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- space
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- space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered an upper stage engine failure and deployed a batch of Starlink internet satellites into a perilously low orbit after launch from California Thursday night, the first blemish on the workhorse launcher’s record in more than 300 missions since 2016.
And still unmatched.
What other launch system comes close?
Other than Soyuz I don’t think any other rocket has flown enough times to justify the comparison.
I’d include the R-7 family (Soyuz, Molniya, Voskhod, etc.), Proton, and Space Shuttle.