New Trump memo targets orbit launch explosion amid escalating space race

President Donald Trump signaled big ambitions for the commercial launch space in the United States after signing a national security memorandum to set up federal agencies to approve more than 1,000 rocket launches and reentries from the US by 2030.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) would be the biggest beneficiary of the August 20 memo that would clear the skies for a fivefold growth in commercial launches to orbit.

Trump approves three space launches per day

The National Security Presidential Memorandum that President Trump signed gave the Secretary of War, NASA and other relevant agencies the mandate to fast-track the facilities and environmental reviews needed to hit his 1,000-per year target for federal and commercial launches from the United States by 2030.

For context, the current benchmark of orbital launches from the United States is at 178 reentries in 2025. Trump’s 1,000 launch target is more than a fivefold growth that would translate to roughly three per day.

The memo continued on the August 2025 executive order on competition in the commercial space industry. The White House framed this memorandum as an “America First” replacement for the older National Space Transportation Policy framework.

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