SpaceX Proposal to Use Florida Launch Pad 120 Times a Year Gets Initial Nod From FAA

SpaceX Proposal to Use Florida Launch Pad 120 Times a Year Gets Initial Nod From FAA

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla.—SpaceX launch activity on Florida’s space coast could increase to once every three days, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is allowing for public review of its Draft Environmental Assessment of that change. The private space company is currently approved to use Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for 50 Falcon 9 rocket operations a year. Now it wants to increase operations to up to 120 p…