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India's ISRO already competes with SpaceX for these launches ( ISRO puts 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successf
by thisislife2 7mo ago
India's ISRO already competes with SpaceX for these launches ( ISRO puts 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit - https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successfully-launches-heaviest-payload-rocket-mission-lvm3-m3-oneweb-india-2-carrying-satellites/article66663592.ece https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-successfully-... ), despite not having any reusable launch vehicles (reason - it's in the top 5 in space technology and just cheaper - Why it costs India so little to reach the Moon and Mars - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9xlgnnpzvo ). Once it masters reusable launch vehicle technologies, it'll be hard to compete with ISRO on commercial launches.
- kolinko 7mo ago36 compared to 10000. This is 2-3 orders of magnitude. It's like a corner store trying to compete with Walmart.
- ripe 7mo agoThey have a list of 434 foreign satellites launched so far as of January 2026 on their website: https://www.isro.gov.in/ForeignSatellites.html https://www.isro.gov.in/ForeignSatellites.html
- thisislife2 7mo agoThe point was that you don't need a reusable launch vehicle if a single use launcher is just as cheap.