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it home reported on september 18 that on september 17 local time, the federal aviation administration (faa) issued a statement proposing to impose a civil fine of us$633,009 (it home note: currently approximately rmb 4.491 million) on spacex for allegedly failing to comply with relevant licensing requirements in two launch missions in 2023; spacex will have 30 days to respond to this.

“safety is at the forefront of everything the faa does, including its legal responsibility to oversee the safety of companies that hold commercial space transportation licenses,” said faa chief legal counsel marc nichols. “if a company does not comply with safety requirements, there will be consequences.”

here are the four violations listed by the faa for spacex:

in may 2023, spacex submitted a request to modify its communications plan related to its launch license from cape canaveral space force station, including adding a new launch control room at hangar x and removing the t-2 hour readiness poll from its procedures.

on june 18, 2023, spacex used an unapproved launch control room on the psn satria mission without conducting the required t-2 hour polling in advance.

in july 2023, spacex submitted an application to modify its blast site plan associated with its kennedy space center launch license, and spacex's proposed modification reflected a new rocket propellant storage station.

on july 28, 2023, spacex used the propellant storage station without approval to carry out the echostar xxiv/jupiter mission.