SpaceX's Starship poised for imminent launch.

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SpaceX's Starship poised for imminent launch.
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SpaceX's Super Heavy and Starship launch system has completed its final "flight readiness review" and is ready for its debut test flight, pending regulatory approval. The company is targeting April 17 for the integrated flight test, which will carry no payloads and is solely intended to test the rockets, their engines, and the capability of the vehicles to reenter Earth's atmosphere and make a controlled landing. SpaceX engineers have a million questions for which they seek data, and the company has been working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration to provide the necessary data about Starship's performance and its impacts to the area surrounding the launch site.

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