[bewaretheirs]

Not much different from the prior flights.

Flight 4 was licensed on June 4th, was originally scheduled to launch on June 5th, and actually launched on the 6th.

Flight 3 received its license on March 13th and launched on March 14th.

Flight 2 received its license on November 15th 2023, and launched on November 18th.

Flight 1 received its license on April 14th; it launched on April 20th.

[LorenDB]

The main difference here is that up until just a few days ago, the FAA was saying that they didn't plan to issue a license until late November.

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-flight-five-late-novem...

[dotnet00]

There was a letter circulating around on X recently, showing that the FAA asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to do their thing faster. Assuming that was real, things got moving after the pressure from Congress.

[JumpCrisscross]

> up until just a few days ago, the FAA was saying that they didn't plan to issue a license until late November

This might be a case where the FAA's PR department should link to a press release instead of repeatig it contemporaneously.

[mlindner]

Should also be noted that Flight 1 was originally attempted to launch on April 17th.