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Public comment sought on expansion of SpaceX trajectories, splashdown zones
By Steve Clark at MyRGV
· July 13, 2026
· 1 min read
The Federal Aviation Administration is soliciting public comments on its newly released “Draft Tiered Environmental Assessment (EA) for SpaceX Starship Reentry Contingency Operations in the Pacific Ocean and Additional Starship Landing Trajectory.”
Under the proposed action, the FAA would modify ...
Key takeaway ” The Starship splashdown zone for the last several Starship flights has been the Indian Ocean near Australia.
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Category: space ·
Published: July 13, 2026 ·
Source: MyRGV ·
Reading time: 1 min
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Under the proposed action, the FAA would modify ...
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