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		SEJeff on March 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week and ... A Falcon 9 has a LEO payload capacity of 22,800kg in expendable mode, something SpaceX does not like to do. The largest payload mass they've carried to LEO was Starlink-2 at approximately 15,600kg (60 satellites at 227 kg each).

labawi on March 8, 2020 [–]

Electron is not reusable, so expandable mode is a fairer comparison.

SEJeff on March 9, 2020 | [–]

Maybe, but SpaceX strongly dislikes doing expendable mode, if at all.

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