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There are already other companies doing the same thing, mostly OneWeb. SpaceX absolutely could deny selling rockets to anybody as rocket launch is not a monopo
by nickik 9y ago
There are already other companies doing the same thing, mostly OneWeb.
SpaceX absolutely could deny selling rockets to anybody as rocket launch is not a monopoly.
OneWeb has contracts with ISS, Arianespace, RocketLab, BlueOrigin and so on. Non with SpaceX. I don't know if that is because SpaceX denied them, or if they just don't want to work with them.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> I don't know if that is because SpaceX denied them, or if they just don't want to work with them. Probably didn't ever ask, since they're a direct competitor. I can imagine how this conversation would go: OneWeb: oh, by the way, can we buy launches on your rockets for our satellite Internet thing? <Both sides laughing> SpaceX: no.
- greglindahl 9y agoActually Oneweb and SpaceX did talk about working together a while ago, and you can see what happened: SpaceX ended up deciding to start a competing project.