March 21 – BLiTZ. The world market is faced with a shortage of rockets to launch satellites, <a rel=”nofollow” href=”https://lenta.ru/news/2023/03/21/n29c/?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop”>writes</a> “Lenta.ru” with reference to the publication in the American edition of SpaceNews.
According to Relativity CEO Tim Ellis, a big project is planned for the period from 2024 to 2027 – the launch of the Amazon Kuiper constellation spacecraft into orbit, but there is nothing to launch them on. A similar point of view is expressed by the executive director of the United Launch Alliance (ULA), whose company operates Russian RD-180 rocket engines. According to him, the world for the first time in 30 years is experiencing a global shortage of starting capacity.
The United States will be able to compensate for it on its own only within ten years.
In response to these statements, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has already said it could increase the number of Falcon9 rocket launches from 100 to 200 per year.
The Pentagon suspected Russia and China of developing means of destroying US satellites
