SpaceX has an aggressive plan for Starship in 2024, planning to launch the rocket at least nine times this year, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator.

据美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 一位管理员透露，SpaceX 在 2024 年制定了一项积极的 Starship 计划，计划今年至少发射 9 次火箭。

Starship is the most powerful and the largest heavy-lift launch vehicle ever built, and it will eventually be responsible for taking people from Earth to Mars, according to SpaceX’s goals for the project.

星际飞船是迄今为止建造的最强大、最大的重型运载火箭，根据 SpaceX 的项目目标，它将最终负责将人们从地球运送到火星。

However, SpaceX has a long way to go before it will get Starship to that point.

然而，SpaceX 还有很长的路要走，才能让 Starship 达到这一点。

In the way of test flights, SpaceX is reportedly looking for a busy year in 2024 and intends to launch it at least nine times, according to Commercial Space Transportation Administrator for the FAA, Kelvin Coleman.

据 FAA 商业太空运输管理员凯尔文·科尔曼 (Kelvin Coleman) 称，在试飞方面，SpaceX 预计 2024 年将是忙碌的一年，并打算至少发射九次。

“They’re looking at a pretty aggressive launch schedule this year. They’re looking at, I believe, at least nine launches this year. That’s a lot of launches,” Coleman said regarding SpaceX’s plans for Starship. If you’re doing modifications and doing them one by one, that’s a lot of work. We’ve been talking to SpaceX constantly around the clock, coming together and trying to figure out how do we do this. We’re invested with the company, and so we’ll work with them to get them back going as soon as they can.”

“他们今年正在制定一个相当激进的发布时间表。我相信，他们今年至少考虑推出九项产品。这是很多次发射，”科尔曼在谈到 SpaceX 的 Starship 计划时说道。如果你正在做修改，并且一一进行，那是一项很大的工作。我们一直在与 SpaceX 昼夜不停地交谈，聚集在一起，试图弄清楚我们该如何做到这一点。我们对这家公司进行了投资，因此我们将与他们合作，让他们尽快恢复运营。”

Ars Technica reported the plans.

Ars Technica 报道了这些计划。

After launching and attempting a landing of the reusable rocket roughly five years back, SpaceX was subjected to an enhanced environmental review that resulted in a limited launch schedule of just five attempts per year.

大约五年前发射并尝试着陆可重复使用火箭后，SpaceX 接受了强化的环境审查，导致发射计划有限，每年仅进行五次尝试。

SpaceX wants that to be changed.

SpaceX 希望改变这一现状。

Starship’s first Integrated Test Flight, or IFT, was back in April 2023, with what was considered a successful test launch before the rocket suffered a “rapid and unscheduled disassembly” as it exploded before stage separation.

Starship 的首次综合测试飞行 (IFT) 于 2023 年 4 月进行，当时被认为是一次成功的测试发射，但火箭在级分离前爆炸，遭受了“快速且计划外的解体”。

A second Integrated Flight Test (IFT-2) of Starship took place in November.

星舰的第二次综合飞行测试（IFT-2）于 11 月进行。

Now, Musk and SpaceX are planning for a third test flight sometime in mid-March, which would give Starship roughly one launch per month from then until the end of 2024.

现在，马斯克和 SpaceX 正计划在 3 月中旬进行第三次试飞，从那时起直到 2024 年底，Starship 大约每月发射一次。