[AR] Re: Future Exploration Policy (was Re: Re: Congrats SpaceX
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 15:47:38 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Paul Mueller wrote:
I was imagining comsat builders salivating over how many transponders they
could fit on a Battlestar Galactica geostationary satellite...
Note that FH does have a few commercial bookings for ultra-heavy comsats,
although it's lost a few to upgraded versions of Falcon 9 (not least,
because of the long delays in FH).
However, when it comes to really exploiting FH's larger payload, don't
expect a big rush of business. The comsat guys are cautious: they want
to see *two* launchers in a new size class before they start building many
satellites in that class. They like having a fallback if politics or
post-failure downtime makes one launcher unavailable for a while.
Henry
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