IT’S JUST SYMBOLIC, BUT DARN: SpaceX to just miss goal of 100 Falcon launches in 2023. “Despite missing the goal, the company’s launch cadence has been a significant achievement compared both to its past activity as well as global competitors. SpaceX launches increased by more than 50% from 2022 and are triple what it performed in 2021. SpaceX accounts for nearly half of the 209 orbital launch attempts so far in 2023, 200 of which were successful. . . . mong American companies, SpaceX has performed more the nine times as many launches this year as the second most active company, Rocket Lab, which recently flew its tenth Electron rocket of 2023. SpaceX expects to continue increasing its launch cadence into 2024.”