Update: Starship test flight 9 is scheduled to launch as soon as Wednesday May 21st between 6:30 pm and 8:34 pm central time according to the newest U.S. Coast Guard hazard notice. Wait for the official SpaceX announcement before making any travel plans. https://t.co/s6QnWZCz11 (… pic.twitter.com/6BxZCEdaSq

People in Arizona may see a SpaceX rocket blast off (from neighboring state California!) to deliver the company's latest batch of Starlink satellites

Starship ignited its Raptor engines Monday morning on a test stand near SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in South Texas. The engine ran for approximately 60 seconds, and SpaceX confirmed the test-firing in a post on X: "Starship completed a long duration six-engine static fire and is undergoing final preparations for the ninth flight test."

German launch services provider Exolaunch is working with non-U.S. customers to reclaim most of the tariffs they must pay to deploy their satellites via SpaceX.

The FAA on Tuesday said there would be no significant impact to the environment if SpaceX increases launches at its Starbase facility from five to 25 times a year — as long as the company takes additi