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Saturday 31 October 2026

SpaceX at centre of 150 launch shortfall, Quilty finds

Quilty Space says the world outside China is about 150 launches short by 2030, and that SpaceX has stopped affirming Starship as a commercial launcher.

Harper Quinn Saturday 31 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-57 launch from Kennedy Space Center, 2025. Photo: U.S. Space Force / Gwendolyn Kurzen (public domain)

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The world outside China is about 150 rocket launches short of what satellite builders and space agencies need between now and 2030. That's the finding of a new report from the analytics firm Quilty Space, and SpaceX sits right in the middle of it.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Kennedy Space Center on a Starlink mission under cloudy skies — File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-57 launch from Kennedy Space Center, 2025. Photo: U.S. Space Force / Gwendolyn Kurzen (public domain)

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Harper Quinn Saturday 31 October 2026 at 7:10 am Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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