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The new generation of heavy lift rockets is rising to challenge SpaceX (techcrunch.com)
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Who remembers when SpaceX wasn't "the undisputed leader in launch"? Amazing how time flies.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

while SpaceX has been doing it, approximately 300 times

We're discussing upper stages here, not first stages. SpaceX have recovered 339 (soon to be 340 in a few hours) first stages, not orbital upper stages.

SpaceX still haven't technically recovered any orbital upper stages yet, though Starship IFT-4 came very close. They successfully brought the ship back from orbital velocity but a suborbital trajectory.

Blue Origin still have yet to launch anything into orbit.