Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to expand its testing capabilities with ambitious plans to land and recover a Starship rocket off Australia’s coast. Following a successful controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean earlier this year, SpaceX is now in talks with U.S. and Australian officials to secure necessary permissions.
This initiative marks a significant step towards enhancing SpaceX’s testing procedures and potentially establishing a foothold in Australia, bolstered by a strengthening U.S.-Australia security partnership. The project aims to pave the way for future rocket launches from Australian facilities and could include regular landings of Starship boosters on Australian soil.
This move builds upon SpaceX’s previous ocean-based tests and aligns with the company’s broader objectives of enabling rapid, global rocket cargo delivery.
