After the second loss of Starship was visible in Florida skies, new questions are being raised about the powerful launch system coming to Florida.

It's been known that Starship would eventually launch from Florida, but now SpaceX is saying it may happen as early as the end of this year — as SpaceX ambitiously confirmed they are pushing to launch from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of 2025.

SpaceX announced Monday its plans to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center later this year while building out more than $1.8 billion in infrastructure in Florida to support two launch sites.

NASA will send Intuitive Machines lunar lander atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center. You can livestream on iPhone, Android, YouTube

Orlando International Airport officials announced they were briefly under a Federal Aviation Administration "ground stop" because of space launch debris.

Reporter Nick Gibson is in Orlando, Florida, this week to report on Anne McClain's and NASA's SpaceX launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Follow along in print and online at spokesman.com/sections/return-to-space.

Private space company SpaceX shares plans to build a large integration facility for the Starship at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ready in 2026

The SpaceX website said Starship operations have been in development at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas, where the SpaceX headquarters is located. The expansion of the program includes a new Starship launch pad complex at Kennedy Space Center this year. The Starship launch operations are designed to increase flight rates of space missions.