Elon Musk Predicts ‘In About 6 or 7 Years’ SpaceX’s Starship Will Have ‘Days Where Starship Launches More Than 24 Times in 24 Hours’
***I'll take bets against this happening in 6-7 yrs...for many reasons...regulations being one***
CEO Elon Musk’s latest statement about SpaceX’s next-generation launcher frames the company’s goals in unmistakably production-minded terms. Starship, conceived as a fully reusable, heavy-lift system, is designed for rapid turnaround and high flight cadence — features that, if realized at scale, would shift launch services from bespoke scheduling toward industrial throughput. The vision situates space access alongside other high-volume industries, where unit economics improve as utilization rises.
“In about 6 or 7 years, there will be days where Starship launches more than 24 times in 24 hours,” according to a recent social media post from the SpaceX CEO, who continued: “24/day would be peak. Sustained is more like ~10/day.”
Context matters for interpreting that projection. SpaceX’s development strategy has long emphasized iterative testing, vertical integration, and reusability. Starship’s architecture — a stainless-steel airframe, methane-oxygen propulsion, heat-shield tiles, and tower-assisted launch and catch operations — reflects an attempt to minimize refurbishment time and maximize flight frequency. The company’s experience with reusable boosters and fairings informs this approach, as do lessons from managing large constellations and operating high-tempo manufacturing lines. A target measured in “launches per day” extends a philosophy that treats rockets less as one-off vehicles and more as assets in a managed fleet.
Elon Musk Predicts ‘In About 6 or 7 Years’ SpaceX’s Starship Will Have ‘Days Where Starship Launches More Than 24 Times in 24 Hours’ |
