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Comment by Dr4kn

2 days ago

New Glenn has a payload size that is comparable to that of starship.

Falcon Heavy can launch much heavier stuff than 9, but it uses the same fairing. If you want to launch things that can't fit into Falcon 9s fairing, then your only options are SLS, New Glenn and in a few years Starship.

Especially Space Station Parts and Spy satellites can be quite huge. So there is an established and growing market for larger payloads