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If it’s true it would be an amazing selling point for SpaceX on just how rapidly they can deploy payloads. Militaries must love the idea of agile space operatio
by yardstick 4y ago
If it’s true it would be an amazing selling point for SpaceX on just how rapidly they can deploy payloads. Militaries must love the idea of agile space operations.
- gonzo41 4y agoWestern Aligned Militaries also have things like Global Hawk and stack and stacks of other toys that can fill a tactical surveillance niche.
- yardstick 4y agoCan always put in space sensitive equipment that you wouldn’t want shot down by “simple” surface to air weaponry and their technology exposed to the adversary.
- gonzo41 4y agoThere's like a big jump in platform cost and capability (downgrade) wise when you throw a satellite up. Putting a new ISTAR package on a drone is a lot cheaper than making changes to a satellite.
- nradov 4y agoGiven the proliferation of anti-satellite weapons, agile launch capabilities have become just a basic requirement to win any high-end conflict. Satellites aren't survivable so we have to plan around a high level of attrition, with replacements stockpiled and ready to launch within days or hours.
- dotancohen 4y agoAgile launch capabilities, but also cheap launch capabilities. Which is another area where SpaceX (comparatively) shines.