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After considerable hype, SpaceX has received the launch license for its Starship test flight two and just like the first grant, the second license approval is limited to a single launch. It also comes with significant changes and requires SpaceX to work with the Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) to monitor its launch site and the surrounding area for potential contamination. The FAA's written revaluation of SpaceX's Starship environmental approval also reveals that Starship will no longer be fully reusable for the period at least since SpaceX will discard the hot staging ring in the ocean and not recover it after the flight.

经过相当大的宣传，SpaceX 已经获得了其星际飞船第二次试飞的发射许可证，就像第一次授予一样，第二次许可证批准仅限于一次发射。它还带来了重大变化，并要求 SpaceX 与鱼类和野生动物服务局 (FWS) 合作，监测其发射场及周边地区是否存在潜在污染。 FAA 对 SpaceX 的 Starship 环境批准的书面重新评估还表明，至少在这段时间内 Starship 将不再完全可重复使用，因为 SpaceX 将把热的分级环丢弃在海洋中，并且在飞行后不会回收它。

SpaceX Required To Monitor Run-Off From Deluge System As Part Of Starship Launch Approval

The FAA shared approval details with the press late in the evening yesterday after an initial version of the document appeared on its website. In its water deluge system evaluation, the government agency shared that using such a system is common practice in the industry. It added that some of the features of the system improve the launch pad's suitability to the environment, and as part of the approval, SpaceX will have to monitor the surrounding site to ensure no contamination.

作为星舰发射批准的一部分，SpaceX 需要监测雨淋系统的径流。在该文件的初始版本出现在其网站上后，美国联邦航空局 (FAA) 于昨天深夜与媒体分享了批准细节。在其水淋系统评估中，政府机构表示，使用这种系统是行业内的常见做法。它补充说，该系统的一些功能提高了发射台对环境的适应性，作为批准的一部分，SpaceX 将必须监控周围场地以确保没有污染。

A key concern for the FWS officials when evaluating the deluge system was the amount of steel runoff. SpaceX's system is designed to release a maximum of 380,000 gallons of water into the surrounding area, and 3,000 additional gallons are part of a detonation system designed to prevent any accidents at the launch site due to methane buildup. A similar buildup led to a large fireball at the base of a Super Heavy booster during testing last year.

埃隆·马斯克表示，SpaceX 星际飞船应在周五之前获得发射批准，FWS 官员在评估洪水系统时的一个主要担忧是钢铁径流量。 SpaceX 的系统设计最多可向周围区域释放 380,000 加仑的水，另外 3,000 加仑的水是爆炸系统的一部分，旨在防止发射场因甲烷堆积而发生任何事故。去年测试期间，类似的积聚导致超重型助推器底部出现一个大火球。

Since the steel plate of the deluge system is bearing the brunt of the thrust 33 Raptor 2 rocket engines, some of its steel will ablate. Ablation is a process similar to erosion, and SpaceX estimates that up to 190 pounds of steel could be ablated from the plate per launch.

由于雨淋系统的钢板首当其冲受到33猛禽2火箭发动机的推力，其部分钢材会被烧蚀。烧蚀是一个类似于腐蚀的过程，SpaceX 估计每次发射最多可以从板上烧蚀 190 磅的钢材。

The FAA and FWS have determined that the steel runoff does not indicate a significant threat to the environment, and since Starship uses methane and liquid oxygen as its propellants, the overall metal runoff from the rocket is significantly lower than other rockets, particularly those that rely on solid boosters. The booster rockets used metallic fuels, and the FAA cited previous studies of NASA's facilities to share that the runoff there did not damage the environment.

FAA 和 FWS 已确定，钢铁径流并不表明对环境构成重大威胁，而且由于 Starship 使用甲烷和液氧作为推进剂，因此火箭的总体金属径流明显低于其他火箭，特别是那些依赖在固体助推器上。助推火箭使用金属燃料，美国联邦航空局援引之前对美国宇航局设施的研究表明，那里的径流不会破坏环境。

Another Starship upgrade that the FAA evaluated is the heatshield for the hot staging interstage ring. SpaceX will install a heatshield at the top of its first stage Super Heavy booster, and the FAA's revaluation shares that this will be discarded in the ocean after launch. Starship had been designed to be fully reusable, and now, SpaceX's planned launch profile should require adding a heatshield to the rocket each time it launches. SpaceX's Starship launch coverage is also live on its website, and it asserts that the rocket is designed to be fully reusable.

美国联邦航空管理局评估的另一项星际飞船升级是热分级环的隔热罩。 SpaceX将在其第一级超重型助推器的顶部安装隔热罩，美国联邦航空管理局的重估表明，这将在发射后被丢弃在海洋中。 Starship 的设计初衷是完全可重复使用，而现在，SpaceX 计划的发射配置应该要求在每次发射时为火箭添加隔热罩。 SpaceX 的 Starship 发射报道也在其网站上进行了直播，并声称该火箭的设计是完全可重复使用的。

To secure the FWS's write off, SpaceX will have to monitor its site aerially for any runoff and also develop a contaminant monitoring plan within three months. Additionally, the firm will have to continually monitor soil samples from the area to ensure that successive launches do not lead to any metallic accumulation in the surrounding area.

为了确保 FWS 被注销，SpaceX 将必须对其场地进行空中监测以防止径流，并在三个月内制定污染物监测计划。此外，该公司还必须持续监测该地区的土壤样本，以确保连续发射不会导致周围地区出现任何金属积累。

Finally, the Starship launch license, which is conditional to all these conditions being met, also requires SpaceX to earmark $548 million in insurance coverage for the pre-flight testing activities and the launch itself. Within this figure, the bulk, or $500 million, is for the rocket launch, while the remainder is for the ground operations.

最后，星舰发射许可证以满足所有这些条件为条件，还要求 SpaceX 为飞行前测试活动和发射本身预留 5.48 亿美元的保险。其中，大部分（即 5 亿美元）用于火箭发射，其余部分用于地面运营。