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I picked September last year [1] more or less at random; SpaceX launches by day of the month: 01 - Starlink 02 - military 04 - Starlink 09 - Starlink
by twic 3y ago
I picked September last year [1] more or less at random; SpaceX launches by day of the month:
01 - Starlink
02 - military
04 - Starlink
09 - Starlink
12 - Starlink
16 - Starlink
20 - Starlink
24 - Starlink
25 - Starlink
30 - Starlink
A skim through the other months suggests that per month, there is usually one US government launch, zero to two commercial or rideshare launches, and a bunch of Starlink launches. There is an amazing range of stuff on the rideshares!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_July%E2%80%93December_2023#September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight_launches_i...
- panick21_ 3y agoThere are lots of new costumers. The thing is just that most of those don't need the huge sats of the past. And also people lose perspective. What we have to remember is how few launches other large rockets used to have. Ariane 5 the commercial success story peaked at 7 launches. So yes, new costumers, but not enough to go from 7 to 100+.