President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Aug. 20, aiming to skyrocket the annual number of U.S. space launches by 2030, helping secure America’s position as the leader in the next era of exploration.
The memo promoted a large boost of infrastructure—launch pads, landing sites, and scheduling systems—to help “grow and support over 1,000 launches and reentries every year.”
For context, the United States had 178 launches in 2025. Elon Musk’s SpaceX accounted for 165 of the 178 missions.
“The United States must establish and maintain space transportation capabilities that ensure access to the full range of orbital regimes relevant to United States interests, from suborbital and very-low Earth orbit altitudes to the lunar surface, Lagrange points, and deep space,” the memo signed by Trump stated….