{"id":50455,"date":"2024-09-30T19:30:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/new-rockets-represent-a-window-of-opportunity-for-access-to-space-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T19:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T11:30:56","slug":"new-rockets-represent-a-window-of-opportunity-for-access-to-space-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/new-rockets-represent-a-window-of-opportunity-for-access-to-space-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rockets Represent a Window of Opportunity for Access to Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 11 was a bad day for SpaceX. For the first time since 2015, its Falcon 9 rocket failed to deliver its payload into orbit. After a flawless launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the rocket\u2019s first stage separated as planned and descended back to Earth. But the second stage, with 20 Starlink satellites onboard, failed to reignite. The rocket dropped off its cargo only 135 kilometers above the planet, too low for the satellites to climb up using their own thrusters.<\/p>\n<p>The first Falcon 9 launch failure after more than 300 faultless flights made the global space industry uneasy as it grounded the only fully operational medium-lift launcher available in the western world.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FkK9ZZU0SlGKLVzNnroq_VS_100124_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FkK9ZZU0SlGKLVzNnroq_VS_100124_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FkK9ZZU0SlGKLVzNnroq_VS_100124_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FkK9ZZU0SlGKLVzNnroq_VS_100124_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FkK9ZZU0SlGKLVzNnroq_VS_100124_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the October 2024 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt caused a bit of concern in the market because everybody\u2019s aware that the market leans on SpaceX,\u201d Dallas Kasaboski, a space industry analyst at consultancy firm Analysys Mason, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cSometimes, you\u2019re not really aware of it until there\u2019s a hiccup like this. Globally, SpaceX is launching more than 50 percent of things into orbit. If you count Starlink, the number jumps to 70 or 80 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Falcon 9 resumed launches in July after 15 days, the rocket had another pause in August. At press time for this article, Falcon 9 is grounded again after the second stage had an off-nominal deorbit burn after launching a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past seven years, SpaceX has conquered the western launch market thanks to its aggressive drive to reduce cost through reusability and frequent flights. At the same time, its main competitors \u2014 Arianespace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) \u2014 have struggled with delays in their new launcher developments.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343a9b5;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343a9b5 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343a9b7').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343a9b7'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>ULA ceased production of its Atlas V rocket this year while its new Vulcan Centaur, originally slated for a 2019 debut, had so far performed one flight <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">[Update: ULA launched the second Vulcan mission on Oct. 4]<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s Arianespace, which had dominated the global launch market up until 2017, grappled with the development of its new medium-lift Ariane 6. The rocket finally took to the sky in July, four years behind schedule and one year after the supply of its predecessor, the workhorse Ariane 5 ran out. Arianespace has also dealt with losing access to the Russian Soyuz rocket following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>The Crunch<\/h3>\n<p>SpaceX alone cannot satisfy the world\u2019s growing hunger for spaceflight. The arrival of Earth observation and broadband internet constellations has shaken up the sector over the past few years and flooded launch providers with levels of demand unforeseen a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past five to 10 years, satellite manufacturers started building at scale. They started building constellations and the demand for launch increased dramatically,\u201d says Kasaboski. \u201cThe problem is that supply didn\u2019t really match and actually got worse because a lot of vehicles went offline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While in 2013, 213 satellites were dispatched to space worldwide on 83 launches, in 2023, 2,926 satellites hitched a ride to orbit on 225 rocket flights, according to Kasaboski. SpaceX, which launched 96 times that year, served most of that demand.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, SpaceX is on track to launch Falcon 9 nearly 150 times, having completed 85 launches as of August 31. But SpaceX\u2019s spectacular growth (only five years ago, the company was launching merely a dozen times per year), can hardly keep up with the growth in satellite manufacturing. Analysys Mason estimates that over 37,000 satellites may need a ticket to orbit within the next ten years.<\/p>\n<h3>Relief in Sight?<\/h3>\n<p>Maxime Puteaux, principal advisor at space consultancy firm Novaspace, expects the \u201cbottleneck\u201d in the launch market to remain a problem until at least 2028 and possibly until the early 2030s.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming years, a range of new vehicles is set to enter service, alleviating the current crunch and challenging SpaceX\u2019s near monopoly. ULA and Arianespace, which both are preparing for the second launches of their respective new vehicles, will soon gain new competition.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Blue Origin is expected to inaugurate the reusable New Glenn. In development since the early 2010s, the rocket will have a capacity of 45,000 kg to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), more than four times as much as Ariane 6 in its basic configuration. Rocket Lab\u2019s medium-lift Neutron is expected to lift off for the first time next year. And Firefly and Relativity Space intend to debut their respective medium-lift vehicles a year later.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343b993;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343b993 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343b994').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343b994'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yet Puteaux estimates that neither of these rockets, Vulcan Centaur and Ariane 6, included, will reach full cadence within the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe debut launch is challenging \u2014 but scaling up is even harder,\u201d says Puteaux. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about repeating the launch but also about putting all the industrial suppliers and supply chain in a full speed cruise mode with the continuous flow of manufacturing and shipping of elements from the different factories. We usually see 10 to 18 months between the first and second launch and up to 24 months before a launcher reaches its full capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ULA announced recently that the second Vulcan flight is scheduled for October 4. Mark Peller, ULA\u2019s senior vice president of Vulcan Development and Advanced Programs, tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em> that the company aims \u201cto have the capability in place next year to launch multiple times per month.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>ULA has already sold 70 launches on Vulcan Centaur, which can loft up to 27,200 kilograms to LEO in one go.    <\/p>\n<p>Arianespace CCO Steven Rutgers recently said at World Space Business Week that the company plans to launch another Ariane 6 mission this year, and has a goal to reach 10 launches per year. <\/p>\n<p>Rocket Lab, the only company so far to have conquered the difficult small launch market with Electron, targets flying the reusable Neutron for the first time around mid-2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve recently had a whole bunch of successful engine hot fires and we\u2019re feeling we\u2019re in a very good place with propulsion, which is typically the long pole in the tent,\u201d Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Since its debut in 2017, Electron has completed 50 launches and is currently the third most frequently launched rocket in the world. But despite Electron\u2019s success, Rocket Lab realized that what the market really wants is more medium launch capacity. The firm\u2019s engineers refocused from perfecting Electron through reusability to building the by-design reusable Neutron. With an ability to lift 13,000 kg to LEO, the new rocket, first introduced in 2021, will represent a 43-fold increase in payload capacity compared to the agile Electron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe small launch market is growing handsomely every year, but the medium class is where the real choke point is,\u201d says Beck. \u201cA lot of constellation spacecraft are expected to come online at a similar point in time, sort of in the 2025 to 2027 timeframe when a tremendous amount of launch will be required to be executed and there is a very small number of viable companies able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343c0c0;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343c0c0 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343c0c1').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343c0c1'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kasaboski agrees that the growing demand gives medium-launch developers an advantage as the now tried and tested SpaceX Falcon 9 will not be able to monopolize the lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overall rocket supply will increase,\u201d Kasaboski says. \u201cBut I think there will be an ongoing issue because the supply is not growing fast enough to outpace demand and that won\u2019t really change unless demand slows down, perhaps if some constellation players have troubles reaching their manufacturing goals or downstream market forces will start telling the constellation manufacturers that there isn\u2019t market for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As things stand, in addition to SpaceX, which has ambitions to expand Starlink to more than 40,000 spacecraft, Amazon Kuiper is expected to begin launching in late 2024. Canada\u2019s Telesat, European Union\u2019s IRIS\u00b2 and France-based E-Space also expect to begin launching in the coming years.<\/p>\n<h3>Starship: The Elephant in the Room<\/h3>\n<p>According to Puteaux, one big question mark hangs over the future evolution of the launch market: SpaceX\u2019s super-heavy Starship, which is improving with each flight test. The launcher, pitched as the means that will take humans to the Moon and Mars, has potential \u201cto eat everybody\u2019s lunch,\u201d as Puteaux puts it.<\/p>\n<p>With a capacity to lift 150,000 kg to LEO \u2014 compared to Falcon 9\u2019s 22,800 kg \u2014 Starship could push prices as low as $150 per kg, compared to the currently estimated $2,720 for a Falcon 9 launch.<\/p>\n<p>Puteaux says Starship will likely be busy with its Human Landing System (HLS) contracts for NASA when the rocket is first operational.  \u201cI think there will be room for the commercial market, but it will be lower priority. I don\u2019t see commercial customers launching with Starship in the next 24 months,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Kasaboski thinks that Starship will put \u201ca lot of pressure\u201d on the market, especially on emerging players due to the low prices it is likely to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat vehicle will be capable of launching so many satellites at a time, that even if one or two missions a year are dedicated to [rideshares], it should be able to provide a lot more opportunity for medium- to smaller-sized satellites,\u201d says Kasaboski. \u201cThere is hope that Starship mostly focuses on bigger things and that their rideshare options are limited.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Value of Reusability<\/h3>\n<p>Puteaux thinks that cost-optimization through full reusability will provide a competitive edge and a better chance to remain in the market once Starship is up and running.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343c87f;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343c87f = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343c880').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343c880'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny progress into reusability will help to lower the supplier cost structure, meaning that [the company] will be able to transfer this economy of scale to the customer,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Aware of the looming threat, Rocket Lab designed its Neutron to be reusable from the start, hoping it would achieve better performance than SpaceX\u2019s tried and tested Falcon 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can create a system that we think will be very competitive,\u201d Beck says.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring a fairing integrated into the first stage that releases the entire expendable upper stage, Neutron will enable Rocket Lab to perform missions with a rapid turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first stage represents something like 70 percent of the total cost of the rocket,\u201d says Beck. \u201cSo, we focus on reusing as much of that as we can and then building the lowest cost second stage possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas-based Firefly, which has so far completed two successful flights of its small launcher Alpha, a rocket with a capacity about three times that of Electron, also plans to make its upcoming Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) reusable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first stage of our MLV is going to be reusable, although not immediately,\u201d Firefly\u2019s Chief Revenue Officer Brett Alexander tells <em class=\"Annotation -emphasis\">Via Satellite<\/em>. \u201cOn the first flights, we will implement processes and things to demonstrate reusability, and we have concepts and ideas for second stage reusability as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MLV, capable of lifting 16,000 kg into LEO, is expected to make its debut in 2026 and will take around four years to reach its full cadence of monthly launches, Firefly says.<\/p>\n<p>Ariane 6 is fully expandable while Vulcan Centaur has reusable components, which can be recovered after launch, but the Vulcan first stage doesn\u2019t perform a controlled landing.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343d02b;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c07343d02b = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343d02c').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c07343d02c'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both Rocket Lab and Firefly have confidence in the future of their small launchers, insisting that demand for dedicated space rides will continue to grow. While Rocket Lab wants to further reduce the cost of Electron launches through reusability (although getting Neutron off the ground is a priority now, as Beck says), Firefly plans to prove its competitive edge through responsive launch. The company\u2019s Victus Nox mission for the U.S. Space Force, launched a year ago, demonstrated a fast-paced dispatch, requiring merely 24 hours from the payload reception to launch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe plan to apply that same sort of operational cadence to the medium launch vehicle when that first flies,\u201d says Alexander. \u201cIt\u2019s important from a national security customer perspective, to respond to on orbit threats, but also for LEO constellations who might want to replace a satellite that has died and created a gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If existing forecasts come to pass, the medium lift launchers will unlikely suffer from too much market pressure to begin with. Puteaux expects the market to remain vendor-driven for at least the next four to five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil there is too much supply, customers will not be able to dictate what they want,\u201d he says. <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 404520:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PYS5rEZoQHqfWbydbdho_satellite_to_cell_-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PYS5rEZoQHqfWbydbdho_satellite_to_cell_-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PYS5rEZoQHqfWbydbdho_satellite_to_cell_-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PYS5rEZoQHqfWbydbdho_satellite_to_cell_-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PYS5rEZoQHqfWbydbdho_satellite_to_cell_.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tCountries Move to Address D2D Spectrum in Regulatory Policy<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 404513:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ZpoT58nTRqWIpD7rcDGd_VS_100124_DGTL_6-300x225.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive 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