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SpaceX asks FAA for 456 Starship launches a year, up from 25

The FAA is reviewing SpaceX's request to raise Starbase launches from twenty-five a year to four hundred fifty-six; the Roadster is the quieter Musk news.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:53 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by Space.com: “SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:53 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: SpaceX.
BBN covered this story before: Gaza Schoolgirls Found; DMZ Mines; Texas Latino Vote (October 9).

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Space.comSpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe same Musk empire that just priced a Roadster at two hundred thousand dollars wants the FAA to let it fly Starship four hundred fifty-six times a year from South Texas, up from twenty-five.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour hundred fifty-six! That is more than one a day, so rocket for breakfast, rocket for dinner, and I want a front-row seat.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe neighbors get a sonic boom with their cereal, and the Roadster owner still can't leave town without a rocket.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentRex, anything on your side that flies that often?

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