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SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight gets FAA launch license. But when will it fly?

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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued a launch license for SpaceX's upcoming Starship Flight 7 test flight.

The launch license comes on the heels of several Starship engine tests by SpaceX to check the flight readiness of its seventh Ship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster.

SpaceX has not yet set a target date for its Starship launch test from its Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach , Texas .

In October 2022 , Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee .

He is also an Eagle Scout and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult.

He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University .