Last year SpaceX set a new launch record of 18 missions and their COO said they would increase their cadence by 50 percent this year. Believe it or not they are rocking those launches and should be on track to launch almost 30 missions this year. Further, the expectation is to beat that number next year and then level out at 30 to 40 per year. All in all this is pretty impressive and with their prices and cadence they will probably corner much of the satellite business. Nice going SpaceX.



“SpaceX is proving what commercial space advocates have always believed, that more affordable, reliable, and plentiful access to space will change the level and nature of demand for space transportation,” said James Muncy, founder and president of PoliSpace, an independent space policy consultancy. “It’s not just that SpaceX can launch 30 or more times a year – and they will keep increasing their flight rate in 2019 – it’s that demand is increasing, too. That’s great news for all emerging launch providers and for the government if they’re allowed to buy intelligently.”

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Source: [H]ardOCP – SpaceX Increasing Launch Cadence as Promised