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SpaceX’s Starship cleared to return to flight with expanded ‘hazard areas’
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美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)已批准SpaceX进行星舰火箭系统的第九次试飞。由于前两次试飞发生爆炸事故,FAA根据SpaceX提供的最新安全分析,扩大了美国和其他国家的危险区域,这些区域本质上是临时禁飞区,以防碎片坠落。新的危险区域从德克萨斯州向东延伸1600海里,覆盖巴哈马群岛和特克斯和凯科斯群岛,是三月份上次试飞的两倍。FAA还要求SpaceX在“非高峰”旅行时段进行试飞,此前两次事故迫使FAA转移了数十个国内外航班。

🚀 SpaceX星舰火箭系统获得FAA批准进行第九次试飞,此前因飞行事故导致危险区域扩大,范围覆盖美国及其他国家。

⚠️ FAA要求SpaceX在非高峰时段进行试飞,此前事故曾导致大量航班改道,降低对民航的影响。

🎯 SpaceX星舰的长期目标是载人登陆火星,短期目标是发射更多星链卫星,并为NASA和美国国防部提供更强的任务能力。

🛰️ 星链已成为高需求互联网服务,特朗普政府或推动其他国家采用星链,以作为贸易战中的筹码。

The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to perform the ninth test flight of its Starship rocket system, following back-to-back explosions earlier this year.

The agency said Thursday it is “expanding the size of hazard areas both in the U.S. and other countries” for the flight based on an updated safety analysis provided by SpaceX. The Starship vehicle mishaps from Flights 7 and 8 caused a greater probability of failure of the vehicle and, therefore, a larger hazard area. Hazard areas are, essentially, temporary no-fly zones the FAA establishes when the potential for impact with debris exists.

The new hazard area drawn up by the FAA covers around 1,600 nautical miles running eastward from Texas and through the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, where debris from the previous two test flights landed. That’s roughly double the size of the hazard area the FAA used for the most recent Starship test flight in March.

The FAA said it is also requiring SpaceX perform the test flight during “non-peak” travel periods, after the previous two Starship mishaps forced the agency to divert dozens of domestic and international flights.

SpaceX has been testing its Starship system for two years now from the launch complex the company built in southern Texas. CEO Elon Musk has claimed the ultimate purpose of the system is to send people to Mars, but the short-term aim for Starship is to allow SpaceX to launch even more of its Starlink satellites into orbit around Earth. SpaceX also says it will use Starship “to provide greater mission capability to NASA and the Department of Defense.”

To date, SpaceX has used its workhorse Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites. In fact, most Falcon 9 launches these days are all about Starlink.

But while Starlink has already become an internet provider in high demand, it’s possible there could be an even greater need for launch capacity as the Trump administration reportedly pushes other countries to adopt the service as leverage in its myriad trade wars.

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Musk has also placed members of his Department of Government Efficiency who are reportedly helping the agency test Starlink terminals as a potential solution for the FAA’s trouble with the current air traffic control system.

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