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Although to reach space and stay in orbit from a near-flat trajectory, the company says the launch vehicle needs to reach speeds more like Mach 23.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
In addition to being SpaceX's 150th Falcon 9 launch of this year, Saturday's mission was the 568th flight of the company's launch vehicle since 2010.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Here's what's next Named in honor of NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is a powerful two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicle manufactured by Blue Origin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
But Starship is a profoundly more complex design than that partly reusable launch vehicle, in part because Musk’s ultimate ambition for Starship is to use it to colonize Mars.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Nov. 2025
In addition to being SpaceX's 150th Falcon 9 launch of this year, Saturday's mission was the 568th flight of the company's launch vehicle since 2010.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 22 Nov. 2025
Here's what's next Named in honor of NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, New Glenn is a powerful two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicle manufactured by Blue Origin.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
But Starship is a profoundly more complex design than that partly reusable launch vehicle, in part because Musk’s ultimate ambition for Starship is to use it to colonize Mars.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Launch vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20vehicle. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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