SpaceX Launch Cadence
The cluster discusses SpaceX's high launch frequency for Starlink satellites and other payloads using Falcon 9 and Starship, including debates on required launch numbers, capacity per rocket, reliability, environmental impact, and comparisons to other providers.
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Reviews plural. Each launch gets one, so there are over 90 for SpaceX alone this year, plus more for RocketLab, Virgin Galactic, ULA et cetera.And AFAICT, SpaceX acknowledges these are necessary in the second paragraph.
How many Starship launches does it take to get SpinLaunch to the moon, belt, etc.?
53 people across 13 launches for SpaceX
Can they launch multiple satellites on the same rocket?
Space launch still isn't a mature industry, what are you talking about?
Launching a satellite may be a wee bit hard then...
Couldn't you launch multiple satellites at a time?
Whoops, dropped some zeroes. It'd be on the order of 800-900 launches.
Falcon 9 rideshare launches are not vaporware.
Genuinely curious: any idea what the carbon footprint of this number of launches would be, as a ballpark?