The company is planning a test flight of its Starship heavy rocket. Already in mid-March 2020, the company hopes to launch it into ultra-high orbit, and then return it to Earth, thereby proving that a heavy rocket can also be reusable and capable of landing on other planets.
The upcoming tests are detailed in the relevant documents SpaceX has filed with the FCC, which grants licenses to aerospace companies.
SpaceX's filing notes that the Starship rocket will take off 20 kilometers from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, U. S. test site and land near the launch site using Raptor engines.
The test will be a huge step forward in the development of Starship, a new heavy rocket that SpaceX is building to send people into deep space. As a result, Starship should be launched into orbit by the forces of a super-heavy rocket, and then continue on its way to its destination. For example, to Mars or the Moon. Elon Musk stated that Starship will be able to transport more than 100 tons of payload or carry up to 100 passengers at a time.
SpaceX's filing specifies the desired test flight date of March 16, 2020.