SpaceX Dominates Space Launch and Satellites [owns 67% of all active satellites in orbit]

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SpaceX Dominates Space Launch and Satellites | NextBigFuture.com

SpaceX is targeting over 100 orbital launches in 2023 after launching 61 times in 2022. They just had their fifth successful launch which is more than every

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(January 19, 2023)
SpaceX is targeting over 100 orbital launches in 2023 after launching 61 times in 2022. They just had their fifth successful launch which is more than every other country or region in the world in 2022, except China and Russia. SpaceX is the main launch company for the USA and the primary commercial launch company for the world. This mission launched more Starlink satellites. SpaceX puts about 90% of the commercial payload mass into orbit. China and Russia have about 80 total launches for their military and national missions.

There were 4825 active satellites in orbit at the end of 2022 and SpaceX has put up over 3600 Starlink satellites. SpaceX has over 67% of all active satellites in orbit. SpaceX could more than double the number of Starlink satellites in orbit by the end of 2023. SpaceX will have ovr 80% of all active satellites in orbit by the end of 2023 (about 7200 out of 9000.)

The SpaceX domination of space launch and satellites will get more complete when they have the more powerful fully reusable Starship Super Heavy. The Starship Super Heavy should have a first orbital launch attempt late in February or in March. SpaceX plans to build five complete Starship Super Heavies in 2023. If four of those sets had nearly weekly launches of 100 tons per mission in the second half of 2023, this would add another 100 launches but with over five times the payload. Those would be equal to about 600 Falcon 9 missions.