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Well, kudos to NASA but also kudos to ISRO for taking the initiative in making satellite launches more cost effective.
by partycoder 10y ago
Well, kudos to NASA but also kudos to ISRO for taking the initiative in making satellite launches more cost effective.
- greglindahl 10y agoPegasus XL is a private launcher (NASA is the customer), and it's not cost-effective. It costs nearly as much as a Falcon 9 for a much smaller payload. I'm not sure where the India reference came from? The EU and Japan both operate smaller launchers. A couple of startups are getting close to their first launch, too.
- partycoder 10y agoI see. I made the wrong assumption then that sending 8 satellites from a rocket that gets some help from a plane (requiring less propellant/size) was more cost-effective. Thanks for clarifying.