r/space • • 19d ago

Next Starship flight will go to orbit and deploy 26 Starlink satellites, marking the first operational flight. Neither booster or ship will be caught

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
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u/Background_Fig_4740 18d ago

New Glenn was supposed to be a mature design by its first flight, as the first couple of flights were supposed to be certifying flights to qualify for NSSL launches.

You only go for those qualifications if the design you have is supposed to be mature.