Satellite Operators Are in Panic Mode Due to a Worsening Launch Crisis

ARS TECHNICA - This should be a golden era of launch.

During the last three years, an average of 270 orbital rockets have launched from Earth, a more than three-fold increase from only a decade ago. By every metric available, the launch industry is crushing it: Prices have never been more competitive, launches never more frequent, and access to space never more rapid.

Paradoxically, though, there is a growing crunch in launch availability.

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Note:  Most of the launch companies looking to ease the launch crisis mentioned in this article have Kent Valley ties:  Blue Origin and Stoke Space are headquartered in Kent, while Relativity Space maintains offices in Kent and ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket leverages Blue Origin's BE-4 engines.

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