Trump signs a memo to clear the regulatory path to three launches a day

President Trump signed a memorandum directing federal agencies to accelerate permitting, environmental review, and spectrum allocation to enable at least 1,000 U.S. orbital launches and re-entries per year by 2030. The memo urges agencies to co-develop launch infrastructure with private operators. No funding is provided, and physical bottlenecks such as launch pads or range capacity are not addressed. The target relies on regulatory throughput for a market dominated by SpaceX’s Starship and Starlink constellations, while environmental groups retain the right to challenge approvals in court.