Spaceflight ๐๐ 2024 launches ๐
๐บ๐ธ #SpaceX 134, others 20
๐จ๐ณ #China 68
๐ท๐บ #Russia 17
๐ฏ๐ต #Japan 7
๐ฎ๐ณ #India 5
๐ฎ๐ท #Iran 4
๐ช๐บ #Europe 3
๐ฐ๐ต #NorthKorea 1
391 booster #landings so far
https://www.spacex.com/launches
History visualized : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9_first-stage_landing_tests#Landings_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters
How many do you expect in total until the end of ๐ 2026 (worldwide, all models) ?
> 600
> 650
> 700
> 800
Poll ended at .
We're now at ~ 400 landings. #SpaceX (#Falcon9) had near to 140 in 2024. Added to 400 for 2 years would be ~680. #Starship, #NewGlenn and #Chinese #reusable rockets not counted and given there wasn't an increase in launches, this is near to 700. Why are so many not able to calculate the number ? ๐ค
At least seven 7๏ธโฃ new private #rockets, all featuring vertical recovery and #reusability โป๏ธ, are aiming to reach #orbit in ๐ 2025 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290445/spacex-and-7-dwarves-chinese-space-firms-line-enter-reusable-rocket-race
๐ Commercially operated #rockets were responsible for 70% of global launch attempts in 2024, up ๐ from 65% in 2023 and 55% in 2022 https://payloadspace.com/2024-orbital-launch-attempts-by-country
#Starlinkโs subscriber base has grown to nearly 5 million users across 114 countries, representing a 100% increase ๐ in the past year. Starlink is projected to generate $6.6 billion in hardware and subscription revenue in ๐ 2024 and reach $3.8 billion EBITDA https://www.forbes.com/sites/garthfriesen/2024/12/03/spacex-350b-valuation-would-make-the-worlds-most-valuable-startup
The #FCC has granted #SpaceX permission to fly 12,000 #Starlink satellites, and the company has filed paperwork with an international regulator to loft up to 30,000 additional spacecraft.
To put that into perspective, as of Nov. 7, 2022, only 14,450 satellites have been launched in all of history with 6,800 currently active according to the #ESA. https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html
#Qianfan #Starlink #Geely #Kuiper #OneWeb #Eutelsat https://www.statista.com/chart/33246/satellite-constellation-projects
#Amazon is under time pressure โฑ๏ธ. The license issued by the US regulatory authorities for the operation of #satellite internet in 2020 requires half of the satellite network to be completed by ๐ July 2026. The rest must be in orbit by July 2029 โณ. More than 30 additional launches are planned with other companies, such as #Arianespace and #BlueOrigin. Even the competitor #SpaceX is helping out https://www.heise.de/en/news/Amazon-launches-the-first-internet-satellites-for-Project-Kuiper-next-week-10338214.html
#ULA : "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO ๐ for liftoff within the remaining launch window at Cape Canaveral". No new date has been scheduled https://www.cnet.com/science/space/amazon-scrubs-wednesday-rocket-launch-for-its-starlink-satellite-service-rival
#ULA #Kuiper launch rescheduled to Tue Apr 29, 2025 01:00 CEST https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6772
#Amazon said it had established communications with all of the satellites, and the sequence of turning them on was โproceeding as planned.โ The #FCCโs approval of the constellation came with a requirement that at least half ๐ the #satellites needed to be deployed by ๐ July 30, 2026. Industry analysts say the company could get an extension if it has demonstrated substantial progress by then https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html
Let's assume #Europe ๐ช๐บ is successful and reaches a cadence of 10 launches per year ๐ with the #Ariane6 rocket. One-tenth of the annual subsidy is $35 million. One-hundredth of the development cost is $40 million.
Therefore, European #taxpayers are subsidizing every launch of #satellites for Jeff #Bezos by roughly $75 million ๐ฐ https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2
๐ช๐บ #Ariane6 (GTO 4,500 kg, โฌ100 million๐ฐ๐ฐ) : 1๏ธโฃ successful launch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6#List_of_launches
๐ฏ๐ต #H3 (GTO 4,000 kg, $50 million ๐ฐ) : 4๏ธโฃ successful launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)#Past_launches
๐ฏ๐ต #Japan plans the first flight ๐ of the most powerful ๐ช version of the #Mitsubishi Heavy Industries #H3 launcher as early as ๐ Oct. 21 https://aviationweek.com/space/launch-vehicles-propulsion/japan-sets-launch-plan-inaugural-heavy-lift-h3-mission
๐ฏ๐ต 2nd #H3 mission this year ๐ Sunday October 26, 2025 โ 2:00 AM CEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEq84QrSEA
Launch of New unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft1๏ผHTV-X1๏ผ aboard the 7th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F7)
#HTVX1 is scheduled to arrive at the #ISS on October 29, where it will be captured using the #Canadarm2 #robotic arm. It is roughly 2 m shorter than its predecessor, but has roughly the same payload capacity. HTV-X can fly in #orbit ๐ for another year and a half after disembarking to perform in-orbit #experiments and technical demonstrations for customers https://payloadspace.com/jaxas-new-cargo-vehicle-is-headed-to-the-iss
