SpaceX Wants to Fly Its Gigantic Starship Directly Over Florida

SpaceX is inching closer to sending its Starship rocket into low Earth orbit. A newly proposed flight path for the upper stage would see it fly across Florida skies—an unusual route that would seriously disrupt air traffic and raise the risk of debris falling onto populated areas below.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is reviewing SpaceX’s request for new launch and reentry flight paths that would see its upper-stage Starship rocket crossing over Florida as it makes its way toward space and eventually return for a landing at the company’s Boca Chica launch mount in Texas.

The agency is considering the safety risks of the new launch trajectories, as well as having to close the airspace over a portion of Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and the U.S.

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