Increased Pace of Launch
Its impressive how fast SpaceX is ramping up their launch pace. Their total for the 2023 was 98 launches that put approximately 1,237,085 kg into orbit. [1] This is almost double of their launch mass in 2022 of 633,779 kg. [2]
Even more impressive, the Falcon 9 now has a 98.97% success rate [3] over 299 launches [4]. Not bad for a rocket developed for $390 million. [5] In contrast, a new F1 racing engine can cost $1.5 billion. [6]
Image adapted from https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/12ibwtp/graph_of_falcon_9_falcon_heavy_mass_to_orbit_over/
References
[1] https://spaceexplored.com/2023/12/29/spacex-launches-2023/
[2] https://spaceexplored.com/2023/01/12/spacex-launches-2022/
[3] https://www.spacexstats.xyz/#launchhistory-success-rate
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9
[6] https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2019/11/10/revealed-the-14-billion-cost-of-developing-f1-engines/
