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 📆 2026 (worldwide, all models) ?

#reusablility #advancement

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

#SatelliteConstellation

#Amazon is under time pressure ⏱️. 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 📆 July 2026. The rest must be in orbit by July 2029 ⏳. 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

#Kuiper #ULA #Ariane6 #NewGlenn #Falcon9

#ULA : "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO 👎 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

#Amazon #Kuiper

#Amazon said it had established communications with all of the satellites, and the sequence of turning them on was “proceeding as planned.” The #FCC’s approval of the constellation came with a requirement that at least half 📊 the #satellites needed to be deployed by 📆 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

#ULA #Atlas #Kuiper

Let's assume #Europe 🇪🇺 is successful and reaches a cadence of 10 launches per year 😂 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 💰 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2

#Amazon #Kuiper

🇪🇺 #Ariane6 (GTO 4,500 kg, €100 million💰💰) : 1️⃣ successful launch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6#List_of_launches
🇯🇵 #H3 (GTO 4,000 kg, $50 million 💰) : 4️⃣ successful launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)#Past_launches

#LaunchCost #competition #ESA #JAXA

The first controlled ocean 🌊 #landing of a #Falcon9 booster was completed in 📆 April 2014. This was followed a little over a year later by the first successful recovery of a Falcon 9 booster on a ground pad in 📆 December 2015.

So, #reusable ♻️ launch technologies were most certainly available during the design and early development phases of #Ariane6 🇪🇺 https://europeanspaceflight.com/europe-will-introduce-a-reusable-launch-vehicle-in-the-2030s-says-arianespace-ceo

#Arianespace #ESA #decision #reusability #LaunchCost #comparison

• #ESA and its member states forked over $4.4B 💰💰💰💰 to develop #Ariane6. Customer launches are unlikely to pay back development costs any time soon.

• #SpaceX has invested over $5B 💰💰💰💰💰 in #Starship, and the company is focusing on achieving full reusability ♻️

https://payloadspace.com/rocket-development-costs-by-vehicle-payload-research/

#Europe #EU #LaunchCost