{"id":95534,"date":"2019-08-29T15:51:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/report-outlines-spacexs-plans-for-starship-launches-from-ksc"},"modified":"2019-08-29T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T22:51:26","slug":"report-outlines-spacexs-plans-for-starship-launches-from-ksc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/report-outlines-spacexs-plans-for-starship-launches-from-ksc","title":{"rendered":"Report outlines SpaceX\u2019s plans for Starship launches from KSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/report-outlines-spacexs-plans-for-starship-launches-from-ksc.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 SpaceX plans to build facilities at the Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39A for launches and, eventually, landings of its next-generation launch vehicle, according to a newly released report.<\/p>\n<p>An environment assessment prepared by SpaceX, <a href=\"https:\/\/netspublic.grc.nasa.gov\/main\/20190801_Final_DRAFT_EA_SpaceX_Starship.pdf\">and released by NASA Aug. 1<\/a>, discusses plans to develop additional facilities at LC-39A, which currently hosts Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, for use by the company\u2019s Starship vehicle and its Super Heavy booster.<\/p>\n<p>The plans outlined in the document call for the construction of a new launch mount at the complex near the existing one used by the Falcon 9 and Heavy. The modifications to the pad would also include a tank farm for the methane fuel used by the Raptor engines that power Starship and Super Heavy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 SpaceX plans to build facilities at the Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39A for launches and, eventually, landings of its next-generation launch vehicle, according to a newly released report. An environment assessment prepared by SpaceX, and released by NASA Aug. 1, discusses plans to develop additional facilities at LC-39A, which currently hosts Falcon [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,1514,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-space-travel","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}