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Well I always thought they were insane not utilizing SpaceX for launching and bringing down costs. Iridium used SpaceX very successfully to get their entire ne
by kilroy123 7y ago
Well I always thought they were insane not utilizing SpaceX for launching and bringing down costs.
Iridium used SpaceX very successfully to get their entire new constellation up.
- jagged-chisel 7y agoI was initially confused because I missed “new” - Iridium’s new constellation is Iridium NEXT.
- m4rtink 7y agoIIRC from an article that I read, there has been some personal antipathy between one of the OneWeb founders and SpaceX/Elon, that made them avoid SpaceX & go for much more expensive & less flexible "conventional" launch providers.
- Robotbeat 7y agoSpaceX and OneWeb were actually once partners. OneWeb didn't like SpaceX's more ambitious plans (or SpaceX wasn't satisfied with OneWeb's less ambitious plans), so they split.