SpaceX Plans 120 Starship Launches Per Year from Cape Canaveral, But Rivals are Against It
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- Jul 03, 2024
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Published Jul 3, 2024 12:28AM EDT
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Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have already raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to launch Starships, asking regulators to limit the launches to avoid disrupting operations in Florida's Cape Canaveral.
The US Space Force is already preparing a draft for an environmental assessment of SpaceX's launch cadence, which may change according to the agency.
SpaceX and Its Massive Plans for Starship
For many years, SpaceX has struggled to see success for its Starship rocket despite the massive plans initially teased by the company and its CEO for its future role in bringing humans to Mars. However, that is finally closer thanks to its success in the fourth test flight last June, with the Starship able to reach the orbit and return without exploding.
In February, as SpaceX was working to obtain its needed license to launch both the Starship and Super Heavy Booster, it unveiled to the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) that it plans to have as many as nine launches in 2024 alone. This was before its success for the Starship program's tests, and it is known that this third launch also ended with the rocket blowing to smithereens.
Now that it has found success, the company plans to mass-produce the Starship rocket moving forward, with multiple rockets available for its missions and as part of its commercial availability. That being said, it is not planning to have it all launch from Starbase, as it is planning for its departure from Cape Canaveral, where it would perform as many as 120 launches in a year.
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