SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell launch roadmap for Starship
• Flight 13: July
• Flight 14: August. SpaceX intends to attempt a full orbital injection
• Flying from cape canaveral
• Post-Flight 14 Cadence: SpaceX plans to transition to an unprecedented launch rate of flying every single month for 2026 and then going to 100-200 launches in 2027
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell just laid out the official launch roadmap for Starship, and the cadence is about to go vertical
Here's the timeline:
• Flight 13: Launch is roughly a month away
• Flight 14: The big one. SpaceX intends to attempt a full orbital injection
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Imagine where they’d be now if they only paid more attention to design and hiring people with experience.
If it can make orbit with payload, and they can land the booster, then it’s a money maker. If they get it fully reusable, they’ll be making money hand over fist.
But from what I saw of the heat shield on the last flight, I think they’ll be doing some refurbishing between flights for a while.