astra: extract claims from 2026-05-01-spacenews-starship-ift12-faa-final-approval

- Source: inbox/queue/2026-05-01-spacenews-starship-ift12-faa-final-approval.md
- Domain: space-development
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- Enrichments: 2
- Extracted by: pipeline ingest (OpenRouter anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5)

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domains/space-development/faa-mishap-investigation-cycles-are-structural-bottleneck-limiting-starship-cost-reduction-timeline.md

@@ -59,3 +59,10 @@ NG-3 grounding adds data point to investigation timeline unpredictability: Blue
 **Source:** NASASpaceFlight, April 29, 2026
 
 IFT-11 anomaly investigation opened approximately 5.5 months after the October 13, 2025 flight - discovered around April 2, 2026 during post-flight data review rather than being obvious on flight day. Investigation remains open as of April 30, 2026, delaying IFT-12 from April target to May 2026 NET despite both flight vehicles completing static fires by mid-April. This timeline suggests the anomaly was subtle and may indicate investigation complexity, with the FAA gate being the only remaining hard block to flight despite full vehicle readiness.
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+## Extending Evidence
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+**Source:** SpaceNews / Basenor / New Space Economy, May 1, 2026
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+The FAA investigation following the IFT-11 anomaly was resolved with final flight-safety approval granted May 1, 2026, despite an April 6 Starbase incident (RUD of unclear component) that added procedural uncertainty. The approval indicates the April 6 incident was either not a safety concern for the upcoming launch or was resolved through the investigation process. This represents approximately 6+ weeks of investigation time from IFT-11 to approval, with the gate now open for IFT-12 launch in early-to-mid May 2026.

inbox/archive/space-development/2026-05-01-spacenews-starship-ift12-faa-final-approval.md

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+processed_date: 2026-05-01
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 tags: [Starship, IFT-12, V3, FAA-approval, Raptor-3, launch-date, SpaceX]
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