A Rocket every X Minutes

[Stephen of Blois]

I'm a relative beginner and I'm wondering if anyone could give me an idea as to what would be a good target to set for myself in terms of rocket launch frequency. For example, a rocket every 15 minutes, or every 10 min, etc?

[Fel]

A rocket every 15 minutes is not a bad first step to dive into the optimization of your factory for large scale production.

It's high enough to require a somewhat big factory that is well designed but not so high that everything becomes an issue of throughput.

[Stephen of Blois]

Originally posted by Fel:

A rocket every 15 minutes is not a bad first step to dive into the optimization of your factory for large scale production.

It's high enough to require a somewhat big factory that is well designed but not so high that everything becomes an issue of throughput.

Beautiful. Gives me something to work towards. Thank you.

[jagholin]

you can use calculators like https://factoriolab.github.io/ to find out what kind of production/transport throughput you will need for this. For example, to launch 1 rocket every 10 min(100 science/min):
https://factoriolab.github.io/list?z=eJwr8NMyNDCIdyoFU8lg0hki5hIC4YGl1NIM453iPeI91Yq1tLQc1cqMAbPsDss_

so you'll need 6.7 blue belts of copper, 6.1 belts of iron, etc.

[Stephen of Blois]

Originally posted by НЕТ ВОЙНЕ:

you can use calculators like https://factoriolab.github.io/ to find out what kind of production/transport throughput you will need for this. For example, to launch 1 rocket every 10 min(100 science/min):
https://factoriolab.github.io/list?z=eJwr8NMyNDCIdyoFU8lg0hki5hIC4YGl1NIM453iPeI91Yq1tLQc1cqMAbPsDss_

so you'll need 6.7 blue belts of copper, 6.1 belts of iron, etc.

Thank you.

[astrosha]

The purpose of the Rocket is to get Space Science. You get 1000 per launch (with Satellite loaded).

just like the first six Sciences, you want to have a normalized production rate. If you are producing 2 Red/Green/Blue/Grey/Yellow/Purple science per second, that equates to 120 per minute. 1000 / 120 = 8 1/3 minutes per rocket.

Use your own science production rates to tell you how many Rockets Per Minute, or how many Minutes Per Rocket, you want to produce.

[Gamer]

Mybe this wey; cooper plates bottelneck and base is balanced whit rocket spam and science. This will give you ~ratio. Hint, start whit 2 full blue belt of copper, then escalete +1 blue belt on each fresh start. on base whit 4 copper belt take time and few fresh start for optimazing progress and space efficience, ofc full base in proper moduls..

[Strategic Sage]

Totally depends on the player. For some people, launching *a* rocket is enough. When it comes to that kind of thing, you set your own goals.