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tandjmohr t1_it81qs2 wrote

Reply to comment by pompanoJ in OneWeb launch sign of greater role for India in commercial launch market - ISRO preparing to increase production of the GSLV Mark 3 rocket to meet growing commercial demand by vibrunazo

OneWeb is a direct competitor to StarLink. I don’t think they will get much help from SpaceX.

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toodroot t1_it8i173 wrote

Many competitors to Starlink launch on Falcon: OneWeb, Eutelsat, SES, Intelsat, Inmarsat, Viasat, basically everyone other than Amazon Kuiper uses or has used Falcon.

Also, SpaceX is selling Falcon launches to Nothrop Grumman to take Cygnus to resupply the ISS -- Cygnus competes with Dragon for the Commercial Resupply program.

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SpaceInMyBrain t1_itali6c wrote

>SpaceX is selling Falcon launches to Nothrop Grumman to take Cygnus to resupply the ISS -- Cygnus competes with Dragon for the Commercial Resupply program.

True, but SpaceX gains $$$ by the deal and loses no missions. The Cygnus missions that F9 will be covering were already contracted for by NASA for Cygnus. It has certain capabilities Dragon does not, so NASA wouldn't have substituted one for the other and given SpaceX more Dragon missions. The contracted for missions were meant to fly on Antares, of course, but only two of those remain and they will fly their missions. SpaceX wasn't awarded those two.

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Xaxxon t1_ite12yg wrote

> Cygnus competes with Dragon

Not really. Another winner when two winners were required isn't really competition. SpaceX was unable to compete for those launches.

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synth_fg t1_it88npj wrote

Didn't they do a deal with space x to use falcon9 instead of the Soyuz launches they had booked after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Xaxxon t1_ite10e1 wrote

spacex will launch anything for anyone. They know OneWeb isn't actually competition.

It's like playing basketball with your baby brother. The only one who thinks you're competing is the baby brother.

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