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I heard... the Israeli's might not be happy about an Israeli company going to the US for launching their satellites. Personally, I'm highly skeptical that this
by kilroy123 10y ago
I heard... the Israeli's might not be happy about an Israeli company going to the US for launching their satellites.
Personally, I'm highly skeptical that this was anything but a mechanical problem with a new rocket.
- simonh 10y agoWhere else is a Israeli company going to go to do their launches? It's not like Irael and Russia are bestest buddies, and Israel has a lot of political and financial support from the US. That makes no sense whatsoever.
- grkvlt 10y agoWell, they could launch in Israel? At least for small (500-800kg) payloads there's the Shavit [1] civilian version of their Jericho ICBM. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit
- simonh 10y agoFor some uses maybe, but they only launch one every three years or so, in retrograde low earth orbit only and they're reserved for military and government projects. And as you say, cant lift this payload anyway.