The State of US Launch Pads
Are we running out of launch pads?
Over 90% of Falcon 9 launches use flight-proven hardware, driving marginal launch costs below $15M.
There’s threading the needle, and then there is what Firefly just did last week.
Amid the NASA budget bloodbath, the Commercial LEO Destinations program has emerged still standing.
SpaceX launched 16 Falcon missions in May, tying a monthly record for the workhorse rocket.
If the cuts are enacted (big if), the impact would be felt industry-wide, but it is A&D primes, like Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and RTX, that are poised to suffer the most with the multi-billion-dollar programs squarely in the White House’s crosshairs.
To better understand how Trump’s tariffs will impact the space industry, we spoke with leaders from five space businesses in five different sectors (rocket, satcom, Earth observation, propulsion, and components).
We project that SpaceX’s revenue will increase from $13.1B in 2024 to $18.2B in 2025