Elon Musk Updates Timeline for ‘Successful’ Starship Orbital Launch

Elon Musk Updates Timeline for ‘Successful’ Starship Orbital Launch
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday gave a timeline for the orbital launch of Starship, which is being developed and tested at the company’s Boca Chica launch facility in Texas.

What Happened

When one of Musk’s Twitter followers shared a picture of the Starship and asked him when an orbital launch is likely, the world’s richest person said a “successful” orbital flight is likely between one and 12 months from now.