Spacex wants to fly the giant championship directly over Florida

Spacex is close to sending a NATSHIP missile to a low -Earth orbit. The recently proposed journey path will see that it is flying through the sky of Florida – an unusual road that will seriously disrupt air traffic and raise the risk of falling into populated areas below.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reviews Spacex to request For new tracks to launch flights that will witness the crossing of missiles at the upper stage on Florida, where they are making their way towards space and eventually returning to a landing mountain of the company’s Boca Chica launch in Texas.

The agency is considering safety risks for new launch paths, in addition to having to close the airspace on part of Mexico, Cuba, Cayman Islands and the United States

New flight tracks, new risks

Last month, Starship recently broke a series of successive losses Acept its tenth experimental journey. After its recent launch, the founder of Spacex and CEO Elon Musk explained that The developed version of Starship will soon reach Orbit by next year And show the ability to fully reuse by landing on both the super heavy supporters and its upper phase.

So far, Starship Megarock test trips have taken on the tropical paths. Spacex prepares its missile to reach the low -Earth orbit and complete a full flight around the planet before returning to try to land at the launch site in South Texas.

In its request, the company suggested two different roads: one of them flying the missile towards the Kayman Islands and another that would fly directly over Florida. The Federal Aviation Administration reviews the possible environmental impact that the new aviation track will create with regard to emissions, air quality, noise pollution, and the possibility of decreased dangerous materials on populated areas.

The effect of high flights in Chlorda will be trivial for commercial airlines. “AHAS AHAS (aircraft danger zone) can affect at least 10 commercial aircraft per hour, during the lowest period of midnight, or up to 200 commercial aircraft as a maximum per hour, during the peak daily travel,” according to FAA’s evaluation. The plan assumes up to 22 models per year.

A number of Starship tests ended with the dismantling of the missile and the rain rain on parts of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. In June, Mexico He threatened to prosecute potential pollution From the launch of the Spacex missiles, which sometimes rain parts of the nearby border debris. Local conservative groups in Boca Chika also criticized the pretext that The championship missile is a threat To the wildlife habitats surrounding.

However, in its latest report, the Federal Aviation Administration concluded that there will be no “big impact” of the new launch paths in Starship. The agency is still not making its final decision; Instead, you will hold a general meeting on October 7 and will collect comments until October 20 before making a decision on Spacex’s proposal.