SpaceX to launch Starship on first commercial satellite mission
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its huge reusable Starship on a first commercial mission to deploy new V3 satellites, and the company will not attempt to recover either stage on this flight. SpaceX has shown it can catch boosters and landed a Starship in the Indian Ocean, and Starship is designed to carry about 100 metric tons, far more than Falcon 9. Reusable rockets helped triple annual launches from 102 in 2019 to 329 last year, but experts warn higher launch rates and abandoned hardware raise long-term orbital debris and security risks, with no global mandates to prevent them.
Starship launch could increase launch cadence while raising orbital debris risks
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A major Starship launch is planned after prior tests and a controlled ocean landing. Reusable rockets have already increased launch numbers and payload capacity. More launches could raise debris and security tensions next.
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