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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 3 weeks ago (3 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 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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.

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