--- title: "According to NASA, Elon Musk's SpaceX anticipates launching its first Starship into orbit this year." description: "NASA chose SpaceX's Starship in 2021 to make the first human landing on the moon since 1972 sometime around 2025." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-11-01 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2266/according-to-nasa-elon-musk-s-spacex-anticipates-launching-its-first-starship-into-orbit-this-year category: "space and research" tags: ["technology", "technology news", "space science", "science and technology"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # According to NASA, Elon Musk's SpaceX anticipates launching its first Starship into orbit this year. **According to a U.S. official, SpaceX plans to launch its massive [Starship rocket](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85093/why-spacex-starship-rocket-launches-in-the-historic-test-but-explodes-after-a-few-minutes) system into orbit for the first time in early December.** This flight will serve as a crucial demonstration flight as the company works toward sending NASA astronauts to the moon in the coming years. **SpaceX, owned by billionaire [Elon Musk](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85512/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-two-business-tycoon-of-similar-age), has been working for years to launch its massive next-[generation](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300788/why-is-heart-attack-increasing-in-the-younger-generation) rocket system into orbit from its private launch sites in Texas.** To demonstrate landing efforts, SpaceX has only ever launched prototypes of the upper half of the Starship up to a height of around 6 miles (10 km) in the past. The company's 230-foot (70-meter) Super Heavy launcher will be used to launch the 160-foot (50-meter) Starship spacecraft into orbit on the mission in December, serving as the first test of the entire system. '**We monitor four significant Starship flights. The first one here will occur in December, maybe in the early part of the month,** 'A senior NASA official in charge of the Artemis moon program's [development](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65309/importance-of-ux-design-in-the-development-of-mobile-apps), Mark Kirasich, stated during a NASA Advisory Council meeting that was aired live. The first orbital flight may not launch until after December depending on how the rocket performs in ground tests and regulatory inspections. [**SpaceX**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2219/from-december-2022-moving-vehicles-will-be-able-to-use-spacex-s-starlink-satellite), one of Musk's expanding empire of businesses that also includes Tesla and Twitter, has yet to receive a licence from the U.S. Federal [Aviation Administration](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40838/what-are-some-successes-weaknesses-of-the-caa-civil-aeronautics-authority-or-faa-federal-aviation-administration), which regulates the safety of commercial launch sites. Requests for comment from the FAA and SpaceX were not immediately fulfilled. Once completely built, **Starship is positioned to replace SpaceX's fleet of reusable Falcon 9 rockets as the company's flagship rocket system,** providing a more potent and totally reusable trip into orbit for huge numbers of commercial [satellites](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2194/on-october-20-watch-as-spacex-launches-54-starlink-satellites-and-lands-a-rocket), space travellers, and [professional](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13107/scaling-the-gap-between-a-graduate-and-a-professional) astronauts. [**NASA**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2235/largest-meteor-hits-on-the-red-planet-are-discovered-by-two-martian-spacecraft) chose SpaceX's Starship in 2021 to make the first human landing on the moon since 1972 sometime around 2025. **A number of spaceflight tests are necessary for that mission, which is covered by a $3 billion contract, and these testing could push out the [moon landing](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85453/trends-of-the-space-race-and-the-moon-landing-exploring-new-frontiers) mission until 2025.** --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2266/according-to-nasa-elon-musk-s-spacex-anticipates-launching-its-first-starship-into-orbit-this-year Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.