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SpaceX has a huge lead, no doubt. But there's a handful of smaller companies which are very promising. Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle has had 13 successful launc
by frakkingcylons 6y ago
SpaceX has a huge lead, no doubt. But there's a handful of smaller companies which are very promising. Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle has had 13 successful launches (3 failures) to LEO. Firefly and Relativity (which are founded by former SpaceX/Blue Origin employees) are making a lot of progress as well.
- mabbo 6y agoWhile the Electron is cool, the comparison is pretty far off. The Electron can put 600kg into low Earth orbit. Falcon 9 can handle 15,000 kg. Starship is expected to handle 100,000 kg. The Falcon 1 is a good comparison to the Electron. If it had been fully developed it was expected to lift 600kg to leo by 2010 or 2011. 10 years ago, basically.
- frakkingcylons 6y agoI didn't compare Electron to Falcon 9 or Starship.
- temporalparts 6y agoFrom the parent post: > they're now at least a decade behind. The original claim was that competitors are a decade behind spaceX and Electron's capabilities are comparable to the technology spaceX had a decade ago. The Falcon 9 comparisons are to highlight the decade delta. edit: grammar