#offshorelaunch — Public Fediverse posts
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America's Launch Capacity Challenge
• Potentially 7,000 launches per year needed
• Demand for 6,000 to as many as 230,000 satellites launched per year
• New and non-traditional launch sites might be able to increase launch capacity https://commercialspace.org/news_events/scrubbed-media-advisory/Offshore launch, re-entry, and recovery infrastructure could expand operational flexibility, increase capacity, reduce constraints on growing launch demand https://www.boem.gov/newsroom/press-releases/boem-initiates-first-step-explore-potential-outer-continental-shelf-space
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The government is considering 🤔 whether it could repurpose existing offshore oil- and gas-drilling structures for #space operations, or build new hardware https://payloadspace.com/us-government-studying-offshore-launch-opportunities/