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SpaceX will try to catch both Starship stages with its launch tower on Friday, and Wall Street sees it as a big deal for the stock. The ship has never been caught before, though, so a miss could push the payoff further out.
Key TakeawaysElon Musk said SpaceX’s planned Starbase Louisiana alone could handle 10,000 Starship launches a year, as many as the FAA expects for every US launch and reentry combined by 2035. SpaceX told the FAA that the agency’s outdated air traffic processes now limit how often rockets can fly.
SpaceX Flight 15 targets the first-ever double catch of both Starship stages at the launch tower, with liftoff set for 5:45 p.m. ET Friday.