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Comment by asadotzler | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]asadotzler · 2026-11-15 Sun 16:58 UTC · link
Starlink is huge, a market many times larger than Falcon 9 launch and Falcon 9 cannot launch Starlink satellites fast enough to keep up with current demand, build for future demand, and maintain a constellation of (already) over 10,000 satellites.

SpaceX has contracts with NASA committing SpaceX to manned lunar missions, soon. Falcon 9 cannot do that.

Long term (5-10 yrs) SpaceX will almost certainly send these to Mars and return them home. Falcon 9 cannot do that.