From: kozelsm@yahoo.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 11:05:42 AM UTC-4, David Spain wrote:   
   > Sylvia Else  writes:   
   > > The launch time determines the orbital plane. Unless a mission is   
   insensitive   
   > > to that there's little option but to wait until until the narrow window   
   > > reopens. A small amount of plane change after launch is possible, but it   
   > > consumes fuel   
   >   
   > Yes that makes perfect sense. So the question remains, what is a   
   > sustainable launch cadence from a single point of departure? Narrow   
   > launch windows don't help if the hardware has reliability   
   > problems. Which of course as you rightly point out in many cases are   
   > necessary. Does that argue for multiple launch sites and more staggered   
   > launch slots? Again we don't really know, we've never experienced this   
   > level of traffic before. It will all be very interesting to see how this   
   > unfolds.   
      
   Virginia has about 8 orbital launches per year, Canaveral about 35 to 40.   
      
   Maybe a few more could be moved to Virginia.   
      
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