Best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max (HBO), and more The document states that SpaceX wants to perform up to 25 annual Starship orbital launches, up to 25 annual landings of the Super Heavy booster, and up to 25 annual landings of the Starship spacecraft. SpaceX boss Elon Musk has said that the ultimate goal is to see hundreds of Starship launches taking place each year, though environmentalists believe each Starship launch is damaging the local area. While the launches would originate from SpaceX’s Starbase facility, the landings could take place in a number of locations, including at Starbase using giant mechanical arms to secure the rocket on its return, in the same way as happened on the fifth test; on a floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii; in the southeast Pacific; or in the Indian Ocean. “Depending on the operational phase of the program, for landings at sea, both Starship and Super Heavy could have: (1) a hard landing at terminal velocity and break up on impact resulting in an explosive event at the surface of the water; (2) a soft water landing and tip over and sink or explode on impact at the surface of the water; and (3) breakup during reentry resulting in debris falling into the ocean,” the FAA said in the document. The 120-meter-tall Starship has flown six times to date, with its flight cadence gradually increasing over time, except for a longer-than-expected interval between the fourth and fifth tests as SpaceX waited for a flight permit from the FAA. SpaceX is under pressure to ready a modified version of the Starship spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis III mission, currently targeting September 2026, which will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface.