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Re:SpaceX launches Starlink sats in record 10th liftoff, lan... by bodhiandphysics on Sunday May 09, 2021 @06:03PM (#27100257)
Delta ii was designed around boosters! Also when falcon 9 was developed its target payload was ten tons to Leo, similar to delta ii’s 8
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Re:SpaceX launches Starlink sats in record 10th liftoff, lan... by pfdietz on Sunday May 09, 2021 @07:07PM (#27100704)
F9 1.0's payload to LEO was 11.5 tons, vs. (up to) 6.8 tons for Delta II.

Yes, D9 was designed around boosters. This means D9 is a different kind of design than F9. I'm contending that a more F9-like design, like Saturn 1B, could have evolved into something like the F9 over time. D-II could not have.

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Re:SpaceX launches Starlink sats in record 10th liftoff, lan... by pfdietz on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @07:20AM (#27116671)
DII, not D9
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