SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell just laid out the official launch roadmap for Starship, and the cadence is about to go vertical
Here's the timeline:
• Flight 13: Launch is roughly a month away
• Flight 14: The big one. SpaceX intends to attempt a full orbital injection
• Post-Flight 14 Cadence: SpaceX plans to transition to an unprecedented launch rate of flying every single month
Shotwell confirmed they expect Starship to be fully operational in orbit by the end of this year. The regulatory approval from the FAA remains the primary bottleneck, but the manufacturing and engineering pipeline is completely locked in
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