On March 26, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Friday that the agency's environmental assessment of SpaceX's plan to launch a starship in South Texas is expected to end on April 29, one month later than the recent expectation < p > this is the third time that the FAA has postponed the completion date of the environmental assessment for the SpaceX starship launch, which will assess the impact of the launch activities on the area around Boca Chica, Texas. The FAA is also considering the potential impact on migratory birds and other species in wildlife reserves, some of which are endangered < p > SpaceX plans to conduct the first orbital test flight of the Starship prototype at boccachka's facility this year. So far, the prototype starship has only conducted a short low altitude test flight in boccachka, which borders the Gulf of Mexico. Without booster, its maximum flight altitude is about 40000 feet (12 kilometers) < p > FAA spokesman Steven Kulm said in an email on Friday that the environmental impact statement (EIS) is expected to be released on March 28, but the agency needs to coordinate with local, Texas and federal agencies before the final version is released. The FAA originally planned to complete the evaluation last year, but it was postponed due to the receipt of more than 19000 public comments < p > the FAA said that the completion of the environmental assessment does not guarantee that the agency will issue a launch license to SpaceX, and the company must also "meet the FAA's safety, risk and financial responsibility requirements". This could delay any SpaceX launch plans in Texas until next year < p > musk has previously said that if this situation is really encountered, SpaceX's starship launch plan may need to be transferred to the Kennedy Space Center in the short term, where launch pad 39-A supports the launch of new rockets, which is currently used to launch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Falcon heavy rocket < p > musk said in February that he believed that the Starship and its booster would be the most powerful spacecraft and rocket system ever launched from the earth, and was expected to complete its first orbital flight before the end of this year, even if its launch had to be transferred to Florida < p > however, the Texas facility remains the preferred location for SpaceX to continue testing starships. Musk once explained: "because we have a lot of launches at the Cape Canaveral launch site, we don't want to disrupt the conventional launch rhythm there because of the advanced research and development of starships. Therefore, it is very important to separate the conventional operation launch from the research and development launch, which is why we want to stay in Texas." < p > it turns out that 2022 will be SpaceX's busiest year so far, because its existing rocket launch rhythm is very stable. It has launched 10 times in the first 10 weeks of this year, and plans to launch at least 50 times at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral launch site and Vandenberg Air Force base. In the next month, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will launch a manned dragon spacecraft to carry out two missions to the international space station < p > therefore, the transfer to the Kennedy Space Center for starship testing may be very complex. SpaceX's starship is completely reusable. It can carry more payloads into orbit than any previous rocket, and the cost of each launch is only $10 million. (small) < / P > < p >