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Rocket Report: Next Starship flight to reuse booster; FAA clears New Glenn (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kuiper finally actually launching is big for the market. Starlink was such a turning point for Falcon hitting an insane launch cadence. Kuiper is the Prince That Was Promised to push ULA, Ariane, and Blue to pick up the pace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Imagine if we get Vulcan, Ariane 6, and New Glenn launches at the pace of current Starlink launches!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I'm not high enough to imagine that. I'd settle for them each launching monthly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

i think for Ariane 6 the marginal cost of a launch is simply still too high to ever get to those numbers. Maybe Ariane 7 will be better in that regard, assuming they manage to make the boosters reusable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Atlas can carry 27 Kuiper satellites

Bit of a coincidence that 27 is also the number of Starlink satellites that Falcon 9 currently seems to be launching (out of Vandenberg) each time.