Starlink Fuels SpaceX To Launch Four Times Of The Mass China Has Launched In 2021 May 10, 2021 13:59 EDT
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has launched roughly four times the tonnage launched by the Chinese aerospace agency, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), in 2021. This revelation comes the courtesy of data compiled by Patrick Collison, the chief executive officer of Stripe - a financial technology firm operating in California.
Starlink Responsible For Roughly 80% Of SpaceX s Launches In 2021
A look at SpaceX s launch manifest through the course of this year reveals that the company continues to build out its Starlink internet constellation aggressively. At the close of 2020, more than half of the Hawthorne, California-based launch services provider s launches were for Starlink payloads. Out of the 25 Falcon 9s that took off last year, 14 carried Starlink satellites to their orbits. The others involved crew and cargo missions for th