SpaceX Starship closer to operation at Kennedy Space Center – WESH 2 Orlando

STILL A FEW YEARS OFF, BUT THE CAPE IS PREPPING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPACE TRAVEL. THE MASSIVE SPACEX STARSHIP SHIP IMPACT STUDIES AND HEARINGS HAVE ALREADY STARTED WESH 2S SPACE COAST BUREAU CHIEF SCOTT HEIDLER EXPLAINS WHERE WERE AT AND WHATS NEXT. FOR THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL ROCKET WILL CALL THE CAPE. ITS OPERATION HOME. SPACEXS STARSHIP STILL IN ITS TESTING PHASE DOWN IN TEXAS, BUT ONCE IT BECOMES MISSION READY, ITS HOME WILL BE ON THE SPACE COAST. THE FAA HAS ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, AND NEXT MONTH WILL HOLD TWO IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSES ON THE SPACE COAST AND ONE VIRTUAL. THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY COMMON AS A FIRST STEP TO ALLOW EVERYBODY TO HAVE SOME INPUT INTO A NEW LAUNCH FACILITY IN THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE MADE AWARE OF THE RISKS THE THE ISSUES, THE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL EXPOSURE. SPACEX HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS FAA PROCESS DOWN IN TEXAS. SO THE PROCESS HERE WILL BE QUICKER THANKS TO LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK ITLL GO FAIRLY SMOOTHLY. YOU KNOW, THERE IS SORT OF A TRACK RECORD WITH WHAT SPACEX HAS LEARNED IN TEXAS WITH THEIR LAUNCH FACILITIES. THERE. AND SO THE FAA HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF OF WHAT THIS VEHICLE IS. TWO LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE NOW BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE MASSIVE LAUNCH VEHICLE, THE SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER, WITH STARSHIP ON TOP, STANDING 400FT TALL. THE OFFICIAL LINE FROM FROM ELON MUSK, IN A PRESENTATION HE GAVE BACK IN EARLY APRIL, WAS ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM HAVING A, UH, A LAUNCH OF STARSHIP FROM FLORIDA. I THINK THATS OPTIMISTIC. ONE LAUNCH SITE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THE OTHER AT THE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, STILL MUST BE BUILT OR UPDATED. THE STARSHIP IS REALLY A GAME CHANGER, AND I THINK THAT IF WE SEE IT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FULLY OPERATIONAL, WE WONT EVEN RECOGNIZE THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND THE DOMAIN OF SPACE AS WE EVEN SEE IT TODAY ON THE SPACE COAST. SCOTT HEIDLER WESH TWO NEWS. FOR DETAILS ON THOSE SPACE COAST MEETINGS ON JUNE 12TH AND 13, AND THE VIRTUA

Worlds most powerful rocket will soon call Cape Canaveral its operational home

Updated: 5:11 PM EDT May 17, 2024

The worlds most powerful rocket will soon call Cape Canaveral its operational home. SpaceXs Starship is still in its testing phase down in Texas, but once its mission ready, itll move to the Space Coast.The FAA has started the process for an environmental impact study and next month will hold two in-person open houses on the Space Coast and one virtual event.This has been a pretty common first step to allow everybody to have some input into a new launch facility and the public has to be made aware of the risks, the issues, the potential exposure, explained Dr. Don Platt with Florida Tech.SpaceX has had to go through this FAA process for Starship down in Texas. So, the process in Florida will have a head start thanks to lessons already learned.I think that it will go fairly smoothly. There is sort of a track record with what SpaceX has learned in Texas with their launch facilities there. So, the FAA has an understanding of what this vehicle is, Platt said.Two launch complexes are now being developed for the massive launch vehicle thats the Super Heavy booster with Starship on top, together standing 400 feet tall.The official line from Elon Musk in a presentation that he gave back in early April was that its about a year away from having a Starship launch from Florida. I think thats optimistic, said Stephen Clark, a space reporter at Ars Technica. One launch site will be at the Kennedy Space Center and the other at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. They both still need to be built or updated.The Starship is really a gamechanger. I think that if we even see it as even close to operational, we wont even recognize the space industry and the domain of space as we even see it today, Platt said.Meeting information:The IN-PERSON meetings will be held on June 12, 2024, and June 13, 2024. The June 12, 2024, meetings will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the Radisson Cape Canaveral, 8701 Astronaut Blvd. The June 13, 2024, meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island. All meetings will consist of an open house information-station format wherein the FAA will provide information describing the purpose of the scoping meetings, project schedule, opportunities for public involvement, Proposed Action and alternatives summary, and environmental resource area summary. Fact sheets will be made available containing similar information. At any time during the meetings, the public will have the opportunity to provide verbal comments to a court reporter or written comments via a written comment form at one of several commenting stations. English-Spanish translation services will be provided at the in-person meetings.The VIRTUAL meeting will be held on June 17, 2024; 6-8 p.m.The URL and call-in number for the meeting will be provided in advance on the FAAs SpaceX Starship-SuperHeavy at Kennedy Space Center's project webpage.

The worlds most powerful rocket will soon call Cape Canaveral its operational home.

SpaceXs Starship is still in its testing phase down in Texas, but once its mission ready, itll move to the Space Coast.

The FAA has started the process for an environmental impact study and next month will hold two in-person open houses on the Space Coast and one virtual event.

This has been a pretty common first step to allow everybody to have some input into a new launch facility and the public has to be made aware of the risks, the issues, the potential exposure, explained Dr. Don Platt with Florida Tech.

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SpaceX has had to go through this FAA process for Starship down in Texas. So, the process in Florida will have a head start thanks to lessons already learned.

I think that it will go fairly smoothly. There is sort of a track record with what SpaceX has learned in Texas with their launch facilities there. So, the FAA has an understanding of what this vehicle is, Platt said.

Two launch complexes are now being developed for the massive launch vehicle thats the Super Heavy booster with Starship on top, together standing 400 feet tall.

The official line from Elon Musk in a presentation that he gave back in early April was that its about a year away from having a Starship launch from Florida. I think thats optimistic, said Stephen Clark, a space reporter at Ars Technica.

One launch site will be at the Kennedy Space Center and the other at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. They both still need to be built or updated.

The Starship is really a gamechanger. I think that if we even see it as even close to operational, we wont even recognize the space industry and the domain of space as we even see it today, Platt said.

Meeting information:

The IN-PERSON meetings will be held on June 12, 2024, and June 13, 2024.

The VIRTUAL meeting will be held on June 17, 2024; 6-8 p.m. The URL and call-in number for the meeting will be provided in advance on the FAAs SpaceX Starship-SuperHeavy at Kennedy Space Center's project webpage.

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SpaceX Starship closer to operation at Kennedy Space Center - WESH 2 Orlando