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SpaceX gets green light for Starship's next test flight following mishap probe
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Fusion42 · 14 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The FAA closed its investigation into SpaceX's May Starship booster failure, caused by erroneous engine alarm settings, and cleared the company for its next test flight on Thursday from Texas. The 13th test will deploy actual Starlink V3 satellites for the first time, marking progress on a programme that has fallen years behind schedule despite $15 billion in development spending.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Space Tech.
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SpaceX just got regulatory permission to resume rapid Starship iteration after a hardware failure—and this week's flight carries real Starlink satellites, not test dummies. If you're selling components, ground services, or tracking systems to launch operators, the cadence just accelerated and the stakes moved from proving the rocket works to proving it can deploy commercial payloads at scale.
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