SpaceX’s Starlink Growth Tightens Access to Falcon 9 Launches Written 4 August 2026

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SpaceX’s Starlink Growth Tightens Access to Falcon 9 Launches

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Sept. 24, 2024. | Credit: Keegan Barber; NASA

Reuters reports, “SpaceX is increasingly reserving space on its rockets to launch its own Starlink satellites, crowding out rival space companies that have long depended on Elon Musk’s company to get their payloads into ​orbit.”
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