Comments on: Two launches today less than 20 minutes apart https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-launches-today-less-than-20-minutes-apart/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-launches-today-less-than-20-minutes-apart/#comment-1618145 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:57:51 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116261#comment-1618145 In reply to mkent.

mkent: Gosh, thank you. I had accidentally added this ULA launch to Northrop Grumman’s total on my launch spreadsheet, thus making me think ULA had only done two launches this year. Now fixed on the post as well as on my spreadsheet.

]]> By: mkent https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-launches-today-less-than-20-minutes-apart/#comment-1618133 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:12:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116261#comment-1618133 ”Similarly, this was ULA’s second [launch] this year…”

Third

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-launches-today-less-than-20-minutes-apart/#comment-1617729 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:17:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=116261#comment-1617729 Meanwhile, SpaceX has four (4) Starlink missions prepped for launch this week…

Now, that said…

…it’s true that last night’s launches were on obsolescent expendable rockets. But it’s still welcome to see other launch capacity coming online in the western world. And both got the job done, with precision. Such we must accept until all the reusable rockets in the pipeline become operational.

The Space Force command has to be happy, at any rate. They’ve been antsy to get this payload into orbit for a while now.

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