts, heat‑shield work and in‑space refuelling experiments—while regulatory approvals remain under review.
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Starship test outcomes directly affect operational risk and mission timelines: the FAA recently cleared Flight 10 after investigations, following a test that reached space but lost re‑entry control (see the FAA clearance and the Flight 10 anomaly).
East Coast infrastructure and planning are scaling to support high Starship cadence: the DoD has outlined upgrades to enable as many as 76 Starship launches per year, and Florida’s Space Coast is already recording a rising launch tempo (93 orbital launches in 2024).
If Starship reaches routine reusability and reliability milestones it will reshape launch economics and capacity, enabling record rideshare missions and far larger payload manifests than Falcon 9 (see plans for Starship rideshare missions).
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