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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by nordsieck on Friday December 30, 2022 @12:17PM (#34187149)
> Are there any true competitors for SpaceX?

RocketLab (Neutron), Relativity (Terran R), and Blue Origin (New Glenn) are all trying. But none of them are there yet.

Out of the bunch, RocketLab has the most operational experience. They're also the only company (of the above three) that isn't currently aiming for 2nd stage reuse.

It'll be interesting to see how things shake out.

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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by mlindner on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:28PM (#34188923)
For people reading, just for clarification, but all three of these rockets have shown no hardware publicly of any of the vehicles besides some engine testing. They're all years away from launching, let alone reaching any kind of scale.
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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by lostlogin on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:14AM (#34194138)
Could you clarify this? You can watch Rocketlab launches and they have scheduled and completed missions listed on their website.

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/upcoming-missions/

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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by erikrothoff on Saturday December 31, 2022 @03:19AM (#34194644)
The launch vehicles listed in the parent comment have never flown. Rocketlab do have a lot of experience launching its smaller vehicle, Electron.
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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by mlindner on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:26PM (#34199173)
The other poster responded, but RocketLab's Neutron rocket has not flown at all nor has any public plans yet to fly. Those are flights of the Electron rocket.
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