Launch Turn Around Improvements

Looking at the trends in SpaceX booster reuse, the typical timing between launches is less than 50 days and on average decreases with each booster manufactured. [1]

This is fast enough to comfortably get 7 launches per year from eachFalcon. At roughly 13 tons/launch, a single Falcon can loft about 91 tons/year. With 20 boosters available and no other constraints, they could put almost 1820 tons/year into LEO.

Per European Space Agency - ESA, the total mass of objects in orbit is about 11,500 tons [2], so with current capabilities, SpaceX could match that mass in just over 6 years.

Interestingly, the Space Shuttle initially had about a 55 day turn around, but after Challenger, the fastest turn around was 88 days. [3] With the 88 day turn around, the Shuttle [4] and Falcon are comparable for annual cargo lift capacity.

Of course, Starship changes this dramatically.

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