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Re:Science upside for Starship by wumpus on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:27PM (#29309024)
Falcon 9 launched every 9 days for the first half of this year.
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Re:Science upside for Starship by rbanffy on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:26PM (#29309872)
It should be able to launch a lot more than that. Maybe the expendable second stage is the limiting factor here.
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Re:Science upside for Starship by wumpus on Monday November 22, 2021 @01:44PM (#29310095)
It seems unlikely that there were more payloads sitting around waiting to launch. If there were, then second stages (always expended), fairings (imperfectly reused), and weather/pad/ship operations are all possible limiting factors.
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