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On Wednesday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration granted SpaceX a "license authorization" for the third launch of the most massive rocket ever, Starship. 

"The FAA has granted license authorization for the third launch of the @SpaceX Starship Super Heavy vehicle. The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, and financial responsibility requirements," the FAA wrote in a post on X. 

Around 0300 ET, Elon Musk said: "Starship launch attempt in ~5 hours." 

SpaceX says that a 110-minute launch window will open at 0800 ET. Starship was stacked last week at the SpaceX's Starbase launch facility in southern Texas near Brownsville. 

For this third launch, SpaceX will build on what it has learned from the previous two launches and attempt a splashdown in the Indian Ocean. 

Flight trajectory map

Watch the launch event live here: