1 of 2 | SpaceX is targeting an early morning Thursday launch for Starship's fourth test flight, after the FAA "approved license authorization" Tuesday. Starship's three previous test flights ended in failure with the FAA investigating and offering corrective actions. Photo courtesy of SpaceX

1 / 2 | 1 / 2在美国联邦航空局周二“批准许可授权”后，SpaceX 计划于周四凌晨发射 Starship 进行第四次试飞。 Starship 之前的三次试飞均以失败告终，美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 对此进行了调查并提出了纠正措施。照片由 SpaceX 提供

June 5 (UPI) -- SpaceX is gearing up to launch Starship's fourth test flight just after sunrise Thursday from Texas, two days after the Federal Aviation Administration gave the mega rocket a license to fly.

6 月 5 日（UPI）——周四日出后，SpaceX 正准备从德克萨斯州发射 Starship 的第四次试飞，两天前，联邦航空管理局向这艘巨型火箭颁发了飞行许可证。

"The FAA has approved a license authorization for SpaceX Starship Flight 4," the agency said in a statement Tuesday. "SpaceX met all safety and other licensing requirements for this test flight."

“FAA 已批准 SpaceX Starship Flight 4 的许可授权，”该机构在周二的一份声明中表示。 “SpaceX 满足了本次试飞的所有安全和其他许可要求。”

"Targeting Thursday, June 6 for Starship's fourth flight test," SpaceX wrote in a post. "A 120-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT."

SpaceX 在一篇帖子中写道：“星舰计划于 6 月 6 日星期四进行第四次飞行测试。” “120 分钟的发射窗口于中部时间上午 7:00 开放。”

The Starship Flight 4 test mission is scheduled to lift off from the SpaceX Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. It can be viewed, starting at 7:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, on a free live webcast offered by SpaceX, which is targeting a launch time of 8 a.m. EDT.

Starship Flight 4 测试任务计划从德克萨斯州南部博卡奇卡海滩附近的 SpaceX Starbase 设施升空。从美国东部时间周四上午 7:30 开始，您可以通过 SpaceX 提供的免费直播网络广播观看该视频，发射时间预计为美国东部时间上午 8 点。

To date, SpaceX has flown three test flights, with its most recent launch on March 14. While the Starship rocket flew farther and faster than the previous two tests, the company confirmed it had "lost" the ship as it was re-entering the Earth's atmosphere despite reaching orbital velocity. The rocket failed to complete splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

迄今为止，SpaceX 已进行了 3 次试飞，最近一次发射是在 3 月 14 日。虽然 Starship 火箭比前两次测试飞得更远、更快，但该公司证实，它在重新进入太空时“丢失”了这艘飞船。尽管达到轨道速度，地球大气层仍然存在。火箭未能在印度洋完成溅落。

Last year, SpaceX conducted two Starship rocket test flights, with each test ending in failure and the destruction of the rocket.

去年，SpaceX进行了两次星舰火箭试飞，每次测试都以失败和火箭毁坏告终。

The first test of 2023 launched April 20, and ended with the rocket's two stages failing to separate. SpaceX blamed leaking fuel and other malfunctions as the 33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster failed to ignite. The rocket system was intentionally destroyed as the launch also caused significant damage to the Texas launch pad and nearby Boca Chica State Park.

2023 年的第一次测试于 4 月 20 日发射，最终以火箭的两级未能分离而告终。 SpaceX 将超重型助推器的 33 个猛禽发动机未能点火归咎于燃料泄漏和其他故障。火箭系统被故意摧毁，因为发射还对德克萨斯州发射台和附近的博卡奇卡州立公园造成了严重损坏。

The FAA grounded the Starship and ordered SpaceX to conduct 63 corrective actions that included redesigning hardware to prevent leaks and fires, fortifying the launch pad, testing safety systems and applying other charge-control practices.

FAA 停飞了 Starship，并命令 SpaceX 采取 63 项纠正措施，包括重新设计硬件以防止泄漏和火灾、加固发射台、测试安全系统以及应用其他充电控制措施。

Last year's second test flight launched Nov. 18 from Texas. While the 33 Raptor rocket engines on the Super Heavy booster ignited and completed a full-duration burn with a successful hot-stage separation, the Super Heavy booster experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" following a flip maneuver about 3.5 minutes into the flight. Once SpaceX lost communications with the rocket, it automatically destructed.

去年的第二次试飞于 11 月 18 日从德克萨斯州发射。虽然超重型助推器上的 33 个猛禽火箭发动机点火并完成了全程燃烧并成功实现了热级分离，但超重型助推器在飞行后约 3.5 分钟的翻转机动后经历了“快速的意外拆卸”。一旦 SpaceX 与火箭失去联系，它就会自动销毁。

Thursday's fourth Starship test flight comes after the FAA conducted exhaustive failure investigations of the three previous launches and made recommendations to fix the problems.

周四的第四次星舰试飞是在美国联邦航空管理局对前三次发射进行详尽的失败调查并提出解决问题的建议之后进行的。

"As part of its request for license modification, SpaceX proposed three scenarios involving Starship entry that would not require an investigation in the event of the loss of the vehicle. The FAA approved the scenarios as test-induced damage exceptions after evaluating them as part of the flight safety and flight hazard analyses and confirming they met public safety requirements," the FAA said in a statement.

“作为许可证修改请求的一部分，SpaceX 提出了三种涉及星舰进入的场景，在车辆丢失的情况下不需要进行调查。美国联邦航空管理局 (FAA) 在对这些场景进行评估后，将其批准为测试引起的损坏例外情况。飞行安全和飞行危险分析并确认它们符合公共安全要求，”美国联邦航空局在一份声明中表示。

"If a different anomaly occurs with the Starship vehicle, an investigation may be warranted as well as if an anomaly occurs with the Super Heavy booster rocket," the FAA added.

美国联邦航空局补充说：“如果星舰飞行器出现不同的异常情况，以及超重型助推火箭出现异常情况，可能需要进行调查。”

For Thursday's fourth test flight, SpaceX plans to send Starship and the Super Heavy booster on a similar path as its Flight 3 test, with Starship reaching orbital velocity and re-entering over the Indian Ocean as the Super Heavy booster makes a controlled landing in the Gulf of Mexico.

在周四的第四次测试飞行中，SpaceX 计划将 Starship 和 Super Heavy 助推器发送到与 Flight 3 测试类似的路径上，当 Super Heavy 助推器在印度洋上空受控着陆时，Starship 达到轨道速度并重新进入印度洋上空。墨西哥湾。

"The fourth flight test turns our focus to achieving orbit and to demonstrating the ability to return and reuse Starship and Super Heavy," according to SpaceX. "The primary objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and achieving a controlled entry of Starship."

SpaceX 表示：“第四次飞行测试将我们的重点转向进入轨道并展示返回和重复使用星舰和超重型飞船的能力。” “主要目标是利用超重型助推器在墨西哥湾进行着陆燃烧和软溅落，并实现星舰的受控进入。”

The company said it hopes Flight 4 will build on the progress and lessons learned from the previous three test flights.

该公司表示，希望第四次试飞能够借鉴前三次试飞的进展和经验教训。

"We're continuing to rapidly develop Starship, putting flight hardware in a flight environment to learn as quickly as possible as we build a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the moon, Mars and beyond," SpaceX said.

SpaceX 表示：“我们正在继续快速开发 Starship，将飞行硬件放入飞行环境中，以便尽快学习，同时我们构建了一个完全可重复使用的运输系统，旨在将机组人员和货物运送到地球轨道、月球、火星及更远的地方。”说。

Earlier this week, SpaceX founder Elon Musk declared in a post on X, "Starship is ready to fly."

本周早些时候，SpaceX 创始人埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 在 X 上的一篇帖子中宣布，“星舰已准备好起飞”。