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As with a regular satellite launch, the customer usually buys their own insurance? SpaceX would be on the hook for the launch costs though.
by greedo 7y ago
As with a regular satellite launch, the customer usually buys their own insurance? SpaceX would be on the hook for the launch costs though.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoI think that's on a contract-by-contract basis. IIRC NASA still had to pay 80% of the costs for CRS-7, but Spacecom got a free launch after their payload was destroyed (that was kind of a weird case since the explosion happened before the point where their launch insurance would've kicked in, and the damage to the company was much larger than just the cost of replacing the payload)
- JshWright 7y ago> Spacecom got a free launch after their payload was destroyed s/got/are getting/ It's actually scheduled to launch tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZh82-WcCuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZh82-WcCuo