The incredible power of SpaceX Starship is on display in slow motion footage that show shockwaves propagating from the launch. Also, see slow motion footage of the atmospheric re-entry of Starship. Credit: Space.

While the first Starship was a test run, the second version of SpaceX's rocket was always meant as a stepping stone for what would become the real thing.

By Joey Roulette and Gursimran Mehar Dec 13 (Reuters) - SpaceX is preparing to go public next year and has opened a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800 billion, according to a letter to shareholders sent by the company's CFO Bret Johnsen and reviewed by Reuters.

Department of the Air Force has approved plans to convert a former Delta 4 launch site at Cape Canaveral into a complex for SpaceX’s Starship.

After waiting the requisite time for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SpaceX now has environmental approval to build a Starship launch complex at SLC-37. Not much has changed between the draft and final EISs, but there is still tons of information about where the launch pads will be built, along with some new statistics on the tank farm.

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s plan to redevelop a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for Starship-Super Heavy operations, paving the way for dozens of launches and landings each year from Florida’s Space Coast.

The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.

Relive the 4th launch of the SpaceX's Starship rocket and see teaser of what could happen on flight 5. Credit: SpaceX