SpaceX Could Launch First Starship Orbital Flight in May, Elon Musk Says- Will it positively impact Tesla?

Elon Musk said SpaceX could launch the first orbital flight of its interplanetary Starship rocket as soon as May.

“We’ll have 39 flightworthy engines built by next month, then another month to integrate, so hopefully May for orbital flight test,” Musk said in a Tweet Monday.

The SpaceX founder was responding to a CNBC report, noting that U.S. space companies were set to benefit from Russia’s isolation, according to Quilty Analytics. The report said SpaceX would be the “clear winner” in the launch market.

“SpaceX default plan was ~65% of global launch to orbit this year. Incremental demand might take that to ~70%, so not a major change,” said Musk, noting that those numbers don’t include Starship. In February, Musk said he was confident that the Starship rocket would make it into orbit in 2022 but stopped short of announcing a date, at a rare presentation.

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