“The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight.”…
  • ptfrdEnglish
    2·
    3 days 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.

  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    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.

    • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

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

      • user134450@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 days 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.