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The rocket shortage takes print-shape

2026-10-01 Space

From the Space digest for 2026-10-01

The market-structure writeup lands (BryceTech: 325 orbital launches last year; causes now listed as SpaceX's internal shifts — Starship/F9 prioritization — plus the war in Ukraine and thin competition), framed as "a crisis" with a "competitors' opportunity" counter-frame. Continuation of the falcon-9-endgame thread — the access-to-orbit gap now has its numbers and its winner-list (Neutron, Isar post-Spectrum, Arianespace).

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