Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX said this week that federal regulations stymie innovation and hurt U.S. dominance in space exploration.

As billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX awaits federal approval to conduct another test launch, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the firm more than $148,000 over environmental issues at its South Texas site.

SpaceX blasted regulatory delays from the FAA, which it said would push back the next launch of Starship to late November.

SpaceX received an estimated date that it will be allowed to blast Starship on its latest test flight out of South Texas, but it won't happen for a while. The fifth launch is estimated to take place in late November,

This is more than two months later than the mid-September timeframe the FAA previously targeted for determining whether to approve a launch license for the next Starship flight. SpaceX says the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage for the next launch—the fifth full-scale test flight of the Starship program—have been ready to launch since the first week of August.