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I'm sorry but if you think this has even a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding you need to learn more about the launch and satellite comms industries. This
by bpodgursky 2y ago
I'm sorry but if you think this has even a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding you need to learn more about the launch and satellite comms industries. This is political posturing, not a plan.
I don't want to spend hours typing on this so let's just say this; Arianespace is on the "team", so it's going to launch on Ariane 6, a rocket that was obsolete before it launched (and it was not a successful launch).
The idea that you can launch mass on Ariane6 to challenge Starlink is like saying you can win NASCAR on a horse and buggy. I'm not even exaggerating, that is literally the price differential between Starship and the rest. This initiative is a joke.
- varjag 2y agoA6 maiden launch wasn't completely successful but that hardly matters in a debate involving SpaceX.
- philipwhiuk 2y agoWhat matters more is that it won't launch again until 2025 and will never be cheap to launch due to the expensive SRBs. And ESA knows this - hence the spluttering of paltry funds towards cheaper vehicles.
- varjag 2y agoNaturally, as every other carrier elsewhere in the world save for Falcon.