SpaceX Plans a Launch About Every Other Day for the Rest of 2025
SpaceX wants to launch rockets into space 170 times in 2025. That's an amibitious goal, considering that 64 launches have been completed so far, and to hit the goal, SpaceX would need to increase the pace of launches to one nearly every other day. That's a significant increase from SpaceX's single-year record of 134 orbital liftoffs in 2024. For comparison of just how normal the new cadence has become, in 2020, there were only 25 launches. The average launch is every two to three days now.
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SpaceX can undertake so many launches because of the Falcon 9, the world's first orbital-class reusable rocket. Being able to reuse the most expensive parts of the rocket not only drives down the cost, but it also allows SpaceX to increase the number of launches each year. Falcon 9 performed 132 of 2024's liftoffs, and the other two in 2024 were Falcon Heavy, which is composed of three reusable Falcon 9 engine cores. So far in 2025, all 64 orbital missions have used Falcon 9.
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It could also be another big year for Starlink, SpaceX's satellite venture. Two-thirds of the launches last year were in efforts to build SpaceX's Starlink broadband constellation. Growth is expected to continue. Of the 64 orbital missions in 2025, 48 have been Starlink flights.
This number doesn't include the suborbital Starship test flights. Orbital launches require more speed to go into or beyond the Earth's orbit. Suborbital launches move at lower speeds because they do not enter orbit.
Starship, a suborbital rocket, is a reusable craft designed to carry humans and cargo through space one day. The three most recent Starship test flights, including one on May 27, have ended with the craft breaking up. Previous rocket explosions happened in January and March.
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