The US Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX continue flying hawk 9 While the company awaits approval for the next launch, following an upper-stage anomaly about two weeks ago starship.

The FAA said in a statement released Oct. 11 that the launches were approved hawk 9The Falcon 9’s upper stage was grounded, with one exception, after it suffered a final burn in orbit during the Sept. 28 launch of NASA’s Crew-9 mission.

“On October 11, the FAA notified SpaceX that the Falcon 9 launch vehicle could return to normal flights,” the agency said. he said. “The FAA has reviewed and accepted the results of SpaceX’s investigation and corrective actions related to the accident involving Crew-9.”

Neither the FAA nor SpaceX provided detailed information about the results of this investigation and the resulting corrective actions. When SpaceX announced the incident that forced it to halt Falcon 9 launches, the company said the booster suffered an “intraorbital burn” that caused it to drift beyond a designated area in the South Pacific, east of New Zealand. The company did not provide any additional information.

But on October 6, the FAA made an exception, allowing SpaceX to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for the European Space Agency’s mission to the Hera asteroid the next day. The FAA said it authorized the launch because the booster would not re-enter the atmosphere, but would instead place Hera in an orbit far from Earth. This eliminated public safety concerns regarding a similar deorbital burning anomaly. The launch took place without incident.

The agency had emphasized that its approval for the Hera launch did not apply to other Falcon 9 launches: “Safety will determine the timing of when the FAA will complete its investigation report on SpaceX’s Crew-9 accident and when the agency will complete it. The agency stated that the Falcon 9 was normal at that time.” He said it allowed him to return to flying.

SpaceX hasn’t said when it will make its next Falcon 9 flight. The company is preparing to launch Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center as early as October 13 for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, but this launch does not have an FAA license.

Also planned for October 13 is the fifth comprehensive test flight of SpaceX’s Starship from the Starbase test site in Boca Chica, Texas. This flight has not yet received the updated FAA license required for launch, but SpaceX is continuing launch preparations, which include airspace and maritime notifications and road closures near the Starbase.

In a social media post dated October 11, SpaceX said that the rocket was ready for launch and that the Starship booster was mounted on the super heavy booster. “We are awaiting approval from regulatory authorities in time for the flight to operate on October 13,” the company said.