Elon Musk announced plans for more than 10,000 annual launches using version 4 vehicles capable of carrying 200 tons to orbit.
The revelation came two days after Starship flight 12 took off from the new Pad 2 in Texas on May 22, 2026.
The Super Heavy booster splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a failed maneuver in testing while the upper stage reached orbit, deployed simulators and satellites, and splashed down in the Indian Ocean before a planned detonation.
Specifically, this speed could deliver 2 million tons annually – the equivalent of 4,500 to the International Space Station – to fuel lunar base and Mars missions, making space travel routine.
Musk’s post reads: Our goal is to launch Starship 10/year which will be more than once an hour..
The post drew interesting comments and one user wrote: “Let’s go for flight @elonmusk 200 T, it’s like sending 10 falcons at once but the space inside the starship will make it absolutely amazing.”
Another user said: “An incredibly bold goal. We need more big dreams like this that we take action to make happen. I hope ending global poverty will be at the top of the big dream list for many people.”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company has 10,000 satellites in orbit and eventually wants to launch an additional 10,000 communications satellites, though a specific timeframe was not disclosed.
Earlier, SpaceX had said it wanted to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that would orbit the Earth and serve a space-based system to power AI data centers.
