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SpaceX approaches one launch every seven days by mid-2019

Elon Musk promised SpaceX approaches one launch every seven days by mid-2019 by Jul 31, 2019. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“probably mid-2019. We'll be approaching a cadence of one launch every seven days”
— Elon Musk · Sep 8, 2017 · SpaceX All-Hands Company Talk with Elon Musk (2017) (September 8, 2017) — Elon Musk Archive transcript 00:46:30 ↗
What actually happened

SpaceX flew 13 launches in all of 2019, about one every four weeks. Weekly cadence came only in 2022. Wikipedia: Falcon 9 launches 2010–2019 ↗

The Progression

Sep 8, 2017
The promise: “probably mid-2019. We'll be approaching a cadence of one launch every seven days” · SpaceX All-Hands Company Talk with Elon Musk (2017) (September 8, 2017) — Elon Musk Archive transcript 00:46:30 ↗
Jul 31, 2019
Deadline passed. SpaceX flew 13 launches in all of 2019, about one every four weeks. Weekly cadence came only in 2022. Wikipedia: Falcon 9 launches 2010–2019 ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 2,630 days past due. Never happened.

At a September 2017 SpaceX all-hands Elon Musk said SpaceX would approach one launch every seven days by mid-2019. It flew 13 times in 2019.

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