The companies at the forefront of the #CLD competition:
• #Vast is expecting to launch 🚀 its #Haven1 #SpaceStation in Q1 📆 2027
• #Axiom Space is planning to launch a two-module station by 📆 2028
• #Starlab, which is being built by a joint venture between #Voyager Technologies and #Airbus, is aiming to launch its station in 📆 2029
https://payloadspace.com/payload-field-guide-commercial-leo-destination/
📆 April 2026 #CLD Phase 2 awards trigger immediate hiring, facility investment, and supply chain commitments. Initial module launches 🚀 anticipated in 📆 2028-2029 for most designs. NASA requires stations to achieve operational capability before #ISS deorbit, currently planned for 2030. Companies must execute flawlessly or risk losing #NASA’s anchor tenancy to competitors who deliver operational capability 🌌 first https://www.exterrajsc.com/p/congressional-budget-victory-cements
The companies at the forefront of the #CLD competition:
• #Vast is expecting to launch 🚀 its #Haven1 #SpaceStation in Q1 📆 2027
• #Axiom Space is planning to launch a two-module station by 📆 2028
• #Starlab, which is being built by a joint venture between #Voyager Technologies and #Airbus, is aiming to launch its station in 📆 2029
https://payloadspace.com/payload-field-guide-commercial-leo-destination/
#SpaceX is set to have the capacity to launch #Starship 146 times* a year from its sites at 39A, SLC-37, and #Starbase https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/01/faa-advances-approval-44-starship-launches-39a
* Payload ~14000 t / 89000 m3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship
In 2025, only about 3000 tons of payload was launched into orbit. With launches every hour carrying 200 tons per flight, #Starship will deliver millions of tons to orbit and beyond per year https://www.spacex.com/updates#xai-joins-spacex
Picture : 2006 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elon_Musk_at_MSC_2006.jpg
How do we stop it?
