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    Anzahl der Orbitalstarts der USA, 1957–2025. Neuer Rekord im Jahr 2025.

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    2. beipphine on

      What happened in 1957? Its the lowest number of orbital launches on the graph.

    5. CurtisLeow on

      By annual launch rate, the Falcon 9 is the most successful orbital rocket ever developed. The Falcon 9 has a higher launch rate than the Soyuz in the 1980’s. Reuse in the Falcon 9 works. All future orbital rockets should be modeled in part on the Falcon 9. It is simply a better design.

    7. bigolchimneypipe on

      Doesn’t look like NASA’s financial cuts has affected the US’s space exploration.

    9. Decronym on

      Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

      |Fewer Letters|More Letters|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6t0pxs „Last usage“)|European Space Agency|
      |[ICBM](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6u8a2f „Last usage“)|Intercontinental Ballistic Missile|
      |[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6tz6vn „Last usage“)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
      | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
      |[NG](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6u8gme „Last usage“)|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin|
      | |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)|
      | |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer|
      |[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6u8a2f „Last usage“)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
      |[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6t0pxs „Last usage“)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

      |Jargon|Definition|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[Raptor](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6u8gme „Last usage“)|[Methane-fueled rocket engine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor_(rocket_engine_family)) under development by SpaceX|
      |[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6uebhw „Last usage“)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
      |[methalox](/r/Space/comments/1rbmj7u/stub/o6tq8gl „Last usage“)|Portmanteau: methane fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|

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    10. godspareme on

      I wish all these datasets would include a secondary dataset that excludes starlink launches. Nothing against them, i just want to see if general orbital interest is going up or if its entirely just starlink (and a tiny bit of Amazon’s version)

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