Indeed. R-7 was launching about once every 6 days for a few years. Still a ways for F9 to go, but definitely an impressive cadence.
Both Falcon 9 & R-7/Soyuz, the only SLV so far w/ sustained launch rates at this level, made such fast uses due to anchor user of replenishment/deployment of single systems of huge no. of shorter life sats: F9: Starlink R-7: Film-return spysatshttps://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1371065184484274185 …
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I think that R-7 / Soyuz will also have more launches and mass sent to orbit, One Web is one of the options for R-7 / Soyuz to be a good competitor.
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Although Long March 4C and Long March 3B / E cannot compete at this level of Falcon 9 or Soyuz, they are rockets that are launching more missions over time.
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There was also the Kosmos family at this rate, during ~20 years.
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Peak launch rate for the R-7 family was 1980 at 63 launches
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How long would film return spy satellites of the old Soviet Union stay in orbit?
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