The Federal Aviation Administration approved a license on Saturday for the launch of SpaceX's Starship 5 set for Sunday after earlier saying it did not expect to make a decision until late November.

The agency said the company had agreed to study the environmental impact of its launches in South Texas and ways to mitigate harm to wildlife.

The SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test was a success, and included a historic landing for the Super Heavy booster.

The Federal Aviation Administration approved a license on Saturday for the launch of SpaceX's Starship 5 set for as early as Sunday. Reuters first reported earlier this week the faster than expected timetable after the FAA in September had said it did not expect a determination on a license before late November.

SpaceX launches the fifth flight test of its Starship from Boca Chica, Texas on Oct. 13. Related.

SpaceX is moving forward with plans to launch the first test flight of its Starship megarocket since June from Starbase in Texas.

What can your company learn from SpaceX’s remarkable engineering success? Think like a startup and move fast, get things wrong, try again, while ignoring the critics.

For the first time, SpaceX used mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” on the launch tower to capture the Starship rocket booster.

It occurred during the fifth test flight of the Starship rocket and was a huge step forward for the ambitions of SpaceX and its founder, Elon Musk, which include one day transporting people to Mars. In the more immediate future,