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There's nothing to point 4. It assumes that only places with launch programs want to launch satellites (wrong) and that companies in those places will stick wit
by Armisael16 9y ago
There's nothing to point 4. It assumes that only places with launch programs want to launch satellites (wrong) and that companies in those places will stick with the local alternatives (also wrong). As counterexamples:
1. SES-8, SES-9 and SES-10 were both for SES, which is a Luxembourgish company
2. Inmarsat-5 F4; Inmarsat is British
3. JCSAT-14 and JCSAT-16 are operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group, which is Japanese
4. Eutelsat 115W and Eutelsat 117W B; Eutelsat is French
5. Thaicom 6 and Thaicom 8; Thaicom is (unsurprisingly) Thai
6. TürkmenÄlem 52E is Turkmen
7. AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8; AsiaSat is based in Hong Kong
8. RazakSAT is operated by the Malaysian government
9. The most recent mission to the ISS (CRS-11) carried a Chinese experiment as part of its payload.
Also, BulgariaSat is set to launch on the 17th, and FORMOSASAT (Taiwanese) is upcoming, though no date has been set yet.