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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

With another record broken, the world's busiest spaceport keeps getting busier

Orbital launch activity surged in 2025, setting global and Florida Space Coast records with routine missions and high payload deployment pushing annual totals toward 300.
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Rocket Report: SpaceX surpasses shuttle launch total; Skyroot has big ambitions

Three years after India opened up its space sector to private companies, Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace is targeting its first full-scale commercial satellite launch mission in January 2026, Mint reports. After this debut flight, Skyroot is targeting a launch every three months next year, and one every month from 2027. Each satellite launch mission is expected to generate the company nearly $5 million, according to Skyroot chief executive Pawan Chandana.
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fromArs Technica
1 month ago

US intel officials "concerned" China will soon master reusable launch

SpaceX's high-volume reusable Falcon 9 program gives the United States a decisive launch-cadence and orbital-capability advantage over China, which lacks comparable reusability.
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fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Fuel supply is a bottleneck for Starship-here's how SpaceX will get around it

Scaling Starship launches requires massive propellant handling infrastructure beyond rockets and pads, because tanker trucks are inefficient for frequent, large-volume fueling.
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