That increase in overall launches matches the increase by SpaceX alone, which performed 134 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches in 2024, up from 96 in 2023. The company performed more orbital launches than the rest of the world combined.

Holy shit.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

It's even more impressive when you compare mass-to-orbit, rather than just the number of launches:

Source: Ryan Canton of NSF

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just think once we hit 365 launches per year, that's one launch per day.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I think that a daily launch cadence will be difficult to achieve with Falcon 9. We'll likely have to wait for Starship launches to ramp up.