Jonathan Hofeller, SpaceX’s vice president of commercial sales, spoke at the APSAT conference in Jakarta, he said: “We are in discussions with three different customers as we speak right now to be that first mission. Those are all telecom companies.” SpaceX performed a “hop” with a prototype of Starship in April, propelling the vehicle just centimeters off the ground.
Mr Hofeller said future tests will reach higher altitudes.
He said: “We have future hops coming up later this year.
“The goal is to get orbital as quickly as possible, potentially even this year, with the full stack operational by the end of next year and then customers in early 2021.”
The launch system comes in two parts, the Super Heavy booster, which is the lower stage and the upper stage, called Starship.
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